This is essentially Chrome OS inside your Windows 8 (or 8.1) PC. How To Launch Google Chrome In Windows 8 Mode If you are using Google Chrome as your default browser, you most probably use it from the desktop. Before we boot up Chrome in Modern UI, let’s make sure we are up to date. You can do that by clicking the Menu button and selecting About Google Chrome. This will tell you if you are running the latest version....
There are app alternatives, like those we have for Facebook and Instagram, that let you sign into multiple accounts and they’re great. But let’s take Slack or even Dropbox for example. There’s no way you can sign in using two different ID’s if you work in more than one team. In pursuit of helping myself and our readers, I found a way to clone an Android app and install two different versions on the same device....
Well, there’s a solution. Firefox comes with a nice addon known as Lazarus: Form Recovery which saves your web form data in real-time and makes it available to you whenever you need it. Let’s see the addon in action. Let’s say you are updating something on Twitter and suddenly your browser crashes. Now next time when you reopen the browser, it will reload Twitter.com (if it is set to save all the pages) but you will not find the update you wrote in the status message....
saves your credit card information online . In future, it uses the card automatically when you make a purchase to ease up the transaction. If you have got great friends like me who leave no stones unturned in making your life hell, you need to keep an eye on such things. They might ask your phone to call someone but buy few paid apps which you will know only when the credit card bill arrives....
A patchy Wi-Fi connection can prove to be a real bummer if you’re streaming a TV show or playing a high-end game. After all, a laggy game or a blurry TV show is not anyone’s idea of a perfect weekend. Though this method can be remedied to an extent if you remove unnecessary devices from the network, but these are generally short-term fixes. If you’re looking for long term fixes, the best option is to prioritize the network traffic through your router....
Today we are going to have a look at an app called Lumia Beamer, which broadcasts your Lumia’s screen on any device connected to the internet. I will show you how to use the app and a few instances it can prove to be useful. So let’s get started and run the app on your Windows phone. Note: The app comes preloaded with Windows 8.1 update 2. But if you don’t already have it, you can install it from the Microsoft Marketplace....
There are multiple ways to remove Google Contacts from iPhone. To start, you will need to turn off the sync for Google Contacts in Settings. That will stop syncing contacts from Google Contacts to iPhone, and if you have selected Google Contacts as a default contact saving location, it will be changed to iCloud. If you want to avoid syncing new contacts to Google Contacts, you will have to change your iPhone’s default account....
What Is Systemstats? Systemstats is a root process in OS X that keeps account of everything that’s going on in your Mac on a system level. It is used to retrieve information about things like system stats and power usage. For most of the time, it runs in the background, using almost 0% of your CPU’s processing power. But the systemstats process has been known to go rogue and taking up 100 to 300% of CPU processes....
Workarounds have existed, more notably using Notepad to remove the rich text formatting and convert it into plain text. But that hasn’t done anything for productivity as it introduces an extra step. So, here we look at a tiny freeware called PureText which helps us do away with Notepad and instead use the Windows Hot Key to paste text to any application without formatting. PureText is a 13 KB application that downloads as a Zip file....
Since almost all of my work involves the browser, I prefer when my music can play from there too. From Spotify to YouTube music streamer, there are many services that let you listen to music online directly from your browser. But what if you want to listen to your local music, those files stored on your device? Sure, there are a number of desktop music players. Still, to stream the music I own right into my browser would be an added advantage....
Gmailify links your existing account to Gmail so that you get all the bells and whistles — spam protection, inbox organization, and even Google Now cards based on your mail — without having to leave your current address behind. Simply put, Gmailify allows you to get all of the same perks and benefits of Gmail, without the need to switch your accounts completely. Using the Gmailify feature on the desktop or mobile app, you will essentially link your Outlook account to your Gmail account....
Some of the developers though had already started rolling out custom Jelly Bean ROMs for HTC One X but almost all of them were nightly builds and had radio, camera and Wi-Fi issues. But recently, one of the developers has launched a stable Jelly Bean ROM (Eternity Project CyanogenMod 10) for HTC One X that you can install on your device and experience the awesomeness of Jelly Bean on your Android....
One thing that’s still missing is the feature to upload a new profile photo directly from the app. Of course we can select a profile photo from the existing photos that are already in an album, but I wanted to directly upload the photo to the profile album and then apply it as a new display profile pic. Here’s one of the ways you can do that. Note: Currently there is no direct way to upload photos in the Profile photo album using the apps and this is just one of the many workarounds that’s possible....
Where Is Digital Wellbeing on Samsung Galaxy Devices There are a couple of ways to access Digital Wellbeing on Galaxy devices. First, you can open the Settings app on the phone and scroll down to Digital Wellbeing and parental controls option. Alternatively, one can drop down the notification panel add Focus Mode as a shortcut toggle, and easily access it from any part of the UI. Setup Digital Wellbeing By default, Digital Wellbeing only showcases the screen time for a specific app....
You may have figured it by now that the basic functionality of the HP Pen is to tap the item with the Pen’s tip to select it and double tap it to open it. However, that’s not all that the HP Active Pen can do for it offers many other hidden features too. So in this post, we will dive deep into the world of HP Active Pen and tell you some of its tips and tricks....
Deciding to cash in on this opportunity, Instagram has been adding new features to it — the latest being Stories Highlight and Story Archive. Introduced in December 2017, the Story Archive feature is designed to give you an opportunity to hold on to your favorite Instagram Stories by archiving them to a folder within your account. While these Stories could previously be saved in your phone memory, this new addition will let you have all your Instagram Stories and posts under one roof....
In this article we’ll show you how to setup keywords to open almost anything in Windows using keywords. Believe me, this could go a long long way in decreasing the time you spent opening programs, files and folders. Lets see how we can get this done. The technique works in all versions of Windows starting from XP. Just a small note before we begin – there are many steps involved so stay with me till the end....
While we already have compared the iCloud Keychain to LastPass in depth, in this post, we will pit it against another popular alternative called 1Password. While both the password managers get the basics right, they differ in many aspects such as functionalities, price, cross-platform availability, and more. Let’s jump in for more details. Cross-Platform Availability Let’s first talk about the most important parameter while choosing a password manager — cross-platform support....
The JBL Clip 3 and the UE Roll 2 are portable and can fit in your hand. Also, both are IPX7-rate, which means they can withstand water splashes and rain. You also get to pick one from a beautiful array of colors. Those were the common attributes. But what about the differences between the features of the JBL Clip 3 and UE Roll 2 wireless speakers? Well, that’s what we are going to discuss in this post today....
At $99, the JBL Flip 5 is significantly cheaper than the $129 Bose Soundlink Color 2. This brings us to an important question — is the Bose Soundlink Color 2 worth the extra $30? Or, does the Flip 5 sound better than its competitor? Well, that’s what we are going to find in this post as we compare the JBL Flip 5 against the Bose Soundlink Color 2. Let’s get started....
