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Fortunately, calculators are always there to help you. But here’s the thing – you need to tell this to the education system. Just handing out calculators doesn’t help. You need to teach people how to use them. In school, complicated problems were first mapped out on paper, the problem was converted from text to numbers, then the calculator was brought in. This conversion part, the laying it all out in a logical manner, doesn’t get as much credit as it deserves....

Temple Run was one of those games. When it released a bit more than a year ago, it brought along a kind of gaming experience that, while not unheard of, certainly felt novel and right at home on the iPhone, iPad and other iOS devices. This first game was an overnight success and really capitalized from its “freemium” model and the great reviews that spread mostly via word-of-mouth and every major social networking site....

In a past entry, we have already discussed a few basic aspects that every MS Word user should know about Apple’s own Pages, which is part of its excellent iWork productivity suite of apps. This time, let’s focus on Numbers for Mac, Apple’s (much cheaper but very capable) alternative to MS Excel and some of the things that Windows users looking forward to use it should know. Ready? Let’s get started....

A Web Whiteboard is a touch-friendly whiteboard app that lets you use your computer, tablet or smartphone to easily draw sketches, collaborate with others and share them with the world. If you have ever used a whiteboard in office for brainstorming then you know how useful they are. But it’s only an online app that can help you to collaborate and share your mental doodles with a colleague who is located on the other corner of the world....

One of such essential tasks for me is paying my credit card bills. Just a single reminder? Doesn’t even serve as a nudge, forget pushing me to log in to my bank. What I need in such a scenario is a process that would tell me each day, “You have N days to pay your bills”. Now, I use MS Outlook as a to-do tracker and it does not help me create such routine reminder....

In fact, one of the most important aspects of the entire process is the planning and the creation of your app’s ‘blueprint‘, which will serve as a guide for everything that comes afterwards. Considering how important this step is, here’s a list of two really neat tools that can help you better plan your iOS app. Let’s take a look at them. Prototyper Available both for Windows and Mac, Prototyper allows you to create – yes, you guessed right – prototypes of your iOS apps right on your computer screen....

Just so you don’t miss out on the awesome features that this app comes with, we have made a list of them. Most of these have been tried and tested on Google Maps Android app. Should work on the iOS app too. There are both the usual suspects and some relatively unknown tips in this list. Let’s jump right in. 1. Gesture Control You must be aware of the conventional way of zooming into a map using the pinch-in feature, however, this feature can prove to be a bit cumbersome especially if you are behind the wheel....

With text snippets, you can quickly share anything – from recipes to programming code (in fact developers use it a lot to share bits of code and get feedback). In fact, you can put in a lot in a single text snippet and share its URL over Twitter. The simplicity of it is its USP. So, if you have never tried out text snippet tools for sharing, here are three worth considering:...

They plug into your car’s USB outlet and let you reap the full advantages of your Apple CarPlay, minus the hassles of connecting your iPhone. These devices are small and compact and occupy very little space. Note: Check your car’s compatibility with the adapters below before hitting the Buy button. Here are our top recommendations for the best CarPlay-compatible wireless adapters. But before that, Here are the best car chargers with multiple portsTake a look at these wire­less car charg­ers for iPhone 13 Pro...

like Twitter has pushed people away from dedicated news reader services and applications. Even worse, not only was Google Reader the most popular free news reader service, it also served as the backend for several important desktop and mobile applications like Reeder and others. So, where to go after Google Reader closes at the end of June 2013? Which services are the most reliable? Which will support third party applications?...

Is this a better late than never case, or should have the ZenFone Zoom disappeared with the rest of the cool technological concepts that failed to solidify? That’s what we are going to examine today. Camera Usability ASUS was not kidding with the pronounced camera experience on the ZenFone Zoom. Even before getting into the camera app, the chassis shows that this phone is not your typical affair. It’s most likely that consumers buy this phone because they care about a capable camera, and ASUS wants to make sure that you’re always ready with physical button access to the basic camera controls along the right side of the phone....

As useful as TweetDeck can be, you might find it’s even more useful once you discover some of the hidden or at least more subtle features. Check out four of them to get the very most out of TweetDeck. 1. Save Yourself from Embarrassing Typos Have you ever posted a tweet that had a glaring mistake in it, but you didn’t realize it until after your followers pointed it out?...

There are various reasons for the Safari can’t find server problem on your Mac. Let’s discuss them and troubleshoot the issue. 1. Reload Webpage Because of the sketchy internet connection on your Mac, the Wi-Fi network might fail to establish a connection to the server. You can simply hit the reload button or use the command + R keys and try to connect again. 2. Double Check URL Did you type the correct URL of the website?...

we compared the native calendar app of the iPhone to Calvetica ($2.99, universal), a third-party app which aims to completely replace Apple’s native offering. Besides Calvetica though, another very popular alternative calendar app is Agenda ($1.99, universal), which offers a similar approach to event organization as Calvetica does, focusing mainly on minimal looks and high usability. So, now that you know how similar these two apps seem to be, you must be wondering which of these is the better deal....

While there a many tools that help you improve your typing speed, that’s only one way to being efficient with using a keyboard. Another way to get better with the board is to customize its settings such that you can make yourself comfortable with how the characters repeat. Let us learn what that means and how to change the settings on Windows 7. First and foremost, you will need to launch the Keyboard settings dialog....

Copy Paste Character is an incredible web service that hosts almost all characters one can think of. Amazingly, you just need to click on any of those characters and it gets copied to your clipboard. You know what to do next, Ctrl + V anywhere you like. Let us check more of what comes along. The moment you visit their website you will be presented with a set of characters (they call it their favorite set)....

What is Hooks? Hooks is a notification delivery app. You sign up for alerts for an event and when it happens, you get notified. A new episode of Community is airing? You get a notification. A post made it to top 500 on Hacker News? You get a notification. And about a million more things. Here’s a brief overview of alerts you can get with Hooks: Know when your favorite team is playing and know their final score....

In the second episode of the docu-series, Handler dreams up a Gotta Go app that can automatically give you a fake way to get out of any situation. Whether or not you’re anticipating having to get out of it in the first place, it can seriously be a life saver. The iOS app, I’m happy to report, is real and it’s free to download. Let’s get into how make the most of it....

The only problem is that the default navigation app that comes in the Car mode is the HTC Locations one and one thing I don’t like about it is that it’s paid. Instead, I prefer to replace that with Google Navigation that’s better than HTC navigation in any case. Replacing HTC Location With Google Navigation To replace HTC Locations with Google Navigation in Car Mode, open the Car app on your phone and tap on the status bar at the bottom of the screen that displays battery and network information....

Upon first opening the App Store, this main screen pops up. It is quite reminiscent of the iTunes App Store. The highlight of this page is the main scroll box at the top, which shows popular apps. Navigation in the Mac App Store will be mainly through these five buttons at the top, respectively titled Featured, Top Charts, Categories, Purchases, and Updates. Here are the featured free Mac Apps on release day....