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Besides its usefulness as a mapping platform, Google Maps has other features you can take advantage of. You can use the Places feature on Google Maps to create a list of your favorite places. You can also share the list created with your friends and family. Here’s how to create a list of your favorite places on Google Maps for PC, iPhone, and Android. How to Create a List of Places on Google Maps for PC Step 1: Open the Google Maps page in a web browser and sign in with your account details....

We are talking about the shape crop. Sometimes, instead of adding a simple square or a rectangular image, we want it in a different shape. Suppose you are creating a card for your friend in Canva and you want to crop an image in heart shape as such Canva doesn’t provide a direct option for that. However, there is a workaround. Whether it’s a heart, circle, or any other shape, here you will get to know how to crop images into shapes in Canva....

In the new versions of CM you’ll see staple CM features like secure SMS, the Theme Engine and for OnePlus One, the lock screen gestures. We’ve already covered how to customize CM 11 running KitKat, so we won’t be repeating that here. But feel free to check out that post as well. Our OnePlus One coverage: Learn how to root OnePlus One, the best Lollipop upgrade for OnePlus One, and how to increase the One’s battery life....

You don’t enjoy social networking any more and you want to get rid of it.You don’t feel secure on Facebook and having privacy issues.You spend (or waste) too much time on Facebook.You’ve migrated to a different network. Twitter, may be? See, there could be so many reasons. Hence, this article is for those who think they’ve had enough with this Facebook thingy and wanna quit. As always, Guiding Tech is here to help....

It’s said that smartphones are taking us away from the physical realm of this world. More often than not, while you are chatting with a someone in-person, the notification ding takes you away, even if it’s for a couple of minutes. While turning on the do not disturb switch is easy, what’s hard is how and when to set the notification sounds for specific times. This led me to an app which goes by the name of Dingless – Notification Sounds which mutes notification sounds when you don’t need them....

But to make matters rather complicated, Microsoft Edge Chromium also brings an InPrivate browsing mode to the table. It’s quite similar to InPrivate in the non-Chromium version of Edge and keeps no records of your browsing history offline. Unless you are the sole user of Microsoft Edge Chromium on your PC or Mac, having InPrivate browsing windows floating around is a bad idea. For starters, you have no idea what your friend, sibling, or co-worker was up to on your PC or Mac....

To start with, NVIDIA GeForce Experience is a heavy application that takes up a lot of space and resources on your system. But you’ll need to log in to the application for using it. While GeForce Experience does offer great features such as recording your gameplay and optimizing your games, it is still an unnecessary tool for most gamers who just need to update their GPU drivers. If you’re one of those, then you’ve come to the right place....

Not just that, we will also demonstrate how you set up an account, install and uninstall a game, and learn how to play free games on Steam. For better performance, check out these top ways to improve gaming performance before downloading Steam on Windows 11. Note: Steam is available for almost all platforms and is compatible with Windows 11. In this article, we will guide you through the steps for Windows 11, but if you are on Windows 10, the steps will likely remain the same....

Thankfully there are a couple of alternatives when it comes to downloading and playing songs from SoundCloud. The options are listed below. Third Party Apps: Where the Party’s At Third party SoundCloud apps for iOS seem to be all the rage. I found 2-3 apps that look exactly the same and work in the same manner, and they are all made by different developers. Here are some of them:...

If you’re visiting a responsive website, you can just narrow down the browser window to access the mobile size. But it doesn’t work for every site and you have to do that manually. If you use a Mac, and want to visit the mobile sites for some reason (and there are legit reasons to do so), there’s an elegant way to do it . It’s called Monochrome. What Is Monochrome Monochrome (free) has nothing to do with the Google Chrome web browser....

Thankfully, Apple reintroduced the functionality with the iOS 13.4 and macOS Catalina 10.15.4 updates. So if you are using an iPhone, an iPad, or a Mac with the latest system software updates installed, it’s incredibly easy to share entire iCloud Drive folders with others. To make things even better, you can use the iCloud Drive web app at iCloud.com to share folders as well. So without any further ado, let’s check how this functionality works on the iPhone, iPad, Mac, and iCloud....

So the other day, I was troubleshooting an issue on my friend’s PC using TeamViewer. And much to my annoyance, I realized that there was no sound coming from the other side. If it was an issue that didn’t require audio, I would have gladly let it go. But as luck would have it, it was a VLC-related issue for which explicitly needed audio. In situations such as these, the sound settings are the usual culprits....

Telegram Groups and Channels sound confusing, but they serve a different purpose. How do you find these Telegram groups and channels and how do you join them? That’s what we are going to find out today. Let’s begin. How to Find Telegram Groups There are two types of groups. There are private groups that you can’t find or join unless you have been invited and added. That is the sole discretion of the creator or admin of the group....

Watch Your Network With Task Manager Windows 10 will let you see what applications are using the most network bandwidth behind the scenes. You’ll often find automatic downloads, online videos and music taking up a bunch. Step 1. Press Crtrl + Shift + Esc to open Task Manager. Step 2. Press More Details. Step 3. Sort the Network column in descending order (from high to low) to see the applications that are using the most bandwidth....

But, the last thing you want is for the App Store to malfunction, and that’s what happens at the worst of times. Really, there’s nothing like a stupid ‘Cannot Connect to App Store’ error to ruin your day. Fortunately, that doesn’t have to be permanent. The ‘Cannot Connect to the App Store’ error can happen for the most trivial of reasons, and working your way through a number of troubleshooting tips should let you access the App Store in no time....

That’s a weird one because you don’t know quite what to do. Most users simply waited it out only to find it was a waste of time. Other users complained that the laptop shut down because it ran out of battery juice instead. Here are some possible explanations and solutions. Let’s begin. 1. Update Windows OS Press Windows key+I on the keyboard to open Settings and click on Update & Security....

So, without further delay, let us quickly roundup on the tweaks to get your own smart assistant. Pre-Conditions The Android version must be Marshmallow or above. #1. Sign-in The first step involves signing into the Google Services, to be more accurate, as a beta tester. All you have to do is open the Google App in Play Store, scroll down to the middle of the page and tap on the I’m In button in the beta tester block....

We’ve written about a method for hiding files in plain sight inside images (also a tool that does that) in the past, and of course using the Folder options in Windows to hide files. Today we’ll talk about a method that’s easier to implement than hiding files in images, and offers better protection than using the Windows folder options which, frankly, everyone is aware of these days and can easily uncheck that option to see the hidden files....

If you’ve customized your Ribbon to suit your preference, working on a new computer without your favorite settings can be an inconvenience. Luckily, Microsoft Word allows users to import and export Ribbon settings. This guide will show you how to import and export the customized Ribbon settings from Microsoft Word. Reveal the Ribbon in Microsoft Word Typically, when you launch Microsoft Word, your Ribbon should be the next thing after the document’s name....

When I did some research I came to know that the particular feature was incorporated by Samsung, and that too in few devices. Then I came across a promising Android app that could change the fonts of an Android phone to any valid TrueType Font (TTF) on a rooted device. So let’s see how to use the application to apply some cool new fonts on Android. As the application will be interacting with your system files, you must have the root access to your phone....