I was using the Lumia 532 as my default device for the last week; this article holds my personal opinion about the device. So let’s see how the phone stands out (if it does at all) and examine the aspects where it excels and lags. Design While many companies are trying to make their gadgets slim and thin, I feel like Microsoft doesn’t care much about it. The Lumia 532 is a bulky piece of hardware without any visual appeal....
In this post, I’ll talk more about conflicting accounts, especially the part where you need to move or migrate data from them to Google Apps. Google does provide a data moving tool to migrate data for such accounts, however it is far from perfect. Should you do it? Are there any caveats? These are the questions I hope to answer in this post. Conflicting Google and Google Apps Accounts The screenshot below, which was a part of the previous post too, gives an overview of what exactly a conflicting account is....
It turns out, Miitomo uses Nintendo’s Mii characters first launched alongside the Nintendo Wii. They even had small appearances on the Nintendo DS. You can create your Mii to represent your look and personality, add friends, play mini-games for prizes and ultimately learn more about your friends through clever question and answer rounds. It seems the whole point of Miitomo is to connect with the people you matter to you in an eye-opening way....
The new feature of the Facebook-owned messaging app is a clone of Snapchat’s story feature, as well as Instagram stories, which was also updated with the ‘story’ feature in August 2016. Today, WhatsApp completes 8 years in the digital era and is undoubtedly the most popular messaging app worldwide with more than a billion users. “We are rolling out an update to status, which allows you to share photos and videos with your friends and contacts on WhatsApp in an easy and secure way....
At first glance, both Notion and Trello seem similar. Well, they both let you manage large projects like a pro. But the concept couldn’t have been different. Notion relies on Project management templates to get started. While Trello follows tried and tested Kanban method to move blocks as the project goes ahead. In this post, we will compare both Notion and Trello on various factors. The talking points include interface, features, sharing, price, management capabilities, and more....
You can play more than 250 games directly from your browser without going to any game website. The games include Mario, Pacman, Sonic, Tetris, shooting games and many more. Once the add-on is installed, a small icon appears in the Chrome extensions bar (shown in the screenshot below). If you click on it, it pops up a list of game categories. In the list you can see there are many categories such as Action games, adventure games, sport games, shooting games etc....
Wikileaks has been publishing classified documents since 2006 but the organisation shot to fame after bringing to fore the atrocities committed by US soldiers in war zones — specifically Iraq and Afghanistan — as well as files about Guantanamo Bay. The website is a collection of a large pool of data and sometimes sifting through the website can be an arduous task. The author of the website claims that he’ll be updating the website with the most relevant leaks from the non-profit organisation’s website, which will inform you timely as well as save you the pain of searching for it yourself on WikiLeaks....
We have seen apps for droid that can lock certain applications on your Android. There are also apps that hide specific photos and videos from the default album. How about combining both the features into one single app? So today I am going to talk about an amazing Android app called the Droid Protector, with which you can lock all the apps on your smartphone. Not only that, you can also securely hide individual photos from the gallery if you don’t want to lock the app....
Well to help you then I would like to tell you about a nifty tool called WebSiteSniffer that can monitor all the websites you visit using your web browser and keep track of the files they are downloading in the background, by sniffing all the data packets from your network card. To start sniffing your data packets download and run WebSiteSniffer. It’s a portable file and thus does not require installation....
The problem sometimes crops up in netbooks with HD displays and also other HD screens when the computer screen’s resolution causes zoomed text to become almost un-readable. Pictures overlap and text break. You can of course, change the zoom manually till you get it just right. But with extensions and add-ons for both Chrome and Firefox available, why not use them instead to set automatic zoom levels. OptiZoom (For Chrome) OptiZoom is a handy Chrome extension that renders a web page according to the computer’s resolution....
Now, Google has released this data compression feature for desktop users as well. It’s not built-in or even a stable product yet. Data Saver is still in beta (like all Google products are, sometimes for years) and is available as a Chrome extension. What exactly does it do, should you be using it, or is there anything better out there? Read on to find out. How Data Saver Works Once you’ve installed the extension, you don’t need to do anything....
Next time you have friends and family over and want to show them pictures of your trip, pull up one of the apps listed below. Or you can use them to load up Facebook photos of your friends, which could make for a lively evening full of scrutiny and gossip. Ah, sweet internet. CastBox for Android Once you’re logged in, CastBox shows all your Facebook photos. You can choose an album to display....
The Otterbox Defender is another series made for flagships like the Galaxy Note 9 and iPhone XR. These phone cases are known to be perfect for clumsy people. Otterbox promises the ultimate level of protection from its Defender series, be it an accidental drop or regular wear and tear. But if you were to pick one between the Supcase Unicorn Beetle Pro and the Otterbox Defender, which one would you choose?...
Undoubtedly, e-readers such as Kindle, Nook, Kobo or PDF readers in browsers have made reading books so much easier. But buying books — both online and offline — can, at times, cost the world. We are listing out the top 10 sites for free ebooks. After all, a once-in-a-while freebie wouldn’t hurt much, right? 1. BookZZ Update: This site is no longer working. A site with over 2.7 million books and 52 million scientificarticles, BookZZ, definitely deserves the first spot....
However, you might fall short of motivation and this is where smartphones and technology can help you stay on top of your fitness game. These Android apps are available for free on Google Play Store. These will help you if you are planning a 5-kilometer (3 miles) run or just getting into jogging. 1. Nike+ Run Club Nike+ Run Club is one of the most popular running apps out there....
For the most part, Google Meet offers a seamless browser-based video conferencing experience on both Windows and macOS. But just like with competing services such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams, you may run into issues with the microphone not working in Google Meet. That can happen either while hosting meetings or participating in them. There are various reasons—simple and complicated—as to why Google Meet may not transmit your microphone audio properly on the PC and Mac....
That’s the reason why it came as a surprise when Opera Software co-founder and former CEO Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner led Vivaldi Technologies released a desktop focused Vivaldi browser in April 2016. We decided to try it out to see how Vivaldi holds up against the competition and if it has enough unique features to offer. And I have to say, after using it for a considerable period, Vivaldi left me quite impressed....
We have curated the best OnePlus 6T tips and tricks to help you get the most out of this flagship smartphone. Buy OnePlus 6T (8GB | 128GB) Here we go. 1. Enable Navigational Gestures OxygenOS version 9 on the OnePlus 6T comes with a lot of bells and whistles. One of the best features is the navigational gestures. The noteworthy thing about them is that you get to utilize the most of the phone’s screen real estate by navigating around in style....
The company that was recently acquired by Apple in a massive $3 billion dollar deal, provides supreme music streaming across all mobile platforms. This is the largest acquisition in Apple’s history. With this investment, CEO Tim Cook plans for Apple to “continue to create the most innovative music products and services in the world”. Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine have joined Apple in the pursuit of serving music lovers everywhere....
Three such applications, namely ReadQuick, Velocity and Syllable caught my eye. Let’s find out which one is the best. What is Speed Reading? It has been scientifically proven that when we read text from a normal page, we are effectively “speaking to our mind”. Which limits our speed to that of our speech. But when you are presented with just one word on screen, which is rapidly replaced by another, you are forced to concentrate on the matter and your speed increases drastically....
