Well, this is exactly the question I asked myself before dumping my old phone. To find the answer, I did some research and found out that it is possible to upgrade an old phone. Yes, phones are basically very similar to computers. While you cannot upgrade the hardware, you can improve the performance. In this post, I will be talking about how to breathe a new life in my old phone in just 6 simple steps....
The News app is capable of delivering articles directly to your iOS device in a distraction-free reading format. Most importantly, you can customize the news so you only read about what interests you and don’t even have to look at any topics that you don’t care about. Follow along some of the necessary steps for setting up Apple News and getting the most out of it. Set Up Your Customized News Sources When you launch Apple News for the first time, the app will ask you to pick a few sources you’re interested in reading about....
People around the world are adjusting to the new work from home style of setup. The practice has let to a surge in video calls and webinars. Most companies have switched to video conferencing apps like Zoom, Skype, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, etc., to create digital meetings. What about those who do not have good quality webcam on their computer? Thankfully, there are webcam apps that allow you to use your iPhone or Android phone as a webcam on Windows and macOS....
In this post, we will show how to use FaceTime on Android and Windows PC. Do note that the iPhone needs to run at least iOS 15 or later and the iPad needs to run iPadOS 15 or later to support this functionality. Mac users need to have macOS Monterey or above. That’s for initiating the FaceTime link between Apple’s device and an Android phone or Windows PC. Note that you can’t initiate a FaceTime call from Android or Windows computer....
SkyDrive , you have all the privileges to access and modify your documents (like MS Office documents, which are predominantly used around the world) on the go. But what happens if you forget to push an important file to the SkyDrive folder and later (when that machine is not reachable) you realize that you need to work on it immediately? You have no other option than to get back to the machine and pull out that file....
The deal gets even sweeter if you have the Galaxy S20 Ultra. With its large screen, it’s a breeze to carry on your work in the split-screen mode. So, if you’re looking to multitask using the split-screen mode in the Galaxy S20 variants, here’s how you can do it. And we also have a couple of additional tricks and tips. So don’t forget to read it till the end. Let’s get going, shall we?...
Fortunately, there’s a super simple way to keep using some of Google Drive even if your Internet connection has dropped. Google offers a setting and web app that allow viewing and using some of your Drive files offline. Before we look at how this is done, consider a few things Google has told us about offline access: Offline access is available in Chrome and on Chrome OS devices only.Offline access is available only for Google documents, spreadsheets, and presentations....
Now, what if you get one simple application that sticks on the screen and shows you ALL hardware information, usage, and statistics? I’d like to share with you a simple application for Windows that sticks at the sidebar and provides you all hardware information and usage in real-time. Sidebar Diagnostics We had shared before some really cool hardware monitoring software for Windows. Amongst the list, Open Hardware Monitor is the most used hardware monitoring software....
Let’s take a look at what makes this music app so unique. Interface and Design For those looking for a music app that is simple and minimal, in:play will most likely fulfill all their expectations. The app is intended to be used not only single handedly, but also even without looking at it. This is achieved by in:play implementing a series of gestures that are used to navigate all throughout it, with most scenarios not even needing specific targets to tap on the screen....
While on one hand, it makes our job easy, a lot of times we don’t want such profiles to come up in suggestions. Thankfully, Instagram gives us the option to clear our search history. That should work, right? Not always. Sometimes the search history just won’t clear and the past suggestions start popping up as soon as you type the first letter. So what does one do then? Don’t worry....
smartphone as good as a PSP and all they want to do is play games. However, after a few failed experiences in which kids accidently called my friends or opened the photos in the gallery , I refrained from handing over my phone to them. They started hating me, but there was nothing much I could do about it until I found Kids Place for Android. Kids Place for Android can be considered as an Android-specific parental control app using which you can restrict the activities of your kids either on their Android devices or on yours which you hand over to them, mostly to play games....
The Slow Dance Magic Apparently, strobe lights and vibrations equal awesomeness — and no I’m not talking about an overcrowded night club. I’m talking about the quiet, awe-inspiring work of art that is Slow Dance. Lights built into the frame blink 80 times per second. They aren’t consistently on, but the high speed flickering tricks our eyes into thinking they are. Combined and synchronized with vibrations on the objects inside the frame, they appear to move extremely slowly when they aren’t....
Nowadays, almost everyone you know uses Facebook. They might not have Facebook messenger installed, but they definitely have the Facebook app pre-installed or installed. Voice calling functionality has existed in the Facebook Messenger app for a couple of months now, but it was limited to the US and the UK. Now, all the countries have access to it. In order to make voice calls, you need Facebook Messenger or Facebook app (4....
If it’s not you, ads are what pay developers’ bills. It’s what helps them make awesome software (and what helps us bring you this website). But thankfully we don’t live in the world of 1984. If you think ads are too annoying or outright bad, you have the choice of removing them. Last year, Google completely removed ad blocking apps from the Play Store. After all, they can’t sell ads and ad blocking apps on the same platform....
Open Advanced Settings on Your Chromebook The easiest way to access these settings is typing in the Chrome browser chrome://settings. That takes you directly to settings. If you prefer the mouse, click on the hamburger menu in the upper right hand corner of your browser and pick Settings. Scroll down and click Show advanced settings… Insert Your External Media You’ll need to do this before you change the download settings. Your Chromebook can write to FAT, exFat and NTFS drives (check here for the full list)....
Today, I will share my experience of switching from Evernote to Google Keep (now called Keep Notes) and Docs. Why I chose Google? Most Google products are free or cheaper than the competition. Also, Google supports almost all major platforms. I was a big fan of the Sunrise calendar app before Microsoft bought it and shut it down. I used the Newton app for emails, and now it is shutting down too....
Recently, the company released a new Opera Touch browser which is aimed to address the growing pain-points of the current smartphones. The phones are getting taller and the Opera Touch has pushed all the relevant buttons as well as options at the bottom. The default Opera browser is good enough for daily usage. The Opera Mini comes into play for those who are short on storage as well as data and want a light browsing experience....
Opera is one of the better Chromium-based browsers out there. With a host of unique features ranging from integrated social media capabilities, built-in content blocking, to free VPN support, it really stands out from the rest of the pack. And then there’s Opera GX, a so-called ‘gaming’ browser released by the same developers. But what does Opera GX do? Does it improve your PC’s gaming performance? Is it substantially different from the regular Opera as to warrant a switchover?...
So let’s see how we can restore the device back to stock and live with the less evolved, but better build for the Moto G 2nd generation. For those who want to stick to Lollipop, we will show you a better custom ROM you can install to get rid of the bugs and limitations. Note: The device should be bootloader unlocked for the trick to work. If you haven’t unlocked it already, you can follow our guide....
Now, there are a countless number of helper tools in this context. But the ones that really make themselves count are few. Cintanotes is one of the latter – a free, lightweight, user-friendly and portable note taking application that’s natively built for Windows. The best in it is that you can synchronize your notes between multiple devices using a cloud based service like Dropbox. Without further ado let us check out its capabilities....
