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Gmail offers a great deal of space, useful search capabilities, and universal access. You can bring all this utility to your Mozilla Thunderbird email by importing it into your Gmail account. What to Know In Thunderbird, go to folder with emails. Highlight them. Right-click a message. Select Copy To > [Gmail address] > [destination folder]. You must have Gmail set up as an IMAP account in Thunderbird to import email. Import Email From Mozilla Thunderbird to Gmail Using IMAP Gmail offers IMAP access—a protocol that keeps your emails on a server but lets you see and work with them as if they were stored locally (meaning, on your device)....

Instagram is one of the most popular social media app in 2020. But imagine not being able to get any Instagram notifications on your Android or iOS device? The same is being reported by a number of users, and today we take a look at why the Instagram notifications not working issue occurs in the first place and how to fix it without breaking your phone! Today, as we live our lives through these tiny yet powerful mobile devices, notifications are what keep us updated about what is going around us or at least point us towards the direction of where the action is taking place....

With all the talk these days about changes within government affecting Internet privacy laws, it has people either glad they’re already using a VPN or thinking about adopting a VPN into their computing. But is such a move needed? We asked a few of our writers, “Is a VPN really necessary to protect your privacy?“ For a limited time only, get an extra 3 months when you sign up with ExpressVPN for only $6....

CurseForge.com is where players can obtain various mods, add-ons and packs to change up their gaming experience. Most popularly, it’s used by Minecraft players because of the availability of various shaders, texture packs and mods that can be used. But, if you’ve reached this article, you’re wondering – is CurseForge down right now? We’ll explain how to know all the updates related to outages or problems. Is CurseForge Down Right Now?...

The Internet has made a great number of contributions to mankind, giving us a true sense of global community and an expanse of knowledge that rivals any other library ever conceived in all of human history. However, not much can be said in the way of its contributions to the vocabularies of various languages. In this era English speakers are ubiquitously replacing “you” with “u,” Romanians are replacing “ca” with “k,” Germans are replacing “liebe Grüße” with “lg,” and the Spanish “también” is being erased in favor of “tmb....

On November 9, 2013, something big happened. Samsung had finished the release of the most stable version of a new operating system for mobile devices, called Tizen. It serves as an alternative to Android, but is similar to Google’s operating system in many ways. Within the span of a few years, we’ve seen how other mobile platforms have been tried and ultimately failed. What makes Tizen any different? What are Samsung and Intel’s plans for the system?...

J-Tech Digital 4x1 HDMI Switch Affordable Four inputs Appealing design 4k only at 30Hz Volume bug Not HDCP 2.2 compliant The J-Tech Digital 4x1 HDMI Switch is a reasonable value with four inputs and 4K support, but without HDCP 2.2 support and the ability to push a 60Hz refresh rate it’s outclassed by its competitors. Design Setup Process Features Streaming Performance Price Competition Final Verdict Specs We purchased the J-Tech Digital 4x1 HDMI Switch so our expert reviewer could thoroughly test and assess it....

Nintendo has announced the latest game in the Kirby franchise, Kirby and the Forgotten Land, and I’m ecstatic about the return of gaming’s favorite pink blob. Key Takeaways After almost five years of silence, we’re finally getting a new mainline entry in the Kirby video game franchise.Kirby is arguably one of the most charming characters the Nintendo universe has ever birthed.While past entries in the series have usually been side scrollers, Kirby and the Forgotten Land looks to take some cues from past Mario games when it comes to camera angle and exploration....

When it comes to making professional diagrams and charts, there are many apps to choose from. The first one that may come to mind if you’re a Windows user is Microsoft Visio. If you’re a Mac user, you may think of OmniGraffle instead. While both are great options, they’re limited due to the fact that they’re only available for certain operating systems. Lucidchart is a universal alternative that offers many of the same features for creating diagrams and charts....

Outlook’s Views automatically sort, quickly find, and rapidly rearrange messages in any folder according to your needs. Set up a custom view and apply it to multiple folders that share certain characteristics. And, when you want a different view, modify your custom view and apply it to these folders automatically. Create a Custom Folder View for a Number of Outlook Folders To set up a custom folder view that can be applied to multiple Outlook folders:...

