What’s worse — waking up to the shriek of an alarm clock, or being late for work? You’d think that the beeping would make you get up and turn it off, thus waking you up, right? So why on earth is that snooze button being used so often? Originally, I also had trouble waking up to a traditional alarm clock because I couldn’t stand the wailing — it sounded so terrible!...
This is a step by step guide which show you how you can connect and automatically share YouTube videos on Facebook, Twitter and Google reader. Sign in to your YouTube account. On the top right, click on your username. From the drop down menu, click on “Account”. Your account setting page will appear. On the left pane, click on “Activity Sharing”. Now first check the option “Yes, allow a selected set of my activities to be viewable”....
Surely you probably don’t want to switch back to your old inbox filled with clutter and junk and seemingly no way out. But there are some really great alternatives to Mailbox that have emerged for both iOS and Android recently. So if you’re ready to make the switch to a new mail client, check out these two free Mailbox alternatives. Microsoft Outlook As I’m writing this I hear the collective groan of everyone reading, so give me a chance to explain....
You can easily make the background of any image transparent. All you need is a working internet connection. While there are many software (for PC) and apps (Android/iOS) that do the job too, here we shall focus on online tools or websites that work on any platform. We have handpicked these free background remover tools for you. Let’s check them out. Why Remove Background from a Picture There could be multiple reasons....
Disney recently came out with a new app called Disney Mix that appears to try and tackle this issue. Mix is basically its own messaging service that you can sign your child up for to message friends and family also on the service. The app has built in games that your child can play with friends, fun avatars and emoticons, and most importantly several integrated tools for safety and filtering....
unique approach then you can impress anybody. Since a presentation may contain diverse stuff like text, pictures, links to other files etc. you have to take utmost care while integrating them into the presentation. However, you always have to navigate away from the presentation flow if you want to show some website and its specific features to the viewers. This might end up breaking the viewer attention, which isn’t a great thing for the presenter....
You can use gDoc to convert Microsoft office documents like Word, PowerPoint and Excel into PDF and XPS files very quickly and easily. This service comes free of cost. gDoc comes in two flavors – gDoc Fusion and gDoc creator. The basic function of gDoc Fusion is to view documents, read, bookmark, comment, edit text, reorder the files and merging documents. And gDoc creator can be used to convert one file format (Word, Power point, Excel ) into another format (PDF or XPS )....
Ringtones are no exception to this, and Apple let’s you buy them right from your iPhone, which is (sadly) the only way to have them seamlessly installed on your iOS device from your iOS device. However, while Apple might not advertise it, there is quite a simple way for you to create your own ringtones on your Mac or Windows PC using iTunes. Let’s take a look at how to do it....
Demandar is a free web app which lets you create panoramic photos online. You don’t need to know any special photography skills to use it. All you need is a camera and a nice location to shoot. Here are some example of panoramas taken from the website. How to shoot for a panorama Before shooting for panoramic images, you have to take care of the following things: Keep distance between large objects and camera....
Smartphones can now charge quicker than ever, thanks to the different charging techniques that makes it possible. However, recently, OnePlus unveiled a new charging technique which is capable of charging the phone from 0-60% in just 30 mins. Quite impressive I’d say and today we are going to see how Dash Charging works and if it’s better than Qualcomm’s Quick Charge technology. Dash Charge and Qualcomm Quick Charge: Same, Yet Different....
Of course, you can always create and edit some of these types of documents using Apple’s own iWork suite of apps like Numbers or Pages for example. However, the documents exported from these apps are not always fully compatible with MS Office programs and when they are, they sometimes miss some parts of the layout or other elements. This is where DataViz’s Documents to Go Standard(costs $9.95) comes into play as one of the best and most flexible alternatives for users who want a way to work with Office documents from their iOS devices....
But this time, we have more surprises. Since iOS 16 introduced a new customizable Lock Screen, it also added an amazing range of dynamic images that create a depth effect to make your lock screen more aesthetic. Additionally, iOS 16 also has exclusive Always-On display wallpapers for iPhone 14 Pro series. Since they won’t work on older devices, they haven’t been included in this post. However, if you use an iPhone 7 Plus or older device, you can get all the other wallpapers right here....
However, a few days back, while browsing the Play Store in my leisure time, I stumbled upon an app using which you can download videos, music and even bit torrent files without being bombarded with ads. So let’s have a look at this apps and see how it works to download stuff from the internet. Swift Downloader for Android Swift Downloader is a useful Android app for the download buffs out there using which you can download music and video and even torrent files from almost any website....
While all note-taking apps have one purpose, the way they work and the features that they provide differ widely. Take Google Keep for example. I moved my notes from Evernote to Google Keep because it is free, easy to use, offers only the essential features (no clutter), and integrates deeply with other Google apps. Visit Google Keep I recently started paying more attention to Dropbox Paper after a fellow tech blogger wouldn’t stop raving about it....
What’s Canva, you ask? It’s like Photoshop but free, on the web, and incredibly easy to use. Of course, it’s not really Photoshop but it brings down the barrier of entry for the most common features. Canva is designed to create quick and awesome shareable posts that integrate images with text in an interesting way. Get a background or choose something premade from Canva, add text, edit it, make it pretty, and it’s ready to be shared with the world....
To fix the things we already covered an add-on called Switchy, a Firefox add-on that lets you create and switch between profiles quickly. Though the plugin did the task it claimed, there were some issues like there are weird symbols in the toolbar icon options, one can only create a profile and there is no option to remove or rename an existing one which sometimes made working on it difficult and annoying....
I am telling you all this in the light of the fact that Facebook is one of the biggest time-sinks we have around us these days. It has been estimated (last year’s figures) that on an average Facebook users spend at least 12 minutes and 26 seconds on the social network daily. That’s a generalization of course, because I personally spend more. The point is that we can spend those minutes more efficiently by learning some keyboard shortcuts....
It bundles a bunch of features, and FitBit is considered one of the pioneers in the field of sleep and fitness tracking. And the Versa 2 is capable of much more. It has a slim and sleek profile while packing a bunch of smart features. Though they appear similar in many respects, both smartwatches have a massive difference in the price. The Versa 2 is priced at around $150, while the Active 2 has a price tag of around $300 (at the time of writing)....
So how do you ensure that neither you nor the recipients of your emails forget to follow up ? Now, there is no dearth of online reminder tools. However, the best tool that could take care of the above problem should be the one that can work seamlessly with email. And FollowUpThen is just that. It is an email reminder service which sends email follow up reminders to you as well as your email recipients....
Previously, we talked about how to turn on private browsing in Firefox permanently. This article would discuss a common method of adding a command line switch to the browser shortcut, that would enable you to open all the 3 main browsers (IE, Firefox and Chrome) in private mode by default. Start Google Chrome in Incognito mode (or Private mode) by default Right click on Google Chrome shortcut icon and select Properties....
