But what are they all about? How have they changed from the Nexuses? Let’s dig in. The Nexus Wasn’t a Google Phone The entire idea behind launching Nexus was to give the users an experience of what an Android experience on a phone would be like, as imagined by Google. The Android OS has (and probably will always) been an open source OS which phone makers can modify to their liking....
Popular social networking services like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr and many more are already banned by the Great Firewall of China and WhatsApp might soon join the list. The crackdown on VPN services on the Apple app store confirms that the government is looking to control how their citizens use the internet. Following the new cyber security law implemented last month, the government has been on a spree to stop services that they can not really control....
Hiding the keyboard just took the tap of a button, but what’s annoying was that it popped up every time I touched the screen to move the cursor. It only took one or two such irritating occurrences to get me pull up my sleeves and start looking for a solution. As you’d expect, I found it, not one but two solutions to this annoyance. Here we go. 1. Null Keyboard The easiest solution to the above problem is an Android app called Null Keyboard....
If you use Gmail, there’s another way to access your email offline and that too in your browser (apart from accessing it through a desktop email client that is). Gmail provides an “Offline” option that uses Google Gears to download email to your computer and keep it in sync with Gmail’s servers. This article will talk about both the methods of using Gmail when you are offline – through Gmail’s built-in offline option and through a desktop email client that uses POP or IMAP....
Don’t you wish you could do simple things a bit differently? For instance, Instagram doesn’t allow you to add moving text to stories and posts. Also, you will need to use multiple font apps to improvise the text. Bummer! Don’t worry. The Play Store has plenty of apps in a variety of flavors, and some of them let you add moving text in Instagram stories and photos just as easily....
Macs have a lot of unique applications out of the box. One of these is called Dashboard, which is an application that basically goes over your desktop and displays widgets. These widgets can serve all kinds of purposes, from being a useful and convenient, quick calculator to a widget that displays The Simpsons quotes (known as HomerQuotes, now discontinued). By default, there are only four widgets that appear on your Dashboard....
To begin with, you would obviously need to create another Gmail account, preferably with a different password (common sense, I know). We’ll use Gmail’s Mail Fetcher to backup emails from the primary Gmail account. This method can also be used to backup emails from other accounts like Hotmail and Yahoo, but you need to ensure that they support POP access. Here are the steps. First, go to Settings (on the top right) in your main Gmail account and click on Forwarding and POP/IMAP....
Subtitles have many benefits. They come handy when you aren’t familiar with the language in the video. They also prove beneficial if you have difficulty in understanding the accent. Lastly, if someone has hearing difficulties, captions will come to the rescue. All those advantages wouldn’t make any sense if a person cannot read the subtitles properly. In this post, we will tell you how to customize the color and other aspects of captions for YouTube on Android, iOS, and PC....
These links are called mailto: hyperlinks and automatically open your default mail client’s compose window for you. If you wish to change the default client for Firefox or for Internet Explorer, this article will show you how you can get that done. It’s actually better to have your preferred email service as the default email client for better email productivity. In another post, we will talk about a tool that can do that easily for you....
Changing the time and region on your Mac might not be on the same list as sorting out your visa, opening a bank account, and finding a house when moving to a new country. But it’s a good idea to make it one of your lower priorities, at least. In this article, we’ll walk you through how to change the time zone and region on your Mac. How to Change Your Mac Region Like changing the language on your computer, switching up the time zone on your Mac doesn’t take much effort....
To check the compatibility of hardware and device drivers Microsoft provides a tool known as Windows 7 upgrade advisor. This tool scans your system and tells you which version of Windows 7 will be fit for your system. It also informs you about all the required updates for hardware and software so that the system is ready to run the latest operating system. Here are the steps to do it....
SmartClose is a nifty tool that closes all the programs and takes a snapshot of them while doing it, so that you can restore all of them anytime. It can also be useful when you install a new program on your computer and it asks for system restart. There are various options present in the settings panel. There are a total of four tabs. Select the appropriate options. How to close all programs while creating a system snapshot Download and install SmartClose on your computer....
bookworms who swear by text and images. And then there are audiophiles who want every form of content converted to audio to grasp it better. If you are one of the latter and wished for an easy way to convert blog posts into MP3 audio then today we’ve got something that’ll please you. SoundGecko is an amazing web service that can get it done for you. It’s a text-to-audio transcribing service that converts any web-based article to MP3 audio so that you can just sit back, relax and listen to it....
What you need is a Bluetooth car adapter. This provides a medium for your car to receive a Bluetooth signal and then pass it directly through to your speakers. There are a couple of different options for the type of car adapter you might want. Wired Bluetooth Adapters Wired Bluetooth adapters stick somewhere on your dashboard, wherever you decide and generally have a few control buttons plus a built-in microphone....
On a computer, it is so easy- Ctrl + C and Ctrl + V. How about smartphones? Well, Android and iOS have their own ways. We will talk about Windows Phone 8 today. It is quick, simple and easy. You can copy any chunk of text from anywhere and paste it at another place where you are allowed to type. Note: The Windows Phone 8 device used for this post is Nokia Lumia 920....
Canva is the go-to graphics and creative option for several users who want to create digital posters, graphics, logos, and more without a hassle. Check out Canva tips and tricks to know your way around it before you start. And then read on how to create a watermark on the Canva web. Create a Watermark Using Canva on Desktop While Canva’s mobile app gets the job done, it’s the desktop version where the real action happens....
Seven years ago, we covered how to give an image a perfectly round shape using Paint. Surprisingly, things haven’t changed much. Even though Microsoft has launched an upgraded version of Paint known as Paint 3D, it also doesn’t let us crop a circular image with just a click. Fortunately, a workaround exists. The steps may look scary and long, but once you get hold of the process, it won’t take much time....
media volume of your Android device is divided in 15 steps (0 to 14). 0 is for mute and 14 is for maximum volume. Now the thing is, I always felt that 11 is too soft for me while 12 is a bit loud. It made me crave for a 12.5 or something on that scale. Customizing this setting on other platforms is probably not possible. But we are talking about Android here, and the best thing about this OS is the flexibility it offers in terms of tweaking it....
The Notification Center on Mac combines all the data from various apps and stores them in a single place. You can also add Apple’s built-in widgets or third-party ones with different sizes. You can even use Notification Center to turn on your Mac’s Do Not Disturb mode. Access Notification Center on Mac Notification Center lives on the right side of the Mac. There are two of ways to access it easily on Mac....
XKit has over 40 mini-extensions available that will enhance your Tumblr account: adding dashboard themes, reblogging yourself, blacklists, soft refreshing, auto tagging and more. It’s super easy to get started with XKit, which is available to Chrome, Firefox and Opera users. Note: XKit is also available for Safari, but the developer does not provide support for this version. Installing XKit To install XKit, make sure you’re running Chrome, Firefox or Opera....
