Before we delve any further, let me clarify on the term hack. Hack refers to any trick, shortcut or skill which increases productivity and efficiency. So, no spying apps or the likes here! Now that we have cleared up on it, let’s now delve into the topic of the day. We have rounded up 7 apps that help to make your work easier and in the same time also aids in keeping your device safe and secure....

We managed to get our hands on the OnePlus 6T and have compiled a list for the best OnePlus 6T camera tips and tricks to make the most out of it. Where Are the Camera Settings? The camera settings of the OnePlus 6T’s don’t appear in the main window. To access Settings, you need to swipe up from the bottom of the screen which will display a sub-menu loaded with icons for the other modes....

Thankfully, there are many ways to troubleshoot the black screen whenever you launch the Discord app on your Windows 10 or Windows 11 PC. 1. Reopen Discord On Windows, when you hit the X mark in the menu bar, the OS won’t completely close Discord. You must close the program from the taskbar or Task Manager menu. Here’s how. Step 1: Click on the up-arrow button in the bottom right corner of the taskbar....

When screen sharing stops working during a FaceTime call, you’ll get tempted to use alternatives like Google Meet, or Teams to share screen content. Before you make a switch, use the tricks below and troubleshoot when FaceTime screen sharing is not working on Mac. 1. Check Internet Connection Let’s start the troubleshooting journey with a basic trick. You can comfortably take FaceTime voice calls on a single-digit (in Mbps) internet speed....

It got so bad that this one time when I was trying to download a storage space analyzer app, I got an error saying I didn’t have enough space left. Oh, the irony. But in the end I was able to persevere. Using a combination of different apps (yes, yes, adding insult to the injury), uninstalling apps, clearing caches, and being ruthless about downloaded files, I was able to clear more than 1 GB of data in a matter of minutes....

This phone can do a lot for the price, offering a lot of hidden features. To top it all, it has a brilliant camera. It’s definitely one of the best cameras I have ever seen on a budget device so far. While the Redmi Note 5 can really breeze through business as usual. There are a number of hidden features, specifically for its camera. Here, we are going to tell you about 9 such essential Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro camera tips and tricks that you must know....

As the name suggests, Microsoft’s Family Safety service is all about monitoring the security of your loved ones. You can track info about your family’s digital activity and have a conversation during family meetings. Parents can view kids’ activity reports of screen time, top websites visited, and the terms they are searching for online. Other features include screen time balance, content filters, location sharing, apps, and game filters, device limits, and spending limits....

Questions sticker is a part of Instagram story stickers that is updated regularly as well. It appears that stickers are slowly replacing the emojis and also make stories more engaging. Recently, WhatsApp also added the sticker feature to its app. Instagram offers a bunch of stickers. These include static, animated, clickable, enlarged emojis, and interactive ones. In this guide, we will tell you the meaning of these Instagram stickers. Let’s get started....

First, let’s understand what’s Always On Display (AOD). AOD allows you to customize your screen to show time, date, battery status, notifications, screen savers, etc. It’s mostly useful in AMOLED screens as AOD only turns on the individual pixels on the screen. On LCD panels, the whole display needs to be turned on to enable Always On Display mode, which is not battery-friendly and doesn’t look good at night times....

But Airmail is no longer undeniably on top. I’ve long been a fan of Spark for iPhone and iPad for managing my mail and getting me to inbox zero every day. A few months ago, Readdle released a version of Spark for Mac. Like the iOS counterparts, Spark is totally free even on Mac too. It’s been pretty popular in the App Store since its release. So how does this free app stack up to the $10 reigning champ, Airmail 3?...

Would you believe me when I say that all the editing and effects related job on the above photos was done on a 4” Android phone? If you believe it, I appreciate your optimism but for those of you who don’t, hang on. Wait till I talk about Pixlr Express for Android today, a fantabulous, easy to use photo editor for Android. Pixlr Express for Android Though the app has a suffix that says ‘Express’, it is not a compact version of any desktop application tool....

The burst mode, high-res front cameras on our smartphone have spoiled us to the point where we barely even care about the quality of photos we take using them. In the beginning you won’t notice anything, but eventually, there will come a time when you will run out of space on the device’s memory card. When the day arrives for Android users, remember the name Gallery Doctor. This app can help you clean your gallery in the easiest way possible....

Image courtesy – Ed Yourdon So, we thought why not turn the focus on some of you, and talk about how you lead your life, what are your likes and dislikes, what are favorite software and tools etc. That’s how we came up with the idea of Reader Spotlight. Reader Spotlight will be a weekly post where I, the editor of the site, will do an email interview with one of our readers....

Presenting, the ASAP Launcher that has been developed to let you perform tasks as soon as possible. So, we’re going to take a look at this new launcher and see if we can really get our work done faster. Let’s dig in. The Home Screen ASAP Launcher is one of those launchers that lets you access everything right from the home screen. You just have to swipe to get to them....

In Android 4.0, Google added the built-in ability in Android devices to take screenshots. And now with Android 9 or P, you get a native screenshot editor. However, built-in screen recording is still not part of Android. We have to download third-party apps to do so. You may have heard about many apps that record screen. In this post, we will compare the best two screen-recording apps – AZ Screen Recorder and DU Recorder....

Earlier, I covered why I moved from Dropbox to Google Drive. Today, we will take a look at CamScanner and see how it fares against Google Drive’s scanning feature. CamScanner was built from the ground up to be used for scanning documents and receipts. Download CamScanner Google Drive, on the other hand, is primarily a cloud storage platform that also offers several office apps including document scanning. Download Google Drive...

In today’s guide, we will understand the difference between an app and a widget and how these two complement each other, and why we need them. Let’s begin. 1. What Are They? The word app is the full form of application which is a program or a collection of programs designed to help the users perform one or many tasks. While most people associate apps with mobile OS like Android and iOS, they are developed for desktop operating systems like Windows and web browsers like Chrome and Firefox....

When you spend a considerable amount of time on a particular version of the software, it might be tough to accept a major upgrade. And while it was a piece of cake to downgrade a Windows OS, Android likes to give users a tough time. We have already seen how you can downgrade the Moto G 2014 devices. Today I am going to show you how to downgrade most Samsung devices that got the Lollipop update back to KitKat 4....

I have faced a number of occasions in the past where I had to digitally sign a document and the lack of a good, free tool (or the lack of my awareness of its existence) to get that done forced me to take printouts, sign manually and scan them back to the computer. I recently came across SignNow which finally concluded my search for a useful and free/affordable e-signing tool....

Now, I cannot afford to leave my machine on all the time either. That would mean continued power consumption and sucking up of battery life. What I can actually do is to quickly toggle among the power plans (which are customizable too) that Windows offers. I can even work on top of that to schedule various power plans such that they get activated automatically in association with my work routine....