From media creation to learning new programming languages, there are courses available for every aspect of the Mac. And even while most of these are paid courses, there are also quite a few great ones that you can get your hands on for free. So read on to find out about five great courses that will let you make the most out of your Mac at no cost whatsoever for you....

Although Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg had criticized the entire idea of ‘fake news on Facebook’ when they started drawing flak from various groups, the company started testing its fake news tool in Germany before the Deutsch elections in August 2017. Now, Facebook is sharing a report of the 3,000 ads by Russian-run agencies that ran between 2015 and 2017 with the Congressional investigators. “We are sharing these ads with Congress because we want to do our part to help investigators gain a deeper understanding of Russian interference in the US political system and explain those activities to the public,” said Joel Kaplan, VP Global Public Policy, Facebook....

If you have to listen to songs or watch videos, you’ll have to depend on the built-in speakers, or you’ll have to use your old pair of earphones. Thankfully, the Xiaomi Poco F1 features Bluetooth 5.0 and retains the 3.5mm headphone jack. Yes, you can connect both wireless and wired earphones. While wired earphones are usually the first choice for most of us, let me tell you that wireless earphones have a charm of their own....

Many companies let you get creative with your earbuds’ case. You can announce your love for superheroes and cartoon characters with these cases. Or, if you can wish to go the ‘formal’ way, you can slap a plain case. Both these types of cases will preserve the looks of the charging case and ease the impact of falls and drops at the same time. Most of the protective cases for the Samsung Galaxy Buds Plus are inexpensive and affordable....

Plus, you get other advantages like auto-unlock, door sense, and temporary key-code generation. So, if you are in the market looking for quality smart door locks with handles, here are our top recommendations. But first, Take a look at these cool outdoor smart lightsSmarten up dumb plugs with these affordable smart plugs 1. Sifely Smart Lock The Sifely Smart Lock brings home a nifty set of features like auto-lock and keycode access....

Sports bands for the Apple Watch helps prevent just that. These bands are either made of silicone or nylon and prevent sweat from collecting between the strap and your skin. More importantly, they are comfortable to wear, and the ample adjustment holes in these sports straps give you the flexibility to adjust the strap as per your comfort. We have curated a list of the best performing sports band for your new Apple Watch Series 6 smartwatch in this post....

As is the tradition each month, here we are again with a fresh batch of exciting new Android games for July 2018. So, without further ado, let’s check out these games. 1. Westworld Remember the HBO series Westworld, where guest interact with robots? Well, the Westworld game is the Android rendition of the same series. There are tons of robots with varying intelligence and skills. Your task as a trainee is to manage the park, upgrade the robots, and play God....

multiple user accounts created on their machine. While some just have an additional Guest account , there are others who keep different accounts for different types of tasks (the workspace concept). And then, there is the ‘helpless lot’ who have to share their computers with family members and hence having another user account becomes a necessity. What we want to explore today are the ways to quickly switch between user accounts on Windows, when the need arises....

Now that it’s officially launched, we went over it and here are few of the incredible features of the Xiaomi Mi A1 that are worth talking about. 1. Flagship Dual Camera The Mi A1 is the first dual camera offering from Xiaomi in the sub-Rs 20000 price range. The 12-megapixel wide angle lens is paired with a telephoto lens. The marriage of two lenses will result in pictures with blurred background, aka the Bokeh effect and is touted to rival the best in the industry....

That could mean two things. Either the search bar is not active or there is an error. In either case, it’s a chore to search anything without the search bar clearly visible to you. That’s why we will explore both the situations and figure out which of the suggested solutions work for you. Let’s begin. 1. Windows Search Keyboard Shortcut The search bar takes up a lot of space in the Taskbar, and some people don’t like it....

Right from the secretive space invader to the hair-raising fight sequences the sequel to the LEGO movie does look like a mind-boggling action-packed adventure. Not to forget the introduction of cool new characters. The LEGO Movie 2 will take place five years after the events of its predecessor. In this one, we will see Bricksburg turned into a post-apocalyptic wasteland. That’s the opening scene of the first trailer. So, if you are someone who gets excited by the slightest mention of LEGO characters, we have put together some of the coolest LEGO Movie 2 wallpapers in HD....

Windows 10 packs many built-in tools to let its users receive files from other devices wirelessly. Bluetooth is a great example. It’s not the fastest file transfer protocol on a Windows computer, but it gets the job done. And also lets you connect Bluetooth speakers and headphones. However, there are times when Bluetooth doesn’t work on Windows 10. Some Windows users have reported cases where they were unable to receive files from other Bluetooth-enabled devices....

Priced at a little lower than $50, these speakers can raise your productivity with their wide range of built-in features and add-ons. Plus, don’t forget their hassle-free participation (read, streaming online songs) in a party. So, it’s only natural that we pit both the smart speakers against each other and see which one wins the crown for the best budget speaker. Design: Rounded Edge vs Sharp Edge Apart from that, it has a distinctive LED status ring, which lights up in shades of blue when you trigger it....

Whenever I have to go for long car rides, which is frequent these days, I bring along the much larger Anker PowerCore 20100. But the Fusion 5000 is so flexible, lightweight and convenient, it very well could be my new travel companion. PowerCore Fusion’s Versatile Design The power accessory is a 2-in-1 portable charger and wall charger. The wall charger flips out from the battery pack similar to a Mac power adapter (actually, it’s about identical in size to one too....

Speaking of OEMs, both OnePlus and ASUS are battling the flagship killer market at a $600-$800 price tag. OnePlus has OnePlus 8/8T/8 Pro on the shelves while ASUS is swinging the sword with Zenfone 7/7 Pro. As for software experience, OnePlus is making headlines with a redesigned one-handed approach with OxygenOS 11 while ASUS is sticking with closer to Android UI/UX with a handful and useful add-ons. In this post, we are going to compare the ASUS ZenUI to the Oxygen OS....

Here are some of the reasons for trying out this software. You buy an assembled PC and want to check if it has the configuration and software as promised by the vendor.You need to know all about the software registration details of your PC.To know about virus protection status and Windows security details.To know the key of software you are using (it is useful when you miss the original CD of software or OS)....

I decided to activate the Guest account for all of them and protected the administrator’s account with a password. Though enabling guest account helped in drawing a line between browser preferences, history and bookmarks, all my files, especially the ones in a separate partition, were still accessible to everyone using the computer. The only option left for me was to limit the access to private folders from all the users logging in using the Guest account....

Though I totally agree with the fact that limiting the photo uploads to a smartphone is a great idea, I don’t see the point of depriving the official homepage with other features like viewing Instagram feeds, profile management, follow/unfollow users, dropping a comment and other managerial works one can perform on Instagram for smartphone. After all, it’s the billion-dollar company we are talking about. Though the Instagram apps for iPhone and Android let you control every gamut but when shooting and uploading a pic is not a concern, I would prefer to work on a 15” screen driven by 105 keys rather on a 4” inch capacitive display....

The application not only connects flawlessly to a computer running Windows operating system, but you can also use Android accelerometer to control computer games’ in-game elements. Yes I am serious! You can control your car while racing just by tilting your phone left or right. The app also provides additional features like file explorer, touch pad control, PowerPoint presentation mode, etc. But for the post, we will be concentrating on just the joystick feature....

Switchr puts your uploaded audio files through a three step conversion process. The online application supports WAV, MP3, AAC, AIF, AU, FLAC, OGG, M4A, WMA and iPhone ringtone file formats. Switchr is game for the job if the file size is within 100 MB. That, I think is sufficient for more than enough for any conversion job. If you have a file that needs to be converted from its original format, here’s how you go about it....