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Should You Turn Your Water Heater Off While On Vacation? –

Should You Turn Your Water Heater Off While On Vacation? – By How-To Geek How-To Geek
It’s generally best to skip turning off the water heater and use the vacation mode or lowest setting to avoid problems.
If you’re headed out of town for a while, you might be curious if you can turn off your water heater to save a little money. Here’s what to consider before you do.

How to Turn Off an Android Phone

How to Turn Off an Android Phone – By How-To Geek How-To Geek
Turn off a Samsung Galaxy by pressing and holding the Power button. Tap “Power Off.” Turn off a Google Pixel by holding and pressing the Power+Volume Up buttons or the Power button. Tap “Power Off.” You can also use on-screen buttons to turn off your Android phone.

How to set your Google calendar to private

How to set your Google calendar to private – By Barbara Krasnoff The Verge
Recently, journalist, author of Platformer, and former Verge reporter Casey Newton tweeted something that had many readers both laughing and panicking: that entrepreneur David Sacks’ calendar at Twitter was not set to private and, as a result, was being carefully scrutinized by curious Twitter employees.

What Happens to Your Online Accounts When You Die?

What Happens to Your Online Accounts When You Die? – By Tim Brookes How-To Geek
We’re all going to die someday, but the same can’t be said for our online accounts. Some will persist forever, others might expire due to inactivity, and some have preparations in place for when you pass away. So, let’s have a look at what happens to your online accounts when you go offline forever.

How to back up a Chromebook

How to back up a Chromebook – By Palash Volvoikar Android Police
Chromebooks are excellent computers if your usage is mostly web browsing and other online applications. They’ve become vastly popular among students and folks that need a computer for basic use, or a secondary computer. Of course, when you have a computer, you want your data to be secure, and Chromebooks are pretty good at that, but it’s always good to back up your Chromebook regardless.

How much RAM does your Chromebook need?

How much RAM does your Chromebook need? – By Abubakar Mohammed Android Police
Chromebooks are capable machines, and the best Chromebooks can be used for browsing, watching videos, and editing documents. You can also use Android and desktop apps via Linux. With its lightweight ChromeOS operating system, Chromebooks are power-efficient and don’t need powerful processors and more RAM.

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