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Now, not all of the features might appeal to the average user out there. Keep in mind that Windows 8 is more of a tablet-centric OS. For a geek like me, it brings some significant changes but am still not sure how the average user will rate these some of these new stuff. Not taking much of your time I’ll straight-away take you to the most prominent new changes you will see in Windows 8 and leave it up to you to decide what do you like and what you’d rather not see in this upcoming Windows version....

If you have an Apple TV, though the App Store might be new, it does have apps that can provide this personalized news experience. Say goodbye to the nightly cable broadcast and hello to these three customizable news Apple TV apps. 1. Newsy Newsy is a terrific, free Apple TV app that combines the best of old-school video news with the personalization and modernity of the Internet. You can choose to watch Newsy’s 24-hour live broadcast to get a small taste of everything going on or choose your own topics to watch only news clips relevant to you....

here are a few tips for some great shots if you phone camera is your main one as well). Apple provides a native camera app that does more than enough if all you want is grab a fast picture, but in all honesty, there are several apps out there that don’t cost a dime and offer a lot better functionality than Apple’s native one. Naturally, the first that come to mind in this scenario would be the excellent and popular Instagram, or Yahoo’s own Flickr app, which we reviewed here....

Typically, Chrome displays this error when there’s a problem with your PC’s time and date configuration. However, you can attribute the error to other factors too. We cover everything you need to know about fixing Chrome’s ‘You clock is ahead’ error below. 1. Fix Incorrect Date & Time on Your PC Security certificates help your browser keep you safe on the internet. If your device’s (mobile or PC) date is incorrect, it could muddle up Chrome’s ability to verify a website’s security certificates....

For example, what do you do when your Word document has several images, and you need to save one or a few of them as individual files? Microsoft Word may not have provided specific ways to do this, but there are certain ways to achieve this feat. We will show you three of them in this post. Manually Save Individual Images This is the perfect method to use when you only have a few images in the document....

Do not be disappointed, however. Google Docs may not have native means to display documents in dark mode, but you can instead use workarounds in Chrome to forcibly enable the functionality. They aren’t perfect, and nor are they the most convenient. But they should help you out whenever you want to work on a document late at night without having your eyes blinded. Let’s get started. 1. Enable Chrome Flag Chrome supports a dark theme on Windows 10 and macOS—we all know that....

The best part of portable monitors is their portability. Thanks to their lightweight nature, you can easily cram them in your laptop book, and get going. So whether you are working from a coffee shop or a busy airport cafe, you can extend your laptop’s screen without much difficulty. Another advantage of portable monitors with HDMI connection is that you do not need to download drivers usually associated with USB-C monitors....

error that certain operating system files were missing without which the computer cannot boot up. Wait, there’s more to the story because this isn’t the worst part. The worst part was that I was careless enough to not have the Windows 7 ISO handy. In fact, I think I probably gave the OS disk to a friend and forgot about it after that. Thankfully, I had my roommate’s computer to help me in this situation, and I downloaded the Windows ISO file to recover my computer....

This is the age of social media, and everything revolves around pictures and videos — right from your stories to personal accounts. Sadly, today nobody has the time to spend on reading a lengthy post or browsing over 30-40 photos. Hence, it’s more practical to string many images together in a photo slideshow. Couple that with a beautiful music track, and you’d have a short yet eye-catching video in your timeline....

I have met a lot of people who understand and speak English, but struggle with the pronunciation of the words. While sometimes they can get away with it, often the things are lost or misheard. People from non-English speaking countries who travel to different regions for work or vacation often find themselves in such situations. Not only should you learn the correct words and their meaning, but also its correct pronunciation....

‘White hat hackers’, who’re among the good ones — help companies detect bugs in their system, preventing attackers from accessing critical information or just messing things up. Every year, several tech companies, including Facebook, Google, Microsoft and other biggies, conduct bounty programmes which reward hackers to find a bug in their code, which helps them evade potential attack against their system. Some companies like Microsoft conduct annual competitions for the same and others like Google have incorporated this programme to be a year-long affair — paying handsome bounties to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars to hackers....

Even when you add someone else’s account in your Android phone, their contacts will start showing up on your phone. The problem is — even though Google lets you stop syncing the contacts, the option appears after the contacts sync takes place. That makes the process useless. In short, you cannot choose what you want to sync from your Google account. However, here we will tell you various ways to avoid syncing data on Android while adding a Google account....

Two common reasons behind this issue are that either Android RCS messaging is not available in your region or it’s an error that’s causing it to break. As always, we will go through a step-by-step guide on how to troubleshoot this issue on your smartphone. Let’s begin. 1. Compatibility and Availability Sanaz Ahari, product manager of Android Messages, recently confirmed that RCS messaging is now available to all users living in the US....

WhatsApp failing to backup to iCloud can stop you from upgrading to a new iPhone. After all, you won’t want to leave behind those precious messages when upgrading to a new iPhone model. 1. Check iCloud Storage WhatsApp has struck a deal with Google to exclude WhatsApp chat backups from the Google Drive default storage. Meaning, your 5GB-6GB WhatsApp chat backup won’t get counted against Google Drive base storage. The company has no such arrangement with Apple....

The problem could occur due to several reasons ranging from incorrect location settings to a flawed GPS. If the usual tricks such as restarting the app and the phone haven’t helped, we’ve compiled a list of effective fixes that you can apply to improve location accuracy in the Google Maps app. So, let’s get right into it. 1. Enable High Accuracy in Location Enabling high accuracy mode on your device helps Google Maps calculate your location as accurately as possible....

Let’s check out the various ways to fix the Echo alarm won’t stop the issue. 1. Restart Echo Sometimes, due to a glitch in Alexa, the alarm won’t stop. Restarting Echo will fix the issue for upcoming alarms. To restart the Echo, you need to unplug it. Wait for 30 seconds and then plug back the power cord. 2. Check Internet Connection Alexa requires internet connectivity for all functions except alarm....

That led me to investigate the issue, and I figured out a few solutions. If you are facing the same issue, then you don’t have to worry about losing your notes. Here are some useful solutions to resolve Sticky Notes not working on Windows 10 problem. Let’s begin with the simple solutions first and then move to the cumbersome ones. 1. Update Windows OS It’s fast turning into a ritual on my laptop....

So whether these Widgets have not been updating data or have stopped working entirely, we’ll show you some troubleshooting solutions that you can apply to get past the problem with ease. So, let’s get started. 1. Check Internet Connectivity Like apps, most widgets that you use on your Android require a stable internet connection to work. For instance, widgets like weather or Gmail constantly need to connect to the internet to update data....

transfer files (music, photo, videos) and apps from one device to another. If there are only one or two files or apps, we can use Bluetooth to accomplish the task. But if there are more than just a couple of files and apps, transferring them using Bluetooth can take forever. Using computer as a middleware is an option and can take care of the transfer in a short time but why use it when there’s something more convenient available?...

But you can’t stay on your Vita’s current firmware just like that – Sony will force you to update if you want to access the PSN Store (as shown above). So, what if you want to play a game you bought but haven’t downloaded to your PS Vita yet? Or what happens if you want to hack your Vita but you haven’t downloaded the exploit game you need yet? In theory, you simply cannot download a game from your Vita’s Download List directly because of these blocks that Sony imposes....