AirDroid has been the tool of choice for millions of users which lets you access features of your Android device directly from a connected PC. The app has an estimated user base of 10-50 million according to the Play Store data and opens up its users to malicious threats when used in an insecure network connection. The attacker can exploit the inbuilt features of the app and use them against its users....
AirDroid happens to be the go-to wireless phone-to-PC connection tool. I’m sure you must have heard about it at least once, if not more. AirDroid ran into a huge security flaw a few years back (which was fixed instantly though) but the reputation was tarnished adding oil to the fire of burning AirDroid, which seems bloated and heavy. Since then, many AirDroid users seek a reliable alternative. So if you are looking for one as well, AirMore is one of the best choices....
A Brief Overview Though the regular Echo looks like a hefty version of the Echo Dot, there isn’t much difference between the two. For one, the Echo Dot is quite similar to the Echo, sans the dedicated woofer and treble speaker for better sound output. When it comes to sound quality, the regular Echo fares better and the Dot appears to be a bit under-powered. However, it makes it up with its nifty ability to hook up to any external speakers via a 3....
Cross-Platform Availability Download Apple Music for iOS User Interface This one is important. If a user doesn’t find what he is looking for, then it can be irritating and might lead a switch to rival service. The Settings menu is at the top, which is uncomfortably weird. The three-dot menu throughout the UI uses a transparent theme that looks good to me. Apple Music is straightforward with iOS guidelines. It uses a white theme by default and supports the dark mode in iOS 13....
Does Google Hangouts Back Up My SMS’ to the Cloud? If you are using Google hangouts as your default SMS app then you may have assumed that it backs up those messages in the cloud. Sadly, it doesn’t. I found this out the hard way when I switched phones and Hangouts didn’t carry over the messages from my old phone. As Hangout merges messages and conversations of the same contact, I assumed that it was all backed up in the cloud....
On Android, there isn’t even a built-in dictionary. Google Play Books has one, but it’s restricted to the app. A few years back an app called WordLookup showed up (it hasn’t been updated since October 2013, bad sign). It was a poor hack where you needed to highlight and share the word to the app and you’d get a floating notification that would disappear in 10 seconds. Now we have a slightly better tool in the form of Power Reading: Word Snitch....
Luckily, Immersive Mode is becoming more viable. If you have a small to mid-size phone, Immersive Mode can make a big difference. For example, the readable space on my Moto G’s 4.5 inch screen with both the status bar and navigation bar visible is less than the iPhone 5’s. While most of the time that’s not a problem, when I’m catching up on RSS feed or reading in the Play Newsstand app, the extra space provided by Immersive Mode really helps....
If you find that you’re running low on Google Drive storage, you can explore several options to alleviate this problem. Outlined below are some of the best tips for gaining additional storage space and using what you already have more efficiently. Empty Your Trash Periodically When you delete files in Google Drive, they don’t initially delete forever. They get sent to the Trash where they can sit and accumulate. Over time, they add up and unnecessarily use up storage....
email filter rules that let your email client scan all incoming messages and divert them to respective folders. How simple and organized does it make your mailboxes and your tasks? Very much, right? I wish there was a Magic Folder on Windows (specifically, on its right-click Send to menu item) such that we could define rules for files and folders there. Then, if we wished to move any file or folder we would just send it to the Magic Folder and it would take it from there meaning it would move the file/folder to respective destination....
It was not just Apple’s obsession with the word “magic” that resulted in the name that this product was anointed with. The Trackpad was a revolution in many ways. It introduced some amazing gestures and enabled people to move from the old one or two-finger clicks or scrolls to using three fingers, horizontal scroll, pinching gestures for zooming in or out, and more. (image credit – kazzhx) You may also customize the Trackpad gestures and change the scroll or drag behavior in a way that suits you the best....
Consider this: Your desktop is set up for remote connections via the default RDP port. You’re at a friends house and you need access to your desktop. You would connect as usual, implicitly defining the default 3389 port. Your router at home is set up to forward these remote requests to your desktop. All is well until you need access to your laptop. The natural idea would be to define another rule in the router to forward another RDP request to the laptop....
WhatsApp might have led you to believe that SMS (or texts) is on the verge of extinction. This might be partly true in the developed world, where access to internet on your phone is almost omnipresent (these apps need internet to communicate, in case you didn’t know). But in the developing world (which is most of the world), text messaging still plays a vital role in most of cell phone users’ day to day lives....
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The Pixel-maker has released a new app to help anyone trying to easily create 3D objects easily. Called Google Blocks, the new app is available for free on the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. Google touts that the app is intuitive enough to be easily used by early developers but also at the same time can create good models that are compelling. Using the app, anyone can create the 3D objects and export them to be viewed online....
If you are facing issues with Chrome not syncing your browsing data (passwords, bookmarks, open tabs, etc.) correctly on your iOS device, don’t be alarmed. Usually, you can easily fix such a trivial issue. Let’s see what you must do for getting Chrome back to function in top shape. 1. Check Sync Settings If you are using Chrome on your iPhone or iPad for the first time, the chances are that Chrome Sync is actually turned off for certain types of browsing data....
The family of spyware has been identified by Google as Lippizan. Its code contains references to a cyber arms company, Equus Technologies. Earlier this year, Google had identified another spyware called Chrysaor and mitigated the threat. Using the same technique, Lippizan was discovered in 20 apps on Google Play Store which had been distributed to over 100 devices in a targeted manner. “Lipizzan is a multi-stage spyware product capable of monitoring and exfiltrating a user’s email, SMS messages, location, voice calls, and media,” Google stated....
But it’s been 1 and a half years since then, and with iOS 8 you can send and receive files between Macs and iOS devices as well. Apple nerds have been waiting for this feature for ages and we’re so glad that it’s here. No need to connect iOS devices to send one file, no need to use workarounds or bloated apps. But for a lot of people, AirDrop is still a mystery....
But is that all UFS 3.0 is capable of? What more is it capable of? More importantly, how does it differ from UFS 2.1? Well, that’s what we are going to find out in this post today. What Is UFS 3.0 Storage Before delving deep into UFS 3.0, let us quickly see what Universal Flash Storage (UFS) is. UFS is a flash storage solution unveiled by standards body JEDEC, and it determines how the storage chip of the phone connects and exchanges information with the rest of the system....
Although there are a number of other reasons to ditch the Facebook app like it eating into your storage and data, draining the battery and making other apps, as well as the device sluggish, privacy concerns surrounding the app, remain the most pressing. Every app requires a certain degree of permissions from the user to access either your contacts (in the case of apps like Truecaller), images (in the case of photo-sharing apps like Instagram) and the likes....
Whether you are working on the good ol’ Windows 98/XP or you have the latest beta version of Windows 8 installed, the default Windows Explorer file handling tool is usually a pain to work with. Working with the conventional tool means that there’s no option for a user to pause the ongoing file operation. Also one has to stick to the default file buffer size which tends to decrease performance on a faster processor....