It’s not you. Your Mac’s mouse or trackpad cursor is getting smaller. It’s not your eyesight that’s causing the problem; it’s the large, high-resolution displays that have become the norm. With the current Mac laptops and desktop iMac models sporting Retina displays, the mouse pointer is getting harder to see as it scurries across your Mac’s screen. However, there are a couple of ways to make the Mac pointer larger so that it’s easier to spot....

Microsoft is shutting down its Mixer video gaming streaming service on July 22, 2020 and announces partnership with Facebook to transition users and partners to Facebook Gaming. The company has made the decision to close the service after the growth failed to meet expectations and could not compete with rival streaming services like Twitch, YouTube, and Facebook Gaming. Microsoft has previously invested on getting exclusive streamers, such as Shroud and Ninja, and other strategies, but they haven’t worked to convince more people to switch to its platform, and now the Mixer is shutting down streamers are free to use the streaming service of their choice....

Microsoft is revealing several new features coming to its new Edge browser based on the Google’s Chromium project. These new set of features includes a new IE Mode to bring compatibility for old websites, privacy controls to stop websites and companies from tracking you, and Collections to allow users to easily collect text, image, videos, and other information. Internet Explorer mode Perhaps one of the biggest features coming to the browser is the new IE Mode, which is a feature that uses the old Internet Explorer rendering engine to bring compatibility of IE-based sites into the Chromium browser....

Surface Pro 3 devices are now getting new firmware update to fix the drain battery issue. If you own a Surface Pro 3, you were probably aware of the battery drain issue with the Simplo batteries. After a number of reports from users, Microsoft acknowledged that in fact there was a battery issue. Then the company confirmed that it wasn’t a problem with the Simplo batteries themselves, and software update would fix the problem....

It took an unofficial patch to fix a flaw in Windows 10 and Windows 11 that Microsoft hasn’t been able to rectify despite a couple of attempts over the last few months. There’s a bug in Windows 10 and Windows 11 that Microsoft hasn’t been able to fix despite two previous attempts.An unofficial fix for the bug has been released by the 0patch project for free.Projects such as 0patch help protect your computer until there’s an official fix for a vulnerability, say experts....

We’re starting to hear many rumors about the next version of Windows, which Microsoft codenamed “Threshold”, and even though there are many details already, the exact release date still a mystery. Previously information suggested that spring 2015 would be the release date (time frame), but now it seems the next major Windows update could arrive sometime in 2014. Although, it’s too early to tell, according to Paul Thurrott, Windows “Threshold” could be making a landing in 2014, despite the information from Mary Jo Foley, who previously mentioned the update could release in spring 2015....

Microsoft stops the sale of Windows 7 Professional and Windows 8.1 licensing to PC manufacturers as of October 31, 2016. Some retailers will continue to sale any remaining stock, but moving forward the device makers will offer Windows 10 as the only choice. This news shouldn’t come to anyone as a surprise as Microsoft has already stopped offering different editions of Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 to manufacturers about two years ago....

Microsoft is holding a new event on October 2, 2019, in New York City to introduce new Surface devices. The company has already sent out “Save the date” invitations to members of the press, and while, the invitation doesn’t reveal specific details, it’s expected the company to introduce new hardware, including a new Surface with a dual-screen. According to The Verge, this could be the event for Microsoft to unveil project “Centaurus,” which is a form factor device featuring a dual-screen, and it’s expected to arrive sometime in 2020....

This article explains how to power off your iPad. This article applies to every model of the iPad, including the original, all versions of the iPad mini, and all iPad Pros. What To Know iPads with a Home button: Press and hold On/Off/Sleep until a slider appears. Slide the power off.No Home button: Press and hold On/Off/Sleep and Volume Down until a slider appears. Slide the power off. How To Turn Off Any iPad Model Turning off an iPad without a Home button is slightly different from turning off an iPad with a Home button, but we’ll explain the differences....

This article explains how to turn off the Narrator screen reader feature on the Xbox Series X|S and avoid accidentally turning it on. What to Know You can turn off the Xbox Series X or S’s screen reader, aka Narrator, through the power menu or system settings. Power menu: Press the Xbox button on your controller. Go to Profile & system > Settings > Power. Press the menu button.System settings: Press the Xbox button....