backup and restoring Android apps easily . The thing is, 7 out of 10 times someone has to back up and restore apps on his Android is because he is probably trying out a new custom ROM on his device . Other than that one hardly needs a reason to restore backed up apps frequently. Now, whenever someone installs a ROM on his device, it’s done using a custom recovery installed on the device like the ClockworkMod recovery or the EXT4 recovery....

Moreover, it includes feature-rich Instant Games and bot stores. All these features make up a heavier Messenger app that gets sluggish at times. Fortunately, there is an alternative called Messenger Lite. Facebook’s very own Lite version of the messenger app is getting popular on app stores. Lite has been available for a while in India and Africa and was recently launched in four additional countries. It’s a stripped down version of the Messenger that sports the basic features only....

In the attempt to get the photos from all the friends, we often make a WhatsApp group where everyone can post their photos. First of all, after just 24 hours the group becomes a burden with jokes and other useless stuff being forwarded and it might look awkward for you to leave. But the worst part is that all the photos shared using WhatsApp are compressed and the full resolution photo never reaches you....

SHAREit is one of the oldest file transfer apps on the Play Store, and while it works well, it comes bloated with ads lately, forcing users to look for alternatives. Get SHAREit Feem is the new kid on the block and gaining some good traction. Claims to be the ‘best file transfer app on Earth.’ Get Feem Well, let’s find out. 1. Platform and Pricing Feem is available on all popular mobile and desktop operating systems like Android, iOS, Windows, Linux, and macOS....

Out of several apps available, Google News and Flipboard are two strong contenders. Google News, owned by the search engine giant Google, scans over 50,000 sources to collate news stories. As most of us already use Google to search for information, Google News becomes an obvious choice. Visit Google News Flipboard wants to personalize your user experience by curating news stories that interest you. With a beautiful and functional interface comes the ability to curate news as per your liking or follow someone else’s....

Unlike the HP Sprocket 200, this one isn’t a ZINK printer. Instead, it uses film to develop the small pocket-sized prints. Plus, it uses a mix of some interesting wriggles and shakes for reprinting and for switching the printing modes. But, is it the only difference between the Fujifilm Instax Mini Link and the HP Sprocket 200 mini printers, or is there something more than it meets the eye? Well, that’s what we are going to find out in this comparison and see which one of these smartphone printers gives you the best features....

For instance, modern world’s data communication technology has connected each corner of the world to the other, making communication among distant places a cakewalk, allowing millions of users access to a vast amount of information on the Internet. With the increasingly larger amounts of data being transmitted as time progresses, the data communication technology must continue to evolve to meet the world’s need. Researchers at the University of Utah have recently made a breakthrough in this regard....

There may be few who would not mind loosing a few MBs of hard disk space to redundant data, but for folks like me who would rather get rid of old and useless data instead of having them take up storage space, I have found a simple solution to remove the older Chrome versions. OldChromeRemover is a nifty terminal based tool that checks for any older version of Chrome installed on your system (Canary builds as well) and provides you with an option to delete them all at once....

To end this problem there is a nice tool known as Goodnight Timer which automatically reduces volume of computer and also shuts down your computer after the specified time interval. If you are downloading some important files which could take hours then this software could help you too. It has an option called don’t shutdown your computer after music stops. The software also gives options to customize the volume reduction process....

Google Hangouts is more focused and available to everyone with a Google account. Meanwhile, Meet is designed for businesses and enterprise users subscribing to the G Suite family of apps. There are plenty of differences under the hood, even though both are usable to initiate a video call. Visit Hangouts Visit Hangouts Meet Let’s understand what these differences are. How Google Hangouts Works Open your favorite browser. If you are signed in to Chrome or Gmail, Hangouts will directly sign you in....

RAM, also called the main memory of a computer, is used for running applications, multitasking, and aiding the CPU with processing data. For example, when you open up dozens of tabs in your internet browser at a time, like me, it’s your RAM that’s cursing the day you were born. Why Is DDR4 Better? So consumer grade DDR4 was released in September 2014. Before that, DDR3, used since 2007, had been going strong for seven entire years....

After all, the DVD plan and streaming plan both start at the same $7.99 per month. Shouldn’t this mean the features and content are identical? Unfortunately, it’s a little bit more complicated than that. For this GT Explains article, you’ll get a look at why a divide between both Netflix options still exists and the steps Netflix has taken and keeps taking to start narrowing the gap. Streaming Requires the Rights The biggest reason why the Netflix streaming library is so sparse compared to the DVD library is because, for streaming, Netflix needs to obtain rights to distribute the content....

The good thing is that it’s quite easy to implement. As long as you have the basic structure of the form handy, you can execute it easily. Now that’s settled, let’s see how to add branching to Microsoft Forms. Before we get started, let us tell you that creating a lengthy form with multiple branches can be a challenging affair. This is because Microsoft Forms lets you create and add the questions in a linear manner....

The problem arises when you try to look up the lyrics of songs, you’ll find that the option is conveniently missing. Bummer. For someone like me, looking up lyrics of a song is as significant as listening to it. Firstly, I am notorious for singing messed-up lyrics. And secondly, how would I perfect my bathroom singing without them? So, the absence of online lyrics in BlackPlayer was a bit problematic for me....

Surely, Windows provides a decent built-in tool to remove these programs but one can only uninstall them one by one, which is fine unless you have a long list of programs to uninstall and you find waiting for each program to uninstall irritating. Ideally, you should at least be able to select the tools you want to uninstall and then let Windows do its thing, which sadly isn’t the case....

However, most sites take tracking to a whole new level with fingerprinting scripts, which use various device-specific information to identify and keep tabs on you. And to make matters even worse, there’s a prominent increase in cryptocurrency mining scripts deployed by sketchy sites, and that can cause all sorts of performance issues to crop up on your browser and desktop. Put all of that in perspective, and you can really call the entire internet a minefield of scripts out to get you....

If you wish to capture video frames in highest possible quality, Scenegrabber.NET is the best available application to perform the task. What is Scenegrabber.NET Scenegrabber.NET is a Windows freeware that helps you take screenshot of videos and movies easily. A user can grab manual or automatic frames from a movie and join then in a single image. Furthermore, he can add relevant information about the video like name, resolution, codec-info, length and time of scene-shot creation to his grab....

Creating, editing, and managing playlists should be easy and simple. It’s one of the primary features of any music streaming app. But many users were having trouble with how the new UI works and couldn’t change playlist cover on their Spotify app. We will show you how. Let’s begin. How Spotify Playlist Cover Works By default, there is no way to choose a playlist cover when creating a new one in Spotify app....

Take the case with file downloads. Microsoft Edge Chromium saves them to the Downloads folder of your PC or Mac by default. That makes sense, but it’s not ideal if you perform lots of downloads regularly. The Downloads folder resides in the primary partition, and filling it up with a bunch of huge files is not a good idea if storage space is a concern. Thankfully, it’s more than possible to change the default downloads folder for Microsoft Edge Chromium, either to another location within the primary partition or to a different partition or drive altogether....

There are two types of batteries — Lithium-ion and Lithium-polymer — which are prominently used to power all new laptops worldwide and although they are built using different tech, they function in the same way. Each battery can only sustain a finite number of charge and discharge cycles, after which it starts wearing off quickly — irrespective of the device being powered, be it a smartphone, tablet or laptop. So it’s unsurprising if you’re concerned about your laptop’s battery health and how long does it have before you’ll need to replace it....