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Many developers don’t make full use of the Notification API for Android. They’re not giving you full control of how the notification should look in the notification drawer. For your information below are the notifications types. Bundle: Collection of multiple notifications into one single notification. (Like we have in Gmail.)Head-Up Notification: You know that. (eg. WhatsApp)Multi-Line Text: Notification with a large chunk of text or data in it.Elastic List: Minimized version of Multi-line text but can be stretched to get the full view of it....

It is great that these operating systems have considered our security (and privacy) to this extent. Unfortunately there is a possibility that these permissions can be used against you for malicious purposes. Certain apps may indeed be spying on you and collecting your information against your will, among other malicious activities. There are steps that you can take to mitigate against this possibility however. These are what we will be exploring in the context of both iOS and Android....

So, today I’ll show you how you can protect your PC from such unknown threats using the sandboxing technology. In sandboxing you need not to worry about the software you download. It will be downloaded and installed in an isolated environment on your PC. Thus, saving your system from potential threats. For those that don’t know anything about Sandbox Technology here’s a quick overview. What is Sandbox? Sandbox is basically a mechanism in which you run programs in an isolated environment on your system....

There are two extension that can help you do this. Let’s take a look. 1. Screencastify The most versatile and feature rich option is Screencastify. When you install the extension you’ll need to give the app permission for accessing your microphone and the front facing camera. This is of course voluntary. But if you do provide access, the extension will be able to record your voice and your face that will then be shown in a little window in the bottom-right....

For example, say that you signed in to Chrome with your Google Account in a shared desktop or mobile. After you’ve completed browsing, you must remove it to prevent others from accessing your sensitive browsing data such as passwords and bookmarks. Let’s go through what you must do to remove a Google Account from the desktop, Android, and iOS versions of Chrome. Note: It’s best to review the Chrome Sync settings and back up any unsynced data to your Google Account before proceeding....

Slight changes in the Settings menu bought me some extra hours of battery life, yet it was by no means perfect. The main culprit was still looming large and that was in the form of the display. For those who are unaware, the display takes up more battery juice than any other resource in an Android phone. In the case of the Galaxy S9 or S9 Plus, the default bright white theme does more harm than good to the battery life....

Android excels at File management. And we already have online photo backup services such as OneDrive, Dropbox, and Google Photos. Google Photos rely on AI algorithms to sort out images, and with the help of Google’s powerful search, you can find the relevant image with ease. But it still doesn’t get the job done when you want to search for a particular item. Talking about OneDrive and Dropbox, they do come with automatic camera uploading service, but that practice uploads all the pictures from the various Android folders to the one place and after some time, it’s quite a mess in a given section....

For the most of us, the lock screen is adorned only by a simple clock and of course, the mandatory lock pattern. And it’s high time we paid a little attention to this lock screen. For starters, how about putting a cool GIF as a lock screen wallpaper on Android? So that everytime you open your phone, you are welcomed by something crazy as Mario leaping his way around or Harry Potter flying around with Buckbeak....

Google Drive , Google Reader and of course, Gmail. Gmail in particular has made the biggest splash of all in the digital world, with just about anyone having a Gmail account. Now, if you recently got an iPhone or other iOS device (or even if you are a long time iOS user) you might not know there is more than one way to set up Gmail on your iPhone, each with its own pros and cons....

And hence, it became very import for me to find a way to switch off my computer even while I would be away. I did not want to rely on third party software. I decided to use a tool that’s always open on my computer. We know that Windows uses Shutdown.exe to switch off our computer. We have also learned that MS Outlook can launch applications on receipt of emails and rules verification....

presentations even with some frequency, then you must know that one of the primary concerns when creating one is to find just the right kind of icons and graphics to use on them. Ideally, your graphics or other images for presentations should be large and come with transparent backgrounds to provide maximum flexibility when creating a keynote. But what if instead of using image files you could use icons that work and behave just like fonts?...

Windows may deny access to files and folders to other users due to a lack of permissions. If the original owner of that file or folder is not available, as an admin, you can take ownership of the file or folder by diving deep into the file’s properties. How to Take Ownership of Files or Folders With administrative privileges, you can take ownership of any file or folder created by another user on Windows 10....

How Does It Work? Well, Google has gathered a lot of Street View imagery of great places, some of it as old as 2007, so it made sense for the company to use old imagery in an interesting way, even if new images are captured all the time. The feature is similar to a time capsule, as it allows the user to see how a place has evolved over the years....

Several users don’t like using it because it can hinder the way they work. Imagine you are staring at the screen, brainstorming some points when suddenly, the auto lock kicks in. You can either turn off auto-lock in Windows 10 or manage it better. Let’s see how to perform that. What Is Auto-Lock Auto-lock prevents unauthorized access to your computer, thereby protecting your personal files and other data in your absence....

can provide tons of new features and improvements to a router’s default setup. Whether it be scheduled reboots, MAC filtering, URL blocking, or port forwarding, some routers don’t provide some of these seemingly basic features. Other times, advanced features are only available with a third party firmware upgrade. We’re going to look at what it takes to upgrade the firmware on a basic router to reveal some really cool and advanced features that were otherwise inaccessible....

Now, the thing is that we mostly use an app or script to apply the updates directly when we have to modify system files in an Android phone. This will enable us to have a better file management. It’s not always convenient though. Sometimes, we might need to edit and update certain system files on the Android device manually in order to apply some custom patches and modification and that’s when we need a root file explorer app....

We will first set up Google Drive native app to make relevant files offline on Mac. Then we will show you to work on those files without an internet connection using the Google Chrome browser. Without further do, let’s get started. Setup Google Drive on Mac If you frequently deal with Google Drive files on Mac, we recommend setting up the Drive client. Follow the steps below. Step 1: Download and install the Drive client on your Mac....

This will require some planning so you can download the map of an area or city beforehand. Once you move to that area with no network connection or GPS, you can’t do anything. Thankfully, the process is easy, and downloading maps in Google Maps doesn’t take long. Let’s begin. How to Download Google Maps Offline on Android and iOS You can save maps in both internal memory or SD cards on your Android phone....

Apple uses on-device intelligence to find, detect, and extract text from images on the iPhone and iPad. Following the iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 updates, you will see Live Text enabled on your iPhone. If you have problems extracting text from images, you need to turn on the option from the iPhone Settings menu. Here’s how to do it. Enable Live Text Live Text isn’t an app or menu on the iPhone....

Disabling the startup from each individual program’s option takes time. That’s when you turn to a tool like Quick Startup. Quick Startup (ver.2.8) is a ‘central management tool’ for monitoring all startup items and selectively adding, removing, editing, or disabling them to improve boot times. Quick Startup takes its monitoring role seriously by fetching product information for the startup items. This tells you immediately if that unknown item on the startup list is trustworthy or should be killed....