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As mentioned above, iOS 17 brings many features and incremental changes that facilitate the overall usability of your device. Some notable features new to iOS include Contact Posters, NameDrop, Journal app, StandBy, Live Voicemail, etc. Some incremental changes include new FaceTime reactions, the ability to create Live Stickers, Autocorrect, Dictation improvements, Siri improvements, Live Wallpaper, offline Maps download, privacy and security enhancements, etc. And they are pretty exciting to use....

Moreover, while there are many reasons to upgrade to the newly released iPhones, there are some who would rather wait for the iPhone 15’s launch next year. If you fall into the latter category, you can still get your hands on the iPhone 14 series wallpaper to give your older iPhone a new look. Moreover, this time, Apple has further widened the gap between its iPhone 14 Series and iPhone 14 Pro lineup....

And Microsoft has not limited the feature to just the modern UI. It is planning to extend it to some of the essential desktop based applications. Microsoft Office, the second most popular product from Microsoft after Windows will have the feature to switch between desktop and modern user interface in the upcoming Office 2013 release. In fact, the said feature has already been debuted in the Office Customer Preview. So let’s see how to enable the touch optimized interface on Office 2013 while working on tablet PCs....

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....

Using the ‘mainstream augmented reality’ and the Facebook Camera Effects platform, Warner Bros. has released five new camera effects for Facebook users. These features can be accessed in the Facebook camera by tapping the magic wand icon and selecting the ‘mask’ category from the camera effects tray. “The Justice League is a force that is stronger together. Warner Bros. knew no single camera effect could capture the power of the whole group, so they’ve delivered immersive superhero effects for the whole team and linked them together through a handy switcher menu,” the company stated....

There is, however, a bit of a twist this month as instead of 4 free games right at the beginning of the month, all Xbox Live Gold members will get 3 free games in the first week and 2 more from December 16 onward. So, if you have already purchased the Xbox Live Gold membership, dive in! Others can register themselves and join the party. In December 2017, Xbox One users will get all 5 games while Xbox 360 users will only get 2 games....

For people who constantly find themselves in fullscreen apps like games and YouTube videos, this is going to be immensely useful. And the use case can extend even further. Even if you’re in an app that has the status bar visible, once the notification preview is gone, it’s gone. You need to drag down from the status bar to access it. Having notifications, especially ones from chat clients or email show heads up during an app can remove a lot of friction....

The OnePlus 5 Reading Mode does a bit more than just optimizing the display. Here, you can set individual apps for this feature. So that whenever you open those particular apps, the reading mode would kick in automatically. The good news is, you can have the OnePlus 5-like reading mode on any Android phone (minus the individual app feature) by just tweaking the settings a bit. As we always emphasize, the world of Android is huge and a majority of the time, the tweaks are hidden or tucked away in faraway corners....

There are many apps on Play Store that can give you gesture controls to perform different actions. But, that will take its affect system-wide. You need to have an application that can track a specific activity (as in our case a video playing in the YouTube app) and turn on the gesture control for that specific activity. That way the action performed will only affect the specific activity in the app and not system-wide....

Just how vulnerable exactly is the iPhone when up against malware, adware, spyware and the like? Additionally, does the iPhone need some sort of additional security measure perhaps to protect against theft or data loss? Let’s go through how the iPhone handles malicious software, some of the security options currently available and why might or might not need them. The App Store Approval Process People generally appreciate it, developers often loathe it: the App Store approval process....

When you install applications from Google Play (formerly known as Android Market) everything is automated and you don’t get to know where the files are being downloaded, what is the extension of the file and how the installation is being performed. (image credit: Lynn) So as long as you are using Google Play alone to install apps on your Android, you don’t have to worry about a thing. But there may be instances when you want to install an application manually, could be a beta application from developer’s website or maybe your friend transferred it to you over Bluetooth (we will see how to do that in my next post)....

What do you do when a program does not respond or hangs indefinitely on your machine? Often, user hit the Ctrl + Alt + Del or Ctrl + Shift + Esc combination to launch task manager and put an end to end that process/application. However, I have faced situations when that fails to work too. Under such circumstances, the Windows Command Prompt is the only option that I see. It is easy to kill a program from there and get things working again....

Don’t you wish you could do simple things a bit differently? For instance, Instagram doesn’t allow you to add moving text to stories and posts. Also, you will need to use multiple font apps to improvise the text. Bummer! Don’t worry. The Play Store has plenty of apps in a variety of flavors, and some of them let you add moving text in Instagram stories and photos just as easily....

Now, the app through which we are going to achieve this task needs Root access. So ensure the phone is Rooted. And, your device should be running Android 6.0 and above (of course). Let’s dig in. How to Fine Tune the Doze-Mode Step-1: Download and install this app called Naptime. Step-2: Grant root access. Right after you open the app it will ask you to grant root access. Naturally, hit Grant....

uploading to the web . In the past we have already seen how we can normalize an MP3 file using a nifty tool called MP3 Gain. Today we will have a look at how we can do the same for a video file. We will be seeing two tricks to accomplish the task. The first one is a temporary amplification and can be used when you just need to amplify the video while watching it....

Thinking of that, this time we’ll share a couple of neat little workflows that you can implement on your Mac using Automator. With any of them, every time you are done with an app installation on your Mac, you’ll be able to eject/unmount and delete the disk image in just a couple of clicks. Let’s get started with how to set up these nice Automator workflows. Delete DMG Files Automatically When You Eject Them Step 1: Open Automator and choose to create a new document....

Whenever you block someone on Reddit, they will no longer be able to contact you via message, comment on your posts, or view your profile. Meaning, they will no longer be able to see what you’re up to. On the flip side, when you unblock them, everything rolls back to normal. So, whether you are planning to block or unblock someone on Reddit using the web or mobile, this comprehensive guide has got you covered....

How to Change Prime Video Streaming Quality on Web Browser While Prime Video usually picks the best quality possible, it can switch to low quality in the middle of playing a video on your web browser. To prevent this from happening, you can select and change the resolution from the video quality options. Here’s how to do it. Step 1: Open Prime Video on your browser and click on the title you want to play....

The best part about using Google Drawings is that it allows multiple users to open and edit drawings simultaneously in real-time. However, the only possible downside right now is that its interface isn’t all that intuitive, especially for new users. That makes simple things like changing the background a bit confusing, but don’t worry, we’re here to help. Read on to find out how you can change the background color in Google Drawings or set an image as the background....