Another useful thing that iOS 8 brought to the fray, was the ability to install and use a 3rd party keyboard as default. None of that required root access and it was a major deal. Gursimranjeet Singh, an iOS developer, has brought the two features together and created a keyboard, called the ReBoard, which can help you to multitask on your iPhone. Confused? Don’t worry, let me show you what the app can do....
Apple includes its own version of smart home scenes in HomeKit and iOS 10, which require their own setup if you have several smart home accessories to control. To explore these further, it’s first important to point out the difference between scenes and groups. Scenes vs. Groups Scenes aren’t quite groups and groups aren’t quite scenes. Scenes can control several smart home accessories, but they don’t have individual control over those accessories in the same way groups might....
Before this update, IE 11 was lacking in both basic and pro features, some deemed necessary by many users. It is still not the most feature-rich browser around but if you compare it to Safari on iOS and Chrome on Android, IE 11 can finally face them head to head with comparable features. 1. Private Browsing The most requested feature for any mobile browser has been added to IE 11....
When things are going well, the buffering continuously happen in the background while streaming video. We don’t notice it. The stick downloads data, which the Fire TV Stick then plays back for the user. When the video is played back faster than it’s downloaded into the buffer, the video might get paused until more video is downloaded and ready to play. The problem could be your internet, the stream, or the Fire TV Stick itself....
use VLC for all our video watching needs, there are many users out there who just prefer Apple’s native QuickTime app , if only just because it integrates better with the rest of OS X. However, being a native Apple app, we tend to think of QuickTime as being closed in nature and impossible to tweak or customize. Nothing could be further from the truth, though, since you can actually vastly improve your viewing experience on QuickTime knowing just a couple of little-known features....
This is exactly the case with the PS Vita, and in this entry we will learn a few really cool features that will help you enjoy it even more, save time and fix it. Ready? Let’s go. 1. Download Music Straight From the Web Sony’s PS Vita uses an operating system that is quite open, allowing for things that you can simply not do on say a closed system like iOS (though after the launch iOS 8, that might be something that’s not entirely true....
Cool tip: Learn about how to improve the security on your Apple devices. Read along to learn about the most glaring of these misunderstandings so you can avoid them and have a much more pleasant experience using your iPhone or your Mac. Ready? Let’s get started. 1. Photos in Photo Stream Are Not Locally Stored This is perhaps one of the most common misunderstandings among new users of iOS devices....
However, the word ‘affordable’ tends to have a different meaning when we talk about soundbars with Dolby Atmos. A reasonable unit price starts at around $200-250 and goes upwards of $1,500, such as the Bang & Olufsen Beosound Stage. In this post, we will focus on the ones which cost less than $500 and yet deliver a great experience. So, without further ado, let’s get started. But before that,...
But first, you can look at the best desk organizers to keep neatly place all your office accessories. 1. Addtam Power Strip Addtam power strip can be an ideal option for those tight on the budget. It has four AC outlets at the top, two on each side, and other USB ports on the third. Each AC outlet has 2 inches of space in between, and you shouldn’t have difficulty fitting your large adapters or mobile chargers....
“Sure, Android has tablets, but most of the apps aren’t optimized to take advantage of the bigger displays and higher resolutions – unlike Apple devices.” It’s true. Android has historically lagged behind iOS in terms of tablet apps. The good news is this situation has begun to change in the last year or so. Many apps are introducing tablet and phone UIs. Not only are these apps often beautiful, they are extremely functional as well....
There are some Android phones that run on few hundred megahertz with a handful of internal memory while there are beasts like HTC One X that run on a multi-core processor with 1 GB of RAM. Due to these reasons, performance of Android phones differ and thus some appear slow when compared to others. Even though the performance issue is mainly related to the device hardware configuration, there are few things you can do on the software front which can reduce the pressure on the device hardware making it considerably faster....
work with documents , you will know how important it is to format and present things well . On MS Word, however, there isn’t much you can do about the beauty of your document (and if formal, it has to be in black and white). I personally insist on at least making important things look prominent by varying font sizes and character (bold, italics and the like). As far as the entire document and objects within are concerned, I always have them surrounded by beautiful borders....
take a note or record an idea. However, when looking for apps to do so, you can find yourself drowned in full-featured sketching apps that tend to overwhelm with their complicated features. This is exactly why Adobe Ideas for iPhone is a sketching and drawing app worth talking about. This small, smart app makes it very easy to pick it up and brainstorm and sketch any idea without pushing you to do more by adding unnecessary complexity....
But if you want to consider blocking (or allowing) pop ups permanently from a specific site, and may be blocking the cookies too then this article will shows you how. Cookies, as you might know, are pieces of text stored on your browser to help frequently visited webpages load faster. They are also used for tracking purposes and have important implications when it comes to user privacy. Here are the steps to block pop ups and/or cookies from a particular website in Firefox....
If you’re not aware already, Dashlane is a password manager that competes with the likes of 1Password and LastPass. It’s actually my preferred password manager because of its absolutely stellar UI and functionality. But interestingly enough, it has agreed to let Open YOLO work with any password manager so you don’t have to use Dashlane to reap the benefits of the API. Security Now you’re probably thinking about security. Do all these Android apps who use this API to log me in suddenly get access to my passwords?...
Because of all this, encryption tools are gaining value every day, especially if they are fast, accessible and easy to use. Today we take a look at two of these tools: Encrypto and Hider 2. We’ll check their most important features, see how they compare to each other and how Mac users can benefit from them. Encrypto While not the most complete when it comes to advanced features, Encrypto (free on the Mac App Store) makes up for it with its simplicity, ease of use and convenience....
With Windows 8 Pro Microsoft would require you to purchase an additional license to get Media Center which means users need to shell out extra bucks. However, the good news is that if you have already installed Windows 8 Pro on your computer, you can get the Windows 8 Media Center now for free. This is a limited period offer and you should avail it if you’ve already purchased Windows 8 Pro....
We will compare Google Docs to Microsoft Word online and conclude which one is better for your usage and preference. Cross-Platform Availability Both Google Docs and Microsoft Word Online are web-based, meaning they are available on every platform out there. However, we will give Microsoft a slight advantage here as Microsoft Word is also available as a native app for Windows and Mac. But you will need a Microsoft 365 subscription to use it....
So, how do you handle emails seamlessly? Surely, the built-in email client includes tools for flagging and color- coded reminders, but wouldn’t it be lovely if we could have a chic interface to take care of the tasks and reminders? Handle is one such tool which lets you handle Gmail better and it accomplishes this task like a pro. So, let’s dive straight into it and its many features....
This kind of targeting is creepy, intriguing and (usually) effective, all at the same time. However, the fact is that Google makes a large portion of their money from advertising and they probably don’t intend to stop targeted advertising anytime soon. Be this troubling to you or not, Google Ads are here to stay. So, how exactly do Google’s all seeing eyes work? Google Ad Targeting Contextual Targeting With this type of targeting, ads are displayed to people based on the type of content on a website....
