When you bring a pet home, one of the first things you’ll be tempted to do is take a picture and share it with your friends and loved ones. Unfortunately, as any pet owner can tell you, animals aren’t always the most photogenic.

Sometimes, you’ll even need some basic editing knowledge to make the shot look good. Tap or click to learn some essential photo editing tricks. Animals are living things, and photographing them means finding a balance between composed and candid shots.

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Who wants a new smartwatch? Everybody. The answer is everybody.

It’s easy to see why, with their host of features including those that help the wearer keep in touch, stay active and navigate around town. Hoping to put a big screen under your tree as well? Tap or click here for our Black Friday buying guide for the best TVs on a budget.

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There are two types of steaming gadgets: set-top boxes and HDMI sticks. Streaming boxes are larger and more expensive, but tend to be more powerful. HDMI sticks are the size of USB drives and plug right into your TV’s HDMI port. That means less clutter in your entertainment center and less impact on your wallet.

This chart will help you compare and contrast the best streaming devices on the market so you can make the right decision for your entertainment needs.

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Each week, I receive tons of questions from my listeners about tech concerns, new products, and all things digital.

Sometimes, choosing the most interesting questions to highlight is the best part of my job.

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Not too long ago, Kim was waiting to be seated at a restaurant when all of a sudden her phone was being bombarded with messages. She was receiving memes, photographs and other digital imagery from people she didn’t know.

A few moments later, she looked up from her phone and across the room noticed a group of kids huddled up and giggling. She quickly realized she was being pranked by teenage AirDrop trolls. This isn’t a new phenomenon, we’ve told you in the past about other horror stories dealing with AirDrop.

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We all like to stay connected. We sync up our gadgets and phones. We use smart technology in our places of work, and even in our homes. And guess what? That same connectivity and convenience are quickly becoming a standard feature in our cars too.

In fact, with all their features, functions, sensors and connections, newer smart cars are like big tech gadgets themselves!

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If you want to improve your memory and critical thinking skills, learn a new language. One of the easiest places to start is Duolingo. This language learning app breaks down the learning journey into bite-sized lessons you repeat each day.

Luckily, you can challenge your brain without taking on the arduous task of learning a new language. In fact, you can just look at a few optical illusions to teach yourself a new way of looking at the world. Tap or click here for a few optical illusions that will test your brain.

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Trolls in the digital world are usually considered those who intentionally post or send messages to cause disruption. And they are loathed by most because they are just trying to get a rise out of someone for no good reason.

Scammers – equally hated, try to get you for your hard earned money or identities. They have a more pointed approach but are still trying to get as many people as possible.

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If you’re worried that you don’t have any privacy in the 21st century, you’re right. Despite the internet’s countless benefits to all of us, there is a downside to everyone being connected to each other.

Hackers, spies, un-reputable government employees and creeps have easy access to you. They can remotely watch you on your webcam, talk to your kids on child monitors, and more.

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Smartphones have changed our lives for the better. We’re now able to accomplish so many important functions on the go that used to be confined to a desktop computer. Banking transactions, booking vacations and sending business emails to name a few.

So much of our personal data files are stored on these handy gadgets, it’s horrifying to think about a cybercriminal breaking into them. Unfortunately, a Trojan was recently discovered that allows cybercriminals to do just that.

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Oh, the frustrating challenges of an inconsistent Wi-Fi connection. There are plenty of reasons your Wi-Fi keeps dropping at your home or office – signal congestion, physical location, firmware issues, hardware limitations or maybe your space is just too big for your router coverage.

If the latter is the case, you can try setting up network extenders to cover dead spot rooms. Although cheap, the downside with network extenders is that they are slower than your main Wi-Fi connection since they often come with a single radio transmitter that cannot send and receive data simultaneously. Adding to that problem, the more gadgets connect to a Wi-Fi extender, the more it slows down.

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