13 Tech Tricks You Should Know About Digital Platform


1.Can’t watch YouTube videos that have been age restricted but don’t want to sign in to do so? In the URL, delete the “watch?v=” and replace it with “v/”.

2.Want to play Tetris on Mac? On Terminal, type Emacs then press Enter. Presse Esc+X, type tetris and Enter. Use the arrow 
keys to move and rotate your Tetris blocks.

3.Want a quick way to turn part of a YouTube video into a GIF? Add “GIF” after “www.” and before “youtube” in the URL of the video

4.Saving an Excel file as an .XLSB will shrink the size by half or 75%.

5.If you hit Shift + Volume up / down on Mac, a sound is emitted indicating the intensity of the volume.

6.Bounce batteries to see if their are good or bad. The higher they bounce, the lower the charge they have in them

7.If you buy a product on Amazon, and there is a price drop within 7 days, you can get a refund on the price difference.

8.Have a lot of tabs open on Chrome? Use Cmd + 1, 2, 3 to go to specific tabs based on their position, or use Cmd + Tab to just cycle through the tabs.

9.Tap on K to pause a Youtube video, no matter where you click last in the same page.

10.To scroll sideways or horizontally on a web page, press down on Shift then scroll on your mouse.

11.For quick dictionary meanings, google “define: [your search term]”.

12.Darker wallpaper or themes can help save 6%-8% of battery life for your smartphone

13.You can take a snapshot of video you are watching via VLC Media Player. Hit Shift + S on Windows, or Cmd + Alt + S on MAC.   




































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