Pairing your iPhone with your computer allows you to take advantage of hands-free technology such as Bluetooth-enabled headsets and trackpads. You can also use Bluetooth to share an Internet connection between your iPhone and computer. Bluetooth provides a simple way to connect to other devices without the need for a password. This makes it possible to quickly connect most devices with the push of a button. Writer Bio

Home Internet connections in many cities have come a long way since the days of dial-up connections. Today, many people have access to broadband Internet connections that can download data at several megabits per second. If you are accustomed to nearly instantaneous downloads, it makes a slow download speed all the more annoying. Although many causes of slow download speeds are beyond your control, there are some causes that you can correct yourself....

White Chat Bubbles When chatting with a Facebook friend, you simply type your message in the appropriate space on your device, send and wait. Once your message is received, your friend can read it and may choose to respond. A white bubble will appear below your message, indicating that she is, in fact, typing her response. These visual cues help to facilitate the flow of your conversation, keeping questions and answers in proper order....

The privately held trade association Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) trademarked the Bluetooth name and logo in 1998. SIG unified world leaders in the telecommunications, networking, computing, industrial automation and automotive industries. Originally assigned as a project code name, Bluetooth eventually stuck. Writer Bio

Not every PC is capable of booting from a flash drive, nor is every flash drive capable of booting software on a PC. But booting from a handy little flash drive is more than just a convenience. If your machine won’t start at all, it could be a computer lifesaver. With the newest operating systems, it’s easier than ever to bypass a hard-drive boot and load from a USB device....

When you erase your computer’s hard drive, many different consequences ensue. Data, software, settings and the entire operating system all disappear. At the same time, some of this material may still linger on the hard drive, even as it appears to have vanished. Fully clearing the drive often proves time-consuming, but it can solve many technical problems and improve privacy. Writer Bio

System Restore can be a real lifesaver if you have recently installed new software or new hardware drivers that have made your system unstable or completely unusable. System Restore is like a time machine for your computer, in which the user is able to restore a previous configuration from before problems began to occur.

How Unfollowing Works Unless users protect their tweets, their Twitter profiles are visible to anyone on the Web. The act of following someone means that new tweets are automatically pulled into the timeline on a constant basis – but unfollowing undoes this. If you unfollow a protected account, you will not be able to view the tweets sent from it, even from the profile page; in addition, the user in question will not be able to send you a direct message....

If you subscribe with a digital cable TV provider, you will more than likely need to have a digital cable converter box installed in your home. There will be several different audio and video connection options on the box for the purpose of attaching the box to your TV and it can often be confusing to choose one or the other. The question of which type of connection is best is more or less a personal one, but making a few considerations can aid in your decision and deliver the best digital cable experience possible....

Although many old or non-working televisions contain lead and other hazardous substances that make them too dangerous to simply discard into a landfill, they also contain some valuable materials and components that can be recycled. Many of these materials, such as plastics, glass, scrap metals and even circuit boards, can be reused to make other products. However, even newer television sets, such as liquid crystal display (LCD) TVs, contain materials difficult to recycle because they contain toxic substances....

Whenever you connect to the Internet, you both upload and download data. Uploading involves any data packets that travel from your system to another server on the Internet, while downloading covers those packets that flow from outside servers to your PC. For most users, this process is largely asymmetrical, with downloading data much easier and faster than the uploading process. Writer Bio

The computer mouse was one of the earliest PC peripherals, and it’s still going strong as a constant companion of the keyboard. While the keyboard is set up for typing, the mouse is designed for pointing and clicking around a graphical user interface, such as those used by Windows or the Mac OS, as well as by the many applications that run on those operating systems.

An important element of the High Definition Multimedia Interface, or HDMI protocol is CEC. The Consumer Electronics Control system enables multiple HDMI-equipped devices to interact, sharing features, resolution, and control data along the cables. Like most companies, Toshiba offers its own HDMI control system using CEC, called REGZA-Link. Toshiba’s REGZA-Link extends to the brand’s laptops, Blu-ray players, and televisions, in addition to competitor’s equipment.

While Apple designed the iPad’s touch screen to be used with a fingertip rather than a stylus pen, using a stylus can help with accuracy, use while wearing gloves or for special needs accessibility. Apple does not produce any styli, but third-party manufacturers have developed compatible tools. Not all styli work with the iPad’s capacitive touch screen, so when buying one, make sure it mentions iPad or capacitive compatibility. Writer Bio

The Camera Roll on an iPhone can contain a wealth of memories you don’t want to lose, so you’ll want to make sure that information is being backed up in the event something goes wrong with your device. You can back up your Camera Roll through either iCloud or manual iTunes backups, but it’s important to back up your photos in other places as well to ensure you don’t lose them....

McAfee protects your computer from viruses, spyware and other hazardous invaders using a firewall and by scanning your computer. If McAfee is turning off, you are susceptible to these hazards and risking your personal information. There are several reasons that McAfee may not consistently work on your computer at all times. Troubleshooting each of these problems will resolve any malfunctions you may be having with this security product and increase the protection on your computer....

Advantage Fiber optic data transmission is incredibly fast. Advantage Fiber optic cables are not susceptible to RF (radio frequency) interference, which can be a major problem for users of typical coaxial cabling. Advantage Fiber optic cables can transmit data over exceptionally long distances without much data loss. Disadvantage Often times, fiber optic cabling can cost more than double what a typical broadband connection costs, it is often hard for the average user to justify the costs....

Depending on who you ask, pointers are either a blessing or a curse. Pointers provide a mechanism for directly accessing and modifying objects and code in memory. Pointers are used in many programming languages for manipulating character strings, passing parameters to functions, handling arrays of data, and creating linked lists and other complex data structures. While pointers provide you with a great deal of flexibility for managing memory and optimizing algorithms, there are disadvantages....

Cell phones have helped to transform communication. But difficulties such as connection problems and cost may lead you to seek an alternative to cell phone service. There are multiple alternatives, each of which has advantages and disadvantages – and all of which require Internet access. Writer Bio

The Kindle can run into a series of different problems when the battery is low. Your Kindle battery should last for nearly 10 days with the wireless turned on, and up to two months with the wireless turned off. Battery problems can cause device freezing, connection issues, and general charge issues. Writer Bio