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Dropbox is losing stance and has decided to turn a feature called Camera Upload into a full-fledged app. Should you be using it instead of the default photo gallery app on your iPhone (or any phone rather)? Let’s find out. What is Carousel? With the name and the icon clearly inspired by the majestic Mad Men scene, Carousel (iPhone, Android) is Dropbox’s first move away from being a feature company (cloud backup) to a products company, with Mailbox in toe....

If you ever need to stitch a couple of images to quickly upload them to your Tumblr/WordPress blog or post it on Twitter, just use on of these apps on your Android device, iPhone or iPad. No need to go to the web or rush for the laptop! Pro tip: Once you’ve joined the images, why don’t you use Skitch or apps like Pinpoint on iOS to easily annotate or draw over them before sharing....

Yes, Android itself comes with a selection of toggles but they’re limited and not easily customizable. Plus, you need a special gesture to access them. If you upgraded to Lollipop you might have found that the situation hasn’t really improved. Rather, the toggles available have been reduced to a bare minimum. Another thing you might have noticed is just how out of place toggles from an app like Notification Toggle or Power Toggles look....

calendar subscriptions in order to help them avoid the trouble of having to introduce every event by hand, while at the same time making sure no one forgets about an important gathering or meeting. Large events that span many days or weeks tend to offer calendar subscriptions to attendees as well. In addition to these, there are also countless calendar subscriptions for all kinds of events on the web, which you can also use and upload to your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch....

Many people are worried that the Switch isn’t coming with a lot of games to be as engaging as the previous Nintendo handheld gaming devices. But to put an end to your worries, we compiled a list of games that the Nintendo Switch is going to get at the date of its launch or in the following months. Apart from the 28 mini-games available in the 1-2-Switch, we’ve laid down a list of all the 62 games that have been disclosed till date for the Nintendo Switch console, divided by genres....

That was until Microsoft announced Windows Phone 8.1. And it got me genuinely excited to play around with something Microsoft made, and I haven’t had that feeling in years. When opportunity presented itself in form of Nokia Lumia 630, I jumped on it. Like you, I’m looking in as an outsider who was always mystified with this innovative and refreshing OS but it just didn’t do enough to warrant attention....

The developer had a hard time reaching the shutter button or the volume key. So he made oSnap. An app that lets you take a picture by tapping anywhere. Of course, anywhere is an ambiguous term. Anywhere doesn’t mean from the homescreen or the lockscreen. Anywhere from inside the app. So you’ll still have to hustle your way through the homescreen and launch the app first. Open the app and you see your three latest snaps up above....

One of the best examples of this is PhotoMath for the iPhone, an app that performs math calculations in real time using your iPhone’s camera. This app not only makes good use of augmented reality, but will actually make you wish it had existed during your time at school to help you out with those endless math assignments. In fact, while the app is not flawless, it still delivers and will make you realize how easy kids have it these days....

Good thing about such utilities – they don’t need to be installed, and hence don’t take up space. Bad thing – they don’t show up under programs in the start menu, and if you’ve got a cluttered desktop and tend to save these files there, finding them when you need them could be like finding a needle in a haystack; it could take a hell lot of time! Here’s a neat productivity tip for Windows 7 users when it comes to dealing with executables – pin them to the start menu....

Today we’re taking a look at two of the top contenders for wireless workout earbuds. The first is the Beats PowerBeats3 and the second is the Jaybird X3s. Both are brand new and sport the latest technology. Let’s find out if Apple’s famous W1 chip in the PowerBeats3 can outweigh the X3’s sound quality and price advantage. Jaybird X3 Headphones are Inexpensive with Great Fit The new Jaybird X3 is the successor to the X2, both of which are great pairs of wireless earbuds....

Printflush is a batch file that uses the command line to clean the printer queue and make it functional again. Download the small zip file on your computer. Extract the printflush.bat file present inside the zip file. Now whenever your print jobs get stuck, just double click on the printflush.bat file. A command screen will appear and disappear instantly. Here’s a screenshot of the command screen. As you can see in the screenshot that this process requires three steps – stopping spooler service, erasing old junk printer documents and restarting printer services....

With the extension enabled, you an just hover the mouse cursor on any photo, and it instantly pops up a preview of the original photo that the user uploaded. No hassle and no complex options to go through. The extension’s setup page offers advanced settings like the ability to enable or disable the tool, option to show captions, selecting a keyboard shortcut (the default is Ctrl+Shift+Z), selecting fade in and fade out delays in milliseconds, and more....

A spider descending towards you from above is usually not seen until it is too late and it’s right in front of you, for example. This is quite a terrifying prospect for those of us that hate spiders. Well, scientists believe they have the answer to spiders’ stealth and it has to do with the properties of their dragline silk. Stay tuned to find out more! Dragline silk is produced within the body of spiders and acts as a safety line of sorts for them....

Ifttt works with “channels”. Channels are nothing but web services we use every day like Facebook, email, Twitter etc. Tasks are automatic predefined actions we want the channel to perform for us. For instance, you might want to share your Facebook status update with Twitter. Triggers are what will spark off the action we want ifttt to perform. For instance, posting a status update on Facebook is a trigger for the task we want to perform....

events and appointments between friends, family and business partners extremely easy. In the past, it was not that easy to share calendars, but thankfully, starting with iOS 5, iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Mac/Windows users can share entire calendars and sync all their events across their devices thanks to iCloud , and all it takes is a few simple steps. You can share calendars with your family and friends in three different ways: From your iOS device, from the Calendar application on your Mac and from iCloud....

At first glance, the Snapdragon 625, 626 and 630 don’t seem to be much different from one another. To be precise, this holds (almost) true for the first two chips. The newest Snapdragon 630, on the other hand, does boast some significant upgrades. So, let’s dive into the individual specs of the three SoCs first. Snapdragon 625 Specifications Manufacturing Process: 14 nanometreArchitecture: 64-bitCPU: 8 x ARM Cortex-A53 Up to 2....

While other users will only get their hands on a JIO SIM card after 15th August, but certain phone owners (like high-end Samsung phones) were eligible to get it early. We’ve also got an early access to a JIO SIM and done an in-depth speed test comparison to 2 other major players in India – Airtel and Vodafone. We have a video with 10 speed tests conducted in 10 different locations across Bengaluru, where you can see the results yourself....

The two problems with this is that your internet bandwidth will be consumed in background without your knowledge and you might have to wait while shutting down the computer which may feel like forever. So, today we’ll show you how to temporarily disable Windows Updates when you need it out of your way. Disabling Windows Updates You can open Windows update from Windows Control Panel but I prefer using the wuapp Run command....

However, at times, we get bored of using the same apps time and again. It’s nice to try different things. In this post, we’ll suggest you some cool alternatives to the 11 most-used Google apps. Excited? Let’s dive into the world of Google apps alternatives. 1. Gboard Gboard comes pre-installed on almost all phones running stock Android. While it’s one of the best keyboard apps out there, some people may have a different taste....

Signing up for Tumblr is easy. Enter your email address, a password, and a URL you’d like for your blog. This URL is how people can visit your website — for example, you can make your URL “behavioraleconomics.tumblr.com” if you were interested in talking about behavioral economics. Usually, people choose something personally meaningful, like a nickname or a catch-phrase, or what you’d name your autobiography. Get creative! Creating your First Post You might be required to enter some captcha text to prove you’re a human....