Fortunately, with Windows 10, you don’t need a third-party PDF tool. Microsoft Edge can double as a PDF viewer besides an Internet browser. However, the issue arises when it refuses to open the PDF file. Let’s see how to fix Microsoft Edge not opening PDF files. 1. Restart Before you start fiddling with various settings, you should restart the Edge browser and your computer. First, close the Edge browser and re-launch it....
It’s no secret that the Play Store is humongous. Here, you’ll find some useful apps like Adobe Spark Post and at the same time, you’ll find plenty of apps that will bombard you with ads or steal information from you. So how do you choose? Well, we’ve got you covered in that aspect with our list of the best new Android apps for August 2018. This month’s list has a cool notes app followed by an even cooler weather app and a light and fast browser....
Android WebView is a system app that comes pre-installed on Android phones. It helps third-party apps to display content in the in-app browser. So, it’s necessary to keep it updated. But when you try to do so, the update gets stuck. Even if it is updated, it immediately appears again in the Updates list of Play Store. For some users, especially Pixel owners, the Play Store also gets stuck on Checking for updates screen due to the WebView glitch....
Apps not updating automatically may leave you with outdated, buggy app builds on your iPhone. Before you start facing performance glitches in your favorite apps, follow the solutions below to fix apps not updating automatically on your iPhone. 1. Enable Automatic App Updates If you have disabled automatic downloads for app updates, iPhone won’t start the download process in the background. Follow the steps below to make a tweak in Settings....
If you have been missing out on important messages and events because Discord isn’t sending notifications, we’re here to help. We’ve covered a few fixes you can try to overcome the issue in this post. So, let’s check them out. 1. Restart the App Sometimes, when an app fails to start correctly, it might not work as intended. Thus, you can start by restarting the Discord app to see if that gets the notifications to work again....
When a WhatsApp call status shows connecting, the other person won’t get any notification about the incoming call on the phone. That’s why we will start the troubleshooting journey by checking if the app can reach WhatsApp’s servers. 1. Check WhatsApp Servers This is the biggest culprit behind WhatsApp call getting stuck at connecting error. If Facebook (WhatsApp’s parent company) is having a hard time processing millions of requests, you might end up experience such connecting errors....
Microsoft releases Windows 11 updates to improve reliability and fix bugs in the software. Sometimes, things can go south, and you might experience lag everywhere in the system. Before ditching your perfect setup, use the troubleshooting tricks below and enjoy speed improvements. 1. Disable Startup Apps After Windows 11 update, Microsoft might have enabled system apps to start at login. You might notice Microsoft Edge or OneDrive starting at launch, even when you don’t prefer them....
Though Excel is far more powerful, Google Sheets comes with a lot of features and packs plenty of punch. You need to know what to do and how to do it. That’s where we step in with bunch of useful ways to help you use Sheets like a pro. Let’s begin. 1. How to Lock a Row in Google Sheets Locking a row or column will grid-lock it. That means it (row or column) will stay at the top when you scroll down or sideways....
You usually connect to a home or office Wi-Fi network to save cellular data. WhatsApp not receiving or sending messages on Wi-Fi leads to inconvenience. Before turn on the mobile data, use the tricks below to fix when WhatsApp doesn’t work on Wi-Fi network. 1. Check Wi-Fi Connection You should first check the Wi-Fi connection. If you face issues with all the installed apps on your phone, the problem lies with Wi-Fi, not WhatsApp....
Multiple factors are affecting the YouTube experience on Google Chrome. Let’s discuss the most common ones first and then move to the advanced troubleshooting fixes. 1. Check Internet Speed YouTube allows you to stream videos in up to 4K resolution. These crisp videos will require a significant internet bandwidth. You can use the tools like Speedtest or Fast.com and make sure you have at least 25 Mbps speed. Pro tip: Modern Wi-Fi routers these days support both the 2....
That is why it pays to always have a backup of your email. Either offline, or in a separate email account altogether as we saw when we backed up Gmail using another Gmail account or used a solution like Mailstore. Gmvault is a neat little solution to accomplish both without as much as an Aspirin. I agree that there are dime a dozen solutions to backup, import and export emails, including inbuilt options in email clients....
Sounds cool, right? Trust me, it will be much cooler than your expectations after you configure and actually control a racing car on your PC using your Android wirelessly. So let’s see how to achieve wireless gaming. We will use DroidMote, an amazing remote control application for Android to accomplish the task. Configuring DroidMote Step 1: We will install DroidMote drivers on our computer and for that we will have to disable the driver signature enforcement....
To try Windows 8 in a virtual desktop, make sure your computer is bestowed with a good hardware configuration as running two operating systems in parallel can take up pretty much all the juice you have in your system. Those with less than 2 GB of RAM should probably abstain from installing Windows 8 inside Windows 7 for the time being. In this post we will show you how to use VirtualBox, the free virtualization tool, for installing Windows 8 consumer preview inside Windows 7....
method to enable incoming Remote Desktop connection request, I promised that I’ll show how to use Windows 8 Remote Desktop to start a connection. Though the concept of Remote Desktop has been there in previous versions of Windows starting from the days of XP, you will find it a lot better in Windows 8 with all the eye candy looks and easy to access Metro UI. So let’s see how you can use Remote Desktop on Windows 8....
There were a lot of amazing things happening this week and we’ll ensure you get served the best of it in a jiffy. Major News this Week Read the entire story here. Avatar-like 13-ft-tall Robot, Which Might Guard Borders Some Day A South Korean robotic company — Hankook Mirae Technology — has been working on this gigantic 13-ft-tall robot, which weighs close to 1.5-ton and can accommodate a human pilot too....
There were a lot of amazing things happening this week, and we’ll ensure you get served the best of it in a jiffy. And It’s a Wrap This is Surprisingly the Most Common Password of 2016 These days most of us are impatient, lazy and have a negligible attention span. But it’s really surprising to find out that a good 17% of users protect their account with the password ‘123456’....
Coming back to the point, most of us might not be aware that there’s another address that works in the background called the DNS (Domain Name System) that helps you to browse the internet. Whenever you connect to the internet, you are assigned a default DNS server from your ISP that helps you to browse from site to site. The speed of these DNS servers assigned to you impacts your browsing....
The new cellular innovation called eSIM is set to change how we experience and use multiple SIMs on our smartphones. Traditional SIM cards tend to lose their function if your phone dunks into the water and receives severe damage. Also, if you lose the phone along with the SIM, the process of getting a new one is quite tedious. It’s equally cumbersome for the mobile operators too. That’s why smartphone makers and mobile operators are working together to bring a ubiquitous solution in the form of eSIM....
A Quick History of USB The 2 original names for Universal Serial Bus connectors were A and B, with male and female type connectors for each. Female A connectors were designed for computers, the ones that controlled the transfer of data over the USB connection. On the other hand, the Female B receptacles were designed for upstream of data. The original USB connectors did propel the technology to a much larger audience over the years, but it did have its limitations....
If you don’t pay attention to Zoom’s pop-ups properly, you’ll see a black screen at the start of the meetings. Microphone not working during Zoom meetings is also one of the many problems users face. However, the oddest one is when others can’t see them over a video call. Zoom offers multiple options to improve the video calling experience. You can also use apps like EpocCam to turn your phone into webcam on Zoom....
