But of course, there’s need for more. Wouldn’t it be great if you take the basic map from Apple Maps and customize it? Say, save places you want to visit on the next vacation? Tag places around the city? Even share marked places with friends? Check out their saved places? I mean, planning the next outing or the process of moving to a new city would be just much easier, right?...
Sandboxie is a light and compact free software that blocks error prone programs and web based malware from affecting your PC. The security software creates a virtual sandbox and allows you to install new software, your browser and other browser based apps in a secure environment, shielded from the deeper layers of the OS. Sandboxie helps you test out new unproven applications and decide to keep ‘em or trash ‘em....
Today, we will tell you how you could easily locate the search box on a site or render one when it does not exists. It will also interest you to know that you can perform your domain search without using such a box. Cool Tip: You might want to get regular site updates through RSS Feeds and customized social network profiles too. Using SlashSearch in Chrome If you are a Chrome user things will be pretty simple with the installation of SlashSearch as an extension....
Facebook-owned WhatsApp already allows users to send disappearing messages. Messenger has implemented Vanish mode, but it’s limited to the US region only. What about others who rely on Messenger to communicate private messages? Enable Secret Conversation Facebook hasn’t implemented disappearing messages in normal conversations. You can’t simply open a chat and start sending messages with a timer. Before that, you must enable secret conversation with a person. The secret conversation is Facebook’s end-to-end encrypted solution to offer a private messaging experience to 2 billion+ users....
You show the Live Photos you’ve taken with your friends who don’t have an iPhone 6s yet. They’re amazed, as mine were. They ask you to send the photos to them. Uh oh… that’s where things get a little complicated. Since Live Photos require 3D Touch to view and 3D Touch is only available on the iPhone 6s, can only 6s users experience Live Photos? Erm, yes and no....
Thankfully, this year, all the three major platforms have introduced their own activity trackers to track the time spent on these apps. The Activity Tracker feature lets you set a certain time limit on these apps. Once the time has passed, the app in question will remind you about the same. Though not a foolproof method, it’s certainly a way to keep app overuse in check. So, in this post today, we are going to show you how to set time limit on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube....
Hence today I will show you how you can shutdown your Windows 8 computers in four different ways (includes a bonus tip!) based on the kind of device you are using (desktop, laptop and tablets). Now, the ways discussed here aren’t the only ways to shutdown Windows 8 on those devices, and you could actually use most of these ways on any of the devices. But I have categorized them in accordance with what’s most convenient for each device....
Workarounds have existed, more notably using Notepad to remove the rich text formatting and convert it into plain text. But that hasn’t done anything for productivity as it introduces an extra step. So, here we look at a tiny freeware called PureText which helps us do away with Notepad and instead use the Windows Hot Key to paste text to any application without formatting. PureText is a 13 KB application that downloads as a Zip file....
take a Nandroid backup first . It’s always recommended to do that as Nandroid backup is the mother of all backups for Android and it can restore your phone to exactly the same condition even after a system failure. However, the only problem with these Nandroid backups are that one needs to take the backup using a custom recovery like ClockWork Mod and if you are a frequent ROM flasher, taking Nandroid backup just for the sake of precaution might look like a lot of work....
And it’s no surprise since the Google Fit app allows you to measure heart rate and respiratory rate. This post will walk you through the steps to check your health stats using your phone and the Google Fit app. A Few Things to Consider Before we start showing you how to track your health stats with your smartphone, we need to point out an important aspect. The heart rate and respiratory rate readings shouldn’t be taken as 100% accuracy....
While you can’t unfollow everyone on TikTok at once, the unfollowing process is usually quick and can be done in a few clicks. You can either unfollow a single person or multiple profiles. In this article, we will show you step-by-step the process for both ways. But, first things first. Note: We strongly recommend against using bots to manage your TikTok unfollows. This is against TikTok’s policy and can get you removed from the platform....
Alexa Skill Blueprints are a set of templates with which you can customize your own set of skills by building on top of them. Long story short these are text in/text out mechanism, where you have to fill in the relevant details to create a particular skill. For instance, if you want your Echo device to repeat your favorite inspirational quotes in the morning, you can enter any lines you want and set the name of the skill....
Now that most meetings are virtual, you may use the beauty mode to look better in Zoom calls. Apart from that, Zoom has also introduced video filters to make you look even better with contrast, saturation, brightness adjustments, and more. The good news is, these functions aren’t limited to Zoom desktop apps only. You can easily use them on Zoom iOS and Android apps as well. 1. Zoom App for Mac Let’s start with the Zoom Mac apps, then we will move to the Zoom Windows app and mobile applications....
Now, the next time I visited Vizag, I was craving to have the same Biryani again but I was not able to recall the name of the place owing to my bad memory. This is where tools that save memories related to specific things come in handy, because you’d never remember to save such things otherwise. When it comes to food or cuisine, Evernote Food is there. Using Evernote Food Evernote Food is an extension of the classic Evernote note taking app that helps you remember anything and everything....
You can now create Focus Filters for system apps like Safari, Calendar, Messages, and Mail. In this post, we well show how to use Focus Filters on an iPhone. After you set a Focus Filter, it will automatically show up on your iPad and Mac as well. The screenshots in this post were taken on an iPhone running iOS 16 Public Beta. These steps will remain the same for all iPhones running iOS 16 or higher....
When it comes to taking notes, Microsoft’s OneNote offers just about everything you’d need. On the platform, you can take notes quickly, move them around in any order, and even categorize them into multiple notebooks. If you have a touch supported device, you can even take handwritten notes on the platform. But the best part about jotting down notes on OneNote is that it allows you to convert your handwriting into text in just a matter of seconds....
Talking about lists, Keep supports two type of lists: Bulleted lists and to-do lists. Let’s give credit where it’s due. Even though Google Keep is a note-taking app, it lets us indent items in both kinds of lists. Let’s get to know how to do that. Create Bulleted Lists If you want to create a list without the checkboxes, you can go with the bulleted lists. The items in this list will be automatically prefixed with a bullet point....
As a programmer myself, I must often look at source code, debugging log files, data files, and much more. And when I do that, markers make my task easy. Markers are like pins that can be placed on rows and columns on the document. It helps mark one or many positions so that you can get back to the marked places easily after you have scrolled to other places. This helps me tag my places of interest on a given document....
It’s helpful when working with a huge list of data and want to separate the information into two columns. We”ll show you how to separate data into columns using the split text to columns function in Google Sheets. Apparently, with the help of it, you can avoid wasting time copying and pasting data into different columns. Uses of Split Function Let’s take a look at a few scenarios where splitting your data into two columns can be quite useful....
The Finder app has default tags like Blue, Purple, Green, Orange, Red, and Yellow. You can remove them from the sidebar, add new ones, and customize the current tags per your preference. Let’s check the default tags first and start customizing them. What Are Tags in Finder When you open the Finder app on Mac, you shall find default tags on the left sidebar. You can attach a tag to a specific folder or file and organize such files or folders efficiently....
