But does it have what it takes to replace iCloud on the iPhone? Let me share my experience, and then you can decide for yourself. Availability Free Storage Pricing Tiers For example, the base storage tier of 100GB starts at $1.99/month, compared to $0.99/month for 50GB of iCloud storage. In other words, it’s twice the amount of storage for the same price. Supported Formats On the iPhone, photos and videos that you shoot are saved in the HEIF and HEVC formats by default....

However, do you know there are ways you can enhance the functionality or the features that the VLC player has to offer? Yes, you can do that by adding extensions or add-ons to your player. These extensions are also available for free and they open up a whole new world of functionality for the users and we are today talking about some very useful extensions any die-hard fan of VLC player must install....

The Music Controller extension allows you to control all the music playing in your browser from a single point. As the name says, the extension senses the music that’s playing in your tabs, and it gives you a controller pop-up to control the playback of the song. Music Controller works with YouTube, Pandora, Grooveshark, Google Music, Rdio, & MOG. I tried Music Controller on the services. There are some country restrictions of course, but I managed to get it to play Grooveshark and Pandora without a hitch....

Due to these features, ISO files are generally compressed in UIF format. Now if you want to decompress it then you can use a software known as Magic ISO Maker. It is very effective and can quickly decompress a UIF file. Here is a guide to decompress (or convert) any UIF file to ISO. Open Magic ISO Maker. Now go to Tools-> Decompress UIF Image. Check the screenshot given below....

automation apps for Android using which we could easily create trigger based automated tasks. These tasks would get executed automatically depending upon the time or user location . But let’s face it, these triggers don’t usually work accurately, especially the location based ones. I have frequently found the apps not detecting my location and hence not initiating the triggers. Now that most of the modern day Android phones come with NFC readers, I was looking for an app that could use the NFC technology and create automated actions based on NFC triggers....

Here are some highlights from the video. Of course, Bill Maher is a comedian who has a daily news show, but it got me thinking about how I consume news. For years I’ve been going on and on about awesome apps and services that give me exactly what I want to read when I want to read it. But I soon realized I’ve been living in a sort of a bubble....

So if like me, you too want to get early access to these beta apps, I’ll show you how you can get it on any Android. However, one thing you must be aware of is that these beta builds might have bugs and might even crash on devices and that’s the reason they call it a test playground. So while you get all the awesomeness before everyone else, there is a chance of things going south on a few devices....

Although this kind of spread of malware isn’t a new phenomenon as most of the Facebook users might be aware of such spam messages and posts, which have been doing rounds on the social network for quite a few years now, Facebook worked quite hard to put a stop to this. But similar instances of bulk messaging malware have surfaced on the social media platform yet again. According to the security researchers, the attackers had found the Facebook Query Language (FQL) bug which was disabled a year ago but not completely....

Google, despite its deep roots in Android, makes some of the best third-party alternatives to the iPhone’s native apps and services — Chrome, Google Photos, Google Calendar, and more. And Google Duo falls squarely into that camp. But is it good enough to replace FaceTime? After using Google Duo on the iPhone for the past few weeks, here’s what I think. FaceTime — iOS Integration FaceTime is designed for the iPhone....

Go to the official website to download the software. Before downloading you are required to give your name and email ID so that they can send you a registration key. That’s it. It’s a freeware so no other costs. After getting the email, click on the link and download the software on your PC. Now run it. You will get the interface as shown in the screenshot below. You can see on the left pane there are various categories....

Mozilla developer Fabrice Desré thought that Firefox OS didn’t get the correct exposure among the users and came up with a solution as an attempt to fix that. He cooked up an easy-to-use APK file that can be installed by any end-user on Android to get the hang of Firefox OS. It’s as easy as it can get so let’s go on a test drive. Installing Firefox OS We’ll be sideloading a 64 MB APK to the phone....

For what I can understand, the step was taken to streamline the searches but I just don’t understand how! If I am not wrong, most of us have the habit of using Google as our default browser’s homepage and decorate it with a custom background image. If the chatter on the forums is anything to go by, a huge number of users are going to miss the Google custom background feature big time....

You can start with flight search from the Google search page itself. Put in a query and you will see the Flights link on the left of the page. That takes you into the dedicated Google Flights page. Of course you can directly reach there too by entering the URL. The various options available are pretty self-explanatory. You can make most of them out from the screenshot below. But to catch just the right flight and also save money in the process, you have to tinker around with the filters available on Google Flights Search....

Apple has learned to remedy this problem with their similarly designed “S” releases by adding a new color. The iPhone 5s added gold and the iPhone 6s added rose gold. Since the iPhone 7 is the first iPhone that keeps the same design for a third year in a row, Apple threw in two new colors: black and jet black. If you look around the Internet, you won’t find very many complaints about the similar design....

Presentations are boring without an audio clip. You would want to make the perfect impression on your boss, investors, or teachers in the classroom with relevant and informative audio clips on Slides. Getting curious about how to add audio to your Google Slides presentation? Read on to learn how to that on Google Slides desktop. Google Slides Desktop First, we would advise you to start your Google Slides presentation with one of the built-in templates....

Skype live ID, in simple terms, is your unique username on Skype. It is referred as Skype Name by Microsoft. You will find it in the settings using Skype Name only. So, it’s nothing different or strange that needs different steps. That is, you can add contacts using live ID on Skype by following the same steps as you would do for an email address or a phone number. Don’t worry if you aren’t familiar with that....

With TextExpander (Mac, iOS), just set up a snippet abbreviation, the text, and you’re done. Today we’ll look at how to set up snippet groups, create snippets and sync them with Dropbox. Not only will they be securely backed up, you’ll also be able to sync snippets between different devices running TextExpander. How To Create Groups and Snippets On iOS or Mac app On the iOS app, go to the Groups tab and tap the + in the bottom right corner and give the group a name....

On the day of the event, by any chance if I am running late, I notify the members about it. Oh forget it, I am sure you must be knowing how these things go. Everything is just so manual and non-effective. We have only moved from pen and diaries to apps and emails, but the whole process is still the same. Well, Kono is an app that aims to change things when it comes to scheduling events, meetups, corporate business lunches or even if you just want to hang out with friends....

Thankfully, you can change the background and remove objects of photos in Snapseed. While most of us usually use Snapseed to enhance the overall look of the image, what’s surprising is that we can use the same tools to change the background. Though it’s a time-taking process and requires a bit of patience, the end results are worth it. Ready? So, here are the necessary steps. 1. Play with the Exposure of the Image Step 1: Give the Image a Makeover Before we get started on changing or removing the background using Snapseed, give the image a makeover by adding a filter....

If you go with Always, you will not be asked again. When you are familiar with the app, and you want it to be your default app, tapping Always comes handy. But sometimes, we accidentally tap Always which results in opening the file in the wrong app. What if the app can no longer support those files or keeps crashing? The same happened with a friend of mine a few days back with the PDF files....