Turning on the screen just by picking up the phone. Ok, it’s not really fancy, might even sound stupid perhaps. But it is cool. More than that, it is useful. Activate WakeUp WakeUp is the app that we’ll be using to accomplish this. Install the app from the Play Store and open it up. Before getting started, you’ll need to do three things. First, tap on the Enable Device Administrator button and on the next screen, tap on Activate....
Well, that’s what we will explore today as we explain how a smart thermostat works and the benefits it brings to the table. Since it’s going to be a long read, let’s get going, shall we? But first, Here are the best mesh Wi-Fi routers for large homes Smart plug vs smart outlet: which is better for your smart home Check out the best renter-friendly smart home gadgets that you can buy...
So, that brings us to an important question — is the Sonos Move better than the JBL Link Portable? Or, is the small Link Portable more suited for your taste? Well, that’s what we will find out in this post as we put the JBL Link Portable against the Sonos Move to see which speaker delivers the value for money. Before we get started, check these out. Are you looking for Bluetooth wireless speakers with aptX?...
One of the versions will be the default desktop version we have been working on for ages on previous versions of Windows. The second version of the Internet Explorer in Windows 8 is the Metro UI version and we all will be seeing it for the first time. If you use your Start Screen (Start Menu) to launch the Internet Explorer, Windows will open the Metro UI IE for you, and if you start the Internet Explorer using your desktop, it will open the good ol’ desktop version....
Excel sheets we usually give a name to every column and sometimes, to rows too. Our intention behind creating headers is that we (and the people we share our sheet with) may easily understand the data matrix and the data within it. However, there is one flaw with doing just this much. If you notice closely you will see that the headers scroll away as you scroll the document (down or left)....
On Tuesday, Microsoft announced that it is committed to providing protection to users’ privacy and they’ll make good on their promise by delivering significant changes to its privacy management settings in their update in the first half of the year. Users enrolled under Microsoft’s Insiders (beta programme) can download the update and check it out right now, but the rest will have to wait a while to be able to control the data they share with the company....
Mivi, an Indian brand known for mobile accessories, has launched the Collar Bluetooth stereo headset. Among other things, the price of this headset is really an exciting proposition, but, how well does this headset fare in other areas? Let’s find out in this detailed review. A Basic yet Functional Design The Collar Bluetooth headset has a very basic yet functional design. Having a basic design is actually a good thing in the case of headphones or earphones, since all you want to do is plug in and start the music....
Here are two extensions (for Chrome and Firefox) that can help you set up smart scrolling and ensure that you can scroll a page even when the mouse scroll button refuses to work. Scrollbar Anywhere (Chrome Extension) Scrollbar Anywhere behaves just as its name suggests. You can scroll a webpage from any part of your browser by simply pressing the right mouse button and drag scrolling the mouse. The behavior is as if the scrollbar is just right under the pointer....
Google+ is an interesting social network. The social network offers, in my opinion, much more features than its competitors, both in terms of possibilities to create content (the photo features I was mentioning, which are constantly receiving useful improvements), but also in the way users control the way they’re able to share the content they’re creating. The new additions have been announced in a post on Google+ (where else?) by Dave Besbris, its VP of Engineering....
Putting on a tempered glass is the most available solution. But then, the same question, which one? After a lot of research, we found the perfect solution — the Cassiey screen protector for Redmi Note 4. What’s more, the application is so easy that you can do it in the comforts of your home. Cassiey Screen Protector Cassiey is a glass screen protector with 2.5D curved edges and is made especially for the Redmi Note 4 devices....
So, how do you choose in such a case? Do you try out both the apps and waste your precious time? Well, that’s where we come in. In this post today, we pit both Piktures and QuickPic against each other and see which app you should use. Like most comparisons that we do here in Guiding Tech, we’ve divided the features into two sets Common and Uncommon, to make it easy for you....
When you watch a video online, your browser downloads the video to your cache (buffering in technical terms) so that’s the first time you are using your bandwidth. Again, when you download it using one of the tools, it’s the second time you are using the bandwidth. Wouldn’t it be nice if we simply use the video in the cache and save it directly to our computer? VideoCacheView (scroll down to the bottom of this page to find the download link) is one such great tool that lets you save the video that’s there in the browser cache to your hard disk....
The iPhone’s two most popular browsers, Safari and Chrome for iOS, are excellent examples of great mobile browsers. They both have their own pros and cons and are free for anyone to download. Let’s take a look at each of them to find out which one is the best. Quick info: We’ve already done an in-depth review of Chrome for iOS, as well written about 3 killer Safari for iOS tips....
So today I am going to show you how to convert ISO file to a compressed CSO file and run it on your PSP. Please note that the trick works only for a PSP ISO file. Converting ISO to CSO After you have copied the ISO from the UMD disks you legally own, download and run CISO XP – ISO to CSO tool on your computer. The tool is very simple to use....
import caller image for a contact from the user’s Facebook profile. One of the tricks embedded the profile picture to phone’s memory while the other one overlapped the default caller screen and started a slide show of user’s photo on Facebook. Now the problem with both of these methods I found was that I was not able to choose a specific photo from the user’s album and embed the image in the phone’s memory rather than creating a slideshow....
Here’s a simple trick using which you can automatically bypass the intermediate page and open the full image directly every time you click on a thumbnail in the Google Image search result pages. All you need to do is download and install Google Images direct links script in your browser. As this trick too requires you to install a JavaScript in your browser, Firefox and Opera users will have to do it via the Greasemonkey extension....
These video calling apps aren’t just limited to 1:1 conversation. They offer more features, such as group video calls, screen sharing, cross-platform availability, virtual backgrounds, and more. There are services like Zoom and Google Meet for professional use. But what about iOS, iPadOS, and macOS users who seek a simple app with enough features to meet their needs? Two options come to mind: FaceTime and Skype. In this post, we are going to compare both the apps based on various factors including UI, features, ease of use, video calling capabilities, customization, cross-platform availability, and more....
iTunes and smartphone. Sure there are some apps in Play Store like Air Sync and Easy Phone Tunes that provide the ability to sync, but either they are paid or they are limited to USB mass storage connection. Again, the apps that provide the feature of USB syncing for free require you to mount your internal SD card on every sync which I personally don’t feel comfortable with. I believe that the frequent mount and unmount might corrupt the internal memory altogether....
While all that makes iOS more secure and faster than platforms like Android, it also makes it limited in certain peculiar ways. Take downloading a file for instance. You’d go to Safari or Chrome on your phone, tap a file to download and if it’s something like a document, it will be downloaded but you’ll have to immediately transfer it to an app to view it or else the file is lost forever....
Undoubtedly, e-readers such as Kindle, Nook, Kobo or PDF readers in browsers have made reading books so much easier. But buying books — both online and offline — can, at times, cost the world. We are listing out the top 10 sites for free ebooks. After all, a once-in-a-while freebie wouldn’t hurt much, right? 1. BookZZ Update: This site is no longer working. A site with over 2.7 million books and 52 million scientificarticles, BookZZ, definitely deserves the first spot....
