However, it might not be in your best interest to have specific activities displayed either while performing a search or as updates on the Google app feed. Moreover, if you share your iOS device with someone else, things can get quite tricky, especially when it comes to an activity of a private nature. To stop that from happening, you need to clear your browsing history. However, it can be a bit confusing to do so, especially since the app stores your activity both locally and online....

We have covered the steps for both the procedures in this post. That is, create a WhatsApp group with yourself and how to message yourself on WhatsApp. The benefit of creating a group instead of using the normal chat thread is that you customize it. That is, you can change its name and picture easily like any other group. After all, the choice is yours. Here are the steps to start with creating a group with yourself only....

UPDATE: You would be happy to know that we recently compared the Top 5 Tools to Create Bootable ISO in Windows. Do check that out to know more about better tools to get this job done. After few hours of testing I was convinced that the build is stable enough, and I can take it to next level by installing it parallel to Windows 7 via dual boot. If you too are looking forward to install Windows 8 on your computer, I would prefer you create a bootable USB drive instead of a bootable DVD....

Up until now, members in WhatsApp groups were free to do anything. They could change the name of the group, profile picture, and even send unlimited (read spam) messages. However, that has changed completely with the new restricted group settings introduced recently. Now WhatsApp group admins have more powers and rights than before. They can limit changes to group info or even make the group one way. Meaning, only the admin can send messages....

When your memory is finite, and browser real estate just that much, you need to really manage all the extensions you have loaded on to the browser. God knows, we can’t do without them. We had taken a look at Context, a neat little super-extension that helped us intelligently group our extensions into groups and enable or disable them according to their utility. Well, now let’s take a look at another extension called (what else) Extension Automation that acts more intuitively by enabling or disabling extensions for specified websites....

checking for updates with Microsoft. Don’t get me wrong, updating Windows is extremely important and every user should do it regularly. But the way Windows Update reminder system works can annoy the hell out of you and if you’re a longtime PC user, you know what I am talking about. When it finds new updates, the built-in automatic update process applies the patches or notifies the system user about it....

Turns out that sharing a bookmarks folder isn’t that straight-forward. Of course you can copy-paste and email individual links but that could be incredibly time consuming. Actually, I remember Lifehacker talking about this Firefox trick where you can simply copy and paste all the links in a bookmarks folder by copying the folder itself. Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem to work in other browsers. We are going to use Xmarks to get the job done here....

What should you do when you try to open the Command Prompt, and it throws an error instead of opening usually? That is the topic of today’s guide. Let’s take a look at some steps that can solve the Command Prompt not working error so you can go back and execute those commands. Let’s begin. 1. Check Antivirus Some antivirus software are known to cause problems with Command Prompt. One such antivirus is Avast....

This error indicates that a user’s payment details do not get authorized. Thus, the intended purchase would not process or complete. If you encounter this error, refer to the solution listed below to get it resolved. 1. Confirm Availability of Funds If you do not have funds sufficient to cover the cost of the app/service you are trying to buy, you are bound to encounter this error message during payment....

Well, there are a few ways to go about doing this. If you only have a few songs that need album artwork, you can probably get away with the one-by-one approach to adding album artwork. But if you have a large library of songs without artwork, a sweeping third-party application might be necessary. Let’s take a look at the different strategies. Use iTunes to Replace Each Song’s Album Artwork If you only have a few songs that you need to get album artwork for, you can do so right in iTunes without the help of any third-party software....

The Simpsons wallpapers give your desktop a fresh and clean look. Topping that are the goofy expressions and weird scenarios to keep your spirits high whenever you glance at your desktop screen. Based on the immense love that we have for the Simpsons, we have lined up some of the best Simpsons HD and 4K wallpapers out there. All you need to do is click on the link below each image and download the wallpaper in their original resolution....

This feature is not readily available for Mac. However, you can enable it and do a lot of awesome stuff using an app called PopClip ($5). Once installed and activated, PopClip will activate every time you select some text using the trackpad (but not the keyboard). PopClip comes installed with some basic actions like search, copy, and define but the best part about PopClip is the amount of free extensions available on the website and the ones created by the community....

We have curated a list of 15 high-resolution wallpapers themed around the happy memories of Christmas and New Year’s Eve. Enjoy! 1. To Cherish Peace and Goodwill The joy of adding some fun to others’ lives, spending some time with your loved ones becomes for us the magic of the holidays. 2. Meow-rry Christmas! Have a lot of fun with your cute little pets. Make this Christmas a happy one for them as well....

These apps will help you to add everything as a home screen shortcut so that you can have access to your frequently used programs, files, activities and contacts right when you unlock the screen. So let’s have a look at the apps. More Shortcuts More Shortcuts is one of the best apps available on the Play Store to help you in creating home screen shortcuts for almost everything. To start with simple things, the app lets you create shortcuts to content you have stored on your SD Card....

a bit of reading on your iPhone , then reading PDF files is definitely part of your routine. Sometimes however, PDFs are formatted with really small text and virtually no line spacing, making them almost unreadable on the iPhone’s screen even when in landscape mode and truly impossible to do so when in portrait mode. Like in the images below. So how to fix this? Well, it turns out there are a couple of simple, but very effective solutions for both Mac and Windows PC users that can help us get a far better experience when reading PDF files on the iPhone....

So, what I’ll show you today is how you can automatically take screenshots at regular interval while you work on your Windows PC and automatically save them in a folder. Thus, you’ll have a history of all your activities that you did in the form of images. There are two different ways to do it. So, let’s dig in. 1. Automatic Screenshotter Automatic Screenshotter is a totally free tool and has no payment barriers....

But this video calling feature of WhatsApp and Facebook isn’t just restricted to casual calls. It can even be used for quick KT (knowledge transfer) sessions if you can’t access a system or phone with Skype. And in situations such as this, there’s another tool that might come in handy. A recording of the KT session, just so if you want to reference it at a later point in time....

So, I decided to write a post for people like me, a rare breed of cross between a stout TVholic and a standard geek. What follows is a collection of 25 wallpapers of some of my personal favorite TV shows and their stars. Enjoy! ( Note: Clicking on each of these links directs you to the original site where you can download them ) Don’t forget to tell us which are your favorite shows of all time and which one of the above wallpapers is going to be your next desktop background....

You can upload photos and other files from Android-based phones and tablets to Google Drive in three different ways. Out of those three, you will have to manually add photos to Google Drive in the first two ways. The third method helps in auto-syncing photos to Drive. Note: The photos added to Google Drive will count towards your overall Google Drive storage quota. Let’s check the methods. Method 1: Upload Using Google Drive App One of the easiest ways to upload single or multiple photos, videos, etc....

So, let’s see how you can get Firefox style download manager in Chrome, with these 3 extensions. 1. A Simplistic Download Manger If you want a simple and effective download manager then you should try Download Manager. It has a clean interface and looks just like that of Firefox. The interface contains a list of your downloads and an option to search the downloads. You also get to customize the extension....