alternative music applications have appeared on the App Store to compete against Apple’s own offering. Today, we take a look at Track 8, one of the most unique of these competing music applications and compare it against Apple’s Music app. Let’s start with an quick overview of the native Music app, since most of you are surely already familiar with it. Apple’s Music App The native Music app for the iPhone is perhaps one of Apple’s offerings that has gone through the most changes in the past few years....

JioPhone is all the rage among feature phones these days as Reliance basically disrupted yet another market and essentially are giving out a 4G VoLTE-enabled feature phone for free. But they aren’t alone in the race as their first competitor has emerged — itel Mobile in collaboration with Vodafone. Vodafone and itel Mobiles have joined hands to give you feature phones that will cover the cost you pay for buying them....

If you want to go a step further and create a custom jump list then you’ll have to use a third-party tool called the Jumplist Launcher. You can add up to 60 programs, files or folders to the program interface and pin it to the taskbar using this tool. To use this program download the zip file on your computer and extract the JumplistLauncher.exe file. Double click on the executable file to start it....

Though the postpaid connection provides a stable plan, as you are no more on a leash, you may end up with a hefty bill at the end of the month. For those of you who are on an Android, I have just the right application which can bring back the prepaid leash on your postpaid connection and give you the best of both worlds. DroidStats is a nifty application for Android that makes it easy for you to keep track of your postpaid calls, SMS, and data usage....

If you know not what DNS means our article here will you. It also speaks about OpenDNS and the advantages of using it. It gives you server mappings to increase your net speed (if at all the DNS used by you Internet Service Provider are slow, which usually is the case). Now, OpenDNS isn’t the only free DNS solution out there. There are other contenders like Google DNS. So how do you know which one works the best for your location?...

PEAP also known as Protected EAP is more secured when compared to other 802.1X authentication protocols. When compared to other security protocols, PEAP provides database extensibility and one-time token authentication and password. And that’s how we can use personalized username and password to access the network. Going any deeper into the topic is beyond the scope of this article, however if you can read more about PEAP on Wikipedia if you like....

Please note that in this post, we have compared the 4GB variant. Design The Redmi Note 4 sports a new look with the slimmer and tapered edges and a dash of shiny separation lines. Up front, we have the 2.5 D curved glass and on the rear, the fingerprint sensor and camera make up for a balanced look. Although Mi has polished the look for the Redmi Note 4, at a first glance you wouldn’t find much difference between this and the other phones in this segment....

Mark as unread and Star Conversation for emails they want to deal with later on. However, most of the times the unread list becomes so long or we just forget about an email that we never respond to the ones that we were supposed to. It can be really embarrassing at times when we forget to reply to important emails. That was the reason why I wanted a better way to remind myself about the emails I need to work on and that’s when I found Snooze Your Email for Gmail....

With a near $300 difference in price, do the additional features of the iPad Pro justify all that money? That’s what we’ll try to answer. Ultimately, the choice to buy either is yours, but it’s worth going over some of the features exclusive to iPad Pro to see how to get the best bang for your buck. Support for Pro Accessories One of the big selling points of an iPad Pro is its support with Apple’s additional “Pro” accessories....

This release will coincide with the launch of Pokemon Ultra Moon and Ultra Sun that hit the stands on November 17. The Pokeball themed Nintendo 2DS XL console will go on sale for $159.99, which is a $10 rise in price. The company also announced that the White and Orange Nintendo 2DS XL will be available in stores across North America starting October 6, at a retail price of $149....

And this brings us to an important question. Is the feature-set of the Nextbase 622GW enough to justify its price tag? Or, is the Garmin 66W dash cam good enough for your requirements? Well, that’s what we will find in its post as we pit the Nextbase 622GW against the Garmin 66W to find which dash cam is the best one for you. Since it’s going to be a long post, let’s get going, shall we?...

An app launcher is your gateway to the entire mobile experience. It is the first thing that you see when you unlock your phone. So you should always use the most comfortable launcher. If you own a Mi phone and don’t like the default MIUI system launcher, you will find many of its alternatives on the Play Store. One of the best among them is the popular Nova Launcher. Now you may wonder how does Nova Launcher fare against the MIUI system launcher?...

I agree that the integration of SkyDrive feature is amazing when used by an individual, but when an enterprise is using it where security of files in a big concern, this feature might look like an unnecessary baggage. Moreover, an individual who does not have seamless internet connectivity would really not like these occasional pop-ups. So today we will see how we can disable the extra Save as backstage menu of Office 2013 and save some time....

Rumour mills have been churning information related to the upcoming OnePlus device — dubbed the OnePlus 5. The company has confirmed that their next flagship, which will succeed the OnePlus 3 and 3T, will hit the stands this summer. According to a report by The Verge, OnePlus isn’t naming the next device OnePlus 5 due to the Chinese superstition of 4 being an unlucky number, rather because of Robert Horry’s number 5 jersey in the NBA....

Friends are pesky that way. Use the apps listed below to pre-select photos you want them to see and to prevent them from accidentally seeing the ones you don’t. Bound It for Android Bound It’s homescreen shows all available albums/folders filled with photos on your phone. Tap on the thumbnails of the photos you want to share (between multiple folders and albums) with your friends and tap Bound It! This will generate a fullscreen album-like view that’s external to the Bound It app, only containing the photos you selected....

He was of course, referring to how difficult it was to actually make calls on most smartphones of that time. Then, the iPhone’s interface for making calls (now known simply as the Phone app) was definitely a leap ahead of what was currently on the market. However, in the past few years, while it has gained a few more options and is still on par with any other phone app on competing devices, the Phone app on the iPhone has evolved and changed little....

Mat Honan hacking incident and his utter regret on the loss of his photos with his new born daughter of which he had no backups. Thankfully, Mat managed to recover those photos but this should ring some alarm bells for those who are yet to understand the importance of backups, especially dispersed backups . In the past, we have seen how to backup photos from various online services to our computer but how safe do you think a local backup is?...

All the above methods are cool in their own right but they take from a few seconds to a few minutes which doesn’t work if your urgency and hurry is unprecedented. During such situations, you need a speedier solution to send data to your phone that you are currently reading on your computer, so that you could instantly continue consuming the same data on the phone when you are on the go....

Dropico knows that you are busy and they are here to relieve the strain on your poor brain. What they have done is really quite magical – they have introduced drag-and-drop properties to all your photos spread across today’s vast online social networks. It is almost too good to be true, almost… Starting Up Step 1: Dropico’s Official site has the option to become a user of the service by selecting Create Account under the sign in window on the home page....

Like the one above, it has a small and compact build and is designed for bass enthusiasts. The portable form factor means you can easily take it out to the beach or pool. But, which speaker will you pick? Will you still pick the older Sony SRS-XB12 over the SRS-XB13? Well, that’s what we are going to find in this post today as we pit both the Sony SRS-XB12 and the SRS-XB13 against each other to see which speaker you should pick....