After the release of Windows 10, it looks like that these gadgets will never make it to Windows again officially. These gadgets are harmful only when internet security is disabled. Other than that, they are some of the most useful things you can pin to your desktop and make it look good. So let’s see how we can get back the widgets in Windows 10. Be cautious while you download additional gadgets though....
We have no idea when it will be getting out of beta. It took Gmail a couple of years and Siri a full year to shed the ambiguous title. All of us enthusiastic Windows Phone 8.1 users can’t just sit here patiently waiting for that day. Not when we can take the matter into our own hands and do something about it. Right now, tapping the search key just gets you the plain old Bing search page....
change the wallpaper and lock screen from time to time, but that’s certainly not enough.. definitely not enough for Android users! Today we are going to see how we can easily use themes on an Android device and transform it from its old and mundane stock looks to a new and exciting one. Themer for Android Themer is a launcher app for Android that can bring a difference to your smartphone....
Moreover, if you are not using it or do not intend to use it in the near future, the HomeGroup option might be a waste as part of the Explorer Navigation Pane. If that is the case, let us look at how to remove and disable the feature temporarily. Steps to Disable and Hide HomeGroup Settings There are two steps to this process. First, you must change HomeGroup settings. Then, you should also disable the associated system services....
More importantly, the keyboard shortcuts help with time-management, especially when you are working with others on a tight deadline. Also, the auto-save feature is the cherry on top. But at the end of the day, these features are typical of any word processing service. What if I told you that Google Docs also makes creating timelines and other such simple drawings a rather simple affair? Yep, you heard us right....
setup extremely easy and then allowing you to post and tweet from just about any screen on your iPhone or other iOS device. Besides the simple setup and posting, there are a few other things that you can do from Facebook and Twitter on your iOS device in order to make the most of this integration in a way that not many people know about. Let’s take a look at some of these....
Back Up Your Contacts and Calendars Apple has a full guide to backing up your contacts and calendars here. This backup is peace-of-mind since we’ll overwrite the current data on your devices with your backed up data. I recommend doing a manual backup by exporting the data and specifying the date and time of the copy. Accidentally Delete a Contact or Calendar Item from iCloud? You can restore it from iCloud’s web interface....
Bookmarks help you quickly find your favorite pages on the internet when you need them. However, if you have too many bookmarks, you’ll spend a lot more time just searching for them. So organizing them is a good idea. Here’s how to organize Safari bookmarks on Mac and easily find your favorite websites. How to Add a Bookmark in Safari Let’s begin with the basics. The first step to organizing your bookmarks is adding certain pages to your bookmarks list....
Use SoundHound to Play Playlists Since Spotify ended their lyrics partnership with Musixmatch, they’ve been working to help third party apps detect when it is playing so they can display lyrics for users who still want it. One such direct partnership is with SoundHound, a Shazam-like music detector that also displays Spotify song lyrics. But there’s an interesting edge case here. If you have Spotify premium, SoundHound can play your playlists without affecting the Spotify app, so that you can have two devices playing at once....
Fights between siblings can be cute (only until you’re all grown up) but it can quickly turn ugly as hell. As a parent, you want to diffuse the situation as soon as possible before it escalates into ‘I want a new iPhone’. You don’t want that. It’s a recipe for disaster and your whole trip might get ruined. Instead of dividing the smartphone between the two of them for equal amounts of time, you can let both of them enjoy together....
Whether you’re recording the screen on Windows or a smartphone, there are several ways to do it, from third-party apps to the native way. However, Samsung’s One UI packs plethora of features, and one of them is screen recorder. Here’s how to record screen on a Samsung Galaxy Phone using the native screen recorder app. How to Record Screen Using In-Built Screen Recorder on Samsung Galaxy Phones Android 11 brought screen recorder as a native feature in the operating system....
This is because people who have your phone number saved on their devices can easily find you on Instagram, even without knowing your username or any other details about you on the platform. And yes, you can be found even if your phone number isn’t displayed on your (public) profile or if your account is set to private. Instagram is pretty clear about this in its privacy policy; that profile information you provide (phone number including) allows it to help you be found on the platform....
make any Windows application portable using Cameyo but it has some limitations. I store most of my important files on Dropbox so that I can work on them from any computer. Whether my laptop’s battery is dead or if I am not carrying it with me, I can always access these files from any computer as long as it’s connected to the internet. However, every time I try to access these files using a public computer I wish I had a portable Dropbox app on my USB drive....
If you’d rather just use Gmail to send mass emails, mail merge style, GMass is for you. What Is GMass? GMass is a Chrome extension and is currently free to use. All it does is lets you create very basic mail merge style emails right within Gmail. The customization is currently just limited to first name and last name, but hopefully we’ll see more attributes soon. GMass makes the email look it was crafted personally for individual recipients....
In this post today, we’ll explore how to set up the Repeater and Access Point mode. Let’s start. What is a Wi-Fi Repeater A Wi-Fi repeater is used to extend the Wi-Fi coverage in a specific area. They work wirelessly by connecting to the existing network, amplifying it and transmitting the signal further. It’s advised to keep the repeater in an area where the Wi-Fi signal is strong. For instance, in a long corridor or a large space, if the signal doesn’t extend beyond a certain point, then you can install repeater to extend the coverage....
Share the Entire XD Prototype with Others First, we will show how you can share the entire XD project others and then use multiple flows to share a specific UI part to clients or reviewers. Step 1: Launch Adobe XD and open one of your current projects. Step 2: Make necessary changes before you plan on sharing the prototype. Step 3: Move to the Prototype tab and add the necessary interaction to your mockups....
Combine Microsoft Edge Chromium’s increased desktop presence with the Android and iOS versions, and you have a consistent browsing experience no matter what device that you use. That’s why you must sync your browsing data. That way, you can continue to surf the internet with seamless access to your passwords, bookmarks, and settings on any of your devices. So below, let’s check out how you can set up Microsoft Edge Chromium to start syncing your browsing data....
is a way to capture and preserve information that we know would expire sooner or later. And generally, we do it so that we can make it part of some documentation . However, there are just too many steps (print screen, crop, edit, save as image and then insert to a document) one has to carry out to make that happen. As a result we ignore it at times and repent later....
For the unaware, tiling an image means to make a repeating pattern from a picture. The picture that is to be tiled is smaller as compared to the bigger image. There are two ways to make a seamless pattern in GIMP. One is using the native Tile feature and the latter takes the help of the Offset and Tile for a more realistic approach. Let’s check them both to tile an image....
After you enable the track changes function in Microsoft Word, every edit you make will be highlighted in a different text and style to differentiate from the original text easily. It’s quite a handy add-on when you with multiple authors on the same document. Enable Track Changes in Microsoft Word Before you start making changes or sharing a document with someone else, you must enable the ‘Track Changes’ option for the document....
