February 2017

The author of EPUBReader launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign recently to finance the migration of the add-on to WebExtensions.

Mozilla plans to discontinue Firefox's add-on system in 2017 to replace it with the up and coming WebExtensions standard.

The following guide offers instructions on how to turn off sounds and voiceover audio notifications in Avast Free Antivirus for Windows.

Google announced an update to Google Maps on Android yesterday that brings real-time commute information and more to the company's app.

The new version of Google Maps for Android features a new section at the bottom of the home screen. All you have to do is swipe up to see the new options and interact with them.

The three new options help you beat traffic, catch the next bus or  find nearby restaurants.

404 Bookmarks is a brand new browser add-on for the Firefox web browser that helps you identify and remove dead bookmarks from the browser.

Most modern browsers support bookmarks, and it is easy enough to add them to the browser. In Firefox, all you do is click on the star icon to add it to the browser.

If you do that regularly, you end up with a growing list of bookmarks in the browser. Not really a size problem, as Firefox handles large bookmarks lists well.

KeePassXC is a free cross-platform client based on KeePass that could be useful to users who run devices with different operating systems.

KeePass is a Windows-only software by default. The password manager is a local program, meaning that it does not store any data in the cloud or requires an Internet connection to function.

Kodi 17 is the latest version of the popular cross-platform media center software that enables you to play media on all devices that it supports.

Kodi's main features are the ability to play media streams from local and network storage, or from the Internet, adding information from various sources to media collections that you add to the program, and an add-on system to extend the program's core functionality.

The following guide provides you with a solution for fixing the dreaded "no Internet secured" notification that signals Wifi connectivity issues on machines running Windows.

I bought a Microsoft Surface Pro 4 device back then when it first came out, and like it a lot. It is the device that I use mostly when I'm traveling as it offers all I require in a compact package.

For the past year or so, I noticed a strange wireless Internet connectivity issue regularly when connecting the device using WiFi. Connections to the WiFi hotspot work, but Internet did not at times.

HabitHub Habit & Goal Tracker is an application for Android that helps you keep track of activities, goals and rewards.

If you have troubles keeping track of activities and goals, or reaching them, you may need a little extra push in the right direction.

Goal trackers are certainly no one size fits it all solution, but they help you track and visualize progress that you make.

Shortcut Scanner is a free portable program for Microsoft Windows devices that scans drives of the PC for dangerous shortcuts.

Shortcuts are quite useful, as you may use them to run programs from locations they are not installed or stored in.  Shortcuts may also execute commands, e..g Powershell or DOS commands, on the operating system.

Common shortcut locations are the computer desktop, and also the Start Menu of the operating system.

Microsoft is working on a new Windows 10 SKU (Stock Keeping Unit) that the company named  Windows 10 Cloud internally.

First signs of Windows 10 Cloud appeared a week or so ago on the Internet, but it was not clear back then what this new edition of Windows 10 would offer. Suggestions ranged from a cloud-based operating system to a subscription-based system similar to Office 365, and a successor of Windows RT.