July 13, 2025 - Tech Tutorials

This tweak generates a QR code for your iPhone’s Personal Hotspot

On July 13, 2025January 9, 2020 By tech-tutorials

Personal Hotspot is an indispensable feature of my iPhone that I use virtually every day as I move out of range of Wi-Fi, and while Apple has made it super easy to pair other iOS devices with the tap of a button, the same can’t be said about non-iOS devices, […]

Android Jetpack Navigation Stable Release

On July 13, 2025March 14, 2019 By tech-tutorials

Posted by Ian Lake, Software Engineering Lead & Jisha Abubaker, Product Manager Cohesive tooling and guidance for implementing predictable in-app navigation Today we’re happy to announce the stable release of the Android Jetpack Navigation component. The Jetpack Navigation component’s suite of libraries, tooling and guidance provides a robust, complete navigation […]

Creating Hard and Soft Light With the Same Speedlight

On July 13, 2025November 29, 2019 By tech-tutorials

You might not think speedlights are that flexible in terms of the quality of light they can output, but with a bit of ingenuity and an understanding of the basics of light, you can get both hard and soft light out of just a single speedlight. This helpful video will […]

Ori and the Will of the Wisps may run at 120 FPS on Xbox Series X

On July 13, 2025December 15, 2019 By tech-tutorials

This morning, many gamers woke up to a pleasant surprise. Ori and the Will of the Wisps, the sequel to Ori and the Blind Forest, is available for digital preorder on the Microsoft Store. The game costs just $30 and is launching on March 11, 2020. However, it seems like […]

Apple Seeks Tariff Waivers on iPhone Components, Apple Watch, AirPods and More

On July 13, 2025November 2, 2019 By tech-tutorials

Apple has asked the United States government to exclude Apple Watch, AirPods, HomePod, iPhone components, and other devices and parts imported from China from the 15 percent tariff that went into effect on September 1, reports Bloomberg. Apple filed for exclusions on 11 products or components on Thursday, which was […]

More Holiday Gift Ideas for Photographers

On July 13, 2025December 12, 2019 By tech-tutorials

Christmas gifts presents on red background. Simple, classic, red and white wrapped gift boxes with ribbon bows and festive holiday decorations. So yesterday on ‘The Grid’ (our weekly talk show for photographers) we did our annual Holiday Gear Guide live on the air, and Erik and I were joined by […]

Five Helpful Tips for Retouching Portraits in Photoshop

On July 13, 2025November 29, 2019 By tech-tutorials

Retouching portraits in Photoshop is a complicated and nuanced task, and it is important to be proficient with every step in the process to produce a top-quality result. This great video shares five tips and tricks for retouching portraits in Photoshop. Coming to you from Kayleigh June, this helpful video […]

Intuition, Creative Freedom & Doing What You Love with Chris Ballew

On July 13, 2025November 3, 2019 By tech-tutorials

Today’s episode is going to rock your world … pun fully intended because today’s guest is an actual rock star. You may remember a band called Presidents of the United States of America. They took the world by storm in 1995 with their self titled album, Presidents of the United […]

36C3: Open Source Is Insufficient To Solve Trust Problems In Hardware

On July 13, 2025January 1, 2020 By tech-tutorials

With open source software, we’ve grown accustomed to a certain level of trust that whatever we are running on our computers is what we expect it to actually be. Thanks to hashing and public key signatures in various parts in the development and deployment cycle, it’s […]

Give iOS’ notifications a facelift with ColorMeNotifs

On July 13, 2025December 21, 2019 By tech-tutorials

Jailbreakers in the market for customizing the appearance and behavior of their incoming notification system without breaking the bank just might take a liking to a newly released and free jailbreak tweak dubbed ColorMeNotifs by iOS developer MrGcGamer. Just as the name implies, this tweak offers a plethora of settings […]