This is how Apple describes it: In layman’s terms it means that the data sent and received with Safari, Apple apps and any third party app that uses Apple’s own SSL system on iOS and Mac is not encrypted and secure. What Exactly Went Wrong? SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) and TSL (Transport Layer Security) are a set of technologies that establish a secure and encrypted connection between your computer and the server....

To understand what it is and why we need to enable it, we must understand the basics. How Sharing on YouTube Works YouTube allows anyone to share a video on their website or blog by embedding it using an iframe code. You just copy and paste the code, and the video will appear on the page. The visitor won’t even have to leave the site to watch it. No need to click through to YouTube....

There can be various reasons behind the slow performance on your aging iPhone. It can be anything from battery usage, iPhone low-space, faulty charger, and more. In short, the deciding factor can vary from person to person. In this post, we will cover every possible scenario that might affect the performance on your iPhone. Let’s get started with the most obvious reason. Degrading Battery Health This is one of the prime reasons for decreasing iPhone performance....

A Brief Overview The WPC is an open membership organization that maintains standards, and Qi is one of them. It’s much popular as it’s available on a number of mobile devices like Motorola, Samsung, HTC and Nokia phones. Qi makes use of magnetic induction to fuel a device. This requires that the device to be charged is placed physically on top of the charger. PMA also uses inductive charging to power its devices, however, the part where it differs from Qi is that it uses a different frequency than Qi, along with different connection protocols....

WonderShare PPT2Video Pro ( Windows only ) is a great tool for the purpose. We’ll talk about how it works and also give away some free licenses of this tool at the end of this post. The good thing about this software is that it can convert a presentation to up to 130 video formats, including WMV, MPEG, AVI and many more. You could then watch those videos on your cellphones, upload them to YouTube and do much more....

Microsoft Office 365 suite is considered as the Gold standard in the productivity space. Sure, there are rivals like Google G Suite and Kingsoft’s WPS Office, but nothing comes close to Office 365 in terms of the overall package. The gap continues to widen as Microsoft is pumping more add-ons in Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. Microsoft Teams tool is such an example of that. Microsoft offers a wide range of Office 365 plans....

How handy would it be to float a YouTube video over the rest of your browser tabs so you can keep watching while you’re scrolling through tweets or, say, writing a Guiding Tech article? Just kidding, dear reader, you have my undivided attention! So with that, I present Fluid Browser, the app that brings picture-in-picture to the Mac. Using Fluid Browser for Picture-in-Picture Fluid Browser is a brand new app in the Mac App Store that not only brings picture-in-picture capabilities to the Mac but essentially allows you to overlay just about any web page on top of another window....

If you are using Windows 7 at home, but your company or your old laptop is still running Windows XP, you may find it inconvenient not being able to use the hotkeys you are familiar with in Windows 7. In this article, I’ll introduce 2 tools that could help you get rid of that issue to some extent. 1. Windows 7 Shortcuts Windows 7 Shortcuts can enable some useful Windows 7 keyboard shortcuts for Windows XP....

Self-hosted would mean going with a hosting provider or hosting it on your own. You could always start off by simply serving the web files from your own computer. If you’re not expecting too many visitors in the beginning, this is a great way to get your name out by having the pages to show your product or service. Of course, that means your computer needs to be on at all times because that’ll act as the server but then we mostly have it in always-on mode, no?...

message compose and reply/forward interface . There was another one that integrated Google Drive more closely with Gmail . Well, the integration thing was a must because Outlook.com features a similar association with SkyDrive. With that in place, users have the capability to attach large files in email messages. However, there are many who prefer SkyDrive over Google Drive but use Gmail instead of Outlook.com. If you fall in this category, Google Drive integration with Gmail doesn’t help you....

If you aren’t sure where to begin, don’t worry. In this article, I’ll show you how you can create an amazing YouTube banner in Photoshop to add personality and style to your channel. So, without much further ado, let’s jump right into it. Download the YouTube Channel Art Template Now to create a great YouTube banner, you’ll need to know its exact dimensions and how it will appear on different devices....

So let’s get to it. Interested in upgrading your Kindle? Check out our Kindle Paperwhite review. Determine The Current Firmware Version and Device First, let’s see what the current version of the installed firmware is. To do that, fist go to the Home screen by tapping the Home button on your Kindle Paperwhite or your other touchscreen Kindles. Now, click the Hamburger menu button on the far right of the toolbar and select Settings....

Flynx is a nifty app for Android that can help you in situations like these. Using the app you can click and open any external web links that will load in a floating browser in the background. You can stay on your current app while the site loads and then view the page quickly on a floating browser and return to the same app in no time. Sounds interesting… right?...

Icon Size Icons in OS X can be scaled to almost any size right on the spot, although most Mac users don’t know about this. This allows you to view files on specific windows in a size that is comfortable for you. To enable this feature, select the Finder and then on the menu bar, select View, then Show Status Bar. If you have the icon view selected, this will display a slider at the bottom right of any Finder window, letting you change the icon size instantly just by sliding it....

We have previously covered tools like RIOT and Image Resizer Power Toy that can reduce the size of your photos while retaining the original quality but there may be scenarios, take college cybercafé for example, where bandwidth is not an issue but being logged in as a Guest or Limited user you cannot install any of these tools, and thus you require an online tool that can do the task....

Using a traditional method, rooting requires a bunch of steps and plenty of know-how, but this isn’t always the case. Many devices can actually be rooted with “One-click” universal rooting applications. There are many different types of universal rooting programs out there, and even though they really are more than just one click in reality – they are still really easy to use. One of the universal tools I personally recommend right now is Bin4ry rooting method, which has an official support page over at the XDA Developer’s Forum....

But before you can do any of that, you need to gain root access. For that, you need to flash a custom recovery, which means you need to unlock the Bootloader. It’s an easy affair. Shouldn’t take you more than 30 minutes if you follow the guide below closely. Alright, let’s get this bad boy off its leash. 1. What You Need to Know Before We Start This guide is for a OnePlus One running KitKat (4....

So, how can you be completely sure all the information on your Mac’s hard drive is truly gone and impossible (or nearly impossible) to retrieve? There are a couple of ways of doing so. Just read along to learn how. Erasing Your Mac’s Hard Drive: Method 1 This method is a classic one: Delete all your information using a multi-pass approach. This ensures that every unit of storage in your Mac’s disk is overwritten with new data....

Taking a screenshot on a Windows 10 computer is pretty easy. There are a couple of smart ways to grab screenshots. The image format of a screenshot can also be easily changed (e.g., from PNG to JPG, and vice versa). Converting a screenshot to PDF can be a bit tricky — particularly when you don’t know your way around it. Some do not even know that it can be done....

Well we have a few different workaround options for you to explore if you really want to save a GIF as it should be… a GIF. It won’t be quite as easy as just right-clicking, but you can still have your GIF in just a few steps. Option 1: Download Tweet2gif for Android Android users, you lucked out. It turns out the Google Play store has a very convenient and free app that lets you completely disregard the advanced method for downloading GIFs....