If you have a pet kitten or a bird, they’d love to walk on the keyboard or play with the mouse. Besides accidentally bumping the keyboard or mouse, those are all plausible reasons that wake up your Windows 11 PC. And if you’re certainly taking a break, it’s a good idea to disable anything that makes you take a break from your break. We’ll show you how to stop the mouse and keyboard from waking up your Windows 11 PC....
With Caller ID you can see a caller’s phone number on your phone whenever you receive a call. Of course, when you are the one making a phone call, the other party will also be able to see your phone number displayed on their screen. There are occasions however, when to protect your privacy or other reasons, you would prefer to keep your phone number hidden from the screen of the ones you are calling....
Thankfully, that’s where Screen Time comes into play. By using it, you can disable Safari’s Private Browsing mode quite easily. So let’s check out how. But rather than stopping at that, you will also find ways to prevent the usage of third-party browsers that would otherwise circumvent the restriction. Blocking Private Browsing Screen Time offers a dizzying array of features to monitor and control the usage of apps on your iPhone....
Google Drive app on iPhone lets you view the videos’ details and offers you a basic player to view them. To enjoy those videos in their full glory, you’d want to download them on your iPhone. However, Google Drive doesn’t let you directly save those videos into the Photos app. We will show you how to download and play any video file from Google Drive on your iPhone. Use the Default Google Drive Video Player Google Drive supports all the major video file types like MP4, MKV, and MOV....
Today we will talk about a simple tool for Android called File Locker, using which you can easily lock any file using a password and secure the access to it. So let’s see how the app works. Locking the Files Step 1: Download and install File Locker on your device from the Play Store to get started. The app works on all the devices running on Android 2.1 and above....
It’s not that Windows doesn’t provide the option to make password policy better; it’s just that most of us are not aware of the feature. We set passwords at our convenience and then forget to change it on a timely basis. So let me show you all the password policies that you can apply in Windows 7 and 8 to increase your computer’s security. We will also try to understand what these policies mean and how they work....
You can also use exported conversations as evidence if someone is trying to scam you. It eliminates the need for constant scrolling to find certain sections of the conversation on your iPhone. Regardless of your use case, you can easily save iMessage as PDFs on your Mac and iPhone. Why Convert iMessage Texts to PDF Apart from the use case mentioned above, converting iMessages to PDF can also help you take a printout of certain important conversations....
Although the market is brimming with music discovery software like Shazam, Beatfind, Musixmatch, etc. they are limited to music or sound clip playing in the background. But thankfully, we’ve found two options that can identify a song by humming. 1. Use Google Hum to Search a Song by Humming Platform: iOS and Android Humming recognition: Average (9.5/10) One of the most convenient ways to find a song by humming is by using Google’s “Hum to Search” feature....
All I need to do is play a song of my choice, and its dynamic algorithms will take care of the rest. While I love YouTube’s vast library of music and videos, there is one thing that I miss terribly is Equalizer Support. YouTube is considered one of the de facto video services of the world, yet it doesn’t allow to customize the audio output as per our preferences. Bummer....
Thankfully, the company is offering a customization option to hide the navigation bar and revert to the Android 9 or Android 10 gestures in Samsung One UI. The behavior makes sense for Samsung. The company sells over 300 million smartphones each year. A major change in the OS navigation might not go easy with every user. And that’s exactly why the company offers as many options for you to customize the navigation bar in One UI....
Out of all that’s new in Edge, Chrome extension support is undoubtedly the most interesting. With this, you’ll be able to install existing Chrome extensions in the browser. And that’s one feature which might be enough to make users finally switch to Edge. So if you’ve been aching to try out the new Microsoft Edge, but don’t want to give up on your favorite Chrome extensions, let’s take a look at how you can install them in the new browser....
Why VirtualBox? Well, there are many reasons for it. Firstly, it is free, open-source, highly customizable, and easy to set up and configure. Most importantly, it is cross-platform, meaning it can be installed and used on various host operating systems, including Windows, macOS, and Linux. Now, let’s understand the prerequisites for installing VirtualBox. Prerequisites for Installing VirtualBox on Windows Before setting up a virtual machine on Windows 11 or 10, there are some prerequisites you should know, such as the requirements, free space, and drivers....
To take advantage of all the benefits, you should consider switching to Gmail. But for someone who has been using Yahoo or Hotmail since ages, switching isn’t easy. Don’t worry, there are workarounds if you don’t want to give up on those services so soon. There could be two situations when it comes to switching to Gmail from Yahoo mail and Hotmail. You want to integrate your old email account with Gmail....
But it’s Android we are talking about and unlike other mobile operating systems, it can be easily molded to increase productivity. Check it out: In the past, Guiding Tech has shared some cool Android apps that can help you smoothly switch between apps. Today we are going to add Ginger Keyboard, which allows you to quickly launch your favorite apps while typing. Ginger Keyboard for Android The installation and setup is typical; you will have to enable Ginger as one of the active keyboards on your device and then set it as default....
Unlike the offline app, Word Online lacks some key features, and the templates for cover pages are one of them. This means that you either have to make the cover pages from scratch on Word or directly insert a previously made cover page. If this idea is interesting to you, read on to see how to make a cover page on Word Online. Let’s get started. Making a Custom Cover Page Creating custom cover pages on Word requires a bit of manual effort since a few features are missing from the online version....
The algorithm picks up the compatible images on its own. This sort of left non-Pixel users in an odd place. Thankfully, Google’s Snapseed has some hidden tricks that let you create color pop photos just as easily. Before we begin, let’s see what Color Pop images are. What is a Color Pop Image? Color Pop is a filter which paints the subject in color, while the rest of the image gets a monochrome shade....
On the technology front I would recommend that you calibrate the display color, gamma, contrast, brightness, saturation levels and similar stuff to comfort your eyes. Besides you can always tweak the computer atmosphere and workspaces to match your level of ease. And to help you adjust to such an environment we are set to elaborate on how one may adjust the readability and sharpness of text on one’s screen. Let me ask you a couple of questions....
When you sign up for a subscription service in the App Store, nearly every time you’ll enroll in auto-renew, which means that you’ll get billed every billing cycle for the service regardless of whether you use it or not. If you want to manage these subscriptions and options such as auto-renew, you can actually do this directly from your Apple TV. Tip: You can even see subscriptions on your Apple TV that you signed up for on iOS or Mac as long as you used your iTunes account....
Note: 1. PixelRuler 3 Pixel Ruler 3 is a no-frills application which allows users to quickly measure images/elements. The user interface consists solely of the ruler. The ruler is laid out horizontally by default but it can easily be switched to a vertical position with the quick push of the rotate button which is highlighted below. With this, you can measure both length and width. This tool would have been quite useless without this functionality, to be honest....
Nothing’s quite revolutionized the TV yet, but small steps are helping to breathe new life into that giant black square in your living room. One of which is to broadcast content on your iPhone/iPad directly onto your television, whether it’s to watch shows and movies you’re streaming or even play games, make presentationswith other apps or browse Facebook in the big screen. There are a number of ways to easily accomplish this....
