Android being an open source project, relies heavily on the fact that OEMs can not only tweak their Operating System but also enhance it further by adding more awesomeness to it. Remember features like Wi-Fi Hotspot, USB OTG and even a fingerprint scanner were not in-built to Android from the beginning. These came about being a part of Android only after one or the other OEM successfully implemented it in one (or several) of their products....

While MIUI 9 is loaded with cool features such as a hidden Game booster mode, many users are facing battery drain issue on their Redmi devices after updating to MIUI 9. If you are also among these people, don’t worry. With these 10 tips and fixes, you can resolve battery drain problem on your phone. 1. Update Your Phone and All Apps The first step to solve the battery drain issue on your MIUI 9 powered Redmi devices is to check whether a software update is available....

Being a tech website, we thought why not explore the options (read apps and web tools) that could come in handy for every train traveller in India that has a smartphone. So we started off with listing the challenges, right from the time we start looking for a train ticket to the point when we reach our destination, and then we searched for apps and websites that help in making these processes easier....

In this post today, we have handpicked 13 of the best Car (high-definition) HD Wallpapers to adorn your screens. Most of the cars include the usual suspects from Germany and Italy. Hope you enjoy them! The elegant car lights in the last one compelled me to make it my current wallpaper. Which one do you think will become yours? See Next: Is Apple Serious About Making Cars? Their Interest in Car Companies: Explained The above article may contain affiliate links which help support Guiding Tech....

The two apps listed here will enable you to browse your entire clipboard history (everything you copied on your Android phone) and quickly go back to things you copied 2 or 3 steps before. Clipper Clipper is an old school Android app with straightforward functionality. After enabling the app, everything you copy will be stored in Clipper. The app lets you browse all your past clippings in one scrolling interface....

I am a regular reader of Wikipedia and usually refer to it whenever I am researching for a project or trying to dig into something to satiate my needless curiosity. Like me, if you too are a Wiki-holic then I would like to introduce you to two wonderful extensions for Google Chrome that ease up my Wikipedia browsing with all their smart features. Wikipedia Companion Wikipedia companion, as the name suggests, accompanies you in your research by letting you access Wikipedia in a mini browser within Chrome, no matter which page you are on....

There are a lot of services which offers cloud encryption of files on services like Dropbox and OneDrive. But most of them are complicated and come with a price tag. In our strive to bring you the best, here are two services that are free, cover major desktop and mobile platforms and are easy to use. Windows Drive Encryption? This is how how you can go about it using Truecrypt....

Libraries feature of Windows 7 . We also talked about a software to help you manage the Windows Libraries . Now, there is one thing I really love about it and that’s the customized icons that it shows for the special folders in it (Documents, Music, Pictures and Videos). It gives a glimpse of what is stored within. I also have the habit of maintaining my computer drives in a similar fashion....

If you are like me who watches videos on YouTube quite often and uses Chrome to do that then these 3 add-ons should get you excited. Video Controller As the name speaks, Video Controller extension for Chrome lets you control your YouTube video right from the extension bar. You can play/pause, change tracks, adjust volume and replay the tracks. Though the plugin is not useful when you are viewing videos on YouTube one after another, it works as a great music controller for YouTube music videos....

Read on to find our recommendations for the best webcams with privacy shutters. But before that, Thinking of getting a peephole camera on your door? Here are the best smart peephole cameras Should you use a free VPN at home? 1. NexiGo AutoFocus 1080p Webcam It’s an HD camera and manages to capture decent videos and images. Several users back this claim in their review. Setup and installation are simple since it involves a plug-and-play operation....

So if you are into video editing or creation and love to film video clips here and there with your iPhone, read along to learn about three neat, free iPhone apps that you can use to create and edit your own movies. Magisto When it comes to useful additional features, Magisto is definitely ahead of any other video editing app. The app’s sharing and privacy options are quite robust, allowing you to share in different ways and to keep private any video, even letting you share it with specific users of your choice....

But whether you are familiar with Photoshop or not, the app sports such a wide range of features that it’s easy to perform some pretty awesome edits without having to be a Photoshop expert. And these are exactly the kind of features that we’ll show you in this entry. Let’s get started. 1. Advanced Color Picker When you are working with an image, sometimes you want to know about its colors in greater detail....

grab everyone’s attention . Now, what do you do under such circumstances? If I am correct, you create hidden slides to highlight certain portions of a slide and bring them up as zoomed in slides of specific portions. Many people choose to use zoomed animations. Somehow, this does not appeal to me because it takes a lot of time and effort. So, I rely on dynamic zooming. I zoom in and zoom out the slides while the presentation is on....

One of the primary advantages of home security cameras with local storage is that they do not run the risk of not recording when the Wi-Fi connection is disconnected. So, if you want to get your hands on some quality home security cameras with local storage options, here are our recommendations. Note Security cameras with local storage also have the risk of losing recordings if someone steals the camera itself or disconnects it from the power line....

Google Slides comes with a border tool of its own. But the options are limited. In this post, we have covered the native border tool and other methods to add a border around images in Google Slides. You can have both simple and decorative backgrounds. Let’s check the various methods. Note: The steps are shown for a computer but the same methods can be used on Android and iOS as well....

Turns out there is no way to do that without the help of an external app. Fortunately, I had an internet connection so I downloaded a simple app for the purpose and handed over the drive knowing my personal stuff was safe. But what if you’re stuck in a similar situation without access to the internet? There is popular script floating around the internet which makes it look like you’re actually locking a folder, but in reality, it just hides-unhides the folder and is not an effective method at all....

Apple introduced several new features in the 9.7-inch iPad Pro that it didn’t yet add to the 12.9-inch iPad Pro. It’s possible that they’ll make their way into the larger iPad eventually, but for now, they actually give the 9.7-inch model a few noticeable advantages. Better Display and Cover Glass The 9.7-inch iPad Pro has a better display pretty much across the board except by the metric of sheer size, if you even count bigger as better....

The world of apps has taken over this festival as well and there are a plethora of apps on Google Play Store that can truly enhance your Diwali experience. We, at Guiding Tech, have sifted through such apps and made a list with some of the best ones. 1. Greeting Card App Being at the receiving end of hundreds of WhatsApp greeting cards can be annoying. But then, what are the WhatsApp cleaning apps for?...

Apart from the length of the cable, its build quality is also important. After all, you don’t want keep changing cables to use in the car. So, if you are looking for durable Lightning cables to connect your iPhone to use with CarPlay, here are our top recommendations. First, Take a look at these cool wireless car phone chargersTrack your car like a pro with these dashcams with GPS tracking...

Today, we turn the internet on your face. It’s avoiding important things that gets us into messy situation. Sometimes, we have to pull up that tie (or pull down that skirt) and get to work. And if that means never ever ever missing a call from anyone, so be it. Side note: This might be a good time to add some of the annoying telemarketers to the blacklist. Ok, back to work....