How to Clean Your Keyboard

Late-night snacks and caffeine-powered drinks are often our closest companions while we're typing away at our computers: They fuel the ideas and thoughts that we input one keystroke at a time.

But if you don’t stop to examine your keyboard every once in a while, you might miss the fact that it has become covered with crumbs, grease, and sticky soda stains (not to mention a coating of dust). And that’s not all: A recent study showed that some sample keyboards had more bacteria and filth than a toilet seat!

When it’s time to sanitize your keyboard and evict that nasty grime and bacteria, don't fret--you can remove all of it effectively in just a few steps.

Remove Loose Debris

1. Shut down your computer. If you’re using a wired desktop keyboard, unplug it.
2. Tilt the keyboard upside down and shake it to remove any loose debris. If you have a can of compressed air, you can spray it in between the keys as well.

Clean the Keys

1. Dip a cotton swab into some gentle isopropyl alcohol (rubbing alcohol) and brush it in the area surrounding each key. You may need to use multiple swabs, depending on the amount of dirt. If you’re unsure of the alcohol's strength, try it on a small, inconspicuous area first to make sure that it doesn’t cause discoloration or remove the lettering on the keys.
2. Dip a cloth or towelette into the isopropyl alcohol, and brush it along the tops of all the keys and surfaces, taking care to scrub heavily used areas (such as the Enter key and spacebar) to remove buildup. For particularly dirty spots, you can use a toothpick.
3. Use a dry, lint-free cloth to remove dust and polish the keyboard.
4. If you’re using a wired desktop keyboard, plug it back in.

With such periodic cleaning, your keyboard will stay relatively germ-free and appear brand-new. But if your keyboard looks more like a hazardous-waste zone, you can do a more thorough industrial-strength cleaning.

Remove and Clean the Keys

1. Most desktop keyboard letter keys are designed to allow you to remove them with a blunt tool such as a butter knife or flathead screwdriver. Simply place the tool under a corner of a key, and pry it off. If you’re unsure of your particular model, or if you are using a laptop, consult your device's manufacturer to learn whether key removal is supported, so that you avoid damaging your keyboard.
2. Once you've removed the letter keys, you can wash them individually with water and soap, or alcohol, to remove dirt.
3. After washing, dry the keys, and then place them on a towel to continue drying.

Clean the Keyboard Trenches

1. With most of the keys removed, you should have better access to the area underneath. Thoroughly blow out this area with compressed air, or even a gentle vacuum.
2. Dip a cloth or towelette into isopropyl alcohol, and wipe it along the inner surfaces.

Rebuild the Keyboard

1. As soon as the keys are totally dry, pop them back into place. Each key should snap back on with a small amount of pressure. If you forget where each key goes, consult a keyboard map.
2. Give everything one last wipe with a dry, lint-free cloth.
3. If you’re using a wired desktop keyboard, plug it back in.

Afterward, be sure to turn on your computer and test your pristine keys--but preferably without a snack in hand (at least for a little while).

Hack a Game in your Androud Phone

Hack a Game in your Androud Phone

How To Track A Cell Phone, Here’s The Ultimate Guide

How To Track A Cell Phone?

Well, if you want to track a phone that belongs to someone else, you just need to install this app on your phone. Once installed this app stays hidden on the phone but keeps track of every activity on the phone including GPS location, text messages, Call logs and more. This app works with Android, iPad and iPhone.

mSpy Cool Features:

• GPS location Tracking: GPS positions are uploaded at time interval you select a link to the map.
• Track Text Messages & Emails: Get access all sent text and received messages and SMS.
• Call Logs: All incoming and outgoing numbers on the phone is logged with duration and time.
• Phone Contacts: Get access all phone contact list.
• Browser History: All visited websites data and sessions.
• Social Networking & Messenger Activity: all social media activity such as Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter Skype and more.

Download mSpy from here:    MSPY

How it Works?

First of all, you need to install this app on the target phone, whose location and activities you want to track. The installation process takes a few minutes. Once the installation is completed, the tracking process will begin immediately and recorded logs are silently uploaded to “mSpy” Account. You can see the logs containing GPS location, Call activities, text Messages and more.

How to Track Lost Phone?

Let us a look at the some possible option to track your phone in case if it’s stolen or lost.

1. Tracking Android Phone

If your phone has stolen or lost, you can track your Android phone. You just need to follow the steps mentioned below.

Step 1: First of all, you need to install “Android Device Manager” from “Google Play Store” on another android device. This application lets you to track stolen Android phone and lets remotely lock or erase all data on it.

Step 2: Now, login “Android Device Manager” using Google account – same ID associated with your lost phone. Once you login successfully “Android Device Manager,” this app will attempt to locate your device and show its last location on the map.

Step 3: Now, you’ll able to perform several actions on your lost like to give a Ring, lock the device or Erase all the data stored on it.

Also Read: How To Access Google Chrome Passwords Remotely From Any Browser

Tracking iOS Devices (iPhone and iPad)

You can also track your lost or stolen iOS devices. You need to follow some simple steps.

Step 1: Login to “iCloud website” using your Apple ID associated with lost phone. Since location tracking is turned on automatically on iPhone devices, iClouds lets you track your phone on the web and it shows the location on the map.

Step 2: If your phone is found nearby to your location, you can play music on your iPhone and easily track your phone.

Step 3: If the above method doesn’t work, you can choose “Lost Mode” option which will remotely lock down your phone.

Step 4: If none of above method works, you can finally choose the “Erase iPhone” which will completely wipe out all the data stored on it.

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