Now, this behavior can get really annoying at times. The reason is that you may actually want to perform a search on www.google.com instead of the country domain (as the results could vary). So, is there a way to prevent the redirection and force open www.google.com? Yes, there is. And when you want to do that simply hit the URL http://www.google.com/ncr, where ncr means no country redirection. You need to do this just once....

A major part of Android users rarely get their hands dirty with any of the above. But there are some tweaks in Android that really are worth it. The ones you pressure your technically challenged friends into or just do it for them yourselves. I’m talking about the Swiftkeys and Muzeis of the Android world. QuickClick is one such app. It will take some time to set up but you’ll reap the benefits for weeks and months to come....

free iPhone news readers or online RSS readers , since the start of July Google Reader stopped working. This led to several dedicated RSS readers based on it to lose support. Among these, the best and most popular one was without a doubt Reeder, by Silvio Rizzi. Thankfully, Reeder 2 for iOS ($4.99, universal) is back better than ever and this time as a universal app ready for iOS 7 while at the same time adopting other features and news syncing sources....

keep my files synced on Dropbox so that I can follow up where I left off no matter where I am. As there is not just one computer that I use in college, I carry the Dropbox portable app on my USB drive along with all the other useful portable apps . While working on documents and files, I came across these two cool features of Dropbox that could prove to be very helpful when you mess up your files....

Now, there are a countless number of helper tools in this context. But the ones that really make themselves count are few. Cintanotes is one of the latter – a free, lightweight, user-friendly and portable note taking application that’s natively built for Windows. The best in it is that you can synchronize your notes between multiple devices using a cloud based service like Dropbox. Without further ado let us check out its capabilities....

Supported devices: This method works for both Wi-Fi and 3G versions of Note 10.1 N8000, N8013 and N8010 running Android 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.1.1. Note: The process is a bit risky and might brick your device. One thing you need to remember is that there is no room for errors here. Therefore you must crosscheck every step before you continue to the next one. Rooting Samsung Note 10.1 Step 1: Download the archive file of all the necessary files for the process and extract it to a folder in your computer....

There are plenty of apps that think outside the box of regular app drawer and makes working on multiple apps easy on our droids. Recently, I stumbled upon an all new floating launcher called the Rovers Floating Launcher and I must say I was quite impressed by it in the first 24 hours of usage itself. I must say, adding the word launcher in front of the app’s name is rather obscure....

But complex copyright policies and legal issues means many such services are restricted to US and few other countries and do not work outside them. Fortunately music streaming scenario in India is much better now compared to a few years ago. There is fierce competition between many services today, aiming to grab the lion share of the 300 million user base of mobile internet in India. Music Streaming in India If we look back few years, there was nothing such as music streaming services....

But is Brave that good enough to be worth ditching Safari on your iPhone? Migrating browsers is no pleasant task, so let’s check out how Brave stacks against Safari in several aspects and then decide if a switchover is warranted. User Interface Compared to Safari, Brave’s user interface looks strikingly similar — both browsers feature their navigation bars to the bottom of the screen, with similar positions used for the Back and Forward, Share, and Tab Switcher icons....

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. Please note that in this post, we have compared the 4GB variant of the Moto G5 Plus. Design The Galaxy J7 sports a 5.7-inch display with an all-metal unibody design and squarish corners. Upfront you’ll find the fingerprint sensor which also functions both as the home button....

There are many apps on the Play Store that love to store big files on the internal SD card. Take Asphalt or even Temple Run for example. These apps take up the internal SD card space with save data files and give no option to move them to the external SD card. Even if you try to move these files manually to the external SD card, the app will not identify them and will give you missing file errors....

Seevl is a Chrome extension that gives you all the information you want on the music video that’s currently playing on YouTube. Seevl is a music discovery tool that can help you to land on the exact music video you are searching for on YouTube. Then, Seevl takes the discovery up a notch by connecting you to other music videos that are similar to what you are listening to at the moment....

There isn’t a simple yes or no style answer. Before answering your question, let’s take a quick look at the difference between HDMI 2.0 and HDMI 2.1. Also, whether the upgrade is worth it for you. Let’s get going, shall we? But first, Here are the best QLED TVs with HDMI 2.1 input The difference between HDMI 2.1 and DisplayPort 1.4 What Are HDMI 2.0 and HDMI 2.1 HDMI 2....

Unfortunately, the update created even more issues for Apple. Customers have reported a number of issues ranging from poor graphics performance, inconsistent battery life, and general discontent with the lack of ports. With all of these complaints still rolling in every day, let’s sort through the ones that are legitimate and concerning and the ones that are minuscule enough to disregard. More importantly, I’ll attempt to address whether you should buy one at all or if the problems outweigh the perks....

One of the easiest ways to take a screenshot on Windows 10 is by using the Windows key + Print Screen shortcut. However, if you want to annotate the screenshot or perhaps crop a specific part of it, you’ll need to rely on a separate tool. Thankfully, the Windows 10 October 2018 update introduced Snip & Sketch, a screenshot utility, to simplify the process. With the tool, you can easily take screenshots using the Windows key + Shift + S shortcut, and then edit or annotate the screenshot immediately thereafter....

Though using a worksheet is a lot more easy when compared to pen, paper and calculators, it still has many limitations like managing the payment ratio, easy payment options etc etc. So here’s a great app for your smartphone that will help you split all your bills easily and accurately. Settle Up is a useful Android and iOS app (we will concentrate on Android in this post) that lets you split bills among friends and roommates easily....

But now that I am using the Themer app, I’ve been kind of missing the app search thing. Time to hunt for a workaround! App Dialer for Android I needed a way in which I can use my current theme (that includes the launcher) and also have the ability to search the apps. In my quest I came across a couple of apps, but App Dialer was the only one that seemed worth its salt....

You only got an HDR button along with 8 filters you can choose from. But apart from that, there’s no advanced options to choose from. While the auto photos still do great, people who have insight about ISO, shutter speed and exposure value might be able to make them even better if given a chance. With iOS 8, Apple introduced manual control for camera app that uses the Apple Camera API....

Chromebook’s Built-In PDF Viewer If all you need is the basics, the Chrome PDF viewer might be all you need. It should be enabled by default. If you leave Always Allowed to Run unchecked in chrome://plugins/, you’ll need to right-click to open the PDF. I have my Chromebook set that way to prevent PDFs from opening automatically. Besides just viewing a PDF, you can do some basic modifications. Since PDF creation is also part of ChromeOS, you can extract just the pages you want by printing the document to PDF....

If you run a custom ROM then you must have tried installing a theme. I’ve tried it countless times in the past 3 years but I just couldn’t stand them. None of them were exquisite, some being downright terrible. A lot of it was due to the tools the designers had. That’s changed now. CM rewrote their whole Theme Engine recently and if you’re running the latest CM 11 ROM or other ROMs that integrate CM’s Theme Engine (like Carbon, Liquid Smooth, PAC, C-Rom etc), you already have it preinstalled....