Tom Westrick
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How to recover a Chromebook over USB
By Tom Westrick published
Chromebooks are generally easy, but sometimes you need to bring out the big guns to fix a problem. This is how to recovery a broken Chromebook.

How to use Instant Tethering with your Chromebook
By Tom Westrick published
Instant Tethering is a feature designed to enable to the clunkiness of signing into a portable hotspot. Here's how to set it up!

Setting a Chromebook up for enterprise use
By Tom Westrick published
Chromebooks are super awesome for enterprise use, and here's how to get one set up for your business!

How to enable Night Light blue light filter on Chrome OS
By Tom Westrick last updated
Night Light is a feature that lets users avoid eye strain when using a screen late at night, and it is now available for Chrome users.

Plex DVR can now remove commercials
By Tom Westrick published
Plex DVR now allows users to remove commercials from recorded shows.

How to unlock your Chromebook with a PIN code
By Tom Westrick published
Passwords are great but inconvenient. If you want to keep your Chromebook secure but easy for you to get into, follow these steps.

Google Photo Books now available in Canada
By Tom Westrick published
Google's physical photo books are now available in Canada.

Here are most of the Pixel 2-exclusive wallpapers for download
By Tom Westrick published
The Pixel 2 wallpapers have been made available for anyone wants to download them.

Original Pixel and Pixel XL owners will indeed have unlimited photo backups for life
By Tom Westrick published
Google has confirmed that 2016 Pixel owners will receive unlimited original-quality photo backups for life.

Google Lens is coming first to the Pixels, followed by Google Photos and Assistant
By Tom Westrick published
Google Lens will be available soon inside Google Photos and Google Assistant.

[Deal] Get the Google Wifi for $120, 3-pack for $274
By Tom Westrick published
The Google Wifi is on sale on Amazon, Best Buy and the Google Store.

Ajit Pai has been confirmed for another term at the FCC
By Tom Westrick published
Ajit Pai has been confirmed for another term in the FCC and will continue serving as chairman.

WhatsApp is unveiling its own emoji, but they look a lot like the iPhone's
By Tom Westrick published
WhatsApp has unveiled its own emoji, starting with the Android app.

AT&T and Sprint waive calling fees to Barcelona after deadly attack
By Tom Westrick last updated
AT&T and Sprint subscribers can make free phone calls to Barcelona following deadly terrorist attacks.

Google 'Ultra Pixel' phone rumored to ditch navigation keys, have dual cameras (Update: fake)
By Tom Westrick published
New rumors have popped up about an "Ultra Pixel" phone from Google, and it sounds incredibly interesting. Here's what we know so far.

This is our first look at the ZTE Axon M foldable smartphone
By Tom Westrick published
ZTE will be releasing a dual-display phone in the coming months.

Pixel owners on Oreo receiving September patch disguised as downgrade to Nougat
By Tom Westrick published
Certain Pixel owners are being asked to downgrade their phone's software.

Samsung working on a foldable phone for 2018
By Tom Westrick published
Samsung's President says the company is working towards releasing a foldable phone by the end of 2018.

Software magic brings HDR support to the Pixel and Pixel XL
By Tom Westrick published
The first generation Pixel phones now include support for YouTube HDR.

Aftershokz Trekz Titanium review: Wireless headphones you can wear everwhere
By Tom Westrick published
The Aftershokz Titanium headphones are excellent for workouts and let you hear your surroundings.

Some people are already receiving their Note 8 pre-orders
By Tom Westrick published
Some Galaxy Note 8 owners have already received their devices.

You won't be able to repair the Essential Phone
By Tom Westrick published
The Essential Phone proves nearly impossible to repair, earning a 1/10 score from iFixit.

An official free-to-play Game of Thrones MMO is coming to Android
By Tom Westrick published
The latest Game of Thrones mobile game is now available for pre-registration.
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