So whether you want to add a trove of monitors to your high-end desktop or just an external monitor to your laptop, I’ve got you covered. Best of all, you don’t need to install any extra piece of software to do any of this. Let’s get started. Adding An External Monitor To Your Laptop If you have a modern laptop you can use an HDMI cable to connect to an external monitor....

Alfred 4 is capable of taking your search experience to the next level. Those with technical backgrounds can also take advantage of the Workflow add-on to create complex automation. If you are getting confused between the Alfred 4 and the default Spotlight search, then read along to find all the differences. Using Spotlight and Alfred 4 Simultaneously Let us get this straight. You can easily use Spotlight Search and Alfred 4 side-by-side....

A better alternative exists — Drop In. It is part of Alexa communication services that instantly connects you with an Echo device to use it as a smart intercom service. You may wonder how does Drop In differ from Alexa calls, right? We will tell the difference between the two in this post. Without further ado, let’s get started. Alexa Calls vs. Drop In: The Main Battle Alexa calls are the usual two-way internet phone calls that one needs to answer using the command or the on-screen buttons (in the app) to get connected....

Since they look pretty similar by design, you might ask what’s the difference? Since the higher price on the PowerCore+ insinuates a premium product, should you splurge on it? Here’s a quick comparison between the PowerCore and PowerCore+ to aid in your shopping spree. Better Build Quality on PowerCore+ One of the primary differences between the Anker PowerCore line and the PowerCore+ is the build quality. The PowerCore+ is made with an aluminum shell that Anker calls “Apple-grade....

While you’re waiting for Siri, a new bot has entered the Mac App Store. While it can’t do everything Siri can do, Awa covers most of the basic essentials, including understanding natural language. Siri will probably come eventually, but for only $0.99, let’s see if Awa can hold her own. Claimed Features First, let’s go through all of the commands the developer claims Awa is capable of acting on. You can apparently use Awa to open applications on your Mac, go to specific websites or search the web, perform calculations, take notes, set reminders in the Reminders app and find places in Maps....

Actually, Windows assigns letters to the drive when you plug it into the computer. It may be possible that Windows was trying to assign the letter which is already assigned to some other device, and hence it caused the new drive to not show up. The best solution to this problem is to change the drive letter manually. Before assigning the drive letter you need to know this – you cannot change the drive letter of system volume or boot volume....

According to the researchers, malicious apps have the capability to exploit two permissions on the Play Store — the ‘draw on top’ and ‘accessibility service’. Users might be attacked using either one of these vulnerabilities or both of them. The attacker can clickjack, record keystrokes, steal security PIN of the device, insert adware into the device and also steam two-factor authentication tokens. “Cloak & Dagger is a new class of potential attacks affecting Android devices....

If you are a fan of vintage photography, you’ll definitely like this entry. Here we will show you how to take any conventional photo and create a professional looking black & white version using Photoshop. Let’s get started. Here is the original photo we’ll be using to illustrate this example: Naturally, you must be wondering if simply using the default black & white option in Photoshop would be enough. While it might be for some of you, in truth, the end result when using more elaborate techniques (the ones you are about to learn here) can be much more elegant and convincingly vintage....

how to customize it or get rid of it totally . Now, Windows Phone 8 comes with a similar concept. It is again as beautiful as it is on Windows 8 and lets you customize it to help you grab small pieces of information right there. Let us see what the customizable options are and how to tweak them. Note: The Windows Phone 8 device used for this post is Nokia Lumia 920....

Note: Yik Yak is available on iOS, Android What is Yik Yak? In order to begin using Yik Yak, users are only required to provide their phone number on their mobile device. They can then begin posting. Yik Yak is anonymous, in the sense that it does not record or display any personal identification. However, when signing up, users create a handle. They can choose to make posts or ‘yaks’ with or without the handle....

New to the OS is the ability to automatically sync your Mac’s Desktop and Documents folder through iCloud and to your other devices. That way, you don’t need to constantly drag and drop files you always want accessible over into iCloud Drive. Files can stay neatly where you want them instead. However, this Sierra feature needs to be separately turned on apart from the rest of iCloud Drive. Here is how to do that....

For the last few years, Nova Launcher was the go-to app for customization. Now, of course, the launchers like Action and Microsoft rise to threaten its position, but Nova still ends up edging out the competition. A new launcher called Evie is posing to be a perfect alternative to Nova for the users and enthusiasts alike. The launcher is aiming to deliver the best possible customization options without messing much in the settings....

Say Hi to the Ginger keyboard. Surely the Gboard (or rather the Google Keyboard) can handle tasks like a pro, we had actually gone ahead a made a wonderful list of all its awesome features, but the Ginger keyboard has taken multitasking to a whole new level. So, it seems only fair that we pit the Ginger Keyboard against the Gboard and see its unique features. Interactive Games Yep, you read it right, the Ginger keyboard contains five brain stimulating games like 2048, copter, a picture puzzle and my personal favorite –the evergreen Snakes....

Let’s stick to getting iOS features on Android for this post. Thanks to Android’s open ecosystem, I am able to get most of the features of the iPhone through different apps available on the Play Store, like the one with swipe gestures we recently discussed, on my Android. And today we will see how to get another cool iOS feature on Android : Customizable notifications on the lockscreen. Notify Me!...

When you hand over your password, you not only share complete access to Gmail but also all the Google services that can be accessed using it. It’s not that secretaries don’t have the access to their bosses’ email accounts, but why reveal the password when there’s an other way out? Gmail Email Delegation is the feature that comes to rescue in such scenarios. Using the feature of Gmail delegation, you can give other Gmail account holders access to some basic permissions over your account using which that person can access your inbox without knowing your password....

One of the primary reasons that Houseparty rose to fame is because of its games. Yeah, you can play multiple games with your friends while on a video call with them. And well, when it comes to Google Duo, one can safely say that over the years, it has grown to be one of the popular apps for video chats. Hence it’s only fair that we pit Google Duo against Houseparty to see which video conferencing app is more suited for your needs....

Many might assume otherwise, but Google FortuneTelling isn’t an official Google product. It’s owned by a Netherlands-based communications company called BrainMedia who came up with this Google-imitation for a social cause. “So we used a fake Google site to get your attention because apparently, you were interested in your own future. Please take a moment to think of their future,” the website reads. A clever initiative by the site’s owners who support donations to the United Nations Refugee Agency — UNHCR — the google-based design helps the website’s cause and the search engine giant hasn’t reported the site for using its logo....

We have a couple of guides on using Zoom to get the best video calling experience. You should check them out too. Google Meet (also called Google Hangouts Meet) is the advanced, premium, and paid version of Google Hangouts. Unlike Hangouts which is a standalone app designed for basic texting, voice calling, and video conference usage, Google Meet is a product included in Google’s G Suite packages for business and enterprise....

And at that time it sounded spectacular. iCloud was pitched as a service that would “just work”. You won’t need to see where the files are stored, which app saves which file etc. When you save a file in iCloud on one device, it would be synced to the compatible app on another device. There were a couple of problems with this. First, it didn’t really work. More often than not, it was unreliable....

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