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Most websites throw unwanted ads via pop-ups. It’s one of the reasons why Safari blocks pop-ups by default on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. But, you’ll need to allow pop-ups for banks and other important websites. For example, when you try to download a monthly statement from your bank’s website, it may open the document in a pop-up. Luckily, Safari let’s you enable pop-ups for such exceptions and here’s how you can do that on iPhone, iPad, and Mac....

You might come across a video that drags on for several minutes before anything cool and funny happens. In such videos, it’s better to bookmark that point where the fun begins and then share it. This is what Blipsnips does. BlipSnips is an online video tagging service that can help you sort through YouTube and Vimeo videos, and set bookmarks in each video that will lead your friends directly to the part you want them to see....

Don’t worry. In this guide, we will help you with all the ways to change the Facebook interface language back to English. Let’s begin. Things to Note When You Stop Facebook From Changing the Language While the screenshots used here will be in English, you can still follow them based on the position of the options and icons since they won’t change with the language. If you change the language settings on one device, it will not automatically update on another device....

Confused? Well, blame Java. Lately Java has been getting a lot of vulnerability issues and developers are reporting lot of security loopholes that are exploited by the hackers and malware authors to gain unauthorized access over computers all around the world. The condition is so bad that the Feds in United States have asked users to completely disable or even uninstall Java from their system due to the security flaw....

beats audio . Listening to music is such a wonderful experience on it. But the sad thing is that the factory-made earphones are below standards. Forget about sound quality, even the plugs don’t fit well in ears and tend to be uncomfortable. That led me to buy a Sony headphone to enjoy the music while traveling but there was another problem. As the headphone lacked the music control button, I had to unlock the phone every time I had an urge to skip the track....

But there might be some updates that you don’t want to share with specific Facebook friends. And unfriending them might not be an option for a handful of updates. So you can create a Restricted List on Facebook for such friends. Here’s how to create a Restricted List on Facebook on desktop and mobile. What Is Facebook Restricted List? As mentioned above, a Restricted List on Facebook lets you add specific friends with whom you don’t want to share any new updates....

After setting up a group, you can pop it into the email and mail a single message to several people a a time. To be clear, all the terms such as Contact Group, Contact List, Email group, or Distribution list are the same. So, don’t get confused among them. It’s important for every Outlook user when he/she plans to send a mass email to a group of recipients, including employees, co-workers, or friends....

many ways in which you can shutdown Windows 8 but almost all of those require some click and select events along with some mouse button taps. It sometimes seems quite a task to shutdown Windows 8. I have no idea why Microsoft made something so routine this complicated but today I am going to share a simple trick I use on my Windows 8 that shuts it down with the click of a button on the taskbar....

But what if you want to play those audio files on a standard CD player, like the one in your car? (I know, I know, CDs are hardly in vogue these days, and will soon be extinct, but there’s no escaping them just yet) While some players will allow you to listen to MP3 or WMA files, you rarely find a standalone CD player that works with FLAC. However, you can pretty easily create an audio CD from FLAC files, using the popular (and free) software ImgBurn....

Popular social media apps like WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Telegram, and Signal offer several sticker packs to use in conversations. Google goes a step ahead and provides the same in the Gboard keyboard. What’s more? You can even use text and emojis to create fancy new text stickers on social media and chat groups. Update Gboard on Android Creating custom text stickers on Android is a part of the Gboard add-on that Google recently introduced....

Besides its usefulness as a mapping platform, Google Maps has other features you can take advantage of. You can use the Places feature on Google Maps to create a list of your favorite places. You can also share the list created with your friends and family. Here’s how to create a list of your favorite places on Google Maps for PC, iPhone, and Android. How to Create a List of Places on Google Maps for PC Step 1: Open the Google Maps page in a web browser and sign in with your account details....

tips for taking advantage of Apple’s neat iPhoto application . However, this photo manager/basic editor is packed with several features that are not always known to us Mac users. In this entry, we explore a couple of them that might come in handy in some particular situations. First, we learn how to create your own web galleries using iPhoto, which can be used for sharing or for hosting it on your own site....

Being the go-to messaging service for more than a billion people, all of us get tens and hundreds of messages every day on WhatsApp. While some of them are from people we wish to talk, more than often it’s some group message crowding your notification bar. For instance, if you’re working and waiting for a reply from a particular contact, it makes sense to assign a separate message tune or notification light for that contact....

If you would like to update the look of the Icons on your Windows PC, there are a few ways to do it without breaking anything. Only thing we recommend is to create a restore point for your Windows PC before making any changes. How to Change the Default Icons to the In-built Windows Icons The default Icons of a PC comprise of what you’d typically see on your Desktop, the Folder, File Type etc....

This guide will also come in handy when your saved payment method runs out of validity, and you need to clear the clutter of multiple payment methods clogging your checkout page. Let’s dive in. Step 5: Now, click on the Edit button. This will show you all the card details. Step 6: Click on ‘Remove from wallet’. Step 2: Tap on Menu and go to Account. Step 5: Select Confirm to remove the app....

By default, both Apple and Microsoft give the least amount of storage. The case is worse in Apple’s scenario as the company uses the 5 GB storage to backup iPhone apps, Settings, and files. All these options are switched on by default. And it’s very likely that you might fill-up space quicker than you anticipated. As a new user, you might get irritated by constant iCloud storage full prompts. Besides, there are a couple of reasons to avoid using iCloud in favor of rivals....

Deleting a Reddit account is quite an easy process, on both web and mobile devices. However, there is a lot more that you need to know and be aware of before deleting your account. So, let’s understand what happens if you delete the account. What Happens When You Delete Reddit Account Permanently Essentially, no one can see your username anywhere on Reddit. This includes removing your username from your post history, comment history, karma, cake day, avatar, and any other profile information....

As useful as it is (on most days), this features comes with its own set of issues, for you never know what might be in those files. With ransomware attacks becoming far too frequent, you can’t be too careful. So, if you use tools like TeamViewer for remote access regularly, it’s best to nip the issue in the bud by disabling file transfers. Yep, you read that right! TeamViewer lets you block file transfers as well as the option to disable it....

How many times have you sat down to listen to some soul-stirring songs on your Android and ended up getting distracted by the sound of a silly promotional message? In such cases, the most obvious workaround is switching to the Silent mode. Does it not look a tad too manual in this age of automation? So, there must be another way, right? Well, that’s the whole point of this article....

Google Chrome is my default browser across devices. I use it regularly to browse the internet. Recently, I activated dark mode on Chrome accidentally, which made the homepage, settings, and some other things black. Turning it off wasn’t an easy task. So I thought that others could also be wondering about how to turn off dark mode in Chrome. Hence, this post. Let’s see how to have Chrome get rid of this darkness....