manage your permissions . Meaning you can receive calls even if you haven’t launched the application or even if your computer is locked. You also receive notifications about communications in multiple ways. The enhancements definitely make it easier for you to stay in touch with people. And, it is totally up to you to manage these permissions and choose the degree of availability you would want it to show your contacts....

ReadyBoost is a feature in Windows which helps it make use of the flash memory of an external USB flash drive when it needs it. It can speed up PC when RAM goes over limit, and also works with multiple devices in Windows 7. Here’s a step by step process to use this feature. Plug in memory card or flash drive. Now go to My Computer section and right click on Removable Disk....

To give you an analogy, think of your browser as a kitchen knife that’s pretty much limited to a single task. With a few add-ons and extensions attached, a simple kitchen knife can be changed into a Swiss knife able to perform multiple tasks. For e.g. a browser extension can help you glance through Facebook Photo Albums, or it can help you manage your bookmarks with an extra toolbar. But unlike a Swiss knife, there’s no limit to how many extensions you can have on your browser....

You can easily uninstall the Gmail app from the iPhone. However, you can’t completely remove it from Android phones since it comes pre-installed app on most of them. You will have to disable it as shown in this post, making it unusable and stop it from running in the background. Let’s check what happens by deleting the Gmail app from your phone and how to delete/reinstall it. We will start with the steps first....

Earlier, the only things associated with the phone number were calls and messages. Now, with the internet, many apps are linked with our phone numbers. One such app is the popular instant messenger known as WhatsApp. One may wonder what happens to WhatsApp when you change your number. To answer all your queries, we present to you this post. Let’s find out the aftereffects of changing WhatsApp number. There are two situations of changing WhatsApp number — on the same phone and different phone....

So, what is a magic link? Is it an alternate means to sign into your Tumblr dashboard? Is it even safe to use? You’re probably reeling with such questions. But don’t worry. You are going to find all the answers right here. So read on. What Is a Magic Link? Tumblr developers love going overboard when it comes to naming new features. And unsurprisingly, a magic link is just a link sent to the email address associated with your Tumblr account....

Ransomware is not new but is increasingly getting better and more widespread. They’re also targeting users who’ll easily pay up. Businesses, old people, even police departments. NYTimes recently had a funny and yet chilling op-ed on ransomware, which inspired us to write this explainer. What exactly does ransomware do and is there a way to protect yourself from it? Read on to find out. How Does Ransomware Work? Ransomware, like any other malware, makes its way through shady email attachments or pirated or infected file downloads....

Similarly, some browsers go a step ahead and offer additional features related to bookmarks. Take the case of Safari browser on iPhone, iPad and macOS. You get three link saving features — Add to Reading List, Add Bookmark, and Add to Favorites. As a user, it may get confusing as to which one to use and when. So here we are to solve your problem. In this post, we will tell you the difference between bookmarks and favorites in Safari....

The post will begin with knowing whether your PC has Bluetooth or not, followed by how to use Bluetooth on a Windows 10 PC. The latter consists of three steps – enabling Bluetooth, pairing a Bluetooth device, and connecting the device to your PC. We have covered all of that in this post. Let’s begin our journey of exploring Bluetooth settings in Windows 10. How to Know if Your Laptop Has Bluetooth Before we jump to the settings, you should check whether your desktop or laptop supports Bluetooth....

Letting people know that you are out on a vacation or for anything else is especially important if you use Gmail for professional emailing too (who doesn’t!). Vacation responders help to let people know about your status – you won’t be able to reply because you are away, and also any other detail like when you will be back. It’s very easy to set-up a vacation responder for your Gmail account....

Microsoft Launcher is a free launcher. It offers a lot of features without the need to pay a single dime. We decided to compare it with the powerful Action Launcher and see how it fares against it. Without further ado, let’s get started. App Size When we compared Action Launcher with Nova Launcher, Action Launcher was on the heavier side in terms of size. But it wins here. While Microsoft launcher weighs between 17MB to 18MB, Action Launcher keeps its size between 10-11MB only....

What’s worse, is that after the fresh install, there’s no option to open images using the native Photo Viewer and one is stuck with the Modern Photo app unless an alternate viewer like Picasa is installed. Microsoft has not removed it completely, but is hidden from direct access. That’s the reason one will not find it in the Control Panel settings while switching the default app to open images. Moreover, the Photo Viewer files is a DLL file and not an EXE, therefore it cannot be launched directly from Windows Explorer....

The most notable missing feature is the Command Prompt option in the Context Menu as well as in the Power Menu and has since been replaced by PowerShell. But then, it’s not so easy to let go off an old habit, correct? So, in this post today we will explore the options on how to get Command Prompt in the context menu in Windows 10 Creators Update. This method involves the modification of the Windows Registry files....

One place where the E’s price point is made imminently clear is the camera. It’s a simple 5 MP camera with on flash to speak of. You might think that for such a cheap phone, the low quality camera is an understandable compromise. You’d be right. But like everything else, there are some ways to get more out of the camera – to get better quality images than what’s possible out of box....

Now, while there are several voice recognition software alternatives out there, what sets Siri apart from the rest is its uncanny ability to understand natural language, which means that you can just talk to it like if you where talking to a real person. Here are some examples of the things you can ask Siri: Now that you know the basics of what Siri is and what it can do, let’s take a look at how to get the most out of it....

Just launch a PDF in Adobe Reader DC, and you should find a Tools pane pop up to the right of the screen. It surprisingly lists a bunch of useful features such as Protect and Optimize PDF — until you find out that it’s just an advertisement board to upgrade to the Standard or Pro versions. Nice try, Adobe. Of course, you can get it out of the way by simply hiding it, but that’s when you find the stupid thing showing up each time you re-open the program....

In the mid-2000s, Firefox became a largely popular browser thanks to it’s slow and laggy alternative, Internet Explorer. However, Firefox started to lose its reign with the arrival of Google’s Chrome in 2008. Since then, Chrome has dominated the desktop browser space. However, with Quantum, Firefox intends to take on Google and make a comeback. Firefox claims that Quantum is twice as fast as Firefox was six months ago and uses 30% less memory than the Chrome....

PDFBinder is a no frills simple solution for Windows that answers your need to join two or more PDF files into one. Joining a few PDF files into one is very useful if you are finicky about document management. For instance, you might have a bunch of receipts that you would like to combine into one. There could be a few separate recipe files that you would like to turn into a consolidated ‘cook book’…the needs could go on....

By default, whenever the participants scribble on a shared screen in Zoom, you can’t see the names of the people involved in that. Also, things may get confusing and annoying at times if a person starts drawing inappropriate things. To avoid such scenarios, Zoom offers a setting which shows the name of the participant whenever he/she is drawing on the shared screen in a Zoom call. In this post, we shall tell you how to figure out who is scribbling on the shared screen while using Zoom on the computer and mobile....

So, if you are a user who always has multiple tabs open in the Google Chrome browser then identifying them is a problem, and you could end up spending a considerable amount of time in finding out which browser tab you closed accidentally when you do. Hence, you have to know how to quickly reopen closed tabs before you lose track. There are two methods to open recently closed tabs in Google Chrome....