locking my Android phone using a pin or a pattern combination. It becomes very irritating at times when the phone asks you for password even when you have some basic operation to perform. There are only few apps on Android like gallery, mail, messaging, etc. that hold sensitive and private data one needs to watch out for. Don’t you think that locking these sensitive apps would be better than locking the phone using the password?...

Indeed, creating albums will never grow old, it has been there since we had Polaroid photos and heavy flip books. But depending upon the photos that you are sharing, you might want to try new things to give them an excellent touch up. Google Plus Stories, now also called Google Photo Stories is an amazing way to share photos when it comes to a weekend, or a holiday trip....

While there’s no real harm with having duplicate contacts, it makes your phonebook look cluttered. Finding the right contact information with multiple contact cards with the same name can also be confusing. If you have duplicate contacts on your iPhone, here’s how you can merge them into a single contact with all the relevant information. How to Merge Duplicate Contacts Using an iPhone The first method to merge duplicate contacts on an iPhone is by using the iPhone itself....

The same goes with the browser history that keeps on recording your each and every move you make on the internet. The spell check and history are indeed useful for many, but if you ask me, I am better off with it. I disabled spell check and history on my Firefox and if any one of you would like to implement the same, here’s how it’s done. Disabling Firefox Spell Check Click on Firefox button and open the browser settings by clicking on the Options button....

Many developers don’t make full use of the Notification API for Android. They’re not giving you full control of how the notification should look in the notification drawer. For your information below are the notifications types. Bundle: Collection of multiple notifications into one single notification. (Like we have in Gmail.)Head-Up Notification: You know that. (eg. WhatsApp)Multi-Line Text: Notification with a large chunk of text or data in it.Elastic List: Minimized version of Multi-line text but can be stretched to get the full view of it....

Well, she was not over-reacting but was actually right. It’s just been a week the game is released and we have already heard so many accidents the game has caused and sometimes I find it dangerous to play around my locality because of the traffic, poor road conditions and of course the not-so-safe world we live in. So today I am going to show you how you can play the Pokémon GO on your computer safely and get the feel of the game the same time....

Little tools can lead to giant jumps in productivity. Let’s take our desktop. Should I refer it as screen real estate, because it is just as precious. These are times for multitasking and when you have multiple windows open, every little inch counts and each loss of an inch adds up. One way to maximize the use of space is by aligning each window to the sides of your screen....

It works remarkably in the same fashion on a Windows 10 machine, where more junk tends to gather over a period of time. The good part about Windows 10 specifically, though, is the ability to clean these temporary files from each hard disk drive. Let’s see how we can do that effectively. It’s All in the Settings One of the great changes that Microsoft has made to Windows 10 is the way the GUI presents itself to the user....

1. Request Desktop Site on Safari on iPhone The default request desktop website option is accessible via the extension menu on Safari on iPhone. Let’s use it. Step 1: Launch the Safari browser, and visit a webpage. Step 2: Once you load the webpage, find the extension icon on the Safari address bar. Tap on it. Step 3: Select Request Desktop Website and Safari will reload the webpage in desktop mode....

Now about the device, when you unbox it, it’s like Bruce Banner. It has immense power, but all that’s running on a limited mode. If you really want the Hulk in the device to come out, rooting is the way to go. With the device rooted and Xposed framework installed on it, you can do so much more. So if you are in, let’s have a look at how we can root the device....

So while the phone is in your dashboard holder and you need to change the track, unlocking the phone or even waking up the device to use the lock screen widget can be quite a task. Because, naturally, focusing on the streets is the primary task. Some phones give us the option to use the volume rockers button to change the music, but these are limited to stock music players....

Most of us think that the Google search widget is just to search Google or the contacts in the device but that’s not the case. With a simple modification in the settings, you can use the widget to directly search within the apps without even opening them. Android ICS users can press the menu soft key and app settings to select the app user would like to search through. You might not find all the apps installed on your device in the list as only few app extend their API to Android search....

If you upgraded from iOS 15 to iOS 16, the voice message icon might have disappeared in the Messages app. Not to worry. The icon hasn’t disappeared. Apple has just relocated the Audio Messages icon to a different position. Let’s find the new icon in iOS 16 and also learn how to send voice messages in iOS 15. How to Send Voice Text on iPhone in iOS 16 There are two ways to send audio messages in the iMessage app on iOS 16....

For the most of us, the lock screen is adorned only by a simple clock and of course, the mandatory lock pattern. And it’s high time we paid a little attention to this lock screen. For starters, how about putting a cool GIF as a lock screen wallpaper on Android? So that everytime you open your phone, you are welcomed by something crazy as Mario leaping his way around or Harry Potter flying around with Buckbeak....

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....

is a free media-sharing program currently available for Windows and Mac OSX ( Android and iOS apps pending) as a desktop application, but is also accessible through any web browser (mobile browsers included). Libox promises no compression of your files and full video support without the need for a codex, meaning things just work (spoiler: it actually works). The software is currently in its beta, version 1.4.0.8, codenamed “Warhol”. The way that Libox works is not through the use of a server....

Those who’ve been playing with computers since a long time would know that you could actually type anything if you know the corresponding cryptic codes (like it’s Alt + 0233 to get that mark over ‘e’ ). But this is not the most effective way to do it. And it doesn’t work in all the keyboards either. So, we’ll talk about changing your keyboard layout to US – International so that you could easily type the above mentioned Spanish characters....

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....

Last week, we faced a similar situation where our MacBook Air butterfly keyboard started acting weird with the spacebar key. We had to use another keyboard but it was only available with Windows keys. We remapped the keys and started using them as it was designed with Mac. Before we show you how to use a Windows keyboard with a Mac, let’s understand how a Windows keyboard differs from Mac on the fundamental levels....

There are two ways to get WhatsApp on your watch. You can either use the native method of simply receiving WhatsApp notifications on the watch or use a third-party app to use the modified web version of WhatsApp on the Apple Watch. Let’s check both methods in detail. Method 1: Get WhatsApp Messages on Apple Watch In this method, you will only be able to receive and view new WhatsApp message notifications on your Apple Watch....