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You can easily spot the usual suspects like Cortana, Action Center, Notification Center, private browsing and reading mode in IE, a redesigned Windows Store and a lot of performance enhancements underneath. There’s just so much here that if you’re not looking closely, you might miss some features. To make sure you get complete use out of your new Windows Phone 8.1 device, read on. 1. Three Pane Start Screen For All Phones First introduced for 6 inch phablets, the three pane Start screen in now available to all Windows Phone 8....

To make things easy and interesting, while you are working on two apps at a time, I would recommend you give PinTasking a shot. PinTasking is a new app on the Play Store that lets you bookmark apps you’re using and add them as a floating bubble at the edge of the screen. When you wish to change apps, you can just tap on the bubble and switch to the previous app you were working on....

Often, you end up searching for or watching something personal or embarrassing. Not only do these search queries and videos crop up all the time afterward, but they can also influence your recommendations with even more related videos. YouTube acknowledges that this is an issue, which means that there are multiple ways to delete your search and watch histories. Also, there are a couple of methods to stop the YouTube app from recording your activity on the iPhone....

So far, Peach seems to be doing a pretty good job of tackling both issues. It’s a very simple social network that focuses socially on status updates, but arguably more important is its focus on intuitive privacy controls. Peach has an array of options for managing your posts and profile visibility, so here we’ll go through what these privacy options mean to you and how to edit them. How to Change Privacy Settings in Peach First, a quick tutorial on how to actually get to and view your privacy settings in Peach because they’re tucked away under a couple of menus....

However, if you are using Windows 8 on a desktop or a laptop, you understand the pain of shutting it down or re-powering it. We have covered the various ways to shutdown Windows 8. And, to help you cut down on the steps we also worked on creating a taskbar shortcut for the same. Cool Tip: Windows 8 users may be missing the Hibernate option that used to work as a great session saver on previous versions....

In times like these, muting helps. Instead of unfollowing your friend during football season, just mute him. Or better yet, specifically mute some keywords and hashtags related to the football event. It sounds simple but the problem is that not every Twitter app (official and third party) offers similar services and everyone’s situations are different. Down below, I’ve compiled the easiest ways to mute users and keywords for the top apps for every major platform....

It won’t be a stretch to say that you use Docs, Sheets and Slides for personal or work use. Google Drive has an easy to use interface for browsing and viewing files. But there isn’t really a tool for transferring ownership of a file from one account to another. Yes, you can share documents but that only gives the other person access to the file. The ultimate control over admin tools for the file stay with the original owner....

However, sometimes due to certain reasons, the Play Store could stop working or doesn’t update automatically. It could also be that the apps won’t download due to an outdated version of the Play Store. In cases like these, one needs to either manually update Play Store or force it to look for an update. That’s exactly what we are gonna discuss today. Let’s see the three methods in which you can perform a manual Play Store update on Android....

shared computer at your home which is used by your kids or siblings too, there might have been times when you wanted to keep a check on who is accessing the computer (and when). The Pro version of Windows 8 comes with a built-in feature using which you can easily record Windows logon events along with the user information and the time at which the computer was accessed. This was available in Windows 7 too, although not in all the versions....

The Industry-changing Move YouTube realized the importance of having offline videos available to some end-users where bandwidth is limited and/or pretty expensive. They have an offline videos mode in their mobile app for a while and Netflix is probably looking at the advantages that this feature provides. Daniel Taitz, the COO of Penthera, a “download and go” software company has indeed said they’re working on downloadable content for Netflix. How the feature will work, still isn’t clear....

The Mumbai-based company has tied up with the Mumbai Traffic Police to digitise the way people are paying fines for traffic violations. Close to 500 e-challan devices have been issued to Traffic Police citywide. Using them, the police will issue e-challan against the registration number of the vehicle and a copy of that will be sent to the transgressors mobile phone. To pay the fine, one has to log on to Mumbai Police’s website, enter either their challan number or registration number of their vehicle and pay using FreeCharge....

Bluetooth 5.0 wireless technology brings a slew of new features and advantages. It’s fast and has a wider range. If we talk numbers, the range is almost four times compared to the previous version. At the same time, it promises better audio quality, should you decide to connect your Bluetooth wireless earphones to your PC or laptop. Read on to find our recommendations for the top Bluetooth 5.0 USB adapters for your Windows 10 laptop or PC....

add useful shortcuts to the context menu and then there are some which help us keep it neat . When it comes to the former we have seen an example of a good image editing tool residing in the right-click menu . But Image Resizer is a bit limited or let’s say more specialized. CoolTweak is another free software (Windows only) of its ilk which can take on your image resizing functions and also throw in a few more features into the mix....

New Skin, Same Soul Although Vivaldi is new in terms of how it looks and feels, it definitely has borrowed a few things from Opera’s browser. What’s more, it is based on Chromium (the same internals as Google Chrome), which makes it a good and a bad thing at the same time. The good bit is that the extensions from Chrome’s Web Store work just fine with Vivaldi (even though you can’t see them!...

1. Restart Wi-Fi Router and Echo The above picture should be available on every gadget as a reminder to try it first before proceeding to other fixes. A simple reboot can fix anything. Therefore, switch off and unplug your Wi-Fi modem and Echo unit to restart them. Hopefully, they will connect fine after that. 2. Connect Wi-Fi Properly Setting up an Echo unit can be a challenging job if the Wi-Fi setup starts throwing tantrums....

If you are a Firefox user, today we will tell you how to browse without the mouse. Here are few keys and combinations that can help you enhance your browsing speed and do a lot more. Not all of these are popular so no harm in taking a look even if you consider yourself a shortcuts expert. Focus the Cursor on the Address Bar This would be your first requirement....

Here are some of them. 1. Open Files for Your Appointments According to Your Schedule Besides serving simply for scheduling reminders, appointments and receiving alerts, the Mac OS X Calendar can also perform quite a few interesting tasks for you as well. For example, you can set any event’s reminder to alert you with either an email or a notification. However, the most interesting of these unique tasks that the Calendar app can perform is to open any file or application on schedule....

some of which are detailed here ). However, along with these, there are also several new settings and features that never make it to Apple’s website or release notes and that can be very useful. In this post, we’ll discuss a few of these settings, how you can access them and how they can greatly improve how you use your iPhone or other iOS device. Ready? Let’s get started....

While all under-desk cable trays and baskets look similar at the first glance, let me tell you that they serve a variety of purposes and are meant for different types of cables and wires. After all, you wouldn’t want a heavy-duty organizer for a simple power strip or a lightweight wire tray to keep the power adapters for your monitor right? This post compiles a small list of the best under desk cable organizer trays and solutions....

metro UI is without doubt a better fit for touch screen devices. Now, when you are an user of such a device, you would want to do almost all tasks by either a swipe or a tap. Typing and clicking makes things boring, right? In the same context, why not look at and activate a feature that comes with Internet Explorer 10. This feature is called Flip Ahead and once activated, it allows you to navigate to successive pages (on a website) with a simple swipe or a tap....