Take Google Drive and Dropbox for example. I have been using both for a while now, but recently decided to leave Dropbox for Google Drive. In fact, I am moving everything to Google, beginning with cloud storage, and will be covering my journey here. Why Google you may ask? I want to use as few apps as possible and consolidate everything under a single roof. Basically, I am going for fewer apps, extensions, and features to achieve consistency, uniformity, and integration across platforms....

If you find yourself in such a situation quite often while browsing on Chrome, from next time you could use PanicButton to come clean. PanicButton is a simple extension for Chrome that hides all your tabs you are working on with a single click and opens a blank tab or any other specified tab it was configured to open. Second time you click on the same button, all your hidden tabs will be restored magically....

Called ‘SkinMarks’, these stick-on tattoos which are thinner than a human hair strand can be stuck on your knuckles or skin creases to make it work as a glowy touch sensitive keypad or toggle buttons. “SkinMarks comprise skin electronics on temporary rub-on tattoos. They conform to fine wrinkles and are compatible with strongly curved and elastic body locations,” the research report reads. The tattoo uses conductive ink to print wires and electrodes on the decal paper....

die-hard fan of LastPass . In fact, it’s the one online service that makes it easier for me to access all the others. It encrypts and syncs all my personal login credentials, notes and other important details to its server and makes it easy for me to access them anywhere and on any device. As long as I am connected to the internet that is. If you ask me, the feature of online syncing is amazing....

I found an alternative in Bitwarden, an open-source password manager that is quickly gaining traction. Bitwarden has managed to stay away from controversies and hacks, so far. It is an open-source password manager that offers most features for free. Get Bitwarden Sensing the competition catching up, LastPass has also recently made several of its features free and is trying to gain user trust again. Get LastPass Let’s see if Bitwarden does a better job, or LastPass is still the better alternative....

On Tuesday, Microsoft announced that it is committed to providing protection to users’ privacy and they’ll make good on their promise by delivering significant changes to its privacy management settings in their update in the first half of the year. Users enrolled under Microsoft’s Insiders (beta programme) can download the update and check it out right now, but the rest will have to wait a while to be able to control the data they share with the company....

Mailbird has been around since 2012. Since then, it has managed to carve an impressive reputation for itself with its remarkable set of features and modern interface. What makes this email client an absolute favorite is its support for social media tools and apps. And another email client is Mozilla Thunderbird. Not only does it support unlimited email accounts but also provides a wealth of additional features. So, if you are caught between choosing Mozilla Thunderbird and Mailbird, we make the decision easy for you....

The MP3 audio codec was first released to the public in the mid-90s and was aimed at replacing the audio format present in CDs at that time in order to accommodate more files on a single disc. The development for the format was started in 1987 and when it was released the format only needed 1/10th of disc space while retaining the music quality. “Technicolor’s mp3 licensing program for certain mp3 related patents and software of Technicolor and Fraunhofer IIS has been terminated,” Fraunhofer Institute stated....

MX Player is one of the most popular video players on the Play Store that was recently bought by the Times Internet for reportedly $140 million. Phew! Download MX Player XPlayer, on the other hand, has been gaining users consistently, thanks to its easy to use interface which is a good example of why less can be more. Download XPlayer Let’s begin. 1. Design and User Interface Both MX Player and XPlayer has a simple UI that is easy to navigate and functional....

The OnePlus 5 sports a standard 16-megapixel camera and 20-megapixel secondary camera with a telephoto lens. Akin to the iPhone 7 Plus, this combo of lenses helps to shoots pictures with ‘bokeh effect’, or the otherwise popular Portrait Mode. So is the OnePlus 5 up for competition against the phones already in the dual camera bandwagon? Let’s find out. OnePlus 5 Camera Specs Starting with the Camera specs, here’s a brief roundup on the camera specifications for the OnePlus 5....

That’s what we are going to find in this post today as we pit the new Qualcomm Quick Charge 5 against USB Power Delivery. Charge your phone faster with these USB‑C Pow­er Deliv­ery cables.Looking to charge your phone on the fly? Here are the best USB‑C PD car charg­ers. How Does Qualcomm Quick Charge and USB Power Delivery Differ Before we get into the intricacies of both the charging standards, let us first see what is fast charging....

You do this to the extent of your memory, but unlike the memory on your Android phone, yours isn’t that good. You miss things. You tell them the wrong names, only to realize it later on. Well, now there’s an app that will solve these problems for you. It will catalog your apps and also provide an explanation for you to share with your friends. Meet List My Apps....

If you use Safari as your go-to browser, you need to go through a Touch ID or Face ID security check each time you want to auto-fill passwords stored in iCloud Keychain. And that can cause unnecessary delays, especially with Touch ID in particular. If you want to stop using Touch ID or Face ID while auto-filling passwords in Safari, or while signing into third-party apps, both iOS and iPadOS provide easy means to achieve that....

Now, it’s been a while into Windows 10, and something that I never thought was gonna happen just did. Unbelievably, Apple took that extra trouble to release an iTunes app on the Windows Store. Wow! But how different is it from the desktop version? Is it worth switching over to? Well, you are going to find out pretty soon, so do read on! Download Size and Required Space First and foremost, the download size....

But there’s also a clear advantage of annotating screenshots right on the iOS device, especially on the iPad because I have that big beautiful touch screen to play with. Plus, sometimes, I only really need to mark up something and share with a friend or the web. In these moments, I need a reliable markup tool on my side. Until now, I was using Skitch. Now, I’ve decided to check out two newcomers in the field (Pinpoint and Annotate) and put them against the heavyweight....

Now, if you think about it, when you’re in the office, there aren’t just one or two apps you would like to use. There would be a bunch of them. Think about a combo of Hanger (Notification drawer app Launcher) and Llama for Android. That’s what I will be talking about today. Sloth Launcher for Android Sloth Launcher is a productive app for Android, which gives you the right sets of up to launch at the right time....

TouchPal is popular among the fans for its fonts, themes, and emojis. It will allow you to customize your UI and experience in many ways. Recently, the developers of TouchPal launched an AI assistant named Talia. Download TouchPal SwiftKey, now owned by Microsoft, comes with language translation and Calendar integration to help you get more out of your typing experience. Download SwiftKey Let’s find out what’s under the hood and how do they stack up against each other....

Today we will take a look at these features and offer possible alternatives to users who still use them. Cool Tip: Not sure whether your PC will be able to run Windows 10? Take a look at the minimum specifications laid out by Microsoft. Windows Media Center I will start with the biggest. Windows Media Center, which has been long forgotten, was once synonymous with computer DVR. It may be from the Windows XP era but it still has some loyal fans who are disappointed that Microsoft dropped it from Windows 10....

This means that if you want to change something fundamental about OS X – the way it looks for instance, you have to go deep. Thanks to the wonderful Mac community and passionate developers, it is possible. Let’s find out how. Turn The Menu bar Black It might seem simple but this is one of the biggest aesthetic upgrade you can make to your OS X homescreen. Especially if you have a Macbook Pro, the black menu bar really blends in with the black bezels....

Of course, you would want to capture those precious moments without making anyone, especially your subject, conscious. So if you shove a camera in the middle of an interesting and rare moment, it turns intimidating and loses the essence. That’s why we must make the best of the remote shooting feature of the modern DSLRs. In simple terms, photography is still growing fast. Also, many techniques to capture the best moments are being invented....