An International Mobile Equipment Identity number is one of the main identification codes for individual cell phone handsets. Many cell phone networks will check a phone’s IMEI before allowing it to connect to the network; the network can then block communication with blacklisted handsets, thus making it useless. Note that the IMEI is different to either the handset’s telephone number or an identification number for a SIM card, neither of which is necessarily permanently linked to the handset in the same way as an IMEI....

Browse to the Google Analytics website (see link in Resources). Click the “Admin” button and then click the drop-down menu under the Account heading. Choose “Create New Account.” Choose either universal or classic analytics – the universal analytics will give you more detailed information. Enter a name for your new Google Analytics account for your Tumblr blog. Note that if you have separate Tumblr blogs, you can use one account to track the different blogs....

SanDisk makes a variety of external flash media storage devices and media players. If you have a SanDisk player, simply connect it to your computer and drag files from the computer to the player to copy them. However, those files must already reside on the computer. To load a SanDisk with music from a CD, use Windows Media player to rip the songs from the CD and then transfer them to the player....

Viewing negatives without a light box can be difficult and cause eye strain. By making a good-sized light box, you can compare multiple negatives strips and get a good sense of negative densities. Your light box can be easily made from readily available components. In addition to viewing negatives, your light box will also work well for viewing slides or any other film-based image. Warnings Writer Bio

Updated July 21, 2017 Decide on the game that you are going to use for your game-related signature. Search for a starting image within that game. Open up Microsoft Paint. Copy and paste the image into the program. If the image is saved to your computer then just right click on it and select to open the program in Microsoft Paint. Select the area of the image that you want to use for your signature....

Updated July 21, 2017 The advantage of using XML for web development is that the page only has to be created once. Essentially, an entire site can be updated on a daily basis by simply uploading an XML file. This article demonstrates how to use XML to create a very basic web page called Matt’s News. Once the dynamic web page is constructed, the site’s content can be updated by uploading an XML file....

With more than 400 million users, Skype has revolutionized the way that people communicate. Not only does it allow you to make free voice-over-IP (VOIP) calls, but it also enables you to do free video chats as well. All that you need is an inexpensive camera to see and talk to anybody almost anywhere in the world. Writer Bio

Advances in modern technology have made even inexpensive speakers decent. However, some speakers just don’t sound good without some assistance. Problems such as inadequate enclosures, poor power handling and low-end components on a crossover all team up to make your favorite music sound boomy and rough around the edges. By making a few changes to the speakers and your listening habits, you can make even the most dissonant speaker sound good, tiding you over until your audio budget allows improvements....

Adobe Illustrator is a powerful vector graphics editor used to create amazing artwork. While great for art and design, the software isn’t always as intuitive for creating text-heavy projects. Creating fractions in Illustrator on a Mac is done in two ways. To use a simple, commonly used fraction (like 1/2), select the option from the Type –> Glyphs menu, but for arbitrary fractions you will need to follow the steps below....

MPEG-4 audio (M4a) files are encoded using the Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) or Apple Lossless (ALAC) codecs. They are recognized by the iPod personal audio player, but not by other MP3 players. ITunes and Free M4a to MP3 Converter are two software programs you can use to convert M4a files to the MP3 format. These programs can convert multiple files at a single time. The Media.io website can be used to convert a single M4a file....

It is easy to create customized T-shirts at home, using iron-on transfers designed on your Mac computer. Iron-on transfers designed for use in inkjet printers can be printed in full color and can contain any image you desire. Photographs are often used on T-shirt transfers, as any JPEG image file can be used for this process. “Preview,” the image viewing program included with OS X, is a basic application that can produce great T-shirt transfers....

Log in to your Tumblr Dashboard, and then click the arrow next to the entry for your primary blog. A list of all your blogs opens. Click the blog that hosts your music player to open the blog in the Dashboard. Click the “Customize” option in the right side panel to open the theme for editing. Locate the HTML code for your player widget. The code may be located in the Description field in the Customize menu, or it may be embedded directly in the theme HTML code....

Updated August 23, 2017 Write your affirmations. These should be about a dozen short statements about the new attitudes you’d like to internalize. Record your affirmations. Open your multitrack recording software and record yourself reading the affirmations in a clear, deliberate, unhurried voice. Your affirmation track should be about 25 seconds long at this point. Import your MP3 music file into your recording software as a new track. Set the audio level on the affirmations track down to about -17....

Working With the Video Editor To open the full video editor – which allows you to piece together a new production using video and audio clips – press the “Upload” button on YouTube. Rather than selecting a file to upload, click the “Edit” button. Drag video clips onto the timeline to add them to your production. Select any clip on the timeline to display the enhancement options. Any fixes you choose apply only to the selected clip....

Updated July 28, 2017 Measure Distance Google Maps has a handy “measure distance” feature—provided you’re not in Lite mode, which is indicated by a lightning bolt at the bottom of the screen. You can track how far you’ll go along any route, plotting multiple points and even traveling diagonally across parks or other land features. Use this feature to figure out how far you’ll have to walk on a planned excursion or to re-create your path after a day out....

Many business audiobooks provide motivational and marketing tactics that can help you improve your business. Whether you downloaded the audiobook from the Web or transferred the original CD to your computer, the audiobook most likely contains a number of audio files. By merging the tracks together, you can create a single, consolidated audiobook file that will play continuously. To join the audiobook files, use a program such as iTunes, Free MP3 Joiner or Merge MP3....

CPY is a file extension, a key that helps to identify the format and contents of a computer file. A .cpy file provides data for a number of different processes. Primarily, it is known as a storage file for eCopy, a technology company that develops imaging software. This extension is also found on copybook files for programming languages such as Cobalt. CPY is not a common extension, but you don’t necessarily need specialized software to view the file....

Every laptop comes built with a dedicated cooling fan. Hewlett-Packard (HP) laptops are no different. The cooling fan’s purpose is to regulate the temperature of the CPU, or processor chip. If the fan goes bad, the CPU will overheat causing severe damage to the motherboard and any hardware devices nearby. This is why it is important to regularly clean your CPU fan. An excessive build-up of dust and debris will eventually cause your CPU fan to stop working....

Sounds are often recorded in MP3 format, but there are instances when it is necessary to playback a sound file that has been recorded in WAV format. Fortunately, Apple Macbook computers are well suited for handling all types of multimedia files including WAV audio files. Apple Macbook users can choose from a variety of different free audio playback programs, all of which will have no difficulty playing WAV files. Writer Bio

Your iPhone’s clipboard allows you to copy and paste text on your phone with just a few taps. Although you can’t use the clipboard feature to copy and paste images, you can post captions, descriptions and tags on photos via the Instagram app or the Web page. The copy and paste process on an iPhone is similar to the one you use on a computer, but there a few differences to accommodate the touchscreen technology....