月份: 2020 年 6 月

Chromebooks run Chrome OS, which, as you may know, is an enhanced version of the Chrome browser built for added productivity on Chromebooks and Chromeboxes. Like more mature desktop OSs, Chromebooks offer the ability for users to pin shortcuts and apps to what is called the “shelf,” or the area (generally) at the bottom of the screen. I’ll walk you through how to add or removed pinned apps to the shelf on your Chromebook so that you can customize your shortcuts to suit your needs.

How to pin apps and shortcuts to your Chromebook shelf

Click or tap on the Chromebook app launcher (circle icon) in the bottom left corner.

Search through your apps and shortcuts to find the one you want to pin to the shelf.
Right click on the app/shortcut.

Click Pin to shelf. You will then see your app/shortcut pinned to the shelf.

If you want to unpin an app/shortcut from the shelf, right click on the one you wish to remove.
Click on Unpin.
Your app/shortcut will then be removed from the shelf,…

Take some time to check out two packed shows.

While there’s no E3 2020, countless different events are bringing a nonstop flow of news, previews, and game announcements. Two such events are the PC Gaming Show and Future Games Show. The PC Gaming Show will feature 50 games, while the Future Games Show will have over 40 games. To do the math for you, these presentations are bringing over 90 games for everyone to check out.

This double billing is being presented by PC Gamer and GamesRadar, respectively. Both shows are scheduled to begin on Saturday, June 13. Here’s how you can watch each of them.

How to watch the PC Gaming Show

The PC Gaming Show pre-show begins at 10:30 a.m. PT, with the full show kicking off at 11:00 a.m. PT. It’s being hosted by Sean “Day9” Plott and Frankie Ward alongside a mystery host. Some of the developers to show up include Amazon Games, Coffee Stain Studios, Dontnod, New Blood Interactive, and Rebellion. You can watch the PC Gaming Show on Twitch, YouTub…

Gaming controllers tend to attract dust and grime at the best of times. With controllers for mobile devices, add in proximity to your germ-soaked touchscreen, public transit, and the messy outside world, and you’ll get peripherals that need regular cleaning. Thankfully, cleansing your Razer Kishi controller is a fairly straightforward process.

Products used in this guide

Filthy-good gaming controller: Razer Kishi ($80 at Amazon)
Individually-packed, alcohol-based wipes: Monitor Wipes ($18 at Amazon)
Alcohol-free spray and cloths: VEO Active-Probiotics Spray ($16 at Amazon)

What tools to use and to avoid

Your dirt-fighting tool of choice will depend on whether you’ll want to clean your smartphone at the same time as your Kishi controller. Razer suggests in its support materials that you can use any monitor cleaning wipes to gently clean your controller. However, these wipes often contain 70% alcohol, which can remove the fingerprint-resistant coating on most smartphone screens. …

If you’re both a fitness fan and a smartwatch enthusiast, you might be familiar with Garmin, which designs a variety of wearables that cater to both the smartwatch and fitness crowds. Our personal favorite is the Vivoactive 4, which mixes the two well. Whether you’re a professional athlete or a first-time runner, there are many fantastic choices here.

Best Overall: Garmin Vivoactive 4

The Vivoactive 4 is one of the latest Garmin smartwatches to hit the market and it’s packed with features that make it a worthy upgrade. You’ll now have your pick between two sizes: 45 mm and 40 mm. The larger model gives you an extra day of battery life in smartwatch mode at 8 days. It’ll last 6 hours when it’s in GPS and music mode. The smaller model dips down to 7 days and 5 hours, respectively.

As for the good stuff, you’ll have all of the essentials, like built-in GPS, smartphone notifications, Garmin Pay, and 5 ATM water resistance. Music storage is now standard, which is something you had t…

The event was as spectacular as the game announcements, but it wasn’t perfect.

Sony revealed the PS5 yesterday to a lot of fanfare. After months of radio silence and a slow drip feed of information regarding the next-gen system, Sony pulled off a spectacular show with new game announcements and the console itself. Like my colleague Matt Brown wrote over on Windows Central, it put Microsoft’s initial Xbox Series X showcase to shame. Unfortunately, what’s clear the morning after is that Sony was far from clear in its messaging, and this lack of clarity may hurt it going forward.

This lack of clarity may hurt it going forward.

For starters, Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales was unveiled in a quick clip that had many thinking it was a full blown sequel. Once the chatter died down, more and more people considered the possibility of it being an expansion to the original game. Even Sony’s own representatives gave conflicting answers to what Insomniac now says.

Speaking with The Tel…

Google Maps offers a comprehensive location-sharing feature that makes it easy for you to share your location with your loved ones. You also have the option of broadcasting your location via a dedicated link, set the duration for location sharing, and select contacts that you want to share the details with. Here’s how you can get started with location sharing on Google Maps.

How to share your location in Google Maps

Open Google Maps from the app drawer or the home screen.
Tap the hamburger menu (the three horizontal lines) on the top left corner of the screen.
Select Location sharing.

Tap Share location.
Provide Maps access to your contacts by hitting Allow.
Select the duration until which you want to share your location. Toggle to Until you turn this off if you want to share your location for a lengthy duration.

Select a contact that you want to share your location with. If a particular contact isn’t listed yet, then choose an app from the list at the bottom of the page to…