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If you don’t want that person to see what you were doing in Firefox, closing the browser is always an option. But that’s not the perfect solution since you lose your work (or lose time, if you do “save and quit” and then reopen everything again). A good workaround would be to password protect running programs before you lend your PC to someone else. LockThis does exactly the same. You can lock individual or more than one apps at a time using this tool....

Although cases of ransomware on Android devices are very rare at the moment, Google has long been applying preventive methods to protect users from this threat and has added additional security features on Android Nougat to fight against it. Ransomware is a form of malware that encrypts media, document and other files on the target device and access to those files is only granted once the attacker’s ransom demands are met....

He was a reporter and told me that this way he could focus on the speech and later on he could play it all back and start writing his story. He found this method much better than taking notes while listening to the speaker. My own download and install of the 10.2 MB audio tool for Windows followed. Sound Recorder helps you record any sounds from your sound card and save the recording directly into MP3, WMA or WAV files....

To safeguard all my passwords and to make my online life a little easier I use LastPass, the best online password manager. It’s awesome, feature rich and can be used flawlessly across different browsers and operating systems. LastPass also allows people working on public computers and internet cafes to access their vaults online but it’s always risky with all those keyloggers running in the background (well, in some of those cafes I should say), waiting for you to make a mistake....

Once you’ve connected Drive and Photos, it’s not easy to delete synced pictures from either of them. If you remove a synced image from one platform, Google will erase it from both of them. Yup, you read that right. So in this post, we will be taking up the scenario where you can delete photos and videos only from Google Drive without removing the same files from Google Photos. Let’s get started....

It’s also an advisable routine to remove irrelevant saved passwords from the iPhone. iPhone, by default, uses iCloud Keychain to store all the login info that you add from the Safari browser or apps on iPhone and Mac. Suppose you are opting for another browser such as Chrome or Firefox on iPhone. In that case, you should use their native password management solutions such as Chrome Password manager and Firefox Lockwise for a smooth auto-fill experience on all connected devices....

Well, I thought about it one day and then started researching on how it can be done. As of now, there doesn’t appear to be an app on the Play Store which can rename an installed app, not even for a rooted device. But then I came across a tool for Windows called APK Editor on XDA Forum. Using APK Editor once can easily rename an Android application and change its default icon even for a non-rooted android phone....

While I, like everyone else, love binge-watching content on Netflix, there is one thing that I sorely miss: IMDb ratings. IMDb is pretty much the gold standard of ratings, so it is only logical that Netflix should have incorporated it in their app. Only they didn’t. IMDb ratings are pretty accurate and can help you narrow your search for the next best movie or show. After all, finding hidden gems on Netflix can be difficult and IMDb ratings are generally reliable....

That’s the beauty of Pinterest. It just blows your mind in a wow-ish manner. Sometimes, we want others to feel the same. After all, why should we keep those fantastic ideas for ourselves? Other times, even we want advice related to our collection on board. For situations like those, we have to share Pinterest boards with others. But how does one do that? Is that even possible? Yes, it’s possible, and here you will get to know how to send your boards to others on the Pinterest website and mobile apps (Android/iPhone)....

Zoom is a popular and useful remote meeting and video conferencing tool. However, not everyone is comfortable sharing a video unless required. Some would want to show a picture instead of a video in a meeting. How does one do that? Let’s find the answer here where we tell you how to show a picture instead of a video in Zoom. While it’s easy to disable the video in Zoom, it gets replaced by your name typically....

This is the case with several apps, most of which try to copy the name and appearance of a popular app to lure people into installing them. Android has the most number of free apps available and that’s the reason why users do not pay enough attention to the details before installing an app. While Google is doing its share of scrutiny for such fake apps, you as a user can take matters into your own hands and be safe while installing apps from the official store....

There can be reasons behind that. Your notes are private, and you don’t want your family members or someone else to read them. Privacy is a fundamental right, digital or not. And, you don’t want them to delete them accidentally. Apple Notes comes installed on all Apple devices. So if others are using those devices with your Apple ID active on them, they can access those Notes too. Let’s see how you can stop sharing iPhones notes with MacBook, iPad or any other Apple device for good....

After tinkering with the Chrome Settings for a while, I did manage to switch accounts in the end. The whole process was way too convoluted for something that should’ve been straightforward. It gets easier after you’ve done it once. So, let me show what you must do to switch accounts in Chrome for iOS. Switching Google Accounts in Chrome for iOS To switch Google Accounts in Chrome for iOS, you must first log out of the account that the browser is signed in and syncing your data to at the moment....

Retina doubled the screen resolution. But that doesn’t mean you see two times as much stuff on screen. While the resolution on my 13 inch MacBook is 2560×1600, OS X is still rendering at 1280×800. But when you take a screenshot, Mac defaults to the screen’s resolution. And let me say, on anything other than a Retina display, that screenshot just doesn’t look good. If you’re taking a screenshot to share it with your colleagues or for uploading to a website, you might want to go back to the low res 1x....

Several users don’t like using it because it can hinder the way they work. Imagine you are staring at the screen, brainstorming some points when suddenly, the auto lock kicks in. You can either turn off auto-lock in Windows 10 or manage it better. Let’s see how to perform that. What Is Auto-Lock Auto-lock prevents unauthorized access to your computer, thereby protecting your personal files and other data in your absence....

While you can hover your mouse over a tab to see its title, the text in the pop-up is too small and barely visible. That is why Google has introduced Tab Hover Cards in the latest version of Chrome (v75). The feature aims to make identifying tabs a whole lot easier by showing an informative card when you hover the pointer on a tab. Unfortunately, the feature isn’t enabled by default as of now and remains hidden within the experimental Chrome flags....

All that sounds great unless the history contains private stuff, something which you don’t want others to see (you know what I mean 🙂 ). Imagine you are trying to help a family member find something on the net and that unwanted result pops up in the awesome bar. Not cool, right? Fortunately, there’s a private browsing mode in Firefox that lets you browse privately i.e without storing your browsing history....

The reason your iPhone needs so much free space to install updates is because the entire software update must first download on the phone. Once you install the new update, since the old software is removed, you get nearly all of the space back. However, since many people don’t know this, they think new updates are continuously eating away at their storage. There are a few pretty easy workarounds so that you don’t have to go through and delete large apps or lengthy iMessage conversations just to get iOS 9 or any other software update, so let’s run through them....

It is a highly efficient word processor, which allows you to create professional-quality documents, letters, reports, etc. Also, you can format and edit documents with multiple in-built features. But did you know, Microsoft Word can also be used as a whiteboard apart from creating simple text documents? We will show you how to use Microsoft Word as a whiteboard to write anywhere on the document. Using this feature, you can make any document and write text over it in freestyle....

There are a couple of ways to use Notion as a planner. You can either create one from scratch or opt for a Notion template to fulfill your requirements. In the example below, we will use some Notion templates that help you track tasks, habits, and plan a month. Let’s get started. 1. Use a To-Do Template Templates play a huge role in the Notion ecosystem. By default, Notion comes with some built-in and third-party templates made by community members....