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These services use geo-blocking technique to restrict internet access. In the good ‘ol days, these websites used IP addresses to determine the location. However, with the introduction of the HTML5 Geolocation API, it’s easier to accurately determine a user’s location. This API approximates the location based on data from cell tower IDs, GPS information, Wifi MAC, etc. Once done, this information is shared with the Google Location Services, which is then shared with the websites....

Add to the fact that most Android phones now support dual SIMs, and you are looking at confused faces. If that’s you, don’t fret. Here is a step-by-step guide on how to find WhatsApp number and user name on both Android and iOS smartphones. Let’s begin. 1. Find My WhatsApp Number and User name on Android Launch WhatsApp on your Android smartphone and tap on the three-dot menu, and select Settings from here....

And no matter how much you re-enter your password, the stupid error just won’t go away. It’s maddening, I know, but it happens for a reason. Apple recently broadened its security protocols, which means that all third-party apps now require two-factor authentication before you can successfully sign in. So How Can You Fix This Error? Simple. It involves generating an ‘app-specific password.’ Just consider it a unique password created for individual apps so Apple knows that it’s really you who’s doing the signing in....

Now, what if your apps don’t jiggle in the first place? It’s frustrating, especially if you want to delete a crappy app in a jiffy. Or maybe they do jiggle, but you don’t get to delete them? That feels even worse. Fortunately, it’s nothing to worry about. Usually, apps don’t jiggle due to 3D Touch sensitivity cranked way up. It can also happen if you’ve imposed a restriction on deleting apps and forgotten all about it....

Sadly, for some users, the DCIM folder doesn’t show up on PC when connected to the iPhone or iPad. For others, while the DCIM folder is visible, it’s empty and doesn’t show any photo. For a few users, the folder shows only some of the pictures. If you are also facing the issue, it’s time to say it goodbye to it. Here you will find several ways to fix the DCIM empty folder issue on Windows 10....

On Windows 10, iTunes is well-known for throwing around the most ridiculous of errors. Be it failing to read the contents on your iPhone to just flat out refusing to play your music, iTunes will rarely disappoint you in that department. Of course, I’m hoping you’ll get my sarcasm which comes from frustration of facing several such niggles. Just the other day, my Windows 10 PC greeted me with ‘iTunes could not connect to this iPhone, an unknown error occurred (0xE800000A)’ prompt, and left me clueless....

Windows Sandbox possibly is one of the unique and exciting features to debut on Windows 10 in quite a while. It’s kind of a virtual PC built right into the operating system and offers an isolated environment where you can try out suspicious looking apps or websites before actually using them on your desktop. But after updating to Windows 10 version 1903 (which is required to run Windows Sandbox in the first place), you will find this feature missing....

ProduKey is one of those neat little system tools that you wouldn’t notice unless the catastrophe of losing your product keys hits you. If you want to reinstall your Microsoft Office (Microsoft Office 2003, Microsoft Office 2007), Windows (Including Windows 7 and Windows Vista), Exchange Server, or SQL Server on your computer, this small utility comes to the rescue by helping to retrieve the original product keys from the current Windows OS....

This has changed starting with newer Nexus devices, and even some non-Nexus devices now carry Chrome as the default browser. For some folks, that’s fine. For others, Chrome’s somewhat laggy scrolling performance and lack of Flash support makes it a less desirable alternative to the AOSP Browser. In the past, getting back the default browser meant rooting your device. But no longer. Thanks to the efforts of XDA developer BlackHand1001, getting the AOSP Browser back is easier than ever....

Now it’s not that the preview feature is entirely missing on Windows 10, but it’s not as streamlined as you would find it on a Mac. In Windows 10, open the View Tab in the File Explorer ribbon and there you will find the option of Preview Pane in the top-left corner. Whenever you click on a file which is compatible with the preview pane, you will get the preview instantly....

SmartPower is a ‘smart’ solution to suspend, hibernate, shutdown and wake up your Windows PC according to custom rules you can set up. Hibernating or shutting down your PC is easy to set up and it saves power. SmartPower gives you six rules to configure that introduces rules which decide the conditions under which your PC hibernates or shuts down. The rules are: Stay on (or wake up) according to a schedule: Your PC will stay on or wake up on the time you set in this screen....

If some nosy contacts ask you about your late night presence on WhatsApp, you can always remove them from your contact list and stop sharing your last seen status. But that’s not an ideal solution. Instead, you can use the steps below and hide seen from selected contacts on WhatsApp. What Happens on Hiding Last Seen At From Specific Contacts on WhatsApp The only way to stop people from viewing what time you were online is to choose different options for Last Seen At....

Telegram provides you with a few options to limit who can view your last seen and online status. In this article, we’ll show you how to hide your last seen on Telegram for Android, iPhone, and Desktop. So, without further ado, let’s get right to it. How to Hide Last Seen on Telegram for Android Hiding your last seen status on Telegram for Android is quite simple. Here’s how to do it....

But don’t worry. All is not lost. As notifications are now officially on the lock screen we can do all sorts of awesome stuff with them. Including toggles, shortcuts and more. And we’re going to do all of that without succumbing to a lock screen replacement app. That’s right, we’re going to stay true to the stock Lollipop lock screen and supercharge it in the process. 1. Action Widgets As you might already be aware, Android supports sticky notifications....

Besides making a slideshow, if you want to let it play automatically and continuously, Keynote enables you to play your presentation in a loop. This post will show you how to loop a slideshow in Keynote on iPhone and Mac. Loop a Slideshow in Keynote on iPhone First, let us show you how to loop a slideshow with the Keynote app on your iPhone. This feature is helpful for occasions when you want to play a slideshow continuously at an event....

After bookmarking, you can access your Chrome Settings to view a list of all bookmarked websites. If you no longer want a particular website on your Bookmark list, you can delete it. Here’s how to add, edit, delete and export bookmarks on Google Chrome. How to Add a Bookmark to Google Chrome Every bookmark you create on Google Chrome goes to a Bookmark list. Here’s how to go about starting yours....

We’ll talk about some extensions that Firefox and Chrome users could make use of to open multiple links at once (sorry internet explorer users). How to Open Multiple Links at Once in Firefox In Firefox, there are two main add-ons for the purpose – Snaplinks and Multilink. Here’s the process of using them. Snaplinks Snaplinks for Firefox is a useful addon which lets you open multiple links at once. You can also copy the links to clipboard or bookmark them....

Cool Tip: I use Hola Unblocker Chrome extension to mask my real location in Spotify’s web player. That’s also how I made the Spotify account. The reason I don’t use Spotify’s stellar Mac app is because every week or so I get kicked off for “not being in a supported country”. I need to reinstall the app and wait for the game of cat and mouse to begin again. So eventually I just gave up and settled on the web player....

Even if you are not a Sci-Fi fan, there must be a time when you have more than one song as a personal favorite and would like it to be your ringtone. So it’s either the red pill or the blue and the decision can be tough. But what if I told you that you take both the pills? And yes, pill means the ringtone you set up on your Android....

It’s a handy feature and can help when you need to recover something you accidentally deleted. Here is how you can recover previous versions of the Pages document. Restore Last Opened Version of Pages Document Apple has made it very easy to go back to the last-opened version of the Pages document. If you are sure that you need to restore only the last-opened version and don’t need to cross-check the changes, follow the steps below....