What Does XD Mean, and How Do You Use It?

March 20, 2022

Did You Know?

During the 1943 NFL season, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles temporarily merged into the “Steagles” as a result of player shortages stemming from both teams losing players to World War II military service.

Don’t be fooled—XD is not an acronym! It’s a great way to express yourself on the internet without busting out the emoji keyboard. Here’s what this text-based emoji means and how you can start using it. Read More »

Google Assistant’s Family Bell feature makes it easy to schedule announcements on Google Nest speakers and displays, along with Android devices. It can be annoying to get to the Family Bell settings. We’ll show you how to make a shortcut. Read More »

You can always set up another conditional formatting rule in Google Sheets for one set of cells exactly the same as another. But why do the extra work? Here are a few ways you can copy your conditional formatting. Read More »

The iPhone 13 Pro is a serious piece of creative kit, especially when it comes to the next-level cinematic camera system. It would be a shame to drop it during a tense scene, but these cases can help prevent damage! Read More »

Do even a little research on electric vehicles (EVs) and you’ll see the term “regenerative braking.” You probably know that it allows EVs and hybrids to extend their range a bit with spare kinetic energy, but how does it really work? Read More »

Interested in professional gaming? To join an esports team, you need to have the skills of a competitive player, not just a matchmaking player. Here’s what it takes to get there. Read More »

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Steam synchronizes many save files to its servers. They’re automatically downloaded via Steam when you install a game, but that’s not the only way you can get them. You can download them directly from Valve’s website in your browser, too. Read More »

By default, when you download something using Mozilla Firefox, that download gets saved to the main Downloads folder for your user account. If you’d rather Firefox save your download files somewhere else, it’s easy to change the default save folder location. Here’s how to do it. Read More »

Looking for a new way to engage your TikTok followers? Though the social media platform is primarily used to share videos, going live allows you to transmit real-time audio and video. Here’s what you need to know to get started. Read More »

When you’re watching a mystery movie or a crime TV show, it’s fun to try to guess who committed the crime. With Murderville, you get the joy of trying to figure out who the killer is and watching comedians try not to break character during crazy improv sessions. Read More »

In photography, there are two types of lenses: zoom lenses and prime lenses. Zoom lenses cover a range of focal lengths. If you own a DSLR, it probably came with a zoom lens. Here’s why you might want to get prime lenses instead. Read More »

We’ve featured a lot of nicely designed icons for Windows, but have you ever wondered how to create your own? Load up a web browser and GIMP (or your favorite photo editor), and we’ll show you how to turn any image into an ICO file. Read More »