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For instance, some people have been receiving news notifications about football when they haven’t watched a single football match in their lives. While Twitter calls these notifications ‘News for you’, in reality they don’t seem they are actually for us. If you are also bothered by these updates, you can turn them off in the Twitter settings. Here’s what you need to do. Disable News For You Notifications Step 1: Open the Twitter app and tap the profile picture icon at the top-left corner....

In our post today, we’ll explore how to use Adobe Spark Post to enhance our social media images and posts. 1. Apply Filter on Selected Area Of course, the first point has to be about the ready-made photos and templates. Given that Spark Post has a plethora of images, choosing the right one can be tricky. However, when you do find one, lending your personal touches are quite easy. For instance, you can choose to apply a filter to selected images on a template....

Powered by a deep learning artificial intelligence, the Assistant can execute a lot of powerful tasks and even help you to troubleshoot issues that you might encounter on your Google Pixel 2. All you have to do is just mention the issue and the smart assistant will take care of the rest. The Pixel 2 XL running Android 8.1 (dev preview) has recently come in the market with the new and improved Assistant....

Google Photos calls it a Movie in the app. That said, you can make videos out of photos only in mobile apps. There is no option to create one on the Google Photos web. Google reserves advanced functions to edit videos for the Google One subscribers. Thankfully, it does not apply to making movies/videos in the app. Without further ado, let’s create an awesome video in Google Photos. Use Google Photos to Make a Video For this post, we used both the iPhone and Android Google Photos app to create a video....

Wait, What Is The Moto Assist? Good question. Motorola wanted to create an assistant independent of Google Now with a few neat tricks of its own. That’s where the Assist app comes into the picture. It can automatically silence calls when it detects you’re in a meeting, reacts to gestures and has a helpful glance notification feature that we’ll see in a bit. But Does It Really Work? Of course! Motorola have never known to create to unreliable apps or bloatware only for the sake of pushing their own services....

The Linked Devices feature on WhatsApp was introduced last year but you could only use it on your computer or web browser. However, WhatsApp has rolled out a new update that allows you to link a smartphone to your account. If you’ve always wanted to use WhatsApp with the same phone number on two different devices, it’s finally possible now. Here’s how it works. What Are Linked Devices on WhatsApp WhatsApp introduced a feature called Linked Devices that replaced the old WhatsApp Web functionality....

Zoom software usage is at its peak. While working from home, Zoom packages enough features to host virtual meetings and webinars. From teachers conducting online teaching classes to small-medium offices exchanging ideas with their clients — all can make the best of it. And whenever such exchange in involved, users should utilize screen sharing and Whiteboard features in Zoom. But many wonder, how do they use a Whiteboard in Zoom?...

The most common practices for a password include name, birthdate, or a combination of both, which sure is a recipe of a disaster waiting to happen. That’s why Investing in a password manager has become essential now. By default, Apple offers iCloud Keychain function, which acts as an all-in-one password manager across the Apple ecosystem. Now, that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t look for alternatives. The App Store is filled with a plethora of excellent third-party password managers....

Well, here is a nifty trick that will allow you to use your iPhone’s Bluetooth signal to lock your Mac when you walk away and to wake it up when you return. Important Note: This process only works for Macs running a version of Mountain Lion Follow the steps below. Step 1: Download Proximity, a Mac application that runs scripts upon detection of Bluetooth devices. You can get it from this link....

block calls from specific contacts if they are not in a mood to accept them. However, not everyone owns an Android and sometimes you just can’t block a caller. The reason could be that you don’t want the caller to know that you are disconnecting them deliberately, but at the same time you want to give an impression that your phone was in silent mode. Some stalkers however don’t know when to stop and keep on ringing continuously....

However, when it came to web browsing, that app failed miserably. You could hide all the web browser apps on your device to safeguard your kids’ online activity, but that will only restrain them from learning from many good and legit websites. The app doesn’t give any option to block certain web pages with potential vulgarity. It’s an all or none thing with it. So to make things right, today I am going to talk about a promising app from the house of Kaspersky Labs which will take care of all the parental control needs you wish to have on your kids’ Android device....

organized computer (keeping all my files in a folder and sub-folder structure ), I also have the habit of putting things temporarily on my desktop . At the same time I work on multiple machines , so there is always a chance that I have something half done on one machine. When this happens, I have to put in a lot of manual effort to transfer a file or folder to the other machine (when the task needs to be completed there)....

Codenamed Snapdragon 8510, this chipset is future-ready — a characteristic associated with Qualcomm since the last couple of years. In fact, Qualcomm flagships have often been compared to Apple’s flagship mobile processors in the past. In this post today, we will explore the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 and the new features it has to offer. 1. 5G Ready Yes, the Snapdragon 855 is the first mobile processor to enable full-ranged 5G functionality....

The Secure Folder app made its debut with the ill-fated Galaxy Note7 and has since been featuring on both high-end and mid-range phones. In this post today, we are going to explore the benefits of the Samsung Secure folder and how to use it on your Samsung Galaxy J7 Pro/Max. Why Secure Folder Matters The Samsung Secure folder matters because it doesn’t come with the high-risk factor associated with third-party apps....

Skype, owned by Microsoft, offers free video and audio calling with the ability to call landlines and smartphones using paid credits anywhere in the world. It has a first mover advantage. Get Skype The Messenger has a large user base thanks to its close ties with the massive social media platform — Facebook. Messenger also allows users to play in-app games, make video and audio calls along with sending or receiving payments....

Microsoft Launcher promises to offer a seamless sync experience to the Windows fans and those accustomed with it. That means you can now sync and access data between devices and even Microsoft apps. Download Microsoft Launcher Smart Launcher 5 will let you automate things. You don’t have to waste time organizing apps or searching for information. It also takes a modular approach, which is very different than what I have seen on some other launchers....

When we come to the last one, things get a bit tricky. I’ve told you about the fastest ways to transfer videos from PC to the iPad before. But since then VLC has been pulled from the store and Player Xtreme has started charging for every small feature. What if you just want to stream media from your HTPC or easily download a couple of movies/episodes on your iPad for when you’re out and about?...

Firefox is slow. But even that’s an understatement to how badly it runs on a netbook (I’ve been playing around with one lately). One of the main uses of netbooks is web browsing, one of the few things which the underpowered netbook processors are able to do without hiccups. But not with Firefox. As usual, it’ll take an incredible amount of time to start up. It works fine as long as you have five or less tabs open, but add a couple of more and it starts to stutter....

The problem is that more often than not these built-in features aren’t the best. Chances are you’ll find an app on the Play Store that does it better using fewer resources. This article is dedicated to those Play Store apps. The apps that go the extra mile to provide you with rock solid functionality – functionality that’s a giant leap forward from stock Android and even from OEM skins. Here you’ll find apps that help you enhance the user interface, add functionality, manipulate files and system level settings, and a lot more....

I use Google Calendar to manage my schedule, and it is one of the best calendar apps out there. But like every other app, it also suffers from problems at times. If your Google Calendar app fails to sync events & reminders across other apps and platforms on some occasions or all the time, don’t worry. We have compiled a good list of possible fixes for the problem. 1. Refresh Your Calendar Sometimes, it is best to refresh the entire app....