chat message on Facebook and tell them later that you missed the message because you were not at your desk? Yes, indeed they were good times until Facebook came up with this nasty (it may not be for you though) idea of acknowledging read receipts . There are ways to appear offline on Facebook and you can do that as a whole, to certain groups or individuals. That way you can be online yet ensure that you won’t be disturbed....
The comparison below covers cross-platform availability, UI, features, price, sharing, and more. We are using the Evernote and Todoist iOS apps, and you can expect the same functions on other platforms. Let’s get started. Cross-Platform Availability This one is neck to neck. Both Evernote and Todoist are available on all platforms, including iOS, Android, Windows, Mac, and Web. Todoist and Evernote are also accessible as Gmail and Outlook add-ons. Download Evernote for iPhone Download Todoist for iPhone...
The Charts and Drawing features are the ones which have been ramped up. The Charts and Drawing tools come with their own respective editors and are more than handy for your day to day document jobs. Charts in Google Docs The Chart Editor is perhaps one of the richest tools you can find on Google Docs. The options can go a long way in enhancing your spreadsheets if you use the right chart type, of which Google provides quite a few....
Be it pinning a program to the taskbar, pinning executables to start menu, using app launchers like Launchy or fast file searching tools like Everything, there’s no dearth of ways to make finding and searching tasks productive on Windows. Today we will expand that list by writing about another such program searching and launching tool called FARR, short for Find and Run Robot, and it has certain features that might cause you to prefer it over all the above tools that we mentioned....
Be it just 10 apps or 100, Titanium Backup makes the task a piece of cake every time you format your device. But if things are not optimal for the app to work, then restoring your data might not be a smooth sailing. So let’s have a look at two of these frequent errors you might get while restoring your data using Titanium Backup and see how to resolve them....
Flayvr is a happy exception to that rule, bringing a refreshing take on how to manage and organize photos that, even with its flaws, still manages to differentiate itself from the rest. Don’t take me wrong, the native Photos app does a great job, but the fact that it virtually hasn’t changed in the past five years has left the doors open for others to try and take its place....
Two companies are really trying to change that with their products. The more prominent of the two, Fracture lets you order prints of your photo directly onto glass. That’s right, the photo is literally printed onto a sheet of glass. You can keep it on a table or hang it up to show it off as an elegant portrait. Woodpost, on the other hand, is an iPhone app that fulfills orders to print photos directly onto — you guessed it — wood....
tabbed browsing interface that all modern browsers come with. Not just that, people have also experienced the promise of increased productivity while using such interfaces. Navigation and accessibility becomes so much easier. We do not have to scroll to the taskbar each time we want to switch a window. How many of you have actually wished that you had the same interface on your Windows Explorer? If the answer is yes, here is a solution for you....
Below we will answer these questions as well as compare some software that carries out these tasks. 1. Gifster Gifster is a GIF creation software which gets users up and running quickly with it’s beautiful, easy to use interface. Users can adjust a variety of options in order to create their GIFsto their preference. In order to create GIFs with Gifster, you need to utilize the app’s capture window. This is an app that is a kind of virtual window with a transparent space in the center....
When they set a reminder, Google Assistant acknowledges it and shows it under Reminders in the Google app. But when the predefined time comes, nothing happens. No sound or visual notification. What a shame! Even more importantly, the reminders are listed as ongoing in the Google app even though they’re past their scheduled time. It appears there’s some serious glitch in the matrix. I mean the reminders. Why aren’t they popping a notification as they should?...
It appears Google has heard my requests. Because it has finally launched a photo gallery app for local media. Known as Gallery Go by Google Photos, it is an offline and compact version of Google Photos. How is it different from Google Photos? What are all features of Google Photos present in it? All your queries will be answered in this post where we compare Google Photos and Gallery Go....
Talking about my carelessness, I downloaded the update file from a file hosting service as a free user using the default browser. I was so excited about flashing the new ROM that I didn’t realize that the download was interrupted in between which caused a failed installation resulting into a bricked ROM. For the rest of the time, while my phone was in the service center, I kept cursing myself for not checking MD5 checksum of the file before installing....
We want to tell great stories, both short-form and long-form, in all formats (text, video, interactive) and on all platforms. Guiding Tech is already doing that in the tech, science and culture domain and we want to do more of it.. and do it better. And we need talented folks to join us in this journey. Here are our current openings. Video Editor We need a young and creative video editor who’s passionate about tech and storytelling....
Well, we’re still here and we’re here to stay. Here’s a quick rundown of what we’ve achieved so far in this journey. 29 Million Users Served! Right, over 29 million people have visited this blog according to Google Analytics. Chrome Leads the Way Who knew Chrome will become such a formidable force in the world of browsers. Americans, Stay Awesome United States leads the country-wise traffic list by a big margin....
The premium flagship OLED TVs with 4K HDR display are being sold in India by Sony at a starting price of Rs 3,64,900 for the 55-inch variant, which will be available at retail stores starting August 4. The new series — ‘KD-65A1’ and ‘KD-55A1’ — are based on OLED technology which brings enriched visual experience with blur-less image and a wide-viewing angle. ‘KD-65A1′ with screen-size 163.9 cm (65 inch) is priced at Rs 464,900, while ‘KD-‘55A1’ with screen size 138....
Today games pack the lifelike visual quality and the experience. Cutting-edge tech such as Ray-Tracing are employed for creating realistic looking shadows. Further, the game developing companies are leveraging AI to make in-game characters feel more real. With the addition of all the new technologies, not to mention the 4K resolution standard, size of games have also increased. A few years ago, 15GB to 20GB was the sweet spot for many popular titles....
The Edge panel or Edge shortcuts allow users to add contacts or apps to the phone’s edge so that they are easily accessible with a simple swipe-and-tap gesture. More importantly, this feature speeds up your tasks. However, it turns out that these are still flagship features and are thus reserved only for the high-end Samsung phones. Fortunately, there are some capable third-party apps that let you add an edge panel and the process is uncomplicated....
Now that most of you might have upgraded, you’re probably also starting to install a bunch of new software on it too, right? But don’t you hate it that almost every kind of software bundles in something or the other along with it? It really annoys the hell out of me, plus most of the bundled software is rubbish or unnecessary. For ANYONE. Enter: Unchecky To get around this problem I recently ran into Unchecky, a handy software/service that ensures that bundled software doesn’t make its way through to your Windows machine....
The internet is a humongous place. With over a billion websites, and thousands adding the number as you are reading this post, they open up your world to all kinds of content. That includes a fair share of explicit content, inappropriate jokes, and abusive videos. As a parent, you’d want your kid to stay off certain websites (or in extreme cases every website) before they learn to differentiate between good and evil....
The way WhatsApp works is simple. I will save your number and will instantly know if you have it installed or not. All I have to do is perform a search within the app. Armed with this information, I can now send you unsolicited messages and even calls which can be annoying as hell, to say the least. I recently received messages telling me how badly I needed hosting for my domains, and how ‘expert’ they are at SEO....
