I have come across methods to remove context menu items but some required complex registry editing while others required working on crappy tools. Today I am going to show you how you can use CCleaner to clean up right-click menu in Windows. CCleaner needs no introduction and if you’ve been a Windows PC user for a long time, it is highly unlikely that you have not heard about this beast of a clean up tool....
In response to the growing popularity of Slack, Microsoft finally announced Microsoft Teams for organizations. Also, the software giant continues to add new features to the Teams. While it closely competes with Slack, Zoom, and others, Microsoft highlights collaboration as a specific component of the Teams app. When it comes to collaboration, the Teams allows users to create Whiteboard, share it, and chat while collaborating. Microsoft has added background blur for video calls, pop-up chats and meeting windows, Outlook plugin, and more in Teams....
Take Google Drive and Dropbox for example. I have been using both for a while now, but recently decided to leave Dropbox for Google Drive. In fact, I am moving everything to Google, beginning with cloud storage, and will be covering my journey here. Why Google you may ask? I want to use as few apps as possible and consolidate everything under a single roof. Basically, I am going for fewer apps, extensions, and features to achieve consistency, uniformity, and integration across platforms....
So today we will see what all the app has to offer and how fruitful the wait really was. For those who’ve been living under a rock and heard the name IFTTT for the very first time today, here’s a brief introduction: IFTTT is a popular online service that lets you create trigger-based automated tasks, which will be executed for you automatically when the conditions are fulfilled. We have already covered an article on the service....
Similarly, there is delete and archive on Instagram. Many times, you see a photo on your profile that displeases you. Even though when the picture was published, you were in love with it, but now it irks you. It’s normal — time changes. Typically, you would want to delete the post. But when you are about to remove it, you see the archive option. Now you may be wondering what is archive and how does it differ from delete?...
You plan the lunches with clients, the weekly meetings with your boss, and project submissions in your faithful calendar app. So then why do you leave the things listed above to other specific apps or worse, your memory? Why can’t you just have one calendar app for everything that’s going on in your life? And of course, you’ll want it to be smart and automated. You don’t want to manually input the dates of Man Utd disasters, do you?...
More Work, More Apps Imagine a typical day for anyone using a smartphone. You wake up, check your phone’s notifications, get ready to leave for work, make a few calls or emails, and then either enjoy your favorite podcast or music collection while on your commute to work. A few check-ins, tweets, and other social media updates later, you’re on your work desk and getting things done. All the while you are constantly getting notifications on your smartphone and depending on how many apps you use, more and more notifications simply ends up meaning more and more apps running in the background....
But the thing with browser extensions remains – one is always looking for the next best thing especially when productivity is involved. So, here we are pulling out Memo Notepad, a relatively new kid on the block for a tryout with notes. If you have used Quick Note before, you will appreciate the same simplicity in Memo Notepad. Side by side there’s very little to separate them. You need to give the extension an email address before you install the notepad tool in your browser....
That was until Microsoft announced Windows Phone 8.1. And it got me genuinely excited to play around with something Microsoft made, and I haven’t had that feeling in years. When opportunity presented itself in form of Nokia Lumia 630, I jumped on it. Like you, I’m looking in as an outsider who was always mystified with this innovative and refreshing OS but it just didn’t do enough to warrant attention....
Sometimes, you can change your connection provider but let’s just say you are stuck with it (shared college connection, purchased an expensive data card etc). In such situations, Opera Turbo – a unique feature of the Opera browser – could come in handy. It automatically compresses webpages so that they load faster on slow connections. Let’s see how to enable it and how it works. How to Enable Opera Turbo On a Slow Connection You’ll obviously need to have Opera installed on your PC....
With every new version of the system though, Apple always introduces a series of new features that make it even better. OS X Mavericks is no exception, and after you install it on your Mac there are in fact several cool features that are never mentioned, nor are they known by users. Here’s a look at some tips for the Finder and the Dock in OS X Mavericks that can enhance our everyday productivity....
Arrow launcher is in beta stage and one needs to join the Google+ community to request an invite and that would enable you to download the app from the Play Store. But there is an option of direct download for the user who would like to install it and get started. Working on Arrow Launcher After installing the app, I have three prominent screens. The main screen at the center is for the apps....
You must be thinking as to what makes it the best. So here is a list of the most amazing and exclusive features that you will get in Venom ROM. Some Great Things about viperX ROM Perform OTA Unlike the other ROMs which require you to download and flash the update files manually each time the developer rolled out an upgraded version, with viperX ROM you can install the update over the air (OTA)....
One had to rely on third party tools to get the job done. We discussed one of such tool in the past, but the only downside was, it was not freeware. With Windows 8, the process was made easier. In the Personalize window, it gave the option to choose a distinct wallpaper for each display and was way easier than using a third party tool. With Windows 10, the option got lost when the Microsoft Modern Interface took over customization settings....
Both the apps boast of over 100 million downloads and claim to be 200 times faster than the conventional Bluetooth connection. Plus, not to mention the fact that the duo sees their share of regular updates. So, it seems only fair that we pit both the apps against each other and see who wins at the end. Overview If we dig deeper, SHAREit and Xender are more than just file transfer applications....
That’s exactly the reason why different Dock alternatives thrive on the market, but most of them are too complex for their own good. StatusDuck tries to solve this problem with a pretty clever approach that makes Dock elements accessible while taking up minimum space and without sacrificing any usable screen real estate. Screen Real Estate Saver Once you download and start StatusDuck, it takes all of your running apps and places them on your Mac’s menu bar using small icons....
TouchPal is popular among the fans for its fonts, themes, and emojis. It will allow you to customize your UI and experience in many ways. Recently, the developers of TouchPal launched an AI assistant named Talia. Download TouchPal SwiftKey, now owned by Microsoft, comes with language translation and Calendar integration to help you get more out of your typing experience. Download SwiftKey Let’s find out what’s under the hood and how do they stack up against each other....
Wondershare MobileGo took a considerable amount of time to restore the backup.One could only backup contacts, text messages and applications using the tool leaving out call records and Wi-Fi access point settings.The process lacked flexibility to restore the data on the go as one should connect the phone to the computer to restore the backup. Today I am going to talk about a better alternative – Go Backup, that will help you in talking the complete backup of your device and restoring it easily whenever you wish to....
From video chat rooms that can be used to touch base with friends and plan our events, to using them as real-time learning tools, uses are many. What will you use these four free and web based group video chat tools for? Try them out with your friends and let us know. (image credit: cogdogblog) Note: The list talks about – as mentioned in the title – the best free and ‘web based’ group video chat tools, meaning the ones which do not involve installation of software of any kind....
different time zones – India (my default), Central and Pacific. It is always easy to pull out the respective data from the internet or calculate the same by remembering the differences in time zones. However, it would be better if I had them handy on my work machine at any time. That would give me an extra edge and help me organize or plan my job accordingly. This post is about what I suggest all you people requiring similar workarounds to keep track of different time zones do....
