So why couldn’t Apple sustain the legacy of Steve Jobs? Was it all about him, his ideas and his stubbornness for innovation that made Apple the most successful tech company in our age? Let’s explore. The End of Simplicity If you still haven’t seen the new MacBook Pro, here’s the lowdown. The Apple logo on the back is not backlit, there are 4 USB-C ports and absolutely no SC card slots or thunderbolt ports....

Looking at this from the content creator’s perspective, that’s a lot of stuff. Stuff that fans are probably going to forget. Stuff that you’re probably going to recycle (as it is with anything on the internet). In times like these, keeping a log of all the things you posted to Facebook can come in handy. Now of course, you can do this the old fashioned way: manually copy the picture you uploaded to a folder on your local drive or Dropbox/Google Drive....

Without doubt these tools excel in what they do, but today I will talk about a freeware that combines the power of all the three aforementioned applications under a single roof. It’s called FreeApps and it gives you an enormous amount of control over your programs. So let’s see what FreeApps can do for your computer. Batch Installing Programs With FreeApps When you visit the Windows homepage of FreeApps, you’ll see a list of many popular Windows freeware along with a checkbox against them....

Running an old or buggy Instagram app version, an outdated or incompatible operating system, oe Instagram server issues are some of the factors responsible for the social network’s app crashing on your iPhone. We have figured out a few methods below to get your Instagram back to normal. 1. Close Other Apps If your iPhone’s Instagram app keeps crashing after opening it, that could happen because your device’s RAM might be falling short on keeping all the open apps running....

Best of Guiding Tech in Feb, 2012 Understanding Google Alerts and 7 Interesting Ways to Use It A great guide on Google Alerts, how to set them up and how to use them creatively. 3 Awesome Add-ons to Watch and Manage YouTube Videos From Chrome Toolbar Chrome add-ons for those who tend to visit YouTube every 30 mins or so. 4 Incredibly Easy Ways to Share Internet From Windows PC 4 quick and ways to share the Internet from your Windows computer....

Calm has been around for past few years and has a loyal userbase. Meanwhile, Waking Up arrived recently and continues to climb the popularity charts. Let’s understand how these two meditation apps differ and which one you should use. Let’s begin. Platform Availability Both Calm and Waking Up are supported on Android and iOS. Neither of them has any app for the desktops. Get Calm Get Waking Up User Interface Calm will ask you to choose your purpose for meditating before continuing with the lessons....

This is why I love Shazam (just remember to turn off notifications in iOS, they’ve gotten really click-baity recently). Doesn’t matter what kind of music I point it towards, Shazam identifies it all. It can be purely instrumental music playing in an Italian cafe, or a Bollywood song on the top of a busy street in Delhi. Weirdly enough, none of it’s a problem for Shazam. Shazam introduced me to Angus & Julia Stone after all....

What are disk partitions in Windows According to Windows: In simple terms, if your hard disk is a bookshelf then partitions are different shelves on it which store data. Why you should create partitions Managing all the data on that single available partition or the C drive isn’t prudent because C drive contains all the important Windows and programs folders. So if anything corrupts the OS then that would jeopardize your data too....

But with new advances come new predicaments. Now the dilemma is whether to go with regular old hard drives or the new, faster, more reliable solid state drives. Everyone knows SSDs are better, but how much better? And are they worth the cost? Read on to find out. Related : While we’re talking about hard drives, learn how you can permanently delete data from a hard drive, how to monitor hardware health, and how to create a hidden partition....

After exploring the market settings for a few minutes, I managed to cease it. So if you too are looking for a way to disable the auto-shortcut creation of newly installed Android apps, read on. Disabling Auto Shortcut Creation Open Android Play Store on your device and select Settings from the menu. On the Play Store settings, search for the option Auto-add widgets. If the option is checked and enabled, shortcut of every new app will be added to your home screen after they are installed, as long as there’s space for it....

But from what I have noticed, the internal tool to rollback creates more issues than fixing them. Programs fail to launch, shortcuts go missing, system files and drivers don’t work and much more. You are left hanging on a bridge where neither end looks promising. But don’t worry, we’ve got you covered if you haven’t upgraded to Windows 10 yet. Using Macrium Reflect you can capture the image of your Windows system drive and if you don’t like the Windows 10 update, you can restore to the said image....

So what does one use? Sure, there are many options such as Google Keep, One Note, Nimbus Note, etc. But what if one is looking for something different? Here we have Simplenote. Simplenote could be the Evernote alternative that you are looking for. Without any further ado, let’s compare them and see how they fare against each other. Design and Themes The home screen of both the apps is quite similar....

Why Will it Work It’s often hard to find like-minded people in your area of interest. Facebook Groups were launched with the aim to connect with such people and sharing ideas, knowledge, etc. Adit Vaidya, Facebook Product Manager for Groups, explained, And it’s no small number of people who are looking for advice and suggestions. Facebook has reported that India has 155 million Monthly Active Users (MAU) with more than 77 million reported as Daily Active Users (DAU)....

But, rather than remiss the ol’ days let’s talk about 2 modern players and which one of these you should choose. Foobar2000 or MusicBee? MusicBee over Foobar2000 More Functionality There’s just way more things built into MusicBee. Not only can it manage all your audio media files, but it supports all major audio formats including MP3, AAC, M4A, MPC, OGG, FLAC, APE, Opus, TAK, WV, WMA and WAV. It can manage and create new playlists, also has the ability to make its own ‘smart’ playlists based on custom filters and also has integration for Podcasts (much like iTunes)....

Just to be clear, FreeStudio All-in-one Converter is not a conventional video audio converter which simply converts your video or audio file from one format to another; it’s a whole new concept. Confused? Don’t worry, all your doubts will be cleared by the time we conclude this post. FreeStudio All-in-one Converter is basically a single software that bundles 44 different video & audio editor, converter and downloader applications all under one umbrella....

Hence, we can only guess what the future smartphones have to offer that will easily put even the best of current models to shame. The iPhone X might be the best smartphone in the world now but there are some companies that are working hard towards making some really futuristic smartphones that will put the cherished Apple 2017 flagship to shame. No, we’re not only talking about hardware but a number of innovations also in software that make these devices way ahead of the time....

You do get heads up notifications on near stock Androids, but on ROMs like EUI, MIUI, and even TouchWiz, these options are not available. We have talked about an app called Snowball which provides you notification from all such messaging app in a chat head, but replying needs you to open up the respective app which brings you to square one. So today, I am going to talk about an all new app available on the Play Store using which you can read notifications and also reply to notifications using the comfortable chat heads (also called as chat bubble)....

Google Forms is a veteran and is often considered to be one of the best ways to create forms and collect data on the Internet. Visit Google Forms JotForm, on the other hand, is often recommended by its users who claim it to be the best Google Forms alternative. Visit JotForm Let’s see whether the claims are true and if yes, just how better JotForm really is when compared to Google Forms....

So let’s talk about the new feature as to what it is all about and how it’s gonna be useful for both, the user and the developers. What is Android Instant Apps Android Instant Apps is Android apps running on your phone without installing themselves. Basically, whenever we open up a website which needs us to install an app to continue or we get a link in our instant messaging which redirects us to a page on Play Store to install an app to view the contents, things become quite tedious....

HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) is the building block of the web. Everything from simple email to Facebook is built around HTML code. The standardized form of HTML that has been with us is version 4. But the changing nature of how we interact on the web has brought a change. (Image courtesy josef dunne) HTML5 brings improvements that enable web developers and designers better handle web applications and multimedia. Rich interactivity is the way we are taking these days and the changes introduced in HTML5 show the way....