The USB port has become perhaps the most universal connector standard in the world. Everyone knows what a USB is, and it’s hard to find a place where you can’t see a USB port to plug into, whether it’s a wall socket, a phone charger, or a computer. Depending on who you ask, there are … Read more

If you’ve been around computers for quite some time, you’re probably familiar with the CPU and the GPU. The CPU is responsible for doing the calculations and processing. Meanwhile, the GPU is there to take care of graphical tasks. Fun fact: Did you know that the foundation of the GPU was first set in the … Read more

The internet has become an essential thing in our daily lives. Worldwide, there are estimated to be nearly four billion people who use the internet. Another cool fact shows that the average person spends nearly seven hours on the internet each day, mostly on their mobile phones.  But still, mobile data is so expensive, particularly … Read more

Digital music has had quite a journey to get to where it is right now. In that journey, Apple’s iTunes played a huge part. It played a significant role in how accessible digital music was to the general public by providing an easy-to-operate and manage a library of files. This makes it no surprise that … Read more

The Apple iPhone is one of the most revolutionary devices of all time. Considering how many smartphone brands are available globally. And it feels funny to realize that these devices make up 13.5% of smartphones worldwide. Narrowing things down to just the United States, that becomes 47% of all smartphones in the country! With such … Read more

Six billion text messages are sent every day in the United States alone. That number increases to 18.7 billion worldwide.  The history of the text message goes back to 1984 when it was first conceived. However, the first SMS was sent in 1992. Nokia phones started to support it widely from the following year, and … Read more

Staying anonymous on the internet is something that so many people wish to achieve. It’s no surprise that 35% of people who know about private or incognito browsing use it. VPNs, another popular way to achieve anonymity, are also used by many people. More than two in every three adults who use the internet in … Read more

There are many benefits to having a web page or document which is visually appealing. Beyond creating that priceless first impression, it is also likely to keep those reading it more engaged. For this reason, you might want to have a background image on a page or document. Google Docs is fast becoming one of … Read more

Cloud storage services provide you with a location fo files you want to access from multiple devices. There are so many platforms of this kind, but in 2018, between them, all was an estimated 1.9 billion. That number was projected to climb to 2.3 billion in 2020. Google Drive is particularly popular thanks to how … Read more

You likely use Google Docs, and in the course of your work with it, you may find yourself needing to insert images into the document. Sometimes these are to directly showcase something instead of using a lot of words to describe it. In other cases, images simply help to spice up the text. These are … Read more

In the past, writing a document would require using a typewriter. Making a table, for instance, couldn’t be done in a few clicks. This is why we are fortunate we have options for word processing software. There’s Microsoft Office, which has been around for decades, and Google’s G Suite, relatively a newcomer. Despite that, you … Read more