These two limitations can be a problem when you are stuck in a boot loop when something goes wrong on your device. So today we are going to see how you can flash the latest official recovery which fixes these problems. Before we proceed make sure your phone is unlocked and you have the interim CWM recovery running as the device’s default recovery. Also you must have the HTC drivers installed on your computer....

Previously, we talked about Flickr uploadr for batch uploading photos to Flickr directly from your PC. Now, if you are a Picasa user then there’s a way you could use Flickr uploadr directly from its interface. This tutorial will show how to do it. Picasa offers API’s for developers to create add-ons. With the help of it, a developer has created picasa2flickr, a plugin that allows users to upload photos to Flickr from Picasa’s interface....

How to Find Your Existing Default Search Engine Depending on your browsing habits, Google probably put a ton of search engines in your browser. To find these, click on the hamburger icon in the upper-right hand corner and go to Settings and then look for Search in the middle of the window. Then click Manage Search Engines. You can also type chrome://settings/searchEngines in the Omnibox. Your Chromebook will use Google as the default search engine....

Here, in this post today, we present you with the steps on how to use the Facebook Profile Guard to protect your profile photos. What is the New Facebook Profile Picture Guard? This new feature helps secures your Facebook profile picture by not letting others (Read, Facebook strangers) take screenshots of it, add tags of their own or share it in any way. This new feature is currently available only in the Android app and is yet to find it’s way to the iOS users....

Gmail users among you who think Outlook.com email deserves a fair run, then instead of starting out with an empty inbox, you can import your Gmail threads into Outlook.com Connecting Gmail and Outlook.com To make these two arch rivals play along nicely, we have to pop open the hood and get into Gmail settings first to tweak the POP3 settings. Step 1. Go to Gmail Settings. Select the Account Forwarding tab....

If you are an iPhone and Mac user, you don’t need to settle with a below-average webcam or get a new one from another manufacturer. With Continuity Camera, Apple has made it easy to use iPhone as a webcam on Mac. Before you start, meet the following conditions to use Continuity Camera feature without an issue. Continuity Camera Requirements An iPhone 8 or later running iOS 16 or newer version....

Among several useful tricks and features is Continuity Camera. It lets you use your iPhone’s camera to take pictures or scan documents and attach them to a Mac. You can do this either for your emails or if you want to add an image to a note. This adds a good level of convenience to your Workflow and makes your iPhone work even better with your Mac. If it sounds interesting to you, here’s how you can use your iPhone to scan and add documents to your Mac....

How it Works When you play around with objects (like pie charts and such), it is sometimes difficult to align things in a single PPT file. If you have multiple such objects and you want to align them perfectly, the Smart Guide feature can be your savior. Simply drag an object and bring it in close proximity of the other object and you shall see red dotted lines which act as guiding lines to tell you where you need to place your object....

You just type in a few details about what you’re looking for — be it clothes, electronics, concert tickets… just about anything — and Operator connects you to a real, human “shopping expert” who does the work of finding the perfect products for you online. From there, it’s up to you to browse your options and make a purchase, which you can do directly from within Operator. There’s something positively futuristic about using this free app and when you’re gift shopping, it’ll very quickly become your best friend....

Mission to Simplify Online Life In the blog statement that LastPass released, they noted that it’s been their mission to simplify the online lives of people everywhere. And there’s nothing better than a password manager that can create, store and type your (strong) passwords for the various websites/services that you need ’em for. LastPass was a good free solution to this problem, but the paywall for multi-device was a hurdle for some folks....

Here are the steps you have to perform. Create a Google Chrome shortcut on your desktop by right clicking on the chrome icon and selecting “Send to”-> Desktop. Right click on the desktop shortcut and select “Properties”. In properties window, go to the “Shortcut” tab. Now see the Shortcut key section. You will see “None” written on the box next to it. Click on the box with mouse and press any alphabet key on the keyboard....

block calls from specific contacts if they are not in a mood to accept them. However, not everyone owns an Android and sometimes you just can’t block a caller. The reason could be that you don’t want the caller to know that you are disconnecting them deliberately, but at the same time you want to give an impression that your phone was in silent mode. Some stalkers however don’t know when to stop and keep on ringing continuously....

But rather than ignore these new gesture options (previous OnePlus had 2 customizable gestures), let’s dig deeper and explore how we can make the most out of the OnePlus 5 Gestures. 1. O — Open YouTube Search Bar in an Instant Odds are that YouTube is your de facto choice for watching videos, tutorials and what not. And if it’s true, chances are that you use its search bar more often than you realize....

Photoset however, while might not be the most comprehensive one or the most popular photo sharing app out there, delivers in those two fronts in spades with a straightforward interface that connects to many major social networking services like Tumblr and Twitter with ease while at the same time coming at the unbeatable price of $0. Let’s take a look at how Photoset helps you create and share photo collections....

Despite Alzheimer’s Disease affecting millions upon millions of people, scientists still don’t know much about it or have a cure. They do know that something contributes to significant shrinkage of cross sections in the brain. It turns out that blockages in blood vessels could be the cause. To find out, scientists need our help. That’s where the gain comes in. Stall Catchers Stall Catchers is an online game created by the Human Computation institute that lets you analyze the real brains of mice....

IMAP functionality most other email providers have been sporting for awhile. This is an important change because it enables a very beneficial method of retrieving and reading email. Previously, Outlook.com mail being read, moved, deleted, or sent from clients didn’t update the server with this information. The default method would simply make changes to how you viewed the mail in the client, but this update enables the ability to manipulate the server messages....

Today however, we are going to see how we can add commonly used administrative tools and settings to Start Menu and sort them into different groups along with other apps pinned on the Start Screen to organize things. Cool Tip: If you don’t like the new Start Screen, we have already covered some guides on how to skip the Start Screen and how to get back the old classic Start Menu....

Nova Launcher is not beautiful but feature-rich with a particular focus on productivity. And then comes Smart Launcher 5 that not only promises to be loaded with useful shortcuts but also wants to look good while at it. Download Nova Launcher Download Smart Launcher 5 Let’s begin. Home Screen Setup Nova Launcher comes with an adjustable grid size, which goes from 2 to 12. Each spot can hold one app, and you can set it both horizontally and vertically....

Start . Start is a lockscreen app for Android that gives a number of options other than just unlocking the device. Worth putting it on your phone? Let’s see. Start: The First Look As soon as you install the Start lockscreen app, it will initialize automatically with the default theme and to see it in action you can simply lock your device by pressing the power button and then wake it up again....

The umbrella term which covers the definition of a reverse image search is Content-Based Image Retrieval (CBIR). The fun is in playing around with it. Reverse image search proves useful if you are trying to recognize faces or identify objects. Think that you are searching for a similar kind of furniture to the one you have a photo of. Describing it with keywords is practically impossible. Extend it and you can search for art, architecture, places etc....