Luckily, Windows 7 introduced a feature which could help you get rid of the above mentioned hassle. It’s called check boxes. Yes, you can enable the check boxes for Windows Explorer items. This feature is not turned on by default. You’ll have to enable it by following certain steps. Open Windows Explorer by clicking the Start button (or Start orb), and then clicking on “Computer.” Click the “Organize” button on the top menu and select “Folder and search options....

For example, I’d create an account at Bitmessage.ch to receive a unique Bitmessage address. This address is used as my email. So I can sign on to the webmail and operate it just as if it were a popular email service. Attach files, bold/underline/italicize text, and even send read receipts to the recipients. If you like the Bitmessage program, you’ll love using this online service. Create a New Bitmessage Account Step 1: Open the registration page found here to choose a password for your account....

Bitmessage is a free application available for both Windows and Mac OS X. No server is set up for sending and receiving message. Users create unique addresses that they then share with one another. It’s these addresses that are used to send and receive encrypted text. You can even route the traffic through a proxy if you so choose. There’s also a broadcast option, which is intended to send a message to more than one user – more specifically, to users who have subscribed to your address....

Assigning a different messaging tone for individual contacts helps identify the person who sent the message without looking at or touching your phone. It comes handy when you use the SMS app for messaging different kinds of people, such as your friends, acquaintances, or co-workers. You know who has messaged just by the notification tone of the message. Let’s check how to set a custom message notification tone for contacts on Android phones from Google, Samsung, and OnePlus....

This tutorial will show you how you can use Audiogalaxy to stream music from your computer to your Android smartphone with ease. Here are the steps: Go to Audiogalaxy.com and sign up for a new account. You can login with your Facebook account as well – Audiogalaxy promises that they will not notify your friends of your music activities without your permission. Meanwhile, the Audiogalaxy website will inform you that it is waiting for the helper application to be installed....

Your browser and history might be available on any of your connected devices so you can manually open up the tabs you need to work on. But why do the manual work of opening all the sessions again? You are a Guiding Tech reader, you can do better. Today we will check out a service called TabCloud which directly syncs the entire session of your browser (all the open tabs) so you can open it exactly the same way on any of your connected devices....

jailbreak your device and download unauthorized applications that could enable this functionality. Thankfully, since the release of iOS 5 Apple has made it possible for users to sync their iPhones, iPads or iPods with iTunes on their Macs or Windows PCs wirelessly and without needing any additional software to do so. If you want to know how to sync your iOS device wirelessly with iTunes, follow the steps below....

Unlike Microsoft Word, the Track Changes feature doesn’t appear on the Ribbon in Excel. However, here’s how to include it on your Ribbon: How to Enable the Track Changes Feature in Microsoft Excel The Microsoft Excel Ribbon is easily customizable. To include the Track Changes feature on your Ribbon, here are the steps to follow: Step 1: Launch Microsoft Excel. Step 2: Right-click on the Ribbon and from the list of options select Customize the Ribbon....

Due to the previous reasons, I thought to give 1Password a shot on my iPhone 5S. The only thing holding me back was the 5 years of password data I had on my LastPass account, without which, using 1Password would be useless. Saving each password manually from scratch didn’t seem to be an intelligent choice. I would have preferred to sync my data from LastPass servers to iOS storage, but that can’t be done directly....

Then Google decided to enter the competition with its new app called Google Keep. A runaway success. While both are note taking apps, they appeal to different kinds of people. Google Keep is more suitable for taking quick notes that you may want to delete at a later point in time. It was never meant to be used as a filing cabinet where you store notes and then forget about it....

The good thing about the Archive is that you can always restore or unarchive it. And, Pinterest lets you do it easily. Here you will find methods to unarchive Pinterest Boards on mobile apps and desktop. But before that let’s understand what happens to an archived Board. What Happens When You Archive a Board When you archive a Board, it will disappear from your public profile. You will still be able to access it under Archived Boards section....

full-quality printed materials right from your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch over your wireless network. It works just like printing from a Mac or Windows PC computer, only that it happens without any wires, which allows you to print from just about anywhere at your home or office where there is a Wi-Fi connection. Here’s what you need in order to be able to use AirPrint from your iOS device:...

However, calling Firefox Lockbox a ‘password manager’ can be a bit of a stretch, since it lacks many of the features present in services such as LastPass. Rather, it’s a complementary utility that you need to use alongside Firefox. If you are struggling to get to grips as to what exactly Firefox Lockbox is or how to use it effectively, then don’t worry. Below, you are going to find all that you need to know for making the Lockbox shine on your iOS device....

As the name suggests, the one-handed mode is designed to let you use the phablet with ease. Once the one-handed mode kicks in, the OS shrinks down the entire screen to let you comfortably use the same UI. Let’s check the add-on in action. Shall we? Enable One-Handed Mode With a Gesture There are two ways to navigate the OS in One UI. You can either go with age-old navigation (Home, Recents, and Back) buttons or opt for gestures to move around the UI....

iOS 16 has introduced a new Call Hang-up feature for Siri that lets you hang up calls without pressing the on-screen button. To enable this hands-free experience, here’s how to use Siri to hang up calls on iPhone. We used an iPhone with iOS 16 Public Beta to take screenshots for this post. This feature will be available for at least iPhone 11 and higher models running iOS 16 or later....

Humidifiers are increasingly becoming popular due to the many health and therapeutic benefits they offer. They help to spread moisture in the air, and their long-term usage help combat illnesses (skin irritation, flu, sleep deprivation, etc.) that are caused by dry air. Similarly, the growing popularity of Aromatherapy (also called Essential oil therapy) have equally driven up the market demand and use of diffusers. Electronic diffusers help rid the atmosphere of unhealthy chemicals by breaking down essential oil molecules and releasing them into the air....

alternative music applications have appeared on the App Store to compete against Apple’s own offering. Today, we take a look at Track 8, one of the most unique of these competing music applications and compare it against Apple’s Music app. Let’s start with an quick overview of the native Music app, since most of you are surely already familiar with it. Apple’s Music App The native Music app for the iPhone is perhaps one of Apple’s offerings that has gone through the most changes in the past few years....

If you own an Android phone then iTag is a software you should try out. It can track and find a lost Android phone, even if the phone’s SIM card has been changed. Although they say that it is for all GPS wireless phones, the operating system selection menu has Android only, so we’d assume that it is currently only for Android customers. You can do various things with the help of this tool....

While the wallpapers of the good ol’ days were definitely seen as a breakthrough, they turned out to be huge guzzlers of the battery juice. I remember my HTC Sensation turn into a power hungry device when I turned on the famous Sense Live wallpaper. The horror of sticking the phone to the power outlet every now and then just to see raindrops sliding down my screen was enough to kick it out, and I resorted back to the standard static wallpapers....

opting for 2FA (Two Factor Authentication) for additional security to safeguard the critical data we store online. There’s even a service called TwoFactorAuth.org that lists all the sites that do or do not support it. However, it isn’t very convenient always and not all apps support it yet. So using a password locally on your phone to lock certain apps makes sense. Plus it ensures that even if you’re already logged in to the service, anyone with access to your phone will have a hard time accessing that particular app....