While some people find geeky solutions, others spend time wondering the practicality of their devices. In such scenarios it becomes very important to a have a media converter that not only supports conversion in all possible ways but is also easy to understand for a common guy. Real Player Converter is the perfect thing to have on board for such tasks. It portrays an easy to use GUI which an average user should find useful....

However, after installing the app, every time I launched it, the phone used to reboot automatically. After checking the comments on the Play Store, I noticed that I was not the only one facing such issues. The app crashed on most of the devices and the pro version which used to allow users to change the file sound was also removed. The last update on the app was on November 24, 2013 so I don’t think it’s in development now....

Firefox can be customized . I mean there is nothing in the browser that cannot be changed or modified according to a user’s requirement and comfort. While at the functional end about:config preferences can be tweaked to achieve almost anything, on the aesthetic front we have CSS components that can be defined to modify the appearance of the interface . We will consider Firefox’s orange button that is placed of the top left of the browser and see how its look and feel can be amended....

see new and amazing places with my friends. And these days, with so many cameras (or phones with cameras rather) around , one hardly needs to worry about having the moments captured. The problem however is collecting those pictures and making sure that you don’t miss a good one owing to your slackly friends. If you are asking everyone to email you the photos, or you go to them with a USB drive, you know you are doing it wrong....

Video calling usage is on the rise. Nearly every company and other folks are on Zoom, Microsoft Teams, or Google Meet. Like the GuidingTech team, if you or your company prefer Google Meet, you can spruce up the extensions experience. Google Meet Chromium extensions allow users to add Whiteboard, create an attendance report, and many more functions without breaking a sweat. If you frequently take paid Google Meet webinars or host meetups with a large group of folks, you can use a Google Meet extension to create an attendance report in Google Sheets....

Boon for the fact that you can easily visually connect with any past searches and reference them at a later point in time. But if you are concerned about your privacy, thankfully, this feature can be easily removed. So, let’s get started and see how to disable and remove Google recent history screenshots from the Google app. How to Access Google Recents? The Google Recents can be easily accessed through the third tab of the Google App....

It’s supposedly built to help you discover new content across Facebook that might be of use to you. I mean, that’s what Facebook figured. But it’s clear that it’s just another way to make you spend more time on the social network. It’s not that we don’t scroll through our newsfeed endlessly, so we didn’t really need a special prompt to remind us of the same. The company automatically assumed that users would want this feature and so they have forced it upon us....

The trimmer part, as the name suggests, works as an audio/video cutter. It indeed brings in a sleek and simple interface to help you do just that in a minimum number of clicks. Here’s what you need to do. Step 1: After downloading and installing Real Player, search for real on the Start Menu. Click on Real Player Trimmer to launch the interface. Step2: Either drag and drop an audio/video file or use the Open button to browse for files on the explorer....

The DVDs are usually DRM-protected/encrypted and don’t allow you to rip stuff from them easily. And a lot of times it happens that you can’t play the movie properly, even when you thought you had it copied. To rip such DVDs to your computer there is a free software called DVDSmith Movie backup which can remove any encryption or copy protection (CSS, RC, RCE, APS, UOPs and Sony ARccOS) from DVDs....

Thanks to a handful of customization features, things can be even better. If you love reading for extended periods, then consider yourself lucky. Google News for iOS brings a built-in dark theme to the table that seamlessly works throughout the app. Well, mostly, but you can take matters into your own hands for the odd news article that doesn’t function alongside the theme. So, let’s see how you can go about enabling dark mode for Google News and then go through several other tips for a much-improved experience....

Now though I have moved on to Spotify, I still find myself using the Last.fm scrobbler. But unlike the above two, I don’t need to use an additional tool to scrobble the music. The Last.fm scrobbler comes integrated with both the desktop and the smartphone app of Spotify. So let’s see how we can use this feature. On Spotify for Desktop Open Spotify Preferences from Edit ->Preferences. From here you can control almost every aspect of Spotify....

But this option is not activated by default in Windows Vista. In some versions of Windows 7, like the Ultimate version, once may find it enabled by default. In any case, manually enabling this option isn’t difficult if you don’t mind going through an extra step while signing in to your PC. This guide will tell you how to enable or disable this option in Windows Vista and Windows 7....

Chrome thankfully sports the ability to export your passwords into the CSV file format. Not only can you do that on desktop, but you can grab a CSV copy on the mobile versions (Android and iOS) of Chrome as well. And if you’ve used Chrome Sync to back up and sync your passwords, you can also use Google’s Password Manager web portal (via any web browser) to download them in the CSV format....

Similarly, you must have seen pictures where the text is filled with images. Yes, the text doesn’t have a boring color, instead it uses an image or multiple images as its background. We are talking about see-through text. If you have been looking to create an image like that, you have come to the right place. Today we will help you create images filled with text using GIMP. Let’s begin....

Sometimes, though, you may run into trouble getting the App Library to open or work properly. If that happens, then here are several tips and fixes that should help you get it up and running again. Upgrade/Update iOS 14 Do you find it impossible to access the App Library? The feature is only available starting iOS 14. If you’ve yet to upgrade your iPhone from iOS 13 or earlier, go to Settings > General > Software Update and install the latest system software upgrade for the iPhone....

That can be frustrating seeing how the average Android users are not even aware of third-party app marketplaces, and most of them are riddled with malware and viruses. While the Google Play Store is not exactly free from these issues itself, it is still the safest option. How to fix it? Let’s begin. 1. Update and Reboot When it comes to Android updates, the adoption rate is not really spectacular....

A few apps like Instagram go awry while you try to log in, all thanks to the pro-active nature of the Google Smart Lock. Usually, the Google Smart Lock for Passwords feature is a blessing in disguise, especially if you don’t use password managers. The ease with which it remembers multiple passwords makes transitioning into new devices and systems a seamless affair. However, not all apps can handle the Smart Lock the way it should....

But just like with File Explorer’s dark mode functionality that was introduced last year, the Light theme has its fair share of problems. At times, it either won’t show up at all or will only render partially. However, there are a handful of fixes that you can try out in cases where the Light theme doesn’t work. So without any further ado, let’s get started. Update Windows 10 The very first thing that you must do is to find out if your PC has the latest Windows 10 feature update installed....

Basically, even if you tried checking for updates manually, it would get stuck on ‘Checking for updates’ screen. Further observation revealed that svchost.exe process under Task Manager was consuming a lot of memory, which resulted in the issue with the fan. You might have noticed the same issue with Windows Update in a different manner. It’s important to fix the problem as it hampers other programs too. In this post, you will find solutions to fix ‘checking for updates’ issue on Windows 10....

Companies like Google and Apple have been offering an extra layer of protection to secure your account. One can add a mobile number verification, use their Android phone to verify the account or use the temporary OTP from the two-factor authentication apps. So, what exactly are these apps? How do they work? Let’s talk about them first. Almost every popular service lets you set up the two-factor authentication from the settings....