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Tech titan Google and apparel giant Levi’s have collaborated together to create a new Levi’s Commuter Trucker jacket with Jacquard tech — powered by Google. The jacket allows users to perform multiple functions on their smartphone like change music tracks, get directions, pick calls and more simply by using gestures. Google’s ATAP (Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects group) developed Jacquard, which allows apparel manufacturers and fashion designers to integrate interactivity and connectivity into their clothes — creating a connected apparel platform....

While Google Photos is a proper app on iPhone, you will find the iCloud functionality inside the Apple Photos app. There is no separate app known as iCloud Photos. The iCloud is an online storage service offered to Apple users, and iCloud Photos is part of it. Even though Google Photos also saves your images online in the cloud, it doesn’t use iCloud. The Google cloud saves the images. Let’s start the comparison between Google Photos and iCloud....

Google Plus came out with flying colors and also added some new jargons in our social dictionary. These are Circles, Hurdles, Hangouts and Sparks. Let’s have a look at them individually. Google+ Circles This is one of the biggest advantages of Google+ above Facebook. While in Facebook a user was allowed to sort his friend in lists, the functionalities and capabilities of these lists were limited. However in Google, the circles concept make it easier for you to sort your contacts as per your relation with them and also helps to update the stream discretely....

Microsoft has officially rebranded the Office 365 plans as the Microsoft 365. The transformation isn’t just about the rename of the popular bundle. The software giant is adding much-awaited features such as Microsoft Editor, Plaid integration in the Excel, premium templates, Microsoft family safety app, and more. One of the new features is Microsoft Editor add-on in Microsoft Word and Word Online. So far, Grammarly has been the go-to choice for the majority to correct typos and improve the writing practice with better word suggestions....

Prior to this update, the Play Store’s Editor’s Choice section only housed three categories: Editor’s Choice Apps, Editor’s Choice Games and Android Excellence Awardees. The update is currently being rolled out to Australia, Canada, Great Britain, Japan, USA and South Korea ‘with expansion to more countries soon’ and will add to the existing categories. “The Editors’ Choice section on Google Play has long been a fan favourite, but we’re kicking it up a notch by adding better curation to help you find high-quality apps and games that you’ll love,” Google stated....

If you are into organizing these stuff into folders, it’s all well and good. However, if you are someone like me, who just lets these files stay as they are, searching for them is one hell of a task. Especially if you are using the phone’s built-in file manager, the process of sifting through piles of files and folders can be agonizing. But what if I told you there exists a certain app which searches through all your documents, contacts, apps just like iPhone’s Spotlight....

Recently, they added the native Portrait mode to Stories that blurs the background in photos and videos. They also keep on increasing their sticker collection with interesting stickers. Now they have come up with yet another cool feature. You can now share your or someone else’s Instagram posts in your Stories. Basically, you will now be able to reshare the videos and photos to your Story with proper credits as their username will be shown in the Story....

However, you must know that this will clutter your inbox. But with proper settings and filters in place, this can be a great help. In this guide, we will teach you how to automatically CC or BCC yourself in Outlook and Gmail. But first, let’s start with the basics. What Do CC and BCC Mean in Email CC and BCC stand for carbon copy and blind carbon copy, respectively, and are email fields that allow you to send a copy of an email to additional recipients, even yourself....

On 28th June, Google unveiled its new service named Google Takeout to address the above problem. Google Takeout is a free service by Google that allows you to download a copy of your data stored within Google products on your local computer, in form of an archive. Takeout is the first product from Google’s Data Liberation Front team, an engineering group tasked with the goal of making it – in their own words – easier for users to move their data in and out of Google products....

While talking about the Reset and Refresh feature of Windows 8 the other day, we mentioned how both are different. While the Refresh option makes sure your files and settings are retained, Reset makes the computer as good as new (factory reset). Although the refresh option retained the Metro apps and files, it was not able to take care of all the desktop applications installed. RecImg from SlimWare is a nifty application that works just like Windows 8 refresh feature, except that it preserves all the files and applications installed on the system drives (including games as well)....

Spam emails, be they on Gmail, Yahoo, or Outlook are pretty common these days. And knowing how to tackle them sometimes becomes a lifesaver. The steps in this article are easy to follow, and you can choose how to do them based on your device. But before we begin, you must understand the different types of email blocking. 3 Types of Email Blocking on Yahoo Mail There are 3 types of email blocking, and depending on the scenario, a user can choose what they want....

If you subscribed to Telegram Premium for some time and have now decided not to use it anymore, this post will show you how to cancel Telegram Premium on Android, iPhone, Mac, and Windows. Do note that if you have already paid the subscription fee for the coming month, the subscription will be cancelled at the end of the billing period. This applies to any device using your Telegram account....

Besides the visual changes to the clock and widgets, Apple has also changed how notifications appear on the lock screen. With iOS 16, you get three options to display notifications instead of the standard way how they appear. To organize the notifications better on the lockscreen, so they no longer look cluttered, here’s how to change the lock screen notification style on your iPhone. Updating Your iPhone to the Latest iOS Version This feature is available only on iPhones running iOS 16 and above....

But why would you change the text color or fonts on iPhone or iPad? For fun, ease of access (improved readability), a special touch, or simply because you like to experiment. But before we move to customize the bubble color or font of messages on iPhone, let’s first get to know the basics. What Does the Standard Message Color Represent Chiefly, the message bubbles are available in three different colors....

It may happen that your sibling or friend shared the username/password combo to a buddy of theirs to get a taste of some Netflix. And in the worse case, they have shared the password with some of their friends in turn (that’s not cool!). Or worse, your password somehow got out, and you wake up to some strange title under the Continue Watching label. In this post today, we’ll walk you through how to check and remove connected devices from your Netflix account....

Important Note: If you are planning on getting a second-hand Mac, look out for our other article on all the software-related things you have to check before getting one. 1. Look for the Mac’s Model and Other Important Information The first thing that you should do before buying a used Mac is to find its exact model and verify the hardware it runs on. To do so, click on the Apple icon on the menu bar and then select About This Mac....

There is lot more you can do with keywords, and today we are going to help you compose emails using them. This means that when you are in a hurry or you have the need of sending emails to a specific contact instantly, you do not have to open your email servicing client explicitly. Instead, you could compose your messages right from the address bar. Compose Emails from Address Bar The process has been elaborated for Firefox in detail....

As much as this feature is impressive, sharing them is a whole different story. The new Samsung flagships won’t let you convert these cool motion photos to GIFs. Instead, you’ll get to share them as videos which, is a big let down if you ask me. Not only is a video file big (compared to GIFs), but the one-time play option also takes away the fun part. Thankfully, there are a couple of ways to convert motion photos to animated GIFs, and we will explore how to do that in this article today....

The one drawback of this method is that you need a working Windows 10 installation to run the program. If you don’t want to install Windows 10 on your primary PC, you can install it in VirtualBox either on Windows or Mac. Before we start, make sure you have: Windows 10 Technical Preview ISO. You can download it from here.Latest version of WinReducer 10.At least 25 GB of free space on your storage drive for you to save the WinReducer 10 folder....

Getting dedicated hardware and software to edit videos is expensive and has a steep learning curve. However, if you’re an aspiring YouTuber or a hobbyist, you can make professional-looking videos using Canva’s feature-packed video editor. We’ll explore Canva’s video editor to create and edit videos. So, let’s get started. How to Crop, Trim, Combine Videos in Canva First, let’s see how you can upload your video to start editing it in Canva....