The beta version of iOS 14 is available for testing on iPhones, which is a great way to explore new features. However, note that beta versions are often unstable and full of bugs that might break certain critical functions on your iPhone. As per Apple’s annual update release cycle, you can expect the iOS 14 final version to release around September. While that arrives, we take a closer look at the privacy features set to arrive for the Photos app for iPhones....

I say ‘standalone versions’ because in the past the functions of both of these productivity apps were handled by the Google Drive app. So, with this ‘separation’ one expects these apps to provide a more convenient and focused experience. However, this doesn’t seem to be the case. Let’s take a closer look at these two mobile versions of Google’s popular productivity suite and why they are not yet able to compete with similar offerings from other companies....

Microsoft was also thrilled at the response, and saw its ambitious target of having over 1 billion devices running Windows 10 by two years, fulfilling. To make sure it reached that target, it initiated a number of methods which opened flood gates to criticism, controversies and even lawsuits. So let’s see where Windows 10 is after one year. The Controversial Release Even before the release of Windows 10, there were rumblings that Microsoft is being more intrusive with Windows 10....

browser bookmarks and folder Favorites are kinda the same thing? I feel they are. Like we bookmark our favorite and frequently visited websites on our browsers, we can also pile our favorite folder locations under the Favorite section (left pane aka navigation pane ) on Windows 7. With that done, users can easily reach their important folder directories with a single click. You know how to add folders to Favorites, right?...

With Sparrow for Mac almost guaranteed to not receive further updates, Airmail, another email client has stepped up as a great and cheap alternative to Apple’s own Mail app. Let’s take a better look at it. Design and Ease of Use Available on the Mac App Store for $1.99 (a free beta is available from the developer’s website), Airmail for Mac is perhaps one of the most undervalued apps I’ve tried....

system cleaning , some that help you to batch install/uninstall apps from your device and then there are apps that help you with the RAM clean up, file management and lot more. However, today I am going to talk about an Android app called Android Assistant that will combine the features of all the above apps under a single umbrella and you will be able to perform all these tasks without switching between different apps....

Different smartphones use different apps to send and receive SMS. The most popular being the Android Messages from Google. You can also install any other SMS client from the Play Store. While there are many instant messengers out there, WhatsApp is the most popular one. It’s not necessary that the other person should also use Android Messages to receive the SMS sent to them. They could be using any SMS app....

You are in a meeting where you are not allowed to speak on the phone.You are in the noisy morning train where you cannot hear even your own voice.You are in an elevator surrounded by strangers or even worse, with your boss.You are at the movies, in the middle of your favorite film. Now, what happens if you get one call, and then another, and another, and another? And since you are not able to pick up your iPhone, the person calling you repeatedly might just keep calling and disturbing you....

That is frustrating as hell. I really wanted to try this game, and it gave up on me already. So I started looking for solutions and realized that quite a few people are facing a similar issue. While I am sure EA is working on a patch, here are some possible solutions to solve this error. 1. Run as Admin You will need administrator rights to run Apex Legends on your computer and maybe, the game doesn’t have the necessary permissions....

Before We Begin, Let’s Talk AI We now have digital assistants in our pockets, in our living rooms, in our cars and pretty much everywhere. And AI can make a more advanced version of AI. It all seems to resemble Skynet a lot. But Internet of Things (IoT) is already here, not in the distant future. We’ll see more proof of that when we get to the videos below. But, is AI really that worrisome?...

backup all your applications , Wi-Fi access points, call logs and messages on both rooted as well as non-rooted devices . The only thing missing in the list was backing up home screen settings along with all the widgets and folders, and today I am going to answer that as well. Most of us love to beautify our Android home screens with widgets and wallpapers, and we will see how we could backup and restore these settings so that we feel at home even after installing a new Android ROM....

Firefox Sync stores all the above mentioned information securely on its servers and when you connect to it from some other computer, you can easily sync your Firefox data from there. You don’t have to move around with all that useful data in your head or in some other third-party service. Firefox Sync is the built-in browser syncing solution if you use multiple computers and devices like Androids and iPhones all the time....

Black Friday, the monster shopping event of this year is less than two weeks away! Dozens of brands have already revealed some of the sweet deals and discounts they have planned for this shopping season, and here are some selected ones you can buy right now, or can plan for. So let’s begin. 1. Kindle Paperwhite 4. All-New Fire HD 8 Tablet The all-new Fire HD 8 tablet sports a vibrant 8-inch HD display and comes with a 1....

Now, we’ve already covered how to use Guided Access to hand safely your iPhone to kids, but that is more about limiting some of your iPhone’s features. So, how about if you would like to completely disable some options or block access to some of your iPhone’s apps and unwanted content? Here’s how to use Restrictions on your iPhone and what you can control with that option. Step 1: On your iPhone go to Settings > General and scroll down until you see the Restrictions option....

YUMI is like the mother of all bootable USB creation tools. With YUMI, you can create a multiple booting pen drive with several Linux distros, Windows operating systems and lots of other bootable tools like antivirus rescue disc and clean-up tools. That’s not all, YUMI will create a bootable disk with a menu to help you select the distros easily at the time of boot. So let’s see how you to create a multi-boot pen drive with YUMI....

The Quick Guide to Setting up Chromecast First, connect the Chromecast to your TV (or you can use an HDMI enabled monitor as well) and connect the power cable to a port on the TV or to a wall socket. This is what’s going to power the Chromecast. Now, turn on your TV and switch to the HDMI channel Chromecast was connected to. I’ll be using the iPhone as an example....

Mail , Photos and Safari, which have changed and improved to some degree, but overall, most of the core Apple set of native apps have remained the same. One of the most glaring examples of this is Apple’s Contacts app, which besides some basic changes in its looks, has basically remained unaltered through the entire existence of Apple’s smartphone since it debuted in the market on 2007. Because of that, there has been a flood of contact applications that have showed up on the App Store, but due to the vast amount of these available, it is not easy to choose the best one....

more platforms are released every week. In this article we will focus on the heavy weight champion of the blogging world – wordpress.com going against the new age alternative – medium.com I’m sure you must have heard of Medium by now. Either from a writer friend who wouldn’t shut up about it or a completely unknown person you follow on twitter. I’ve personally found Medium a great place to consume content that I normally wouldn’t be able to discover on my own, written by people I don’t know anything about....

Facebook and Twitter . But what happens when you want to create something more personal and detailed, and share it with someone special? Before, you would have had to create a slideshow or publish your photos to your own blog in order to be able to do this. Now however, with iPhoto and an iPhone or any other iOS device you are able to create Journals, which are like colorful collages of photos, notes and more....

But I wouldn’t take too much of a detour because Google itself has a nifty chart service tucked away amongst its web services. Google Image Chart Editor (UPDATE: This tool is not available anymore) lets you dynamically visualize your data quickly without knowing any of the complex know-how that goes into professional charts. Well, almost. As they state – “The Google Chart API lets you dynamically generate charts with a URL string....