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You also might be familiar with Chrome Apps. The Chrome-based apps that are sometimes nothing more than a website but run in their own windows. Some of them are pretty useful though, and we’ve highlighted the best Chrome Apps here. For accessing things like Google Drive or Maps, these features are incredibly useful. What if you had access to both of them whenever you wanted? What if both of these menus showed up on the Chrome toolbar, right where all the extensions live?...

With Oreo or Android 8, the feature list included notification snooze, notification dots, picture-in-picture mode, smart text selection, etc. While these features still exist in Android P, some of them have been improved and many cool additions have also been made. What are those additions? And how does Android Pie differ from Android Oreo? You will find out everything here. In this post, we compare Android Pie and Android Oreo....

While you’re waiting for Siri, a new bot has entered the Mac App Store. While it can’t do everything Siri can do, Awa covers most of the basic essentials, including understanding natural language. Siri will probably come eventually, but for only $0.99, let’s see if Awa can hold her own. Claimed Features First, let’s go through all of the commands the developer claims Awa is capable of acting on. You can apparently use Awa to open applications on your Mac, go to specific websites or search the web, perform calculations, take notes, set reminders in the Reminders app and find places in Maps....

Absolutely not! If you post a dozen statuses like me, it’s best to stand out from the crowd. So, if you are looking to create unique WhatsApp statuses, there are hosts of third-party apps that make it possible. From unique video statuses to cool pictures with quirky fonts, you can do a lot to enhance your WhatsApp status. I understand that WhatsApp statuses aren’t like Instagram posts or stories and you may skip the extra varnish to polish them up, but then, why miss out the fun?...

There are various reasons for the Safari can’t find server problem on your Mac. Let’s discuss them and troubleshoot the issue. 1. Reload Webpage Because of the sketchy internet connection on your Mac, the Wi-Fi network might fail to establish a connection to the server. You can simply hit the reload button or use the command + R keys and try to connect again. 2. Double Check URL Did you type the correct URL of the website?...

This wasn’t a one-off case. When I asked some of my other friends (girls) if they faced a similar problem, most of them told me that they are fed up with guys stalking them on Facebook. I did some research on Facebook privacy settings and discovered a feature in Facebook that could help my friends. This particular Facebook feature does not hide our profile from complete strangers but restricts their intrusion to a bare minimum....

IFA 2022 is one of the biggest tech events that takes place annually, and we couldn’t be more excited. This expo brings an array of brands from around the world to showcase their products. This year, Bluetti is ready with its range of portable power stations, including the Bluetti EP600 portable power station. Bluetti is known for its range of clean energy products, such as portable solar generators and solar panels....

we compared the native calendar app of the iPhone to Calvetica ($2.99, universal), a third-party app which aims to completely replace Apple’s native offering. Besides Calvetica though, another very popular alternative calendar app is Agenda ($1.99, universal), which offers a similar approach to event organization as Calvetica does, focusing mainly on minimal looks and high usability. So, now that you know how similar these two apps seem to be, you must be wondering which of these is the better deal....

With all the different options available to share, it sure becomes a tad confusing when it comes to the visibility of the files and folders. Can others view what’s in your Google Drive? If yes, can they have edit access to it? Well, that’s what we will be exploring in this post as we explore everything related to sharing and visibility on Google Drive. Let’s get started, shall we?...

Castle.so is a Ruby on Rails project which gives you a hassle free interface to upload and share files with your friends. What I liked after using Castle.so is that there aren’t any ads, waiting times, or cluttered interface with the upload and share link tucked away in a dense forest of text. The large graphic of a castle and an animated sun probably is a metaphor for security when it comes to storing and sharing files....

country-restricted apps which are available to a user only when they browse from a specific country, which is usually United States, and Windows store is no different. Currently there are a lot of apps in Windows Store which are only available to the US user. Today we will see how we can view and install such apps on our Windows 8 devices by accessing the US version of the store....

multiple email accounts is far from uncommon these days. Not all of them are necessarily important but you still need to check them now and then, and deal with the incoming mails. The phrase to note here is ‘now and then.’ Right, not all the time. May be only the main one all the time, but no, not all the email accounts all the time. This is why it becomes to important to control email sync and notifications, especially when all of those accounts are connected to a device like a smartphone (a good way to save on data plans too)....

MS Outlook as a email client. Also, chances are that you have integrated multiple email accounts to deliver mails to your desktop client . In such a scenario, when you receive a lot of mails then it becomes important to know how to segregate them and check the important ones first. Rather than doing this manually, you may want to have dedicated folders for different types of emails such that the incoming messages are stacked in their respective folders....

I think this is a pretty neat feature and you should definitely activate it if you’ve got Windows 7. I enabled it a few days back and seeing a new wallpaper every time I check out the desktop is kinda refreshing. Here’s how you can activate the desktop slideshow feature in Windows 7. Right-click on the desktop and click on “Personalize.” You’ll see the Personalization panel opening up. Here you can change backgrounds, wallpapers and more....

While there a many tools that help you improve your typing speed, that’s only one way to being efficient with using a keyboard. Another way to get better with the board is to customize its settings such that you can make yourself comfortable with how the characters repeat. Let us learn what that means and how to change the settings on Windows 7. First and foremost, you will need to launch the Keyboard settings dialog....

In the good old days of analog cameras, creating a double exposure was by no means an easy task. Right lighting condition was of the utmost importance. Plus, with automatic winding cameras, the effect was a little difficult to achieve since the film would automatically skip to the next frame. To add to it, it was an expensive affair, thanks to films. Down the years, plenty of things have changed, thanks to digital photography and advancement in the field of image editing....

Sounds interesting, right? It is, actually. Surely, the desktop system has a lot of media files compared to the smartphone and keeping both the systems in sync will be a huge task. So, the business of streaming media directly from the Windows PC to the phone seems more than apt. So, without further ado, let’s get started. Pre-requisites Both the device needs to connect to the same network.Make sure that the necessary settings in the Firewall are set up for the seamless flow of media items between the two devices....

Copy Paste Character is an incredible web service that hosts almost all characters one can think of. Amazingly, you just need to click on any of those characters and it gets copied to your clipboard. You know what to do next, Ctrl + V anywhere you like. Let us check more of what comes along. The moment you visit their website you will be presented with a set of characters (they call it their favorite set)....

If you’re tossing and turning in your head, not sure which one to go with, hopefully you’ll have a clearer idea by the end of this page. The Basic Differences Cross platform availability: You’ll find Evernote apps for Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, and most importantly, the web. And Evernote does a commendable job at trying to keep the same functionality between the apps. Notability on the other hand is only available for iPhone, iPad, and Mac....

What is Hooks? Hooks is a notification delivery app. You sign up for alerts for an event and when it happens, you get notified. A new episode of Community is airing? You get a notification. A post made it to top 500 on Hacker News? You get a notification. And about a million more things. Here’s a brief overview of alerts you can get with Hooks: Know when your favorite team is playing and know their final score....