There is no personal enmity I have against any of the password managers, but the concept of a separate app just to manage your passwords seemed out of place to me. I know it may not make much sense, but I have my aberrant reasons. But I gave LastPass a try. Having used it for two weeks on my smartphone, laptop, iPad & desktop PC, I have had a mixed experience....

maximize my device’s battery life . Prevoiusly, when Android was still a fledgling OS, this used to be a manual task that required me to disable the Wi-Fi after use and enable it when required. But now we have apps to automate this process . Using the first of the two apps linked to above, we can toggle Wi-Fi on or off based on the location (acquired from GPS), and using the second app one can create time based rules to schedule the process of enabling or disabling Wi-Fi....

I’m pleased that this upcoming Black Friday, I’ve seen several online sales and doorbusters offering an incredible deal: 32-inch TVs for under $100. They’re a rare gem to come by and the bang for the buck is extraordinary. Don’t pass up a brand new TV at that cost because I don’t see them priced like that at any other time of the year. Here are three ways to get a sub-$100 32-inch television for Black Friday 2016....

But since then, a lot of other players have tried their hand at this game. It looks like FullContact is the one that’s actually as good as Rapportive and in some cases, even better. What is FullContact? FullContact is a Chrome extension (Firefox and Safari support coming soon) that plugs into Gmail’s web interface and gives you basically everything publicly known about the email address in a neat looking sidebar....

Now, God help you if you have to do some document formatting which counts on you moving your diagram to a new page or new location. Will you start selecting each element to move it and rearrange your diagram? For once it may be ok, but it becomes really irritating if you end doing it often. I have seen people taking screenshots of their own diagram to later insert it back to the document as an image....

The liberty to download and install any number of apps is what would usually define a flexible system. But guess what? The Xiaomi Mi TV comes without Google Play Store or, for that matter, any app store. This means that you won’t be able to install apps like Netflix, Hotstar or even VLC, which spoils the fun. With the limited number of built-in apps, it seems that Xiaomi wants to decide what we want to watch on our smart TV....

past entries , we have shown you a few interesting options for managing your tasks on your iPhone or other iOS device. However, the Mac has its own application to do that, called Reminders which, depending on your usage, can be a tremendously capable application. So if you use Reminders on your Mac regularly, read along to learn a few useful tips about it that will definitely make it even more useful for you....

But what’s the best way to move files and media between different folders or from internal storage to SD card on Windows Phone 8.1? How about those heavy games that take up more than 1 GB space? Read on to find out. Deleting And Moving Files With Files App For Windows Phone 8.1 MS has released a dedicated file manager app called Files. It’s not a fully featured app but it does get the basics right....

enable parental controls on Windows 7 and Windows 8 . It’s easy to set it up, and change the settings whenever you need to. But the latter requires you to do it on the same computer. What if you need to do it but aren’t near your Windows computer? We are going to talk about the Family Safety website that allows you to manage all parental settings online. It lets you manage accounts and change access levels and permissions on the go without even having to touch your local machine....

The password manager feature ensures that you always have access to your favorite websites even when you forget the passwords. However, regardless of the security offered by these password managers, we all know that certain information like the password to your banking application should not be saved on your browser. What if you have mistakenly saved yours on Microsoft Edge? How do you delete it? Learning how to manage your saved passwords on Microsoft Edge gives you control over these sensitive credentials....

As you might know, other than contacts that are stored in phone’s memory the conventional way, Android devices can sync contacts from various sources like Google, Twitter, Facebook, etc. While the feature of social media syncing has been a significant boon for users by providing additional details like email address, contact image, etc without the user’s manual effort, they have brought along the menace of redundancy. It’s very likely that you will end up with two or more different contact records for a person, one containing an email address and primary number while another one containing work number and contact image....

Blu-ray playback performance and give you the best Blu-ray experience on it? Here is what you need to do: Video Settings Step 1: From your PS3 home screen, on the XMB, head to the Settings menu, scroll down to Video Settings and select it. We will work with several of the options in this menu. Step 2: Scroll down to BD – Internet Connection, select it and choose Allow. This will allow your PS3 to connect to the internet every time a Blu-ray plays in order to get the latest firmware updates for the player....

pinning them to the Taskbar or the Start Menu. That way, they would always be just a click away. I mean having such things (frequently used folders) buried deep within the directory structure makes no sense at all. In this context we have talked about 7 ways to quickly access a favorite folder. However, then, we missed telling you that you can pin folders to the Start Menu as well....

Sizer is the perfect solution to this dilemma since it allows for the setting of windows to a predefined size for your convenience. How it Works Sizer is a well thought out utility that makes it easy for users to precisely resize program windows as they wish. Your first step while using this app should be to configure the window sizes you wish to work with. The above screenshot is pretty self-explanatory but you should note the following points....

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....

Before we show you how to access and use two-step verification in WhatsApp, let’s first discuss two-step verification and how it can help you tighten the security gripe over WhatsApp. What Is Two-Step Verification By default, WhatsApp has created a user database and identity on phone numbers. The company uses OTP (one-time password) on your phone number to verify user identity. It can land you in trouble if your phone is lost or get in the hands of others....

Well, if you have an Android device, today we will try break this legacy and do something different. How about applying a video tone? Yes, the incoming call will prompt a video to start playing. Sounds interesting? Lets see how we can get this done using the free app called Video Ringtone Maker (no rooting needed). Let’s Get Started With Setting Up a Video as Ringtone on Android Step 1: Download and install Video Ringtone Maker from Google Play....

Android excels at File management. And we already have online photo backup services such as OneDrive, Dropbox, and Google Photos. Google Photos rely on AI algorithms to sort out images, and with the help of Google’s powerful search, you can find the relevant image with ease. But it still doesn’t get the job done when you want to search for a particular item. Talking about OneDrive and Dropbox, they do come with automatic camera uploading service, but that practice uploads all the pictures from the various Android folders to the one place and after some time, it’s quite a mess in a given section....

So, if you’re curious to know more about the My Eyes Only section in Snapchat, this guide has all the answers you need. So, without wasting any more time, let’s learn more about My Eyes Only on Snapchat and how you can use it. What Is My Eyes Only on Snapchat My Eyes Only is a place that keeps all your private snaps. No one else (not even Snapchat) can view or access the photos or videos stored in the My Eyes Only section....

And, things are definitely not OK when the exact same thing keeps on happening each time you open Chrome. Old tabs automatically loading at startup is an issue that’s been around for quite some time. Newer Chrome updates apparently fix things up for a while but the problem still rears its ugly head every now and then. Fortunately, there are a number of fixes that can help you resolve this, so let’s get started....