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But now, with Lollipop you don’t have to be nearly as paranoid. Because by clicking one button and switching to Guest mode, all your data will become private. Including app data, contacts, pictures and videos. There’s also a screen pinning feature if you don’t want someone to exit the current app they’re in. We’ll talk all about it in detail below. How Guest Mode and User Accounts Work Lollipop already comes with a Guest mode button in the user profiles....

If you use Safari on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac, then you can easily use an array of third-party content blockers to remove unwanted clutter from loading onto the browser. But while content blockers are synonymous with ad blocking extensions, they work quite differently and have certain advantages and disadvantages. Let’s dig into them below. How Do Safari Content Blockers Work Content blockers are tiny apps that contain lots of rules, each with their specific triggers and actions....

That’s where Top Posts come into the picture. Thanks to this newest feature from Tumblr, your blog now automatically puts your best posts straight up at the top. But do you have control over what shows up as a Top Post? What exactly is deemed to be a Top Post? What if you don’t like the feature? Do read on to find out everything that you need to know....

We recommend that you clear cache and data of the app regularly as they could consume sizeable storage space and possibly hamper the app performance. You will learn how to clear TikTok cache on Android and iOS phones, why you should care, and what to expect once you do it. Let’s begin. TikTok Cache Files All apps store cache files on the phone so that whenever you open that app, it feels as fast as it was the first time you used it....

played quite a few games on your Windows computer, just before you complete the setup of a game you might have come across a screen that asks you to install DirectX on your computer. I first encountered this screen in the days of Windows XP while installing Age of Empires . Back then I didn’t care much about what DirectX is and thought that it’s only required to play the game....

But even as the secondary messaging app for a lot of us, Facebook Messenger still has a lot of traction. Facebook says it has 600 million users. The specifics of their active user base is not clear. In many ways, Messenger is better than all the other apps I mentioned above. It’s clean, mostly works reliably, and it’s available on every platform, including the web (which is more than what can be said about other platforms here)....

iZat.. What? I’ve recently come across a setting in my Android phone that made me scratch my head, called Qualcomm iZat. It’s located in Android’s Location settings and my phone describes it as hardware accelerated location estimation. “Um, what?” was exactly my response when I stumbled upon it, along with “Why is this here?” Turns out that it’s pretty cool technology, developed by the renowned chipset manufacturer Qualcomm. So we thought it would be valuable to shine some light on the subject since it could really benefit users who haven’t been exposed to it yet....

Sure, it will be more secure and better, but, what is this new standard all about, what are its shortcomings, will you get it on your existing Wi-Fi router? These are some of the most obvious questions that anybody would have. However, before we answer these, you would need to understand what is WPA and why security is important. What is Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is a security standard designed for devices with wireless internet access such as mobile devices....

Many small business owners use WhatsApp to communicate with their customers. Since it is not designed for businesses, it lacks many features that a business owner would want. Thankfully, WhatsApp has a dedicated app now. It is currently available in India, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, UK, US ( and N other countries as of now.) What is WhatsApp Business WhatsApp Business is a new app launched by WhatsApp that focusses on the needs of small businesses....

maximize my device’s battery life . Prevoiusly, when Android was still a fledgling OS, this used to be a manual task that required me to disable the Wi-Fi after use and enable it when required. But now we have apps to automate this process . Using the first of the two apps linked to above, we can toggle Wi-Fi on or off based on the location (acquired from GPS), and using the second app one can create time based rules to schedule the process of enabling or disabling Wi-Fi....

Whenever you find a link on a webpage and you want to open it in a new tab, just click on it using mouse wheel. The link will open in a tab in the background without switching to that tab. And if you want to close a tab, just take the mouse pointer somewhere in the middle of the tab and press the wheel…you see what happened?..the tab’s gone!...

Like emojis, stickers also convey emotions better than simple text. Some stickers also have text on them, so you get two benefits in one. WhatsApp stickers come with many features of its own. You can add them to favorites, group them, etc. You don’t need to explore them on your own. We have done the work for you. Here’s everything that you need to know about how to use WhatsApp stickers....

The Threads app from Instagram is a messaging app for your close friends. But unlike usual chat apps, here you can choose the people from Instagram that should appear in the app. These people should be added to the close friends list on Instagram. The idea of the app is to make conversations with your BFFs faster. Everything related to a conversation is available directly in this app. You don’t have to juggle through various taps to begin a chat....

We’ve put together some really helpful shortcut keys you can use in Windows 8. Some of these also work for Windows 7, so combine this list with our previous one here and you’ll be the grand master at swiftly moving around Windows. 1. Windows Key+Alt+1 (2, 3, etc.) to Open Jump Lists Open the Jump list for pinned taskbar items using a number starting from the left at 1. For example, we’d press Windows Key + Alt + 4 to open the Jump list for Chrome in our screenshot....

There are many online and offline tools to convert a web page to PDF on the computer but with the increase in work portability through large screen phones and tablets, people now often look for ways to do the conversion directly on the device. And the touchscreen input kinda makes the process of annotating and adding comment in PDF files easier and better. Today we will discuss two ways in which a web page can be saved as a PDF document, right on your Android device....

Overheating is one of the main reasons for hard drive failure (check out seatools to diagnose hard disk). But why bolt the stable door after the horse has bolted, when you can keep track of your computer’s temperature in real time. We will take a look at two system monitoring tools (Windows only) that can help to keep an eye on rising motherboard temperatures and sound the alarm before a probably crash....

But for videos which requires multiple takes, relying solely on the built-in editor seems a bit far-stretched. That’s when third-party video editors come handy. These apps open your world to a whole different set of effects and filters. Also, they bring along various editing tools that you can use to make your TikTok videos more catchy. In a nutshell, you can combine the best of both worlds. So, what are we waiting for?...

The portability makes them easy to use in a home office, cafe, or outdoors. Besides being lightweight, these monitors are feature-rich and let you go about your daily grind with ease. In this post, we will explore four popular portable monitors for Apple MacBook Pro users. So, let’s get going, shall we? But before that, Here are the small and compact GaN wall chargers for your MacBookTake a look at these cool wireless charging stations for iPhone and Apple Watch...

It’s not easy to find good screen protectors for curved screens though, especially if they’re as curved as the one on the Pixel Watch. However, we’ve made your job easier by finding the best ones out there. Here are some of the best Pixel Watch screen protectors to keep your new smartwatch safe. But, before we get to the products, here are some other articles you may be interested in –...

The best part is that they are also easy to remove. So even if you shift to a new place, you can take these security cameras along and do the re-installation. So if you are planning to upgrade the security of your home, here are our recommendations for the best security cameras for apartments. Let’s take a look. But before that, Blink Mini vs Wyze Cam V3: which security camera is better Up your home security with these window sensors Here are the best floodlight security cameras that you can buy...