While many just change the wallpaper in the name of personalizing, there’s a lot more to it. In this article, we will talk about six such tips that will enhance OnePlus 6T’s home screen and lock screen. 1. Get a Set of Unique Icon Packs The built-in icons of the Oxygen OS seem just fine until you stumble up different icon packs on the Play Store. From quirky neon icons to classy white icons, you can try your hands on a variety of them....

One of the main reasons why you should opt for extra lighting is that in a dim setting the camera sensor tries to compensate for the loss of light by increasing the ISO. And this often results in noisy and underwhelming picture quality. Selfie ring lights help to prevent just that. Not only can be the brightness be tweaked in these selfie lights, but they can also be clipped neatly to the top of your laptop’s screen....

The same can be said about the Google Chrome extensions as well. The famous web browser contains quite a number of apps and extensions that solve a myriad of issues from blocking ads to buying tickets. Among these Chrome extensions, exists a certain group of features that are relatively unknown but definitely worth a try. We’ve compiled a list of such lesser popular Google Chrome extensions that might be of some use to you....

In this phone, the two lenses protrude out of the body, giving it an uncommon look. However, as trendy as these lenses might look in pictures, the reality is a tad different. For one, the protruding lenses cause the Honor View 10 to rock on flat surfaces. Plus, at times, it’s hard to not see its resemblance with Minion eyes. A nifty way to get over this shortcoming is to invest in a quality case for the Honor View 10....

Honestly, the Galaxy Note8 can barely pull a 12-hour shift on a single charge. Reason? Well, apart from the huge juice-guzzling display, a chunk of it can be blamed on Samsung’s trademark Always on Display or the Quad HD+ screen resolution. Worry not! We at Guiding Tech have gone through the nooks and crannies of the phone and have rounded up the following tricks to get a longer battery life in the Samsung Galaxy Note8....

These games are still under development, so a few hiccups might be there. But no major bugs were found during our tests, so why wait, explore and install them now! Note: You might not find these games directly on Play Store and therefore please click on the links to open the respective pages and tap download. 1. ArcheAge Begins (Unreleased) ArecheAge Begins is a card based RPG game based on the PC MMORPG, ArcheAge....

So, if you have recently bought the new OnePlus 8 Pro, we have rounded up a list of accessories that you should buy to boost your OnePlus experience. 1. Wireless Earphones: OnePlus Bullets Wireless 2 And it doesn’t end there. These earphones also support aptX HD. The Bullets Wireless 2 has an impressive battery life for wireless earphones. On a single charge, they last around 14 hours on moderate volumes....

For those who want to install and run two versions of the Office suite on Windows 10, there are some pre-requisites you need to fulfill. Let’s begin. 1. Conflicts You should avoid installing multiple versions of Office on the same Windows 10 computer if you can. It will cause all sorts of problems and may or may not work. Microsoft didn’t design them to work that way. The single biggest problem will be the file association....

Before you proceed, you can check our dedicated Instagram resource page to find solutions to specific issues affecting Stories, Instagram Live, IGTV, and more. That page also contains a lot of useful tips and tricks to elevate and improve your Instagram experience. So now, let’s move to useful solutions for fixing Instagram on your iPhone. 1. Check Internet Connection If Instagram isn’t loading pictures, videos, or direct messages, make sure your iPhone’s internet connection is active....

From observation, this error mostly arises when you sign out of Apple ID on your Mac. Likewise, iMessage notifications may not bear contact names if there’s a problem with your MacBook’s iCloud contact synchronization. Interestingly, you really don’t need to sweat it as this glitch is easily fixable. Without wasting any more time, let’s get down to the solutions. 1. Restart Mac Although MacBooks (read: macOS) is quite stable, it is recommended that you power it off occasionally....

At the moment, the app is in beta and you need to enroll yourself as a tester to be able to download it. To get started, join the CCleaner for Android Beta page on Google+. Then, open the Google Play testing link on your browser and click on Become A Tester. Once you become a tester, click on the download link which will redirect you to the Play Store page of CCleaner....

While there are many task killers available for Android, if you have a rooted phone there’s nothing quite like the Xposed module called the Recent App Cleaner. Using the Xposed module, you can automatically kill a certain number of inactive apps and also define a kill behavior that will not impact the app and battery performance. Recent App Cleaner So let’s get started by installing the module from the Xposed framework....

The beauty of Android is that if the OEM doesn’t provide a certain app, we can always download some other app for the same thing. Be it launchers, browsers, phone apps, or even SMS clients, you can change everything on Android. A developer took it upon himself to create what he calls a ‘true iMessage competitor’ for Android. The app goes by the name Pulse. What is different in Pulse?...

On the first glance, this one has all the right features under its hood such as a waterproof design, interesting design and well, a colored lighting strip at the bottom. Another reasonably popular Bluetooth speaker is the JBL Flip 4. The successor to the popular Flip 3, this one boasts of good build quality and a waterproof design. Most importantly, it has the JBL tag attached to its name. And the best thing is that both speakers fall in the sub $100 price bracket....

Well, researchers from the Department of Food Science (FOOD) at the University of Copenhagen have been using lasers to study the makeup of crops. Ths includes those used in beer production. The information gained can be used to determine if the grain being used is good enough for the purpose it is intended for. How It Works The researchers made use of what is called a supercontinuum laser in their research....

Another great app to play offline music is BlackPlayer Music Player (quite a mouthful, isn’t it?). It is at par with GoneMAD, and thanks to its brilliant features, has a highly customizable interface. On top of that, it also supports almost all the available audio formats, including FLAC. So, in case you are torn between both the music players, we’ll make it easy for you. In this post, we pit these apps against each other and see how they stack up....

That announcement means far more to technology companies than it does to consumers, at least in the short-term. That’s because headphone makers, speaker manufacturers, and similar wireless accessory brands can start putting Bluetooth 5.0 in their products. Now that 2017 has begun, you can expect to see Bluetooth 5.0 products hit market by the end of the year or sooner. Does that mean you should hold off on buying Bluetooth products right now?...

While Apple has taken a strong stance against the data collection of users, some desire the best possible private browsing experience on iOS. And thankfully we have some Safari alternatives to choose from. Brave browser, previously known for acquiring the famous Link browser on Android, has used all the resources to build a brand-new browser focused towards privacy. Firefox also has announced a new separate browser called Firefox Focus, which aims to deliver the best private browsing experience on any smartphone....

Finally, I did find one extremely useful app. Called AppConfig, this app lets you control almost all the Android settings for each of the apps installed on your device individually. Yes, you can change the default setting of the app that governs the way it works on Android. The settings that can be configured using the app includes: Screen brightnessScreen orientationScreen timeoutVolumeMobile dataWi-FiBluetooth AppConfig for Android So let’s see how AppConfig works....

I employ a system where I make use of Evernote and a minimal note taking app and both of them work in harmony. Evernote is for the big picture stuff, for long term planning etc. The minimal app is for quickly noting things down and managing things that will be taken care of in a few days (research for an article vs research for a book for example). If you want to employ the same system or you’re just looking for a minimal note taking app that’s not overwhelming to use, read on to find the best app that suits your needs....