Sideways Dictionary is a project supported by The Washington Post and Jigsaw — a technology incubator within Alphabet, Google’s parent company. that uses analogies instead of definition to explain What separates it from normal dictionaries is that it uses analogies instead of a definition to explain the technology. Sideways Dictionary makes it easier to convert all the technobabble around you into simple, easy to understand, analogies which will be as useful to a kid as it would be to an adult....

system passwords , including those from websites you visit as well as most from native applications (as long as developers have enabled the feature). Naturally, the most convenient aspect of this utility is that it allows you to locate and view all your passwords in a simple way, which can sometimes be a lifesaver, especially if you forget an important password that you haven’t used in ages. For example, let’s say you forget the password for a website you visit often but that one day it asks you for it despite you having specified for your login information to be remembered by it (which can be caused by its cookies expiring for example)....

Yep, you read that right. The Essential Phone features a modular 360-degree camera along with the world’s tiniest dual camera setup. This modular accessory can be taken off and on as required with minimum fuss. But then, 360 cameras have been with us for the past couple of years. So, here comes the important question. How is the Essential Phone’s 360-degree Camera Different? As pointed out by Xiaoyu Miao, head of optics and imaging in Essential, “The 360 camera captures the entire world around the user, which fundamentally changes how we take a picture”....

GravityBox This is a big one. It is supported for Jelly Bean and Kitkat devices, and runs only on Stock or AOSP ROMs. If you are running stock but are missing some of the great features like Pie controls from Paranoid Android or the brightness status bar tweak from CM, GravityBox is for you. There are a lot of this GravityBox can do for you and if you go with it, you can skip dozens of single purpose modules out there....

Now you can have the best of both worlds running simultaneously on your computer, without having to reboot. If you’ve got a copy of Windows 7 around, you’re in store for a treat. (yes, this guide uses a Mac as the base for running Windows 7 on it. ) 1. Download VirtualBox First, visit the VirtualBox website to download the .dmg file. Save the version for Intel Macs to your computer, and run it....

some tricks that can help you in using MS Paint productively . While those tips are amazing, there is one more thing that comes in handy when you are using MS Paint or rather, any other tool. We are referring to keyboard shortcuts and we feel that if mastered, they can really enhance your efficiency with MS Paint too. Let us begin. These shortcuts have been tried and tested on Windows 7....

“We feel as strongly about creating a safe and welcoming environment today as we did when our community was just getting started. Today, we’re announcing new tools and programs to keep Instagram a safe and positive place for self-expression,” Instagram stated. Comment Controls Comments are an integral part of the social media experience as it gives a platform for your followers to voice their thoughts on your post. But if you’re not looking for comments from certain kinds of people, you can block them....

Is it a bed? Or a Smart Furniture? It’s an Entertainment Unit! No. Wait for it! It’s something more. It’s your own corner to be lazy as you sleep, work, play, listen to your favourite tunes, scroll through your favourite TV shows or just lay and read the latest text in your collection. It’s drools something straight out of my Sunday afternoon siesta time dreams while lying down on my bean bags....

And this issue can be quite annoying on phones with lesser memory, especially the budget phones. But then, that shouldn’t mean that one is left out of the gaming world, correct? So, we have assembled a list of 10 games HD Android Games under 100 MB which are not only fun to play but have equally high-end graphics. 1. World Cricket Championship Lt If you are a cricket fan, then you’ll end up loving this light game....

With the introduction of Windows 10, Microsoft announced a brand-new Project Spartan — Microsoft Edge browser. The browser was based on Microsoft’s EdgeHTML rendering engine. Due to a different web-rendering engine, the Edge browser never received much interest among the developers. Microsoft Edge lacked long-list of extension support and often some popular sites didn’t work well with the default Windows 10 browser. Microsoft finally gave in and announced the Chromium-based Edge browser....

So is that all the new Xiaomi phone is capable of? Well, we beg to differ! If you’re itching to get the most out of your new phone, we have compiled a list of the best tips and tricks associated with the Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Pro. 1. Capture Artistic Portraits Simple portraits are so 2018. It’s 2019, and it’s time you said Hi to chic portraits. Note 7 Pro’s camera packs many studio effects to enhance the overall looks of your photos....

According to the app I tested, I had around 450 screenshots saved up. That’s a couple hundred megs of data I could be using otherwise. And that was after clearing out a whole bunch of them a couple of weeks back. For me, screenshots are a one-time-use affair. So I’m highly interested in finding an easy way of deleting them. The Photos app creates Moments where it groups different photos from one time or place....

While generic players handle the most common formats, they often don’t support XVID, DIVX, and other formats that many of us make use of on a daily basis. Not only this, they often have clunky UIs and not-so-impressive extra features. If you are looking for a better solution, you’ll find a sea full of options on Google Play, but figuring out which of these players are worth downloading isn’t always easy....

But, it is also known that getting some of those gadgets is a very hard affair as international shipping is limited. And our infamous Customs department makes things much more harder. All this restrictions have led to either people using their friends and relatives, travelling abroad, as carriers or using small services like ShopandShip and iBhejo. Since last few years, the online e-commerce scene in India has seen a major boom and thus importing things from aboard has been fading away slowly as most of the gadgets are available here....

Borders can give an elegant touch to your document and make it stand out if you don’t plan to include any other design elements, especially if you are making a custom template in Google Docs. While there is no built-in option, there’re a few ways to add borders in Google Docs. In his post, we’ll discuss the top 3 ways to do it. Let’s get started. 1. Use a 1 x 1 Table Let’s start with an easy one....

Here are five such apps in no particular order. 1. Shortcuts Shortcuts, previously known as Workflow, is a neat little app that you can use to create shortcuts to many tasks like logging water, steps, weight, sharing pics and more with the click of a button. You can create shortcuts and then share it with the community at large. Launch the Safari browser and open this shortcut and tap on Get This Shortcut....

Yes, I am talking about those beautiful images with a neat little text, that tells the complete story without you having to read through the long (and sometimes boring) captions. Besides, you get a whole new variety of posts to share with your followers. In this post today, we have compiled five such apps for both Android and iOS, which will help you create gorgeous images with text for your Insta statuses....

Case manufacturers didn’t take long to realize that people who buy a jet black iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus don’t want the color or finish to go to waste. Several have gorgeous jet black cases that complement and extend your unique iPhone 7 color. Check these five out if you want to preserve your new jet black iPhone while also protecting it. 1. Spigen Slim Armor – Jet Black I’ve long been a fan of Spigen cases and the iPhone 7 lineup doesn’t disappoint, especially due to the sheer number of jet black options....

It’s no secret that Yahoo delivers inferior search results compared to Google. Using Yahoo as your default search engine may lead to many unproductive hours on the go. It’s best to remove yahoo search from Google Chroma and revert to Google as your go-to search engine. 1. Manually Change Search Engine If you have kept Yahoo as the default search engine in the browser, Chrome will continue to use Yahoo to answer your questions from the address bar....

These devices help you transmit video and audio signals from your laptop, cable box, or console to your TV or projector wirelessly. And unlike other wireless solutions like Chromecast or Miracast, HDMI wireless devices are not dependent on Wi-Fi. Instead, they make things possible using IR or the 5 GHz microwave frequency band. So if you are looking to reduce cable clutter on your entertainment unit (and adding oomph to your TV setup), here are our recommendations for the best wireless HDMI streaming devices....