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Almost everyone now owns a smartphone, and most smartphones boast decent cameras. However, it's far too easy to shoot bad photos on your smartphone. Especially if you just point and shoot with no thought about what you're doing. Thankfully, there are techniques you can employ to help you take better smartphone photos.

If you're not sure whether an iPad or any other tablet is the right device for your use case, we've got you covered. We'll list some reasons why they're definitely worth considering so you don't have to be on the fence anymore.

The Great American Beer Festival plans to reduce the number of attendee sessions in 2024 and permit breweries to serve additional beverages, including ready-to-drink cocktails. Boulder-based organizer the Brewers Association recently noted changes to the craft beer industry’s biggest event, coming to the Colorado Convention Center in Denver Oct. 10-12, in registration guidelines for prospective brewery participants. Instead of the usual four, individually-ticketed festival sessions, GABF will host three sessions: One on Thursday night (5:30 to 9:30 p.m.), one on Friday night (5:30 to 9:30 p.m.), and one Saturday afternoon (noon to 4:30 p.m.).

Yasu Kizaki knows most sushi fanatics are looking for the freshest cuts of fish. That’s why his youngest brother Koichi visits the Nagahama fish market in Japan every day at 2 a.m. to box up tuna, mackerel and scallops in dry ice and ship them to Sushi Denver in less than 24 hours. But fresher isn’t always better. “You all think that the freshest fish has to be eaten on the spot right away,” Yasu said.

A Microsoft Account is the current iteration of the tech giant's single sign-in service. The company introduced the rebranded service in 2012 to coincide with the release of Windows 8. It allows users with an account to log into a wide range of services and apps using one single account, but its greatest strength arguably comes when used with Windows.

Microsoft Word has built-in features that allow you to recover unsaved documents easily. This ensures that you can continue your work with minimal disruption or loss of progress after a system crash.