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Other apps have been aggregating and customizing news for several years now – for iPhone, iPad and even Android. What’s more, they’re all perfectly capable and arguably more powerful than Apple News since the latter is so late to the game. If you’re interested in looking elsewhere for your news, check out these five, free app alternatives to Apple News. Flipboard Flipboard is arguably the most prominent app Apple is competing against with News app in iOS 9....

Here are five ways to use Preview to its fullest potential. 1. Image Correction Preview offers a series of image correction techniques, including Auto Levels which is pretty useful when it comes to adjusting photographs. As my communications technology professor told me, levels consistently need to be adjusted to bring the natural colors back into the photograph. Usually, I’ve found Auto Levels to be more than suitable. As you can imagine, I’m no communications technology major....

Battery life isn’t the strong point on these phones, though. So let’s see how we can enhance it. 1. Screen Time in Dark Themes/Apps The most striking feature of Samsung phones is their displays. And all the flagships released by Samsung this year are really high in their pixel density (2560×1440) and have Super AMOLED tech running the show. The advantage with AMOLED panels is that if it’s a dark screen, those particular pixels don’t light up at all....

These small tips will help you get more productive and save time in the process. That’s why I have covered the web as well as mobile app interface of the Google Docs app. Without further ado, let’s begin. 1. How to Add Outlines Outlines make it easier to navigate long Google Docs files that run into several pages. First, you will enable the feature. Toggle Show document outline under View tab....

Friendsheet is a photo viewer for Facebook. You can call it a “mashup” of Facebook and Pinterest as it borrows the latter’s layout to display photos from your Facebook public news feed. But the similarity is only in the visual nature of Friendsheet. The photo viewer does not borrow any of Pinterest’s mechanisms like pinning photos on image boards. I wish Facebook had thought of it themselves because the grid-style layout makes for a much better display and view experience....

The Pixel-maker has released a new app to help anyone trying to easily create 3D objects easily. Called Google Blocks, the new app is available for free on the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. Google touts that the app is intuitive enough to be easily used by early developers but also at the same time can create good models that are compelling. Using the app, anyone can create the 3D objects and export them to be viewed online....

This is one of those bizarre problems that one thinks should have been solved already. Thankfully, there’s someone trying to do that as we speak. It’s called Point. What’s the Point… Point is a Chrome extension (mobile apps are coming soon), where you can highlight text directly from the website, quote it and then discuss it with your friends on Point in a clean little window in the bottom-right corner of the screen....

Most of our information comes via our browser and that’s why the Google Chrome extension called Chrome Speak deserves a mention. Chrome Speak can read aloud any selected piece of text within the browser. It uses the native text to speech feature of the operating system (Windows, Mac OS X, and Chrome OS). Chrome Speak does its bit to add some more handy ways to read long pieces of text....

If you own an Android smartphone, NetQin is an application that can potentially do the required task smoothly. It’s an amazing Android app that blocks unwanted incoming calls, texts and even protects your privacy at the same time. Download and install NetQin Mobile Manager from the Android Market. Once the application is installed successfully fire it up. Soon as you launch the program, you will see the dashboard from where you can manage all your calls and text messages....

Windows 8.1 ) To name a few things: Windows is more secure out of the box than Windows 7, it boots faster and it provides a unique interface that can be great for mobile devices or even for hooking up to your big-screen TV. Of course Windows 8 isn’t without some drawbacks. One particular drawback has to do with Microsoft’s decision to remove DVD playback from Windows 8 in order to save a few bucks on licensing fees....

Luckily, Windows 7 introduced a feature which could help you get rid of the above mentioned hassle. It’s called check boxes. Yes, you can enable the check boxes for Windows Explorer items. This feature is not turned on by default. You’ll have to enable it by following certain steps. Open Windows Explorer by clicking the Start button (or Start orb), and then clicking on “Computer.” Click the “Organize” button on the top menu and select “Folder and search options....

alternative music applications have appeared on the App Store to compete against Apple’s own offering. Today, we take a look at Track 8, one of the most unique of these competing music applications and compare it against Apple’s Music app. Let’s start with an quick overview of the native Music app, since most of you are surely already familiar with it. Apple’s Music App The native Music app for the iPhone is perhaps one of Apple’s offerings that has gone through the most changes in the past few years....

But it had the guts from the then year old iPhone 4S. It only had 512 MB of RAM and the screen was non Retina with 1024×768 res. With every update it got slow. iOS 8 was the final nail in its coffin. Last month, I bought the second generation iPad mini with Retina Display 32 GB WiFi model, now rebranded as iPad mini 2. To protect this silver marvel, I decided to get Poetic Slimline Case....

already discussed what Find My iPhone is and how useful this service from Apple can be for Mac and iOS device users. There are occasions however, in which you might need to remove your Mac or iOS device from the service, be it due to you gifting or selling your device to someone else or simply because you just don’t have it anymore. So, how do you go about it?...

While most of us usually use Pages or any other word processor to mainly enter text, they are actually capable of much more than that. What sometimes comes as a surprise though, is how powerful Pages in particular can be not only on your Mac, but also on your iPad. In fact, Pages is crawling with little neat features that make it far more than just a mere tool for writing....

Go to File –> Options. Select Quick Access Toolbar. From the dropdown, choose Commands Note in the Ribbon, scroll down to select Save All, and click Add. In MS Word 2003, you could display the Save All option by pressing on the Shift key while clicking on the File menu. But Word 2007 and 2010, involves a more roundabout way. The above article may contain affiliate links which help support Guiding Tech....

Nailbot’s Custom Prints The Nailbot is an accessory of its own that works with either iOS or Android to print custom art directly onto your nails. It won’t paint your nails though, it’ll just add some cool designs on top of them. The small machine works with an app that lets you pick out the design you want to print and etch it right onto a nail in seconds. Nailbot is essentially just an intelligent inkjet printer....

If you are a Google Chrome user then you can try FIFA.com chrome extension to stay updated with latest FIFA news and live scores of matches. It’s a pretty nifty one for sure. After installation, a small icon appears on the chrome extension bar. Click on the icon and it displays a pop having current news related to your favorite World cup team. Go to extension option to customize the setting according to your favorite team....

This month’s list has an app for everything, from a cool photo editor to a productivity booster. So, without further ado, let’s get started. 1. Text Scanner [OCR] Your search for the perfect OCR tool ends with Text Scanner [OCR]. This app can extract text from images with much accuracy (bigger the text, better is the result) and gets your work done in a matter of seconds. The UI is simple....

With Windows Easy Transfer, you can transfer user accounts and settings, files and folders, internet settings, bookmarks, email settings, contacts, and program settings. The tool is available in all versions of Windows Vista and Windows 7. Here are the steps to do it in Windows 7. The steps in Vista are more or less the same. Step 1. Go to Start button Step 2. Run the application. Now a new window will open mentioning all the files and settings to be transferred....