The job of syncing your photos, files and messages to your PC or tablet can now be handled wirelessly. How does it work? Well, it’s simple. The key here is a couple of Microsoft apps that make the sync possible. While Microsoft Launcher makes sharing from phone to PC a cakewalk, notifications and reminders are handled by Cortana. Quite obviously, you’d have to use Microsoft’s own tools to make the syncing process seamless....
Spaces is a useful feature. You can have different desktops for different types of apps, or just have apps take up the full screen (which is one of my favorite things in OS X. I love making Write for Mac fullscreen and going to town on that keyboard). If you’re a Mac power user, you probably have more than a dozen apps open at once, and I’m low balling here....
It’s no surprise that we all know a few people on Instagram that post annoying stuff. Why should we waste our time and space on the Instagram feed by viewing such profiles? You can restrict the content from such accounts on your feed with the help of mute, unfollow, or block. Confused between these terms? We are here to help. In this post, we shall explain the difference between the various ways to hide content on Instagram....
Both these earphones are IPX7 rated and promise to give you great sound quality. Hence, we decided to compared these wireless earphones to help you pick the ones better suited for you. So, without further ado, let’s start the comparison of the Jaybird Vista and the Bose Soundsport Free. Build and Comfort: Truly Made for Sports Today, a majority of gadgets are slim and compact. And in this area, the Jaybird Vista doesn’t disappoint....
Since Google Play Music is pre-installed on almost all Android phones, not many bother to look for alternatives. In May 2016, Jio launched its bouquet of multimedia apps which included Jio Music. Jio Music took a route parallel to Google’s Play Music. That means, access to Jio Music is exclusive to Jio Prime membership. You will need to buy a Jio SIM to become a Prime member and use it....
FIFA’s sole competitor, Konami’s PES has announced several new features of their upcoming edition — PES 2018 — which will be released in the same month as FIFA 18, on September 12, 2017. “It is a game that builds on the foundations of the resurgent series and has taken on board request from our growing fan base. It is also a game with an eye on the future. PES 2018 sees us enter the field more confident and determined to excel than ever” commented Masami Saso, President of Konami Digital Entertainment B....
Around 9.5 million users were sent emails from the company warning about a potential breach in one of their databases which consisted of basic information of a majority of their users like contact info and the courses being viewed. Lynda has reset the passwords of the compromised accounts and alerted the users of the change. Security issues such as these might not seem quite welcoming to Microsoft, who had recently acquired Linkedin and its subsidiaries in a bid surplus of $26 billion....
The next month is going to be no different as like every other month, the Netflix video library is going to get refreshed with new content and some old things are taken off. In order to fulfill the ever-increasing demand of their users, Netflix is looking to add more titles to their catalogue and is also hiring translators to make the current titles accessible to a wider audience. Arrivals in June 2017 On Tuesday, Netflix confirmed that the upcoming movies and TV shows will be available on the streaming service in June....
All you need is a nifty app called AirDroid and a Wi-Fi connection to connect the computer to your device. AirDroid is an interesting app which helps a user in managing Android devices using a computer over Wi-Fi. We have already seen how to manage Android phone using a browser through AirDroid, something which you must check out. Now, to push a web link from computer to phone, run the AirDroid app on your phone and connect it to your computer using a browser....
free iPhone news readers or online RSS readers , since the start of July Google Reader stopped working. This led to several dedicated RSS readers based on it to lose support. Among these, the best and most popular one was without a doubt Reeder, by Silvio Rizzi. Thankfully, Reeder 2 for iOS ($4.99, universal) is back better than ever and this time as a universal app ready for iOS 7 while at the same time adopting other features and news syncing sources....
We’ll start by talking about the most basic question – what does it mean when one says he should/should not root his Android? Let’s see. Rooting an Android phone… What Does it Mean? Well, rooting an Android phone simply means to gain administrative privileges (or root access if you are from a Linux background) on the system. When you buy a new Android phone, you are just a guest user on the phone....
Recently, Google came out with a developer tool called ARC Welder for Chrome that can run and test Android apps directly on the Chrome browser. Besides PCs, the ARC Welder app works on Chromebooks as well, and thus you can run Android apps on your Chromebook. All you need is the APK file of the app you wish to run. Getting Started: Obtaining the APK Files The APK file of an app can be obtained from one of the many mirrors online....
ADB or the Android Debugging Bridge is a powerful tool that has diverse uses in the world of Android — from changing the screen resolution to rooting your Android phone. And ADB accomplishes all these through the USB debugging mode. So, should you turn off USB Debugging when not in use? We help answer this very question in this post today. What is USB Debugging? Aforesaid, USB debugging is the bridge between the computer and your Android smartphone....
used Excel sheets to split monthly bills, but with the emergence of cloud services we soon moved to Google Docs . For the past few months, we all used BillMonk for splitting the bills, but all that stopped after the service started getting a lot of downtimes and we heard reports that people started loosing all their data. A few months back I introduced all my readers to a service called Settle Up but the service worked only on smartphones....
Chromecast can only cast tabs at 720p resolution. So forget watching Full HD videos. Plus, as Chromecast is literally mirroring everything on your screen instead of smoothly playing a video, there’s quite a lot of lag. Websites like YouTube have a Cast button in their web player. When you click that, a link is sent to Chromecast and the video is played there. On the highest resolution your machine can allow....
Of course, the Davids of the PDF world cannot be compared to the Goliaths like Adobe when it comes to a face-off. I just started with it so that I can illustrate the appeal of portable software that are lightweight and do their core jobs well. Sumatra PDF is an open source viewer for Windows (Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7). You can use it to open PDF, DjVu, EPUB, XPS, CHM, CBZ and CBR and MOBI files, which pretty much covers the popular eBook formats....
playing games on my Android and now that I have a 10” tablet, the fun has increased fourfold. When I am at home I play games on my tablet , however when I am traveling, more often than not I end up playing them on my phone. Now the thing that was bugging me was the game progress on both the devices. As there’s no default way I could sync my game progress in both the devices, I had to play the entire sequence again on the second device after switching over… until I found the solution to this problem....
Carrying a tripod and using a self-timer is also a great idea, but you won’t need any of those if you have Groopic installed on your smartphone. Groopic for Android is a quite an innovative app using which you can take group pictures on your Android smartphone (or rather make one) in a unique way, without leaving out anybody. The app is also available for iPhones on the App Store and both the Android and the iOS apps work identically....
Of course, VPNs are much more than this. How Stuff Works has a great explainer if you’re willing to dive deeper. But for the average, security-minded individual, VPN means an easy way to encrypt their internet usage. Setting up a VPN network yourself is not easy. Which is why you’ll find countless services, big and small, ready to help you out. There are many reasons for you to be using VPNs and in this article we’ll be focusing on why you shouldn’t use free only VPN services....
As a result, I had to shift focus elsewhere. I started looking for gadgets launched in 2022 that had something unique to offer. Something that grabbed my attention. Something that would make tech fun for me all over again. That’s when I stumbled upon the Insta360 X3. The Insta360 X3 is a small, pocket-sized camera that records 360° videos. While that doesn’t seem much at face value, the Insta360 X3 turned out to be one of the coolest gadgets I used in 2022....
