Rob Rich
Location
New York, New York
School
College For Creative Studies (Detroit, MI)
Expertise
IOS Devices, Mac Computers, Mobile Video Games
- Rob is currently writing about a variety of topics — from MacBooks and NASA missions to video game reviews and the deconstruction of 20-year-old anime.
- He's been an iOS user since purchasing his first iPhone 3GS in 2009, which lead to several years spent covering the mobile video games space.
- His current passion project is his YouTube channel, which he's used as a platform to collect and examine Transformers toys since 2016.
Experience
Rob has dreamed of writing about video games and tech ever since his first Nintendo Entertainment System, and he has been living that dream since 2008. Beginning his career with a weekly column documenting Xbox Live Arcade Games for Crush! Frag! Destroy!, Rob has gone on to write for mobile review sites such as Pocket Gamer and Gamezebo, acted as Editor-in-Chief for 148Apps, and written mobile game reviews for IGN. More recently, he's been writing a monthly column for Unwinnable, acting as editor for the Games section of Unwinnable's Exploits mini-magazine, and writing tech news for LifeWire.
Education
Rob received his bachelor's degree in 2004, from The College for Creative Studies in Detroit, MI.
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Stories By Rob Rich
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Voice input will work across various services and replaces pretty much anything you can physically do with the Roku remote.
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To use the feature, just open the Blood Oxygen app on your Apple Watch while the watch is on your wrist.
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Though DAT files, which house data as the shortened name implies, are usually best left alone, here's how you can open them.
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There may not be an overt Undo button or key command for Notes, but there are ways to take back recent inputs.
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Honda has a code system that, when triggered, will alert you to whatever maintenance needs to be performed.
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Much like the split-window Volkswagen Bug, the split-window VW Bus tends to retain more value than its non-split counterpart.
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An Echo Show or a Fire TV device is required, as well as the Fire TV mobile app, along with a digital HDTV antenna.
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Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop offer different features but are both extremely useful for graphic designers.
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Regardless of whether or not the iPhone app you want to download costs money, you're going to need to verify the "purchase" every time.
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If you own the Meta Quest 3 or any Quest models or any other VR headset, really, you're inevitably going to run out of juice.
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Not every vehicle, make and model, is created equal, and the Tiguan is no exception. Before buying a new or used Tiguan, ensure it isn't of these model years.
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You may have noticed your automatic transmission vehicle having a plus, minus, and M setting on the shifter. What do they do, and when should you use them?
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What diiferent about quiet hours from something like Airplane Mode is that it doesn't cut your phone off from outside communication.
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The always-on Microsoft Defender is meant to regularly check your computer for malware and viruses, but you can turn it off.
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An Amazon Fire TV offers plenty of streaming options, but did you know that live TV is also available? Here's how to get live TV working on your Fire device.
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The LifeSpan Ampera Office Bike is an exercise machine that converts your energy into power for your phone — also it's made to sit at a very tall desk.
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With so many connected devices, a compromised smartwatch might be an easier in for hackers than trying to gain entry from outside the system.
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One of the biggest problems holding back humankind from building lunar bases is the expense of getting the materials on the moon. Now, we might have a solution.
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4k is all the rage these days, but before you donate that box of old VHS tapes to charity, make sure they're not worth quite a bit of money.
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Manually adding a Snapchat lens, whether you have a particular one in mind or just want to browse, is pretty easy so long as you know what to do.
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Some modern vehicles already include a turbocharger, but if yours doesn't here's how you can change that.
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Something to be aware of before you go Pong-ing is that you will have to make some (temporary) changes to your Firefox toolbar settings,
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Apple is once again participating in World AIDS Day with PRODUCT(RED) offerings for a few devices, including the Apple Watch Series 9. Here are the details.
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Modding an i3 in this way can be extremely dangerous - not because the car wasn't designed for it, but because a whole lot can go wrong after the fact.
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Before you sell off or recycle your fax machine, you need to make sure that there isn't any personal data left in its memory. Here's how to erase it.
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How is it possible to do something wrong when all you've to do is plug the eBike or electric scooter into a wall outlet? Here's what you need to keep in mind.
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NASA plans to retire the ISS with a combination of natural orbital decay and controlled reentry by 2031.