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The Ambient display on Pixel 2 shows the time, date, upcoming alarms, and a separate row of notification icons. It also shows the charging symbol. But, unfortunately, the battery percentage indicator is missing like the other features that I wish Google Pixel 2 had. Just showing the charging symbol doesn’t make sense. One has to still wake up the display to view the battery percentage. It’d be quite helpful if the battery percentage was visible on the always-on display both while charging and when not plugged in....

This is the case with several apps, most of which try to copy the name and appearance of a popular app to lure people into installing them. Android has the most number of free apps available and that’s the reason why users do not pay enough attention to the details before installing an app. While Google is doing its share of scrutiny for such fake apps, you as a user can take matters into your own hands and be safe while installing apps from the official store....

However, what you can do is disable the auto-loading of these images and videos on opening a website. And when you want to see them, simply reload the page. That’s what I’m going to show you today. This can be helpful if you have metered connections or slower speeds. So, let’s see how you can do this in both Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Annoying Facebook Videos: They can be disabled by reading our article on the topic, no matter what platform you’re on....

Fauxflash Fauxflash is a web application that allows you to create decks of virtual flash cards online. This is especially effective in the case you wanted to share them with friends, a study ring, or fellow classmates. Fauxflash has a very simple and clean user interface. You can view all the decks of flash cards you have created — I tend to make one for each subject I’m studying for. You can create a deck using the big blue Create A Deck button above....

You can turn off comments on your posts, Stories, Reels, etc. if you don’t want to encourage arguments and endless debates. We will show you how to turn off comments on Instagram in this post. How to Turn Off Comments on Existing Instagram Posts Turning off comments on existing (older) Instagram image posts is easy. Here’s how you can switch off comments from older posts. Step 1: Open the Instagram app on your Android or iPhone....

Compared to before, Microsoft Edge also has a faster update cycle, courtesy of the Chromium open source project. Hence, it’s important to make sure that the browser is kept up to date. Let’s check out how you can update Microsoft Edge on desktop and mobile. But first, let’s check out why you may want to do that. Why You Should Update Edge The latest updates for Microsoft Edge ensures the best possible experience on your desktop or mobile apart from patching the security flaws....

Have you ever seen a photo of a friend on Facebook where they show up with perfect blue or green eyes, even when you know their eye color is different? Well, while this might seem like the work of Photoshop pros, it is in fact quite simple to change the color of your eyes in pictures using Photoshop. Just follow this tutorial and you will become an expert in no time....

In response to the growing popularity of Slack, Microsoft finally announced Microsoft Teams for organizations. Also, the software giant continues to add new features to the Teams. While it closely competes with Slack, Zoom, and others, Microsoft highlights collaboration as a specific component of the Teams app. When it comes to collaboration, the Teams allows users to create Whiteboard, share it, and chat while collaborating. Microsoft has added background blur for video calls, pop-up chats and meeting windows, Outlook plugin, and more in Teams....

So today we will see what all the app has to offer and how fruitful the wait really was. For those who’ve been living under a rock and heard the name IFTTT for the very first time today, here’s a brief introduction: IFTTT is a popular online service that lets you create trigger-based automated tasks, which will be executed for you automatically when the conditions are fulfilled. We have already covered an article on the service....

Workflow is all about creating multiple series of tasks that you can call upon at any time with one tap. Workflow takes care of all of them to get to your desired goal. IFTTT, an acronym for “If This Than That,” lets you set up one task to trigger another one automatically and integrates with a wide variety of services. To get a better idea of the differences between the two and which one better suits your needs, let’s compare the good and the bad in each....

And like everyone else, I had built up playlists there. While, I admit, Apple Music has amazing playlists built by their editors. But the playlists you created yourself are still unique to you. And you might want to take them over to Apple Music when you switch. But officially, Apple Music doesn’t allow for this. We’ll need to use a workaround tool called Stamp to get this done. What Is Stamp and How Does It Work?...

compared some of the most popular iPhone apps for these services. This time though, we take a look at all-time favorite of mine – Instapaper – and pit it against Readability, a somewhat new contender in the iOS app space. Design and Navigation Readability Of all the major read-later apps on the iPhone, Readability is perhaps the one with the most user-friendly approach, providing you with a series of pre-selected articles from the moment you start using the app....

There are some problems though when it comes sharing via Facebook. Especially if you would like to share your pictures with only a few, select people, which requires you to create special lists and such. Thankfully, Apple integrated just this functionality on iOS 6, making it possible for you to share just the pictures you want with just the people you want to. Let’s take a look at how to do it....

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When we talk about transparency, the media industry is heavily guarded and no one really knows what goes on behind the screen. We all are a part of this industry because we are the ultimate consumer. But, did we ever stop to think that is there a way by which we can be a bigger part of this industry, than by just being the person sitting in front of the screen, seeing what we are shown?...

While there are many screen sharing applications available, not all of them are easy to use. Today we’ll talk about an effective and fast tool that enables anyone to quickly share his Windows computer screen online. This service is known as Logmein Express. It allow users to share their screen totally free of cost. All the shared data is totally encrypted by using 256 bit SSL encryption technology. You need to download and install the software from Logmein Express website....

Adding fuel to the fire, Magic Leap’s One AR headset is due to be released in 2018 and the device sure is promising. What is Magic Leap One? The Magic Leap One, developed by Magic Leap, is an AR headset coupled with a computing platform. It brings computing tasks to the physical world, where virtual objects blend into the built environment. Essentially, it allows us to carry out computing tasks in a more intuitive manner....

3D Everywhere For the first half of the event, it was all about 3D. Including the 30-year old faithful tool of Windows, Paint. Yes, Microsoft Paint will now support 3D objects and the company really have made it cooler than ever to use MS Paint, in the world of several powerful alternatives. Productivity tools like Microsoft Powerpoint also got cool 3D updates and everything will be tied with Remix 3D community....

Over recent months, Microsoft To-Do has been updated several times to include most of Wunderlist’s core features. I recently tested the app and found it to be pretty good. But, is it ready to beat the larger than life image of Todoist? Let’s see how these two to-do apps fare against each other and even more importantly, which app is more suitable for you as an end-user. Get Todoist Get Microsoft To-Do Let’s begin....

Mystery search is a hysterical alternative to Google search, which pretty much looks and works the same way as Google and lands you up on a Google page, but not for something that you searched. The service works in a funny way as it will never give you results for what you’ll search. So, expect the unexpected, and also be warned that this site shouldn’t be used in your office or near children....