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Note: The ability to create ‘Family Passwords’ is available only on the latest iOS 17 or iPadOS 17 and macOS Sonoma. The newest OS is available in developer beta right now. Apple is expected to release the stable build to eligible devices in the Fall. You can read our dedicated guide to try the early build on your iPhone or Mac. What Is Family Passwords in iOS 17 The ‘Family Passwords’ function is a part of iCloud Keychain, where you can create a group and share relevant login details with your team, friends, or family members....

How to Set Up Parental Control PIN on Fire TV Stick Follow these steps to set it up. Step 1: Turn on Fire TV Stick and go to Settings. Step 2: Here, select Preferences. Step 3: Select Parental Controls. Step 4: Then, select Parental Controls again. Step 5: Now, enter your new parental control PIN twice. Step 6: Here, you will see a message saying Parental Controls Enabled. Select OK....

Using the Parental Controls feature you can restrict access to specific apps and websites, iTunes purchases, set up apps downtime, and do much more. We will show you how to set up Parental Controls on iPad for your kids. Set Up Screen Time Passcode To set content and privacy restrictions on your kid’s iPad, you need to use the built-in Screen Time functionality Apple introduced with iOS 13.4 update. To ensure that your kids cannot disable your restrictions, your will first need to set up a Screen Time passcode....

Do Not Disturb , of which we’ve already written a bit before and which also allows you to use a small workaround to have your iPhone alert you only when certain contacts call you. Let’s take a better look at how to do this on your iPhone running iOS 6. Creating a Custom Contacts Group The first step in this workaround is to create a custom group of only the contacts you want to receive calls from....

Last year, Microsoft launched an upgraded version of Sticky Notes (3.0) with its October 2018 Update (version 1809). The new Sticky Notes comes with interesting features such as dark mode, formatting, and search. Not only that, but it also offers the capability to sync notes to other computers, Android phones, and iPhone. Whether you want to sync sticky notes to your macOS, Windows 7/8, or another Windows 10 computer, we are here to help....

The Ambient display on Pixel 2 shows the time, date, upcoming alarms, and a separate row of notification icons. It also shows the charging symbol. But, unfortunately, the battery percentage indicator is missing like the other features that I wish Google Pixel 2 had. Just showing the charging symbol doesn’t make sense. One has to still wake up the display to view the battery percentage. It’d be quite helpful if the battery percentage was visible on the always-on display both while charging and when not plugged in....

If you want to send an urgent message, but don’t have your iPhone next to you, or want to continue a conversation while using your Mac, here’s how you can connect iMessage to Mac. How to Get Messages on Mac The basic premise of this feature is iCloud. So, you’ll need to: Enable iCloud Message sync on iPhone and Mac (basically all the devices you want to use for Messages)....

That’s not to say that there aren’t some out there who’ll like the feature. It’s perfect if you dislike push notifications or prefer to sign out of Skype after using it. But for those of us who don’t want the extra clutter in our inboxes, turning off Skype’s email notifications can be mostly convenient. But rather than configuring your email client to mark the Skype notifications as spam, let’s see how you can turn them off right at the source....

You won’t be able to get their AirDrops, Text Messages, Phone Calls, FaceTime Calls, and if you block their e-mail, you won’t receive any e-mail from them. On a lighter note, you may want to rekindle with an old acquaintance and now need to unblock their number. Fortunately, there are many different avenues we can take to unblock a contact. How to Unblock a Number on iPhone Unblock Through Settings This option shows all your blocked contacts listed in their raw form....

Some of the developers though had already started rolling out custom Jelly Bean ROMs for HTC One X but almost all of them were nightly builds and had radio, camera and Wi-Fi issues. But recently, one of the developers has launched a stable Jelly Bean ROM (Eternity Project CyanogenMod 10) for HTC One X that you can install on your device and experience the awesomeness of Jelly Bean on your Android....

Phone makers have implemented to ensure that the photos come out looking crisp and enough details without any manual intervention. But at the end of the day, not many of us own a Samsung Galaxy Note 9 or a Huawei Mate 20 Pro. So, is there any way to get AI camera features on Android phones? Well, it seems there is a way. In this post today, we’ll quickly give you a gist of how AI works on some phone cameras....

You could use AVG Rescue CD (now available to AVG free users too) in such situations to repair your infected PC. It is a portable version of the AVG Antivirus and can be used as a bootable CD or USB flash drive. There are four other tools are available in the package which you could use to perform some other necessary functions. They are:- Midnight CommanderWindows Registry editorPingTestDisk Here is the step by step guide for creating AVG rescue CD/USB flash drive and removing viruses or malwares with its help....

Recently, Facebook announced changes in its algorithm to bring more personal content on our timelines. However, that didn’t change much. To revive its lost glory, Facebook is now trying hard to make people use the platform and share personal content by introducing new features. Just a year back, they added colored backgrounds for creating interesting statuses as opposed to the boring text status. Now they have launched a new list feature....

Nobody likes to deal with unnecessary mails and reducing stress of managing the barrage of mails is exactly what we’re gonna help you with. Since Gmail is the client of choice of a majority of people, let’s see how those nifty filters can help keep our blood pressures in check. Beginners Guide: If you’re unsure about any of these terms, make sure you check out our guide on tags, filters and labels for Gmail....

Deciding to cash in on this opportunity, Instagram has been adding new features to it — the latest being Stories Highlight and Story Archive. Introduced in December 2017, the Story Archive feature is designed to give you an opportunity to hold on to your favorite Instagram Stories by archiving them to a folder within your account. While these Stories could previously be saved in your phone memory, this new addition will let you have all your Instagram Stories and posts under one roof....

Even if you are using an antivirus which is not pre-installed on your computer, you would still need Malwarebytes. Here is how you can use Malwarebytes to remove threats. I will also share some tips and tricks. Let’s begin. 1. How to Use The free version of Malwarebytes is still good enough, however paid is recommended. The free version can be used with your favorite antivirus app, but the paid version will replace it....

The app comes pre-installed with just seven sticker packs. However, you can create personalized stickers for WhatsApp. In addition to creating custom stickers, you can even import some from other chat apps like Telegram. Download Telegram In this post, we will tell you how to use Telegram stickers in WhatsApp for Android. To use Telegram stickers, you need to download them first from Telegram and then import to WhatsApp. Here are the steps in detail....

Since there is lot of data we have a tough time in scanning through the rows and columns in order to segregate all options. This continued until I explored the Filter tool that MS Excel offers. And believe me, since then things have got a lot easier. This is exactly what we are going to talk about today. Using the Filter tool makes it really easy to analyze and calculate stuff....

1. Cast from a Laptop The easiest way to watch Prime Video on Mi Box or any other Android TV/Box without installing anything is to mirror your laptop to your TV. Your laptop should be Miracast enabled for this to work. You will also need the Google Chrome browser. Here’s what you need to do. Step 2: Click on the three-dot icon at the top-right corner of Chrome and select Cast from the menu....

As a solution, we started to use cloud storage. While some users went ahead with the idea of using cloud storage. Some still had thoughts about privacy and pricing. But you know what? If you have a desktop at home, you can use it to store content and then stream it any there without any issues. Completely free, unlimited (the storage of your computer) and secure. While services like Plex are already available that can stream media and files, they are not entirely free to use and charge as much as $39....