Google dominates the global search engine market with over 90 percent of share. The search engine is the default search option on iOS, Android, and Mac. Even desktop browsers like Safari also opt for Google as the go-to search provider. The company tracks a user’s every movement, activity, and search queries to target personalized ads and make their services better with all the collected data. Google was accused of tracking the user location on Android, even when it’s turned off....

The Preview app on your Mac is a suitable enough option to get things done and it comes pre-loaded in macOS. We will show you how to remove image background on Mac using Preview. What Is the Preview App Whenever you open an image on your Mac, you’ll need a photo viewer to check the images. Unlike Windows, which has a straightforward Photos app name, the macOS tries to keep it a bit different....

Although restarting the Chrome browser isn’t necessary most of the times, but in case the tabs stop responding and you need to give your browser a quick restart without losing the open tabs, then we’ve got an easy way for you. This will just make the manual process of restarting the browser, and reopening all the tabs if the ‘restore tabs’ button doesn’t show up, a little less tedious as it will enable you to do all of this with a single click....

Though it’s not every day that we need to move an installed program from one partition to another, when you do have to take care of this task, the best way would be to use this neat utility called SymMover. SymMover is a nifty application for Windows that can move a folder from one disk to another without loosing its connectedness, or I should say the original location in Windows Explorer....

The human brain loves curiosity and chances are that if something is kept hidden from you, you’d be more keen to know more about it. The same holds true for all the deleted WhatsApp Messages. So, if you’re as curious as me, you are in luck. The good people at Androidjefe have found a way where it is possible to see deleted WhatsApp messages on Android and it’s not that difficult....

Time started giving me tougher requirements; like showing page numbers on only even or only odd pages, starting numbering from the third page, no numbering on selected random pages, etc. I started learning, and today, I am able to play with page numbers in multiple ways. Thanks to MS Word Field codes. Today we will take on one among those many situations and discover the magic behind getting the task done....

WhatsApp Groups have a limit of 256 users, but even a smaller group that’s active can blow up your phone’s notifications. You might wake up to a barrage of messages tagging you, discussing all sorts of things under the sun that you didn’t want any part of. Fortunately, WhatsApp includes a mechanism that prevents people from adding you to unsolicited and random groups. That way, you get an option to make a choice – whether you want to be part of that group and prevent spam from reaching your phone’s screen or not....

Also, yes, you can mess up the stylus by putting it in backwards. I’ve been using the Note5 for 3 days now and I have yet to do that. All I’m saying is, just be careful. Feel the clicky bit before putting the stylus in. Right, back to taking screenshots. If you are the kind of person who likes to remember stuff by taking screenshots and highlighting, Note5 has made the process really fast and easy for you....

Of course you can check the folders for changes and even check file attributes manually for precise monitoring, but come on, doing such tasks manually is not what a Guiding Tech reader is supposed to do. 😉 Today, we will talk about a nifty application called GiPo File utilities that’ll get this job done easily. Tracking Folder Changes Step 1: Download GiPo File utilities and run the installer. Installation is very simple; just follow the onscreen instructions and complete it....

If you are a Google Photo user and sync photos online, the story ends there, you can sync photos directly from Google Photos, or any other cloud syncing solution you prefer. But if you are strict about privacy and keep your photos to yourself, here’s an easy way to transfer the photos and videos to your Android device. We would be using the local iPhone backup created by iTunes to extract the media files and then transfer it to Android....

Samsung Notes is limited to Samsung phones and tablets, and Windows PC. That isn’t the case with Google Keep. You can use it on the web, iPhone, OnePlus, Pixel, and Mi phones apart from Samsung phones, making it a truly cross-platform app. So if you want to import Samsung Notes to Google Keep, you will find three methods here. Let’s check them out. Method 1: Transfer Samsung Notes to Google Keep Using Copy-Paste Sometimes, we miss out on simple things....

Microsoft is really forcing the Teams app on users, and this is not cool by any standard. I am not sure why this peculiar behavior either, but this is not how uninstallation works. In fact, this will only infuriate users and repel them towards other apps or even ecosystems. Let’s find out how to uninstall Microsoft Teams so that it doesn’t come back to haunt you. 1. Uninstall Microsoft Teams From Settings There are two components to Microsoft Teams, and it’s the second one that’s worth noting....

iPhone users with Windows PCs are in a real treat with iCloud Photos integration in the Photos app. You can view your uploaded iCloud Photos and even tweak them using Microsoft Photos editing tools. Let’s set it up. Install and Set Up iCloud on Windows 11 Apple offers iCloud app in the Microsoft Store to sync Photos, bookmarks, iCloud passwords, contacts, calendars, and iCloud Drive with your Windows PC. You need to set it up on your computer to enable iCloud Photos integration....

Office documents , namely, Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Surprisingly, Microsoft has announced that it will bring the popular productivity suite to iOS devices sometime next year. However, there are a few excellent alternatives in the App Store that we have showed you already, like Google Drive and Dropbox. Even so, what these apps offer are more like workarounds and not a direct way to interact with your Office documents. Thankfully though, CloudOn solves that with an app that allows you to access, create and edit all your Office documents on the go, and does so while integrating with other services so everything is kept up to date....

Why Run PortableApps from Dropbox? If you haven’t used PortableApps before, check out our review. I’m sure you’ll be eager to take the suite for a spin after that. It’s a great suite of apps, to which you can add apps for basically everything, and which you can run from a flash drive and have with you at all times. Comes in handy when you need to work from a public computer....

However, both of these cloud storages have major differences that can make or break the deal when it comes to factors such as availability, free storage, or overall convenience in general. If you are wondering how they stack up against each other, then you’ve come to the right place. So without any further ado, let’s dive in. Cross-Platform Availability iCloud is available by default on iOS and macOS. However, it’s not limited to just Apple devices — Windows users can download iCloud for Windows sync client and have access to their files on PC....

Apple has been making strides on the audio front in the last few years. When they launched Spatial Audio for Apple Music in 2021, they aimed to provide a more immersive music experience. It felt like we were sitting next to Ed Sheeran in the studio as we listened to Shape of You. And undoubtedly, Personalized Spatial Audio blew our minds equally. Keep reading this guide to find out more....

The audiophile in you must already know about Galaxy Buds, Samsung’s true wireless earphones. Though they are a generation old (the Galaxy Buds+ released last month), they come with features worth dying. I might have gone a bit overboard (wink wink), but you get the drift. It bundles a set of nifty touch-sensitive buttons along with a great companion app. Plus, the battery life isn’t bad either. So, it only makes sense to compare the Jabra Elite 75t and the Samsung Galaxy Buds with each other, so that you can make an informed decision....

Since Google Play Music is pre-installed on almost all Android phones, not many bother to look for alternatives. In May 2016, Jio launched its bouquet of multimedia apps which included Jio Music. Jio Music took a route parallel to Google’s Play Music. That means, access to Jio Music is exclusive to Jio Prime membership. You will need to buy a Jio SIM to become a Prime member and use it....

Swapps for Android Swapps is a launcher for Android which works in parallel with your existing app launcher (stock or other Android launchers). The major difference between a traditional launcher and Swapps is that you can initiate the latter without leaving any application you are working on. Let’s now have a deeper look at how the app and its features work. After you install Swaps from the Play Store, launch it....