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Though an Android comes with a stock SMS app, it only provides some basic SMS features. Today we’ll take up GO SMS Pro, a really cool messaging app for Android that brings some jaw-dropping features to your Android SMS inbox. Important Update: TechCrunch reported about the GO SMS Pro app for Android carrying a bug that potentially exposes photos, videos, and other files on your phone. Till the developers release a proper update to fix the bug, we recommend moving to the default Messages app with Android RCS messaging or using the Microsoft SMS Organizer app....

in this past entry about the Finder , OS X Mavericks brings a lot of changes and new features to Mac owners. These start from the moment you install it ( which is a lot more streamlined process than before ) and range to small, yet important details like increasing the battery life of your Mac for example. This time, we take a look at another important element of the Mac that OS X Mavericks has improved: The System Preferences....

Which is why there is a dire need to find alternative solutions. And even though the likes of Elon Musk and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are betting big on Solar Energy, there are other alternatives being left out. Solar energy is clean and with improving tech, it will get better. But is it really the best solution? The Facts Against Solar 1. Efficiency This is one of the primary causes of concern while moving to solar power....

Now, with all the progress being made on the gaming side of smartphones, some of the most popular franchises in gaming are making an appearance on mobile as well, and in most cases bring novel experiences that perfectly suit gaming on the go. Let’s take a look at some of the best examples of games that made a transition from consoles to the iPhone and the iPad, without altering the essence of their console entries....

To enable it, just open the Twitter app on iPhone and tap the Me tab. Tap the Settings icon that looks like a gear and then select Turn on night mode. Yes, Android users, you’ve had this feature for a while so go ahead and gloat. But for iPhone users who are just now able to hop on the night mode bandwagon, we’ve compiled a list of five reasons why you absolutely should....

Then, a couple of months back, Rdio officially launched in my country (India) and they brought 32 million songs along with a really good English song collection. The best part was that the premium, ad-free, offline downloads version only costs around $2. I jumped on it. And so far, Rdio has been great. After taking ads out of the equation, I’m listening to a lot more music, discovering new albums every week, something I always wanted to do (this week it’s Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys, thanks to the latest Inquisitive podcast)....

Both the phones marks a major milestone for their makers — while the Apple iPhone X (pronounced ‘Ten’) marks the tenth anniversary, the Galaxy Note8 has a more peculiar agenda and that is to wipe the disastrous ending of the Note7 from the people’s mind. So it seems only fair that we pit these two devices against each other and see which one has a better worth for your money....

This free tool is available for Windows users. It comes in the installation as well as portable version. We recommend using the portable version because you can import this tool in USB drive and use it directly from there without the need to install it. Given below is the interface of Back4sure. There are folders on left and tabs on right. First, select the folder you want to backup. Select it by checking the box next to the folder name....

Until now we were dependent on third party options like Pastebot from the excellent developers at Tapbots. But then they started focusing on apps like Tweetbot and Pastebot just faded away, from the development cycle and from users’ minds. In Android, we have a lot of options but Mac and iOS users are left out on the fun. Most of them just iMessage it to themselves or use apps like iA Writer with iCloud support to write things they want to share from one device to another....

For example, I love to play MP3 files in my desktop player Foobar and read ebooks on Foxit. They always provide a greater control over the files when compared to the respective built-in browser plugins. If you use Firefox as your default web browser, there’s a way you can set how you would like to handle files you view on the web. One can select default association for any file type you access on the web....

One of the least enjoyable tasks in life is to mow the lawn, but now you can do more than just mow it down. Try drawing some graffitis on the surface of your lawn and impress passers-by, friends and neighbours alike with the magic of this Grassfiti machine. Designed by Yuta Sugiura, who had also designed a carpet printer last year, this piece of machinery will delight all those who are constantly looking after their garden to make them look better....

Many of the complaints are valid, but iCloud is also dramatically underrated in key aspects. Not once, but twice now it has saved my entire computer from complete doom. I would have lost all my files, all my applications, and all my data had it not been for Apple’s seamless iCloud integration. It has come a long way over the years and now it’s no longer even necessary for me to perform computer backups....

So, it’s time to switch gears for a moment. How about you try creating a video masterpiece? It doesn’t have to be too over-the-top, but it looks good, has some pretty effects and most importantly was stupid easy to make. Try out Cameo, a free app from Vimeo that offers all of that. You can put together a pretty solid video on your iPhone in a very short amount of time....

Firefox’s rock-solid performance, huge extensions library, and wide cross-platform availability make it the perfect Chrome alternative. It’s also great at preserving user privacy. If you’ve used Chrome for a while, you must have accumulated a sizable chunk of browsing data. And to switch to Firefox without missing a beat, you must import your Chrome bookmarks and passwords. How do you do that? On the desktop, there are multiple approaches that you can take to get your Chrome browsing data imported into Firefox....

Well, there are better ways than shaking the mouse in random directions and trying to locate it. We will learn one of those. Step 1: Hit on the Start orb icon and search for mouse. Click on the result reading Mouse under Control Panel. So, next time you lose track of your pointer you know what you are supposed to do. Just hit the Ctrl key and you would see ripples running on your screen and converging to the point where the pointer is hiding....

Now, do you really have to stay awake till 12 just to do that? You want a way out, right? You want a way to be able to write posts and schedule them to be updated on your profile at a time of your choice. And today we are going to tell you how to do that on Google+. Steps to Schedule Posts on Google+ To be able to schedule posts you will need to install a Chrome extension called Do Share....

I am sure it’s not only Gmail, but almost every leading email service has more or less similar kind of restrictions on attachment for security reasons and thus changing the service provider is not an answer. So now what? With the same question in mind I started my hunt to find a solution to the above problem and rested when I got my hands on Kicksend. (of course, there are other ways, like using Opera Unite, but we are talking about more easier ways here) Kicksend is a free web service that lets us send files (as email attachments) to our family and friends without restrictions of any kind....

presentations even with some frequency, then you must know that one of the primary concerns when creating one is to find just the right kind of icons and graphics to use on them. Ideally, your graphics or other images for presentations should be large and come with transparent backgrounds to provide maximum flexibility when creating a keynote. But what if instead of using image files you could use icons that work and behave just like fonts?...

We are talking about the Twitter bookmark feature. In this post, we will tell you how to use the new Twitter feature. What is Twitter Bookmark You know how you like tweets or DM them to yourself or add them to Moments so that you can access them later? Well, forget all that now. You can now save the tweets to read later using the Bookmark feature. It’s like any other bookmark feature where you can add content and remove it as per your wish....

What’s New The new update (available only to Android users right now, iOS coming soon) allows you to add emojis, stickers, text and doodle yourself on an image that you’ve just clicked and want to share with your friends. Images that you import from gallery won’t get any of these options. However, when you click on the camera icon and are able to see your gallery of camera roll, images and videos shared from there are eligble for these new features....