While Google is focusing on simplicity and taking a minimalistic approach, Microsoft is all about bridging the gap between Android and Windows 10 to improve end-user productivity. Both the launchers offer various customization options, feed menu, search engine, and theme support. Based on your usage and preference, you might find one useful over the other. In this post, we are going to compare Pixel launcher to Microsoft launcher and conclude if you need to make a switch from the default Pixel launcher....

Microsoft’s Image Resizer Powertoy for Windows XP was a fantastic tool to resize photographs right from the explorer’s context menu. It made it very easy for a user to reduce the size (by altering the resolution) of raw photographs which were shot using a high quality digital camera, thus making it easy to upload and send them using email. The above program worked only in Windows XP. It was later cloned by a developer to offer same photo resizing features for users on Windows 7....

While getting the Harlem Shake on the device was a pretty easy task, none of it would have been of any use if I was not able to make a video out of it and share it with my friends. Moreover just the video was not enough, to enjoy the shake, it had to be completely free of any lags. So let’s see how I managed to record a lag-free screen video on my iPod....

Repix is a photo editing app for the iPhone and iPad that goes for a different approach than what similar apps take: Instead of placing its focus on simple editing options and on the general application of effects to photos, Repix provides a unique experience to iOS users by adding a painting element to the photo editing mix. The result is an app that you can use not only for adding a few filters to your photos , but also to “retouch” and “paint” even specific parts of them....

I would recommend you folks to bookmark this guide or understand the process so that you can troubleshoot Windows-related errors and issues in the future. Let’s begin. 1. What Do They Mean A Safe Mode is a special diagnostic mode in Windows that limits all the Windows functions and operations to the core services and processes that are essential to run Windows OS. That means sound, GPU drivers, and a couple of other things will be disabled....

Launched in India with a price tag of INR 27990, this device is roughly a thousand bucks cheaper than the Galaxy A5 (INR 28990), So, what’s different in this all new C7 Pro? Let’s see whether the Samsung Galaxy C7 Pro holds is worth the big bucks. Design The Samsung C7 Pro very much looks like a Samsung phone at the first glance. But what sets it apart is its super slim body....

Install and run this application. Select the playback shuffle time(number of seconds to view each screensaver) and resolution of side screen, from the drop down menu given at the top. Click on “Win+Sys” button in the tool to load all the screensavers present on your computer. You can also add them one by one by clicking on “File” button. It supports drag and drop functionality too. You may check the demo of a screensaver by clicking on its name in the playlist....

Now that iOS 8 is here, this new version of the mobile operating system from Apple has brought a series of new features to users. Most importantly, Touch ID is now accessible to just about every other app out there, including third-party ones. Not all apps work from the get go of course. Developers have to add support for Touch ID to their apps first, but as the feature becomes more widespread, more apps will start to integrate the feature....

Today, we pit two strong competitors against each other — Solid Explorer and FX Explorer. I’ve been using Solid Explorer for a while. My colleagues and friends often brag about FX Explorer being a better option. So I’m comparing them to figure out the best file manager. Download Solid Explorer Download FX Explorer 1. Interface and Design Starting with Solid Explorer, the app sports a two-panel material design which enables to browse two different locations of your phone’s storage from the same window....

perform actions with fewer clicks than before or fewer when compared to what other email interfaces are offering. That’s what we feel from the review on Outlook.com Mail that we did. Allowing users to activate Gmail and Yahoo Mail shortcuts on Outlook interface also falls under the same idea. Besides, there is one dedicated feature called Instant actions that has been provided to support this theme- “They make it so you don’t have to open a message to take action on it....

Well nothing like a hilarious episode of Two and a Half Men to charm up your weekends, correct? But then, the huge number of TV series does leave you spoilt for choice. 1. Fringe Fringe follows the life of FBI special agent Olivia Dunham played by Anna Torv and eccentric scientist Walter Bishop played by the popular actor John Noble. The triangle is completed by Walter’s son Peter Bishop (Joshua Jackson)....

Backing up for a second, what exactly does Droplr and more importantly, CloudApp do? It makes it easy for you to share screenshots and images with anyone on the internet – and thanks to cross platform apps that we will talk about today – with your own (multiple) devices as well. A Word About The Mac App When the app is installed, just tap the shortcut Cmd+Shift+5 (on Mac), drag the mouse pointer covering the area you want to take a screenshot of and the app will automatically upload the image to its servers....

An extensive study by Mohammad Aamir Ali, Budi Arief, Martin Emms and Aad van Moorsel, outlines online payments using credit and debit cards and the security issues caused by multiple payment gateways on different merchant sites, was published in IEEE Security & Privacy. The authors of the study, who’re associated with Newcastle University, pointed out that their tool can also be used to guess Zip codes and address data. Hackers can use the tool to correlate location data with the card-issuing financial institution or use a skimming device to figure out which merchant sites swiped the card....

Thanks to the popularity of Evernote, you can add any kind of data (text, images, PDFs) directly into Evernote from any internet connected device. Here are the top ten ways to save just about anything in Evernote. 1. Evernote Webclipper for Browsers This is the most obvious one. Evernote has supplied us with its extension ever since it came into being. But since last few upgrades it has gotten a lot better....

I use Google Calendar to manage my schedule, and it is one of the best calendar apps out there. But like every other app, it also suffers from problems at times. If your Google Calendar app fails to sync events & reminders across other apps and platforms on some occasions or all the time, don’t worry. We have compiled a good list of possible fixes for the problem. 1. Refresh Your Calendar Sometimes, it is best to refresh the entire app....

Today, we shall focus on the gold. There’s a lot to know in this world, a lot to learn, and thanks to the internet, many many mediums to reach that goal – reading classic out-of-copyright books on your Kindle, reading long-form articles on your Kindle, listening to awesome podcasts, watching movie adaptations etc. In this post, we talk about the most visual of the mediums. Documentaries, and the top 10 places to watch the best of them for free....

The solutions range from being as easy as bringing the devices together to checking certain settings. We would suggest reading our guide on how to use Nearby Share on Android before you proceed further. That will give you some idea about what to expect. Let’s get started on fixing Nearby Sharing not working on Android. 1. Restart Phone The first solution that you should try is to restart your phone....

Apex Legends takes place in the Titanfall universe which has been developed by Respawn Entertainment. Surprisingly, the battle royal style game features no Titans. Instead, the action takes place between humans and robotic heroes called Legends — all characters carry special powers and can equip lethal weapons. A typical battle can have a team of three and raking up to 60 players which translates to a total of 20 teams....

You may call it co-watching, co-sharing, or media sharing. The feature is designed to help you view certain Instagram posts along with your friends while you are on a video call. It’s a subtle version of Facebook’s Watch Party. Let’s find out in detail how co-watching works on Instagram and other important things about it. 1. What Is Co-Watching on Instagram Video Calls Earlier, if you were on a video call with your friend and you wanted to show them a picture from your saved collection on Instagram, you had to leave the calling interface and send that post as a message....

Do people find it difficult to hear you during Zoom or Skype call sessions on your Windows computer? That could be because your PC or headphones’ microphone volume is low or muted. To fix the problem, you should check and adjust your audio device’s microphone volume accordingly. In this guide, we’ll show you three different ways to change the microphone volume on a Windows 10 PC. Before you proceed, you should note that you might have to adjust the microphone volume of every audio device you use on your computer....