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In the recent years, wearables have started tracking our heart rate, body mass index, calculating our steps and many other fitness applications, and here is a different one which measures how much alcohol you’ve had. “We’re excited to introduce a breakthrough innovation in alcohol monitoring, making it simple for people to track their alcohol level — passively, accurately and near real-time. We’re thrilled to finally share these devices which have been in development for more than two years,” said Keith Nothacker, President and CEO of BACtrack This device is useful for those who want to keep track of their drinking habits, while also ensuring law enforcement don’t have anything on them when getting pulled over....

While identifying the user with simply his phone number made contacting and chatting effortless, this made things a bit out of control as well. Now all a person needs is your cellphone number and he or she can continue to send you messages and see your online status and profile pictures if the privacy options are not set correctly. So let’s see how we can block some of these annoying contacts on WhatsApp and Hike....

Adobe Spark is another web app which lets you create equally attractive graphics. And like its counterpart, it too has an array of tools and templates that makes the ride worthwhile. Hence, in this post today, we will pit both Canva and Adobe Spark with each other, and see which web app is the better among the two. Let the game start. 1. Image Sourcing Options If you are not a photographer yourself, it’s a slightly tricky task to source royalty free images....

In fact, not only the Start menu, but also Windows desktop, the user’s documents and settings directory, or even Windows system folder get loaded with program shortcuts as you install more stuff, thereby adding to the clutter. These shortcuts usually don’t get automatically updated if the target file or folder is moved or deleted. Keeping an eye on working and broken shortcuts can be quite time consuming. Hence it is necessary to have some tools do the job for you, for checking invalid shortcuts as well as empty folders....

Two of the top choices are Codecademy and Code School. Both of these iOS apps are free and offer fairly different approaches to teaching code. Ultimately, it comes down to this question: which has the better approach and the more comprehensive education to provide? Codecademy is Hands-On, Code School Teaches Through Video The fundamental difference between Codecademy and Code School is the approach each one takes to teaching code. Codecademy is extremely hands-on and there’s very little reading or watching involved....

unique approach then you can impress anybody. Since a presentation may contain diverse stuff like text, pictures, links to other files etc. you have to take utmost care while integrating them into the presentation. However, you always have to navigate away from the presentation flow if you want to show some website and its specific features to the viewers. This might end up breaking the viewer attention, which isn’t a great thing for the presenter....

To make sure that these memories don’t get destroyed, I decided to rip all my DVDs and make digital copies that I can safely keep on a portable hard disc and carry around. I went on a quest to find out the best DVD ripper available on the online market. To be really honest, I tried a number of free and paid options and found that WinX DVD Ripper Platinum is the best option available....

The Fake News Takeover What does fake news have to do with the election, you ask? BuzzFeed shared a chart showing total Facebook engagements for the top 20 election stories from February all the way until Election Day. The data finds that 8.7 million of those engagements from August to November were for fake news stories, while only 7.3 million were from reliable mainstream sources. That’s right — more Facebook users engaged with fake news than real news....

Microsoft claims that Windows defender is sufficient for a home computer where mere basic protection is required, but I personally don’t like it. Though the detection rate of the product is quite good, the removal rate is pathetic (yes, there I said it!). It took the tool precisely 2 mins and 33 seconds to clean an EICAR test virus file and the amount of resources it required to do that was too much....

Google Chrome’s incognito mode provides a way for users to avoid websites tracking their activities, but because Google can not ensure that an extension is tracking you or not, they have been disabled in the incognito mode. However, even in the incognito mode, there are some extensions which might be useful to have. Per se, you might want to have adblocker installed and ready to use even in the incognito mode....

It bundles a bunch of features, and FitBit is considered one of the pioneers in the field of sleep and fitness tracking. And the Versa 2 is capable of much more. It has a slim and sleek profile while packing a bunch of smart features. Though they appear similar in many respects, both smartwatches have a massive difference in the price. The Versa 2 is priced at around $150, while the Active 2 has a price tag of around $300 (at the time of writing)....

How to Install Titanium Backup to Backup and Restore AppsHow to Backup and Restore SMS, Call Logs, Wi-Fi SettingsHow to Schedule Backups in Android Using Titanium BackupHow to Restore Just the Apps from Nandroid Backup Using Titanium BackupHow to Freeze/Uninstall System Apps (Current Article) In our previous posts on Titanium Backup, we have already seen pretty much everything on how the app can help you with your device’s backup-related task. Today we are going to see how Titanium Backup can help you in managing all the system apps that are installed on your device....

broke the look and fee l of an app that has been the de-facto stop for anything music-related for most Apple device owners. The new design was divisive to say the least, and not everyone has gotten used to it as fast as they would have liked to. If you are on that wagon, here is a quick guide for you to easily get around iTunes 11 and not miss anything from previous versions, as well as an easy way to get some of that old iTunes look back....

The Pixel 2 camera has earned the best score on the DxO Mark and offers a couple of new features such as the HDR+ Enhanced Mode, Motion Photos, and an amazing Portrait Mode. Let’s take a look at some of the best tips and tricks that will help you take awesome photos with your Pixel 2. 1. Adjust Manual Exposure The Pixel 2’s Camera app is simple and does away with various types of modes — pro and manual....

But what are they all about? How have they changed from the Nexuses? Let’s dig in. The Nexus Wasn’t a Google Phone The entire idea behind launching Nexus was to give the users an experience of what an Android experience on a phone would be like, as imagined by Google. The Android OS has (and probably will always) been an open source OS which phone makers can modify to their liking....

The encrypt-decrypt service for Gmail messages that was to come as an extension for Chrome is no longer a Google project and has been turned into an open-source project as of February 2017. While popular messaging services like WhatsApp have successfully implemented end-to-end encryption, Google is still to come forward with something similar for their Gmail users. If you’re tired of waiting for Google to come up with a secure way for you to send and receive messages, then SecureGmail, a browser extension which also happens to be an open source project on GitHub is readily available....

Another great feature of the Mail app is that it allows you to add an image to your email signature. In this post, we will show you the steps to add an image to an email signature in the Mail app on Mac. Add Image to Email Signature in Mail App Before moving ahead, make sure you have a PNG file of your signature saved on your Mac if you want to use that as your email signature....

However, providing your password and the code from your 2FA method during every sign-in gets tiring. One way to save time and effort is by creating a list of trusted devices that can skip this step on your Google Account. If you lose the trusted device, you can also remove it from your Google Account to maintain your data security. Here are the steps to do so: How to Add a Trusted Device to Your Google Account Your trusted devices need to belong only to you....

If you are worried that a PDF won’t offer some of the effects you have with a PowerPoint Presentation, some features might convince you otherwise. For example, you can add page transitions to your PDF using Adobe Acrobat. You can either add transitions to all the pages of the PDF or certain pages. Here’s how to add page transitions to your PDF using Adobe Acrobat. How to Add Page Transitions to All Pages of a PDF Using Adobe Acrobat Here’s how to add page transitions to all pages of a PDF using Adobe Acrobat: Step 1: On your PC’s Start menu, search for the Adobe Acrobat app....

Instagram recently updated its mobile web app version which now allows users to post images and thanks to the update, there is also a workaround to post images via your PC to your Instagram feed. First launched in August 2016 to a limited number of countries, Instagram Stories got an update with video integration when Live Stories was rolled out worldwide in January 2017 and soon started eating into Snapchat’s popularity....