How to Use the Backspace Key as a Back Navigation Button in Chrome

In previous versions of Google’s Chrome web browser, the backspace key on your keyboard navigated back (when you weren’t writing text). By popular demand, that feature was removed from Chrome (yes you read that right). If you’re among the many people who quite liked that feature and want it back, you’ve come to the right place. We’ll show you how to re-enable the ability to use the backspace key as a ‘back button’ in Chrome. …

How to Stream From VLC to Chromecast

Since the Chromecast was introduced, we’ve all been waiting for VLC to support it. Now with version 3, it finally does.

At this time, you’ll need to manually download and update the App via the VLC website – the built-in ‘check for updates’ feature will not recognize version 3.0 as the latest.

Once you have the latest version installed, open any media file in VLC. Select Playback from the main menu, then Renderer, and finally select your Chromecast device.

screenshot of vlc chromecast options

That’s it! Now you can stream .mkv, .flac and all the other popular but unsupported file types to your Chromecast! :)