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There are more than 150 tweaks and settings available. To use this program, download the small 140 KB zip file on your computer. Extract it using any file extracting tool, and then run the Ultimate Windows Tweaker.exe file. A Windows Tweaker window will appear. You can browse through the various categories given on the left pane. Given below is the screenshot of “Personalization” category. You can check or uncheck any option to apply the tweaks....

iTunes will try to sync all content from that computer, erasing your iPhone’s content in the process. Thankfully, with the help of iTools – a very nice, free application for both Windows and the Mac that debuted not long ago – you can now transfer apps to your iPhone/iPod/iPad from just about any computer. We’ve already talked about iTools in our post on adding custom songs and ringtones to iPhone without iTunes....

One them being the Control Box; it holds almost every tool and an alternative to every shortcut. Let us acquaint ourselves with it and see how it works. Cool Tip: If you are a movie freak you should also check how to edit subtitles in KMPlayer and how to bookmark media positions using KMPlayer. First and foremost we should know how to start the Control Box. Right-click on the interface and choose Control Box from towards the end....

Available in 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB sizes, the WD My Passport SSD is a super-svelte external SSD and, as one would expect, a bit on the expensive side. My emphasis is on the design because it isn’t every day that you see an external SSD that fits into the palm of your hand easily. However, the size isn’t the only feature that matters when you think of investing in an external drive....

Use F.lux To Adjust Monitor Color & Brightness By Time of The Day If you have F.lux installed in your PC then you don’t need to worry about screen brightness. It adjusts monitor color and brightness according to the lighting conditions around you. Using Syncback To Sync Files & Folders On Your PC The complete guide to use Syncback (a well known tool for files and folders synchronization) to sync files across computer and external hard drive....

In this post, we will talk about various Bluetooth profiles that help you transfer files and control devices remotely. Bluetooth Profiles The connection between Bluetooth devices is facilitated by sets of rules called profiles that define the allowed functions for the connected devices. For example, you may recall that, before Bluetooth headphones, the first Bluetooth audio devices were earpieces. Bluetooth can also be used to transfer information between phones and to connect peripherals such as mouses and keyboards to computers....

These relatively new breed of wearables are lighter and smaller than watches and bracelets. Plus, they look like regular jewelry. So you’d probably have seen one but not really known it’s a smart device. Although smart rings are still in their infancy phase, there are several options available on the market today. However, not a large number of consumers use them as much as the smartwatches and fitness bands....

The Report feature was introduced about five years ago to help WhatsApp identify people using the instant messaging platform to spread spam and malicious content. Rumors, fake news, hoax messages, etc., are examples of content that WhatsApp categorizes as spam. If you constantly receive any of these from someone on WhatsApp, you should report them. And if the spam content is being distributed in a group chat, you can report the group too....

So what does this mean for the entire company? Is Google shrinking or under totally new management? Are Google services becoming Alphabet services? Don’t worry, it’s actually a lot simpler than you probably think. We’re going to break it down for you. Google is Now a Subsidiary to Alphabet Google, as giant as it is, is now only a subsidiary. This means it operates under Alphabet. Alphabet, on the other hand, is a holding company....

Though an Android comes with a stock SMS app, it only provides some basic SMS features. Today we’ll take up GO SMS Pro, a really cool messaging app for Android that brings some jaw-dropping features to your Android SMS inbox. Important Update: TechCrunch reported about the GO SMS Pro app for Android carrying a bug that potentially exposes photos, videos, and other files on your phone. Till the developers release a proper update to fix the bug, we recommend moving to the default Messages app with Android RCS messaging or using the Microsoft SMS Organizer app....

Windows Live Mail (WLM) as his desktop client and was facing a problem with many unknown contacts appearing in his contacts list. Though it was weird, I realized that there must be some setting associated with such a behavior. With a little research on the internet and by browsing the list of emails in different folders, I was able to arrive at the issue (and the solution). The unknown contacts were actually coming from the email addresses that he was responding to....

We’ve previously mentioned how Xmarks could efficiently sync your bookmarks across different browsers. It’s an amazing tool that I use every day, because I use both Firefox and Chrome as my primary browsers. Unfortunately, Xmarks will cease operations on January 10, 2011. The company announced the news today in a blog post saying that they had to make that decision due to financial difficulties. It’s sad because I don’t think there’s any other tool that is as good as Xmarks in what it does....

Now it’s not that the preview feature is entirely missing on Windows 10, but it’s not as streamlined as you would find it on a Mac. In Windows 10, open the View Tab in the File Explorer ribbon and there you will find the option of Preview Pane in the top-left corner. Whenever you click on a file which is compatible with the preview pane, you will get the preview instantly....

Works with Note5 too: The method mentioned below works well with a Samsung Galaxy Note5 too, as it has a pretty similar variant of TouchWiz UI as the S6 edge+. Getting Started First things first, the Private Mode is simply a name given to that mode where a user can hide media on their Samsung phones. Anything that is private or you don’t want others to see. It could be a bunch of files or even folders, it works fine for all....

We have used a custom tool provided by the organization that functions just like Dropbox, but zipping the files, uploading and downloading them using the internet is again time taking. Seeing this data havoc on an almost daily basis, I made it a point to come up with a solution to ease up the file transfer between the computers. Now for some background information, we have a desktop that is used to gather and monitor the data about the entire team, and it never switches off....

When customizing your Mac to read text on your screen, you can change the speed and voice. Moreover, you can enable your device to read out content in other languages. Keep reading to find out how you can make your Mac read documents and emails, along with the different ways you can tweak this feature. These tips will work regardless of whether you’ve got a MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, or iMac....

But now you can. Merging is Easy As soon as you load the shapes onto your PowerPoint presentation, you can club them together the way you want. So, if you want to three spheres to show the growth of three different sections of your company, plus the place where they intersect, you can do that. Earlier, you could only edit these spheres individually. But now, using the Merge Shapes option in the FORMAT sub-menu, you can do just that....

If you happen to delete several bookmarks or a folder of bookmarks accidentally, it’s impossible to retrieve them after missing the tiny ‘Undo’ option that flashes underneath the screen briefly. This is a pressing issue. But thankfully, there are a couple of workarounds that you can use to get your bookmarks back, provided you act fast. The first method involves all prominent platforms — Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS. The second workaround revolves around desktops only....

While uploading a photo, WhatsApp automatically optimizes it for web by reducing its resolution but, unfortunately, there was no such option compress video. The tool simply gives you an error and leaves you on your own to find a solution. Sure there are many Windows based free video converters for the job, but I was in no mood to transfer the files between the devices using a cable or over the Wi-Fi....

Ransomware virus has been around for more than a decade and with the boom in the smartphone tech, its gradual shift to menacing handheld devices was inevitable. Tech software companies, including Android OS makers Google, have been relentlessly updating their security features to counter new forms of attacks and have been able to keep ransomware at bay — mostly. But sometimes due to loopholes in software algorithm or a user’s carelessness, devices do get infected by ransomware....