Traveling at night, or just prefer a dark interface? You can enable dark mode in Google Maps on your Android phone and enjoy a dark navigation system. We’ll show you how to toggle that mode on and off. In Google Maps on Android, you can use a light theme, a dark theme, or the default theme of your phone. You can have any one of these themes enabled at any given time in the app.

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For improved online privacy and security, Windows 11 lets you use DNS over HTTPS (DoH) to encrypt the DNS requests your computer makes while you browse or do anything else online.

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AirPods pair and work seamlessly with the iPhone and iPad, but the process on the Mac is not at all transparent. Wondering how to connect and use your earbuds on your Mac with ease? We’ve got you covered.

If this is the first time you’re using your brand new earbuds, you’ll have to pair them with your Mac first. Once paired, Apple will sync the earbuds’ details with all of the devices on your iCloud account. This means you only have to pair your AirPods or AirPods Pro once. If you’ve already paired your headphone with your iPhone or iPad, they will show up in your Mac’s Volume Control and Bluetooth menus (as long as you’re using the same Apple ID on your Mac, and you have Handoff enabled). You can also use your AirPods with Android and Windows computers.

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If you’re a fan of the Kanban board method of organization like Trello or MeisterTask, give the board view in Outlook calendar a try. With a click, you can see your schedule, sticky notes, uncompleted tasks, essential files, and more.

As of this writing in September 2021, the board view is available only in the calendar on Outlook for the web. With it, you can create different boards, add what you want to each, resize or move items, and see your most important items in one handy spot.

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Macs have built-in support for connecting to the most common types of VPNs. If you want to ensure your Mac is automatically reconnected to your VPN or connect to an OpenVPN VPN, you’ll need a third-party app. This process is similar whether you’re using Windows, Android, iPhone, iPad, or another operating system. macOS provides a menu bar icon for controlling the VPN connection.

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While Docker is much lighter weight than traditional VMs, too many containers can quickly consume your host’s resources.

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A feature on your iPhone or iPad called “App Tracking Transparency” allows you to ask apps not to track you across the internet for advertising and data brokering purposes.

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Now is arguably the best time in the history of the platform for Android users—the OS is getting better, updates are getting (slightly) quicker, and there are several excellent handsetS to choose from. If you’re not into the whole “manufacturer skin” that most are offering these days, however, it can be slightly less exciting to buy a non-Nexus phone. But giving your phone a “stock Android” look and feel isn’t as hard as you think.

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