Today, Google Photos comes pre-installed on most Android phones. And some of you may manually install it on your iPhone too. By default, it will show all the photos captured by your phone’s camera on the app’s home screen. On Android, if you go inside Albums, you will find other device folders too. In all this madness, many might be wondering – what happens to the photos in Google Photos?...
A decade later, BlackBerry phones with Qwerty keyboards are well and truly dead and buried. It All Changed in 2007 Very few people predicted the smartphone business would be such a game-changer when Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone in 2007. Microsoft was the biggest software player back then, and 2 companies have surpassed them since. Both by making phones – Apple and Samsung. Ex-Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer laughed at the iPhone and stated his biggest regret was not investing in the phone market....
So, it seems only fair that we pit both the devices against each other and see which one has better worth for your money. Both the Redmi 4 and 4A pack a 5-inche display and run MIUI8 on top of Android Marshmallow. Plus, both the devices support VoLTE and have the same camera specs as well. So what’s the difference? Well, there are quite a handful of them when you look under the hood (and above, as well)....
Time tracker apps are born every minute, but it’s not the variety rather the productive use you put them through that’s more meaningful. So, let me throw Yast into the mix and let you decide the use you can put it too to enhance your productivity online. Yast is mindful of your time right from the time it asks you to sign up. You can register or sign-in with your Google, Google Apps, or Yahoo account....
All I need to do is play a song of my choice, and its dynamic algorithms will take care of the rest. While I love YouTube’s vast library of music and videos, there is one thing that I miss terribly is Equalizer Support. YouTube is considered one of the de facto video services of the world, yet it doesn’t allow to customize the audio output as per our preferences. Bummer....
It occurred to me that there must be an app on the Play Store to get the same feature with better control on my Xperia Z and indeed there was one. Light Manager for Android is a simple app that gives you complete control of your device’s LED pulse notification light. With the recent updates, the app works for Lollipop devices as well. Also, it provided way better control than the stock MIUI settings and thus even MIUI users can have a look at it....
You can’t exactly download PDFs, but you can make them using the offline files downloaded by the app. Here’s the step by step guide. Step 1: Magzter is available only as a Modern UI app for Windows. So download the app from the Windows app store. Also install IrfanView as it will used later on. Step 2: After it is installed, log in to your account by pressing Win key + C > Settings > Account....
Last week, while searching for a Photoshop alternative, I stumbled upon a cool web-based image editor — Photopea. It brings Photoshop-like editing experience, is free and runs on all the popular browsers like Opera, Firefox, Chrome, and Edge. That’s great news for people who are always on the move. But before we proceed, let me clear a few things. Photopea’s image editing experience is quite similar to that of Photoshop....
At times surveyors can get inundated with responses, especially if you have posted the link on a social media platform like Instagram or Twitter. And analyzing and going through all the answers can be a taxing affair, especially if it’s a time-bound survey. So, if you’re looking for ways to limit responses on Google Forms, you’ve come to the right place. In this post today, we will explore three methods....
So the question is, how is it possible to watch your favorite TV program directly on your television in a way that no one else can hear it? Get ready, because we have not one, but three different solutions that are all easy and affordable… and one even totally free. Use Tunity Tunity is a free app for iOS and Android that feels nothing short of futuristic and weird, but it works....
There’s no root involved in the trick or you would be asked to flash system files. Everything is simple and doable with a smile on your face. Floatify is the app which will help us in getting the heads-up and lock screen notification on the phones running Android KitKat. That’s not all, users who have upgraded to Lollipop can use some of the app features to make the notifications more accessible like quick reply and mini heads-up notifications....
like Any.Do and Clear . This time, we’ll focus on a new app, named GoodTask, which provides a fresh focus on how to deal with your tasks and reminders. Let’s take a more in-depth look at it. Design Perhaps one of the things that stands out the most from GoodTask for iPhone ($4.99, universal) is that it takes its design seriously. Instead of just applying a flat design for the sake of it, the app adopts it to simplify its elements and make it easier to use....
enable parental controls on Windows 7 and Windows 8 . It’s easy to set it up, and change the settings whenever you need to. But the latter requires you to do it on the same computer. What if you need to do it but aren’t near your Windows computer? We are going to talk about the Family Safety website that allows you to manage all parental settings online. It lets you manage accounts and change access levels and permissions on the go without even having to touch your local machine....
According to Apple’s disclosure, the data on Significant Locations is end-to-end encrypted and cannot be read by the phone manufacturer. However, if you would like to control this feature, here’s how to do so: How to Turn Significant Locations On By enabling Significant Locations, you access location-related information on apps such as Photos, Calendars, and Maps. Here’s how to enable it: Step 1: Launch the Settings app from the home screen of your iPhone....
If you get many pictures on Gmail that you would like to appear in your Google Photos, things are different now. Even though there is no direct way to move them to Google Photos, various alternatives exist. Let’s check how to move photos from email, especially from Gmail to Google Photos. How to Transfer Photos from Email to Google Photos on Web There are two ways to do that. Each has its advantages and disadvantages....
WhatsApp recently announced that backups made to Google Drive will not be counted towards your storage limit. Before you jump for joy, note that your WhatsApp Backups in Google Drive will not be encrypted. While some are worried about the privacy of their data, others may not be aware of this yet. So, how to restore WhatsApp messages when you have no backups in Google Drive? Let’s find out....
All this brouhaha started with a Medium post (because of course it did). Matt Gilligan, Co-founder of Circa, first noticed that even though he had Background App Refresh disabled, Facebook was still using 15% of the battery life. And it was running for 4 hours in the background. And this only snowballed. And it turns out, even turning off Location Access doesn’t help much. Because the media ran with the story, Facebook had to comment....
The feature, actually a setting, was released with the launch of iOS 13. You can now turn off autoplay of video previews, but it will work in native Apple apps only. Third-party apps will include a setting for the respective app, if any. Let’s begin. 1. What Are Video Previews Video previews are a short preview, usually lasting about 3 seconds of a video that you can watch before the actual video plays....
Of course, switching to a different browser is going to be easy right? Well, not exactly. This time, Windows has made switching default apps a little bit harder. Users are taken to the Settings app where they manually need to select the alternate app that they want to make the default. And that’s not just limited to browsers. Mozilla has been vocal about this change. Hopefully, Microsoft will change this with a future update....
Naturally, the My Phone app removes the hassle that you’d typically have with typing and retyping the same information you have on your devices. Once enabled, all you need to do is copy a series of texts on your phone, and the same would be available on your PC and vice versa. It’s a great productivity hack. Here’s how to sync clipboard content between Samsung phone and Windows PC. Let’s get started....
