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What do you do under such circumstances? Well, the answer is — use videos. Embedding a video in a PowerPoint slide not only makes your presentation stand out but also helps to grab everyone’s attention. The best example is that of a long article vs. a three-minute video. Which one would you choose? Definitely, the one which easily captures the attention of your audience. So, if you have a YouTube video adds meaning (and charm) to your presentation and prevents your audience from squinting eyes to read the text, use it....

In this article, we’ll show you how to update the software on your Galaxy Buds. Not just that, we’ll also help you troubleshoot if you can’t update your earbuds. We have been using the Galaxy Buds Live, and we have used them for creating this article. Let’s begin with understanding the need for software updates on earbuds. Why Update Samsung Galaxy Buds A pair of truly wireless earbuds is more than just a hardware device....

Well, there is a solution that can assure this won’t happen. Of course, you can always use something like Speccy to look at your system information in full detail, then search online for the game’s minimum system requirements. After that, you can compare the two, but this all takes time and it’s not the most pleasant thing to do. What if there were a way for you to just pick a game from a list, scan your computer specs automatically and get the answer, all in very little time?...

But the highlight of Beats 1 are the radio shows. Zane Lowe’s show is, of course, great, but the real gems are shows like St Vincent’s Mixtape Delivery Service and Elton John’s Rocket Hour. But as you might already know, Beats 1 is a live station. And shows are repeated 12 hours later but once that’s done, the shows are gone. That’s how it used to be for the first month....

However. backgrounds are never transparent by default. You need to edit your images to get that or perhaps create them from scratch. There is a variety of software that you can use to make the background transparent. However, most of the good ones are not free. Paint.net is a great open source image editing software that you can use for the purpose. Read on to find out how you can make backgrounds transparent using Paint....

Be it a file download or a streaming video, certain types of activity can slow things down to a crawl. So, can you do anything about it aside from installing browser extensions or using a download manager? If you are on Chrome, then yes! Thanks to the web development tools that Google’s browser comes bundled with by default, you can easily create readily deployable network throttling profiles to actively manage your downloads....

One typical way of doing that is to download all the images and videos from your first Google Photos account and then upload them in your second Google Photos account. In case you don’t want to select the images, you can take the help of Google Takeout. For that, visit the Google Takeout’s website and download your entire Google Photos library from it. It will be available as a ZIP file....

Skype has made it so easy to connect, network, and transfer knowledge through video calls. In fact, during my sister’s stay in the US, she regularly used to help her son with math homework over Skype video calls. In situations such as these or during intense knowledge sharing sessions, don’t you sometimes wish for a capability to revisit those conversations? Thankfully, Skype call recording was announced on all platforms except Windows 10....

information about all the apps that the user has installed on any device till date. Some of you must be thinking that it’s a good thing that someone is actually making a list which you can look back to any day you need to. However, there might be times when you would want to delete some apps from the list just because the list is becoming too long, or you simply want to remove any traces of an app linked to your account....

Permanently removing purchased books (even freebies count as purchases) is not possible. Thankfully, the Books app still lets you get rid of books (both downloads and book covers) from your iOS device pretty easily. And if you prefer alternate eBook reader apps, you can also choose to remove the Books app itself. Remove Downloaded Books Removing downloaded books from the Books app helps free up space, and is a pretty good idea when you are really crunched for storage....

Sometimes while shooting videos people make a mistake of shooting them in portrait mode and when they transfer them to computer, watching them is literally a pain in the neck. Well, the good news is that rotating videos is as easy as rotating a photo, you just need to use the right tool. Rotating Videos To rotate a video open Window Movie Maker and import a video to it. The video will be analyzed and expanded in the timeline view....

Dropbox started rolling out a feature in integration with Facebook. They announced on the Dropbox Blog that all Facebook users could now share stuff from Dropbox right inside Facebook Groups . This means that you do not have to manually create a link and then post it on to the Group’s page in order to share your Dropbox materials with group members. It has all been integrated into a single process....

That’s the beauty of Pinterest. It just blows your mind in a wow-ish manner. Sometimes, we want others to feel the same. After all, why should we keep those fantastic ideas for ourselves? Other times, even we want advice related to our collection on board. For situations like those, we have to share Pinterest boards with others. But how does one do that? Is that even possible? Yes, it’s possible, and here you will get to know how to send your boards to others on the Pinterest website and mobile apps (Android/iPhone)....

AutoHotkey is a 1.95 MB download. The free and Open Source software uses a custom scripting language that enables you to modify the way you launch any Windows program. As the name suggests, AutoHotkey uses keyboard shortcuts (and also mouse-clicks) to handle Windows events quickly. And don’t worry – the learning curve isn’t steep at all. It starts with a sample script which you can quickly scan when you launch the program....

VLC has been working on bringing the Chromecast support and it has not yet been fully launched. You can still use this feature by following a few steps. What Do You Need? To execute the following steps, you’d need these things: How to Stream from VLC in Windows PC to Chromecast Step 1. Download Latest Version of VLC Player Download the latest version of the VLC player from the official Nightly....

The bookmarks sync feature in Google Chrome backs up your browser bookmarks to your Google account and syncs them when you are on Chrome on a different computer. Here’s a step by step guide to the entire process. Click on the wrench icon given at the top right in your Google Chrome browser. Go to “Synchronize my bookmarks”. Access Chrome Bookmarks from Anywhere: Why limit yourself when you can sync Chrome Bookmarks to other browsers as well?...

Yes, you read that right. But don’t worry. In this post, we will tell you how to take a screenshot of an Instagram story without notifying the other person. The feature is currently being tested for some users. Once it reaches you, you will be shown a warning notification saying that the person will be able to see that you took a screenshot. Kindly remember that the notification will be shown only once....

For a more day-to-day use let’s take the example of the Chrome browser and the task of reading in full-screen mode. You can go full-screen with a press on F11. Now, there are two ways you can toggle between Chrome tabs in full-screen mode. Use Keyboard Shortcuts In Chrome, you can cycle between the open tabs by pressing Ctrl+Tab to access tab next to the currently opened one. Also, you can click Ctrl+Shift+Tab to go to the the previous tab....

We don’t mean for you to spy at your kids or elder ones all the time. Instead, you can track your family member’s location without intimating them, add geofencing, and do more with your iPhone. 1. Use Apple Find My App Before you go ahead and use the Find My service from Apple, you must set up Family Sharing from the Settings menu. Step 1: Open the iPhone Settings app....

Google is trying to make our lives easier by showing us these things. However, some people do not like the reminders shown by Google. Primarily, because of privacy reasons and sometimes, the bill has already been paid, and yet Google sends a reminder. So if you are also not liking the bill reminder feature for Google Assistant, we will tell you how to turn it off. But before that, let’s understand how Google knows about your bills and other information....