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....

trusted torrent downloading client for Windows , Mac and Linux finally arrives for Android devices. Previously there was a Remote App for uTorrent available in the Play Store but using it one could only control uTorrent on a remote PC . Now with the new uTorrent app (currently in beta stage) a user can download torrents directly on their mobile device using data connection on the go. uTorrent for Android Head over to the Play Store and install the uTorrent App on your device....

English that we forget the world speaks other languages too. The desire to learn a new language is almost on everyone’s wishlist . Then what is it that stops us? The daunting learning curve? The lack of resources? Or could it be the paucity of time? Maybe, all three. But thanks to the web and a slew of online language learning tools, all three together cannot make up an excuse....

FIFA 17 TOTW 29, which features players primarily from English Premier League, Bundesliga and La Liga can now be accessed via the web app on PC, PS4 and Xbox One. FUT fans should keep a look at the team of the week which features Lewandowski, Gomez and Isco leading the charge for the playing XI. Players in the Team of the Week have boosted stats than usual depending on how well they performed in the past week on the pitch, in real life....

I’m a Google Chrome user and it’s been a long time since I have used the Firefox browser. So, I was curious to check what the hype was about when Firefox released Quantum last month. We have already shared how you can import all your bookmarks and history from Chrome to Firefox. The newly-released browser is claimed to be twice as fast as Firefox was six months ago and use 30% less memory than Google Chrome....

What Services it Works With If you text chat on it, it’s probably supported by Franz. Here is the current list: SlackWhatsAppTelegramSkypeFacebook MessengerGrapeHipChatGoogle Hangouts Franz lets you sign into more than one account on each of these services. For example, if you have a personal Gmail account and a professional one, you can use them both in Franz. Each platform’s chat and operates in a separate tab aka “sandboxed.” The app supports an unlimited number of logins and tabs....

How to Install Titanium Backup to Backup and Restore AppsHow to Backup and Restore SMS, Call Logs, Wi-Fi SettingsHow to Schedule Backups in Android Using Titanium BackupHow to Restore Just the Apps from Nandroid Backup Using Titanium BackupHow to Freeze/Uninstall System Apps (Current Article) In our previous posts on Titanium Backup, we have already seen pretty much everything on how the app can help you with your device’s backup-related task. Today we are going to see how Titanium Backup can help you in managing all the system apps that are installed on your device....

The FIFA Ultimate Team (FUT) was started on March 19, 2009, with FIFA 09 but the company celebrates its anniversary usually a little later so as to not interfere with St. Patrick’s Day festivities. An event page by EA Sports on Facebook indicates that the FUT Birthday week will end on April 8, making it a little longer than usual. As expected, throughout the week, FUT players will be given new packs, special players, squad challengers and potentially a special tournament to participate in too — enabling players to win even more free prizes....

For people who constantly find themselves in fullscreen apps like games and YouTube videos, this is going to be immensely useful. And the use case can extend even further. Even if you’re in an app that has the status bar visible, once the notification preview is gone, it’s gone. You need to drag down from the status bar to access it. Having notifications, especially ones from chat clients or email show heads up during an app can remove a lot of friction....

There have been many apps for quite a while for both Android and iOS that work on the same concept of lighting the front display to give a fair amount of light when you need to take a selfie in low light. So the bottom line is, you really don’t need an iPhone 6s or a 6s Plus to use the front facing flash. Here are a few apps using which you can get the feature right away....

This DVD backup tool can also backup the content of a DVD to iPhone, iPod, Zune and various mobile phones and portable devices. Here are some of the features of this tool, which they mention on their official site. Supports copying DVD video to hard disk, extracting audio, grabbing screenshot, cropping video size etc.Continuously update to support the latest DVD copy protections. Offers free lifetime upgrades.Rip encrypted DVDs without quality loss....

So without further ado, let’s dive straight in. The Common Features 1. Collaboration Collaboration — the central feature of any online file sharing system. Both the tools ace in the art of collaboration, however, it’s the question of how much they ace in it. Paper’s features are decent — it has the option to edit, comment and share or comment and share. The plain and simple view isn’t available, sadly....

Apple has an excellent Health app and integrates nicely with the Apple Watch series. Not only that, the company is doubling down on its efforts for fitness tracking in the upcoming products. For the Android world, there are mainly two choices — recently redesigned Google Fit or Samsung Health app, if you want to be in Samsung’s ecosystem. Both apps offer several health tracking functions and at the same time differ in numerous aspects....

Out of the many offline navigation apps available on the market, Google Maps and HERE WeGo from Nokia are two of the very best options available. But, which one out of these two is the best, we will try to find out in this post. For this, we have tested both these apps using an Android phone and have tested their online as well as offline features and we will help you decide which app you should have on your phone....

Smart Messaging Although the app is available on the Play Store, the only option you get is to register. Nothing really happens once you register, though. So, what is so special about this app that has got even leakers and writers excited? — Evan Blass (@evleaks) September 18, 2016 For one, Allo doesn’t need your Google account to identify you. It can use your phone number as your primary identification and this will allow you to see other users who are on Allo....

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....

To preview desktop, move your mouse pointer to the “show desktop” button given at the end of the taskbar. All the open windows will fade away and you will see the desktop only. You can notice the outlines of open windows on the desktop. If you want all the windows to appear again, move the mouse pointer away from the “show desktop” button. If you click on that show desktop button instead of moving your mouse over it, it minimizes all the open windows....

If you bought the Fitbit Versa 2 recently or planning to buy it, here’s how you can add and install apps and add songs on it. Let’s get straight to it, shall we? How to Install Apps to Fitbit Versa 2 Though there are not many third-party apps for Versa 2, the available ones work just fine. For instance, there’s this neat app named Ionic Water that lets you track your daily water input....

Thankfully, that’s not the end of the road. With the aid of few add-ons, you can set a timer for quizzes in Google Forms. The best part is that configuring them is easy and doesn’t take much time. The first add-on that we will be exploring is the aptly named Form Timer, while the second one is named Extended Forms. Now let’s have a quick peek at how to set up these add-ons and enable them in Google Forms....

Before we move to the steps, it’s essential to understand the difference between backup and sync. So we have covered that first. Once you get the idea of what you will do, it will be easier to implement it. Let’s get started. Backup vs. Sync for Contacts When you create a backup of contacts, a file is typically created that cannot be modified further. You need to create a separate file or update the back up if you make any changes and save them....