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Tip: Fix Windows 10 empty search results

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fix windows search

Recently I noticed that my Windows 10 search was broken. It returned an empty window, regardless of what I typed into the search box. This happened since I updated to version 1909. This is actually caused by a bug in the search integration of Microsoft’s connected cloud services. To be honest, I don’t really care getting results from the internet when I am simply searching for an app to launch on my computer. It is really annoying if I am unable to do such a basic thing. Fix Windows 10…

Best alternative internet browser: Brave

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Available on platforms, desktop and mobile, Brave is a fast, secure and cryptocurrency driven browser. Brave was created by a team of great names such as Brandan Eich, father of Javascript and co-founder of Mozilla. Since some time ago, Brave was lacking behind Chrome as it was missing the extensions support. Now it can really be considered as a competitive browser alternative. Features Here’s a list of most important features I think should be considered when taking in account Brave. Fast Browsing Privacy Protection – Blocks trackers Default Ad Blocker…

Create a Free Newsletter Sender using Google Sheets

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In this tutorial I will teach you how to create your own free newsletter sender tool using Google Sheets. Prepare the list of subscribers and newsletter content Open Google Sheets, create a new Sheet, give it the name Newsletter Sender. We will create two sheets. The first one will contain the list of subscribers email addresses. Name the first sheet Subscribers. Populate this sheet as shown below, make sure to replace the email address with your own to use for testing. Name the second sheet Content and populate it at…

CDN: Always use one on your website

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cdn network

CDN stands for Content Delivery Network . It represents a group of servers placed in various countries with the purpose of accelerating the delivery of static web content. Scalability on high traffic The CDN will scale up and down depending on the traffic. A major part of most of the websites today is static content. This content gets cached by the CDN, which drastically reduces the origin server load. In general, the CDN handles around 70% of a website’s load. Reliability A website might happen to go down at any…

Use CloudFlare as Free CDN

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As explained in one of our previous articles CDN: Always use one on your website, any website should use a CDN. Traditional web hosting is no longer capable of meeting the demands of websites in terms of traffic.CDNs are now responsible of serving content on a majority of websites. This articles explains how you can configure CloudFlare as a Free CDN for your website in a couple of easy steps. Setup the CloudFlare Account go to cloudflare.com and signUp once done, click on Add a Site on Cloudflare home page…

Google Phone App: Calls Recording & Transcription

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Google’s phone app is now able to record phonecalls. Another uncovered incoming feature of the app that follows the recording ability is the possibility of transcribing the voice conversations. You can join the testing program of Google Phone app by clicking here. Google Phone app is available from Google Play Store. Original article is available on 9to5google.com

Using Chrome Sessions: Productivity Boost

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The browser is a portal to many worlds exposed by the internet. You use it to search and gather information, collaborate on your projects, communicate, and much more. Chrome is one of the best and the most popular browser in the web. In January 2019 it reached 70% of the global browser market share. Chrome is CrossPlatform, it displays and behave the same of all platforms so this applies to PC, Mac & Linux. One of the major advantages of Chrome is that it synchronizes bookmarks, history, extensions, profile information…

Best Windows Remote Computing Tool: MoobaXTerm

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Almost on a daily basis, I have to connect to multiple servers and virtual machines, most of the time over SSH and more rarely VNC and Remote Desktop. The most difficult part is keeping those server organised, as they come along with settings, credentials, details, etc. Over the previous years I have tried and tested most of the tools available on the market and I’ve come to the conclusion that only one tool truly answers to most my requirements : MoobaXTerm.It fits the job and it’s loaded with cool features.…