pen drive with just 2 GB of data, or it could be your iPod with your entire music collection . Heaven forbid, but the error message that flashes – USB Drive not recognized – has all the potential to send you up the wall. You don’t need to, in spite of the frustration welling up inside you. There are several fixes for the above scenario. It could be as simple as plugging the USB drive into the read USB port instead of the front one, or just restarting the computer again....

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....

Windows 8 product key email you got after upgrading and you are now looking for a way to recover it. The second reason could be that you never got the product key sticker of Windows 8 that’s installed on your computer and you are now looking for one. The first issue is pretty standard, but I think that I have to throw some light on the second one. Now when you buy a laptop with Windows 8 pre-installed in it, you might not find the Windows Genuine Sticker on the back of the laptop that you used to for the previous versions of Windows....

Personally speaking, I am not a fan of Facebook chat. With contenders like Skype and Gtalk, Facebook chat always seems to fall behind. Apart from chat however, Facebook has become a necessary part of my life. It has become easy as hell to check on with friends, view their snaps, schedule events. Likewise, for others, may be the chat part of it has become integral to their Facebook experience....

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....

The giveaway is open only to the residents of India. Participating in it is simple, just log into the widget below and then complete the steps. The giveaway will run till this Sunday so make sure to garner more points till then. The winners will be announced on Sunday night / Monday morning. All the best! Important Note: Make sure that you ‘actually’ complete the actions and not just click through and leave, to get the points....

Google knows there’s a segment out there that needs a bit of hand holding. Good To Know is a Google initiative that teaches greenhorn computer users all about the dos and don’ts of online safety. Good To Know is very much like those public service campaigns we see on popular media these days. But more than them, things like ‘setting unique passwords’ or ‘how to use Google SafeSearch’ impact the way we use our computers every day....

So the question of the hour is, how would you hide these apps from prying eyes, and yet make it accessible in a jiffy? We pondered over it a lot and came up with this amazing solution below. Since most of the smartphones aren’t rooted, not only the below solution would be more than apt but also (yes, again) simple to pull off. So, here’s how you can hide apps in Android without Root The precondition for this to work is that your phone would require any one of the below launchers,...

And you can choose to use any one of them that suits your style and taste — basically related to how you wish to receive and organise the emails. Google offers its Gmail users two ways to organise and read their emails — the classic ‘Priority’ inbox and the new-age ‘Default’ inbox which makes use of multiple tabs segregating Primary/Social/Promotion emails. What’s the Difference? When using ‘Priority’ inbox only shows read and unread emails — which can be further sorted by metrics like ‘important’ and ‘starred’ — on a desktop and separates all emails from the important ones which are marked as ‘Priority’ on the Gmail app....

While the name gives away its main function (tracking heart beats), we will today see why recording heartbeats is important and how the sensor works. Why Tracking Your Heartbeat is Important? Heart beats are a vital parameter of your heart which can reveal many things about its health. From diagnosing a simple chest pain to knowing the health of heart muscles, so much can be known by checking your heart beats....

When using your Mac, you can connect your Bluetooth headphones, external keyboards, and much more. You can have up to seven Bluetooth devices connected to your Mac at any given time. You’ll find out how to add, disconnect, and forget those devices. The steps we’ve listed here will work regardless of the Mac model – iMac, Mac Mini, MacBook Air, or MacBook Pro. How to Add a Bluetooth Device to Your Mac If you want to add a device, you’ll first need to switch on your Mac’s Bluetooth capabilities....

Whether you want to add and cite sources yourself or look for them on the internet, Google Docs has all the options you need. In this article, we’ll learn how to add citations and bibliography in a Google Docs document. Let’s get started. How to Add Citations in Google Docs If you already have the details of the source you want to mention, probably the easiest way to add a citation in your Google Doc document is by using the Citation tool....

Having a Google Drive folder in File Explorer means you’ll be able to view, modify, or delete your files without opening a web browser. In addition, any changes made in this folder will automatically reflect in your Google Drive. So, in a way, you’ll be able to manage both your local and cloud storage from the File Explorer. In this article, we’ll cover how to set up, use, and manage Google Drive files from Windows File Explorer....

Why, you ask? Well, Instagram just rolled out a cool feature on Android that lets you upload multiple photos and videos to Instagram stories. You can upload up to 10 pictures or videos or a combination of both. Instagram has had this feature for posts since last year. And, thankfully, it’s available for stories now. We are sure you must have used the Multiple photos feature in Instagram posts at least once....

In this article, we’ll show you all the ways in which you can add Shazam shortcuts on your iPhone so that you can quickly pull it up to recognize music. This will certainly make things easier, instead of searching your icon-filled iPhone Home Screen for the Shazam app. Note: None of the shortcuts shown below require the Shazam app. However, you can still install the app on your iPhone to see the list of songs that you recognized from these shortcuts, and sync or share the list with other apps....

One can use multiple user accounts in Windows 8 for various reasons reasons, like online family safety, multiple users of the computer etc. One of them I was looking for was the ability to use distinct set of Modern Apps and related settings on Windows. So let’s see how we can add and manage multiple accounts in Windows 8 Adding an account Step 1: We will have to open Windows 8 Modern settings to configure the additional account....

If your Outlook Inbox feels slow or acts up weirdly, then you need to archive or delete irrelevant emails. The manual email archiving can be a time-consuming and tiring process. Microsoft does offer a Focused Inbox function, but it’s limited to filtering out relevant emails for the user. Another useful addition is Outlook Rules. It’s Outlook’s version of IFTTT. With Rules, one can create multiple automation to move certain emails to archive or delete the mails section....

Besides, many devices that earlier were solely mechanical in nature, are now controlled by software. For instance, thermostats were once electromechanical devices. However, they now rely heavily on software for operation. However, software bugs can be quite problematic, especially with our increased reliance on them for daily activities. In fact, there have actually been quite a few occasions where software has fallen short of its intended purpose, leading to unpleasant results....

In this post today, we will be exploring how to block all websites except approved ones on Windows 10 PCs. It is useful for those kids using a computer for working on school projects or browsing on it for entertainment. For this, we will be using the proxy settings of Internet Explorer. Don’t worry. We won’t force you to use Internet Explorer as your default browser. The good thing about Internet Explorer is that once its proxy server is enabled, it works across the system including Windows apps and browsers....

Preventing those less-friendly text messages is relatively quick and painless, irrespective of which smartphone you use. This post will cover how to block or unblock someone’s text messages on Android, Samsung, and iOS devices. So, let’s get right to it. How to Block Someone’s Text Messages on Android Most Android phones will have Google Messages as the default messaging app. And if that’s the case, here’s how to block someone from texting you....