Surprisingly, many people continue to make poor password choices, especially when using 2FA thinking it is foolproof. When you use a 2FA app to scan a barcode, always note down backup codes somewhere safe, preferably offline. Taking a screenshot of the QR code and storing it in an encrypted vault also works, though it is less secure because it is still available online. Now, let’s see how Authy compares with Microsoft Authenticator and which 2FA app should you use....

Volume Concierge is a 1.6 MB free download and it works on Windows 7/Vista/XP. All it needs to start controlling the desktop volume is a free activation via email. You can uncheck the box that allows the developer to send you emails and other info. Just a check against potential spamming. Configuring Volume Concierge is super simple as can be seen from the screenshot below. The free volume control software uses rules to determine the volume level at certain times of the day....

In Android 4.0, Google added the built-in ability in Android devices to take screenshots. And now with Android 9 or P, you get a native screenshot editor. However, built-in screen recording is still not part of Android. We have to download third-party apps to do so. You may have heard about many apps that record screen. In this post, we will compare the best two screen-recording apps – AZ Screen Recorder and DU Recorder....

Shoot from Bittorrent, an all-new app based on the same concept, recently joined the party. The app is dead easy to use and you won’t require a walkthrough on how to send and receive the files with it. But then there are questions as to how feature rich it is when compared to its peers. So let’s take some of these points into consideration and compare it with SHAREit....

However, things are far from perfect, and you may encounter random problems ranging from auto-downloading PDFs and improperly loading content to scrolling issues. Fortunately, you don’t have to suffer through these annoyances or worst, switch browsers. Mostly, they stem due to some really trivial reasons, and there are a number of ways to troubleshoot them. Chrome Downloads PDFs Instead of Opening The most prevalent issue with Chrome’s PDF viewer occurs when it downloads PDFs automatically, which can be pretty annoying if you prefer previewing documents prior to saving them locally....

That all changes with CloudConvert, a file conversion tool that promises to convert any file you throw at it into just about any format you want. CloudConvert started as a web app, but now it is also available as an iOS app form and lets users convert files into 195 different file types. Let’s take a look at CloudConvert for iOS and how it performs on your mobile device....

The default EarPods that comes with the phone have hardware keys using which you can not only answer calls, but also control music playback. It even accepts compatible earphones with hardware buttons, making it easy to shuffle songs without taking the phone out of the pockets. However, when it comes to Android, there are different OEMs and manufactures and most of them don’t have a feature to use headphone buttons to shuffle songs....

Ctrl+D button on the webpage you want to add to your bookmarks , select the folders and click on the Add/Done button . However once we add these bookmarks , most of us tend to not re-visit them. There might be a huge possibility that number of websites whose bookmarks you have added over the years might not be working today. There might also be number of duplicate bookmarks in different folders which you added by mistake....

Since it’s a relatively new tech when it comes to mobile phones, it begs the question if dual camera phones are any better than the phones with single cameras. Without further ado, let us quickly jump in and see how a dual camera works, and if it’s really worth the hype. Overview of Dual Camera Setup A dual camera phone is packed with two cameras on the rear. Out of these two, one is a primary camera and the other acts as a secondary camera....

Notebook is a free notebook app with great designs and smart gestures. The developers have claimed it to have built it meticulously with special attention to every minute detail. So without further ado, let’s quickly jump right in and see whether Zoho Notebook’s features really lives up to its tagline. 1. Amazing Design Zoho Notebook comes packed with an amazing interface. Not only is it super easy to navigate around the app, it also presents elegant notebook covers to spruce up the experience....

in a past entry we already compared it to Sparrow, a great third party app that offered quite a few additional features for iPhone owners. However, since Sparrow was acquired by Google, the app has barely seen any updates, which makes the app somewhat unreliable. Thankfully, there are a couple of new iPhone email clients around that are more than capable and, best of all, that are completely free of charge....

Additionally, the new app brings some great new features to Facebook Events that would have been difficult to squeeze into the main app. If you’re an Evite user, there has never been a better time to check out Facebook as a sensible alternative. Choose Your Interests Right off the bat, Facebook’s Events app wants me to sign in with Facebook and for the first time choose my interests. Events already shapes what you see in a way that Facebook doesn’t....

That’s why in this entry we’ll take a look at Fotor, a camera/photo editing app that comes with a few novel features that are sure to appeal to all iPhone photo enthusiasts. Let’s take a look at it. Custom Collages From the first screen of the app, Fotor gives you the option to choose between taking pictures, editing them, creating a photo collage or simply accessing your photo box, which is the section within the app that houses all the pictures you imported, edited or shot with it....

Important note: There’s a cool giveaway at the end of this post so make sure you don’t leave reading the post midway. 🙂 Whatsoever guarantee they may give, there are certain vulnerabilities your data is exposed to with so many trespassers peeping into the network. As a computer user we tend to take measures like encrypting data for security. Unfortunately, we seem to have no choice but to trust the service provider when our data lies in the cloud....

We will compare Google Docs to Microsoft Word online and conclude which one is better for your usage and preference. Cross-Platform Availability Both Google Docs and Microsoft Word Online are web-based, meaning they are available on every platform out there. However, we will give Microsoft a slight advantage here as Microsoft Word is also available as a native app for Windows and Mac. But you will need a Microsoft 365 subscription to use it....

It’s a more optimized variant of the official Google search app that comes pre-installed on all the Android devices. In this post, we will compare the two apps — Google and Google Go. All the Go apps, as Google calls them, or the lite variants are designed to achieve three purposes — use less data, use less storage and make apps easy-to-use for emerging Internet markets. These Go apps come pre-installed on Google’s Android Go operating system, which is a toned-down variant of the current Android Oreo....

Well, Google believes that Internet users should expect that the web is safe by default. Hold on, hold on. You must be wondering what does HTTP or HTTPS have to do with safety? Well, the additional S at the end of HTTP makes a world of difference. In this guide, you will learn what these two terms mean, how they differ from each other and most importantly, why you should care about it....

In February 2018, Qualcomm announced the successor of the 600 series of chipsets with superior advancements and decided to call Snapdragon 700 series. Following that, Huawei introduced the Kirin 700 series chips in July 2018. Despite the similarity in the numbering series, both are vastly different across all aspects. Both Snapdragon 710 and Kirin 710 are expected to boot up mainstream upper mid-range smartphones in 2019. So, we are pitting two chipsets against each other and figure out how do they differ in certain areas....

However, that’s not the reason why we like the VLC player. The main reason is that, despite being a free software, it offers many more functionality than any of the paid software out there in the market even today. Of many things that the VLC player has to offer, Mouse gestures is something really awesome. However, most users don’t know about this feature. Similar to the keyboard shortcuts, with Mouse gestures, you can simply move a mouse around the screen and control the playback....

But here we will stick to the basics and will look at how we can auto-complete sentences and text in any Windows application with PhraseExpress. Manually Enter a Phrase Select the text/image you want to reuse in any open Windows application. Click the PhraseExpress system tray icon and select Create new phrase. You can also use the keyboard shortcut – CTRL-ALT-C. The ‘Enter additional information…’ dialog box allows you to configure how PhraseExpress will execute the new word....