Google is an advertising company, and data is their bread and butter. Though the claim to undertake due diligence, not everyone is comfortable sharing the data about personal or professional lives with the search giant. And how do you actively avoid that? In comes Sesame Shortcuts. A universal shortcut app for the Android platform that works offline, and none of the data leaves your device. Download Sesame Shortcuts Let’s see how Sesame Shortcuts creates this universal search and how deep it integrates with the Android ecosystem....

Screen Time also serves as a parental control system since it can place restrictions on what a child can access, who they can contact, and how long they spend on apps, websites, and more. Apple first introduced Screen Time with iOS 12 in 2018 to help users be more intentional with their time on the iPhone and iPad. This post will help you understand how to make maximum out of the Screen Time function on Mac....

SkyDrive , you have all the privileges to access and modify your documents (like MS Office documents, which are predominantly used around the world) on the go. But what happens if you forget to push an important file to the SkyDrive folder and later (when that machine is not reachable) you realize that you need to work on it immediately? You have no other option than to get back to the machine and pull out that file....

I usually watch live sports on my browsers and it works well, but today while browsing through the Windows 8 Store I stumbled upon a modern app called Live TV using which we can watch live streaming TV on our computer. According to the app’s description on the Windows 8 Store, a user can download the app and watch standard definition videos for free. However, the services like high definition streaming and show recordings can only be accessed after paying a nominal one-time fee....

Of all these, WhatsApp is by far the most known one. So let’s take a look at how WhatsApp and iMessage compare on the iPhone besides the obvious differences between them. iMessage As is expected from a native Apple app, iMessage performs admirably on the iPhone and integrates seamlessly with other Apple devices. This includes both the iPad and the iPod Touch (running iOS 6 or higher), as well as Macs running the latest version of OS X....

A few days back we talked about how to ease the copy-paste functionality on the Android and it has really saved some time. Today I am going to talk about an amazing app launched on the Play Store just a few days ago that bring the undo-redo and find-replace function to your Android. The name of the app is Inputting+. So let’s go ahead and install it from the Play Store....

administrator account if they are not clear with their security fundamentals or are not really sure of the level of privilege that comes with it. However, people tend to work as administrators more often than required and this poses the concern of malware threat and unwanted programs. Accidents are prone to happen, and the same makes our machines vulnerable to malicious installs from the internet or shared users. The latter of which could be intentional....

Instashare, honoring its name, allows you to transfer files between your iOS devices and your Mac in a very fast and easy manner. Here’s a better look at the app and how to use it to give you an idea of what I mean. As is expected, in order for Instashare to work on all your Apple devices (Windows and Android versions coming soon), you will have to download not only the iOS version of Instashare to your iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, but also a Mac client (currently in beta) to your MacBook....

educational content worth in the tens (and perhaps even hundreds) of thousands of dollars for free? That is, in a sentence, the entire premise of iTunes U – Apple’s online catalog of educational content that is available to anyone for free. Before, it was restricted entirely to iTunes, but with the iPhone and the iPad becoming ever more popular, it was natural for Apple to release an app for iOS device users to be able to access iTunes U on the go....

MakeItOneMP3 is a free and efficient tool that can easily join several mp3 files and create a single file out of them. You could join mp3 tracks, podcast files etc using this tool. And later if you want to split the joined files, you could do that easily too. After installing it, open the tool and you will see “Add File” and “Add Folder” button. You can add files or folders both with the help of them....

GPS navigation systems they use on their cars. However, this is not the only useful aspect of having maps on a smartphone, as Apple has clearly shown with a couple of its most important apps available on the App Store. One of them is Find My iPhone, which we have already written about and which allows you to locate your computer or your iOS devices and erase them or send messages to them remotely....

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....

For users on Flagship Android devices, this might not be a major concern. However, there are many users who are on a budget device with limited memory and space to spare. Using the Facebook and Messenger app on them can give these users some hiccups. We did discuss some apps in the past for both tablets and phones, but few of them were discontinued and removed. So as an all new alternative, you can try the Metal app for Android....

What makes the Mi Calculator different from the default calculator app is its plethora of features and functions and that it’s available for everyone — even the non-Xiaomi users. For starters, you can calculate mortgages or convert currencies with a tap of your finger. Another plus point of Mi Calculator is the easy interface and the option to edit and view previous calculations. So should you download the Mi Calculator?...

We have already compared Google Keep with Google Tasks. In this post, we decided to put Google Keep alongside Microsoft To-Do and see how the standalone tasks app weighs against the highly praised note-taking app, Google Keep. Fasten your seatbelts! App Size Keep is a product of Google and as such, it comes pre-installed on some Android devices. In case you want to download it from the Play Store, it weighs 13-14MB....

Motorola seems to be looking to build upon the sales of its Moto G (5th generation) devices and going with the trend, has launched a dual-camera variant in the same series. This time around, Moto has also decided to stick with a single variant for their new device and here we are going to compare the specs of the Moto G5 Plus and the new Moto G5S Plus. G5S Plus Gets a Bigger Display and Better Design While the Moto G5 Plus came with a 5....

To use this application, download and install it on your Nokia mobile. Open it and you will see five diagnostic tests as shown in screenshot below: This application comes in handy when you don’t have internet access settings for your current mobile operator. Just select “Internet connectivity test”. The application will provide real-time net connectivity test and will find the settings for web access on your phone. It also provides network coverage test, battery charger test, loudspeaker and earpiece test to solve most of the common mobile phone problems....

Worse still, what if MS Office just crashed (that also has been known to happen)? Worry not…keep this article bookmarked somewhere close because now we will look at a few third-party tools that help you to open and view MS Word and Excel files without a hiccup. In some cases you can easily edit your documents too. OpenOffice Sun Microsystems (now a part of Oracle) have given the handy OpenOffice....

Opera Software offers its browser in a variety of flavors like the default full browser, a beta version for early adopters, Opera Touch and Opera Mini. The company initially designed Opera Mini to run on the Java ME platform in late 2005. Later, the Opera Mini was released on every possible mobile platform. Today, it is widely used on Android and iOS. That said, the existence of Opera Browser and Opera Mini often confuses many when it comes to picking one....

The main cause for this is that the Mail app downloads and keeps every email and (most importantly) its attachments and stores them on your Mac for offline viewing. While there are advantages to this approach (like having all your the content on Mail indexed by Spotlight for example), if you are just setting up Mail on your Mac or have already cleaned up all the attachments you don’t need any more, follow these tips to prevent the Mail app from taking enormous amounts of space on your Mac from now onwards....