It is a highly efficient word processor, which allows you to create professional-quality documents, letters, reports, etc. Also, you can format and edit documents with multiple in-built features. But did you know, Microsoft Word can also be used as a whiteboard apart from creating simple text documents? We will show you how to use Microsoft Word as a whiteboard to write anywhere on the document. Using this feature, you can make any document and write text over it in freestyle....

Disabling the startup from each individual program’s option takes time. That’s when you turn to a tool like Quick Startup. Quick Startup (ver.2.8) is a ‘central management tool’ for monitoring all startup items and selectively adding, removing, editing, or disabling them to improve boot times. Quick Startup takes its monitoring role seriously by fetching product information for the startup items. This tells you immediately if that unknown item on the startup list is trustworthy or should be killed....

But now, if you are working on your computer with a Wi-Fi network, AirDroid can save you time – time once wasted when digging around for your Android each time you needed to read and respond to a WhatsApp message. Using AirDroid 3 you can mirror your Android’s screen directly to your computer and access your device with just your mouse and keyboard. So let’s have a look at how you can use the newly improved AirDroid 3 to access WhatsApp and other similar applications directly via your Windows or Mac computer....

Zoom software usage is at its peak. While working from home, Zoom packages enough features to host virtual meetings and webinars. From teachers conducting online teaching classes to small-medium offices exchanging ideas with their clients — all can make the best of it. And whenever such exchange in involved, users should utilize screen sharing and Whiteboard features in Zoom. But many wonder, how do they use a Whiteboard in Zoom?...

Earlier this week, Instagram added a new poll stickers feature to Stories alongside two new creative tools. Now, the Facebook-owned photo-sharing app is adding a new face filter to its fold, which lets users place a beam of light on their image. Even if there is no sunshine around, the new face filter on Instagram will enable users to place a beam of sunlight on their selfie. Once the filter is applied, tap on the screen to move it around or you can tap on the light to change its orientation from vertical to horizontal and vice-versa....

We know that LastPass and KeePass are the two biggest players in this field. But which is better? And more importantly, which is better suited for you? Let’s find out. The Fundamental Differences LastPass is a company with proprietary technology for saving passwords. The browser extensions allow you to generate unique passwords for sites and save them securely on their servers. LastPass will even autofill the username and password and log in to the sites automatically if you allow it....

If you’re a developer/designer, this is great news for you. Android Tool is a free and open source app hosted on Github. Just go to this page, download the latest release, install it like any other app, and we’re on our way. Record Your Android/iOS Screen and Turn it Into a GIF This is dead simple, almost too simple. I’ve had bad experiences when it comes to recording screens on either Android or iOS and then turning them to GIFs....

What you want to do is create an awesome video with transition effects, music in the background and maybe text on screen to narrate what’s going on. We’ve got these powerful mini-computers in our pockets, it would be great if we could just do it all on our iPhones. Of course, it’s not like there are no apps that do this. I’ve tried many. But there’s always something wrong with them....

Thanks to a new beta website called Slice you can document, manage, and track all your shopping sprees across the ether. Slice brings all your merchant notifications (receipts, alerts, shipping notifications, order confirmations etc.) to one place, thus saving you the hassle of rummaging inside your email accounts. From planning to purchase and follow-up Slice is your virtual shopping assistant. Slice follows a simple three step process to manage all your online shopping....

We have already compared Google Keep with Google Tasks. In this post, we decided to put Google Keep alongside Microsoft To-Do and see how the standalone tasks app weighs against the highly praised note-taking app, Google Keep. Fasten your seatbelts! App Size Keep is a product of Google and as such, it comes pre-installed on some Android devices. In case you want to download it from the Play Store, it weighs 13-14MB....

Is Nimbus Note a worthy competitor to Evernote? Does it have all the Evernote features? Oh, and what about the web clipper? Let’s dive into this detailed comparison of features offered by Nimbus Note and Evernote. Let’s get started. Cross-platform Availability One of the reasons for the success of Evernote is because of its availability across platforms. Whether you want to use it on an Android, iPhone or a Windows device, it has an app for everything....

In Chrome these pages open in a new tab which makes it easy to work with them. Besides, in Firefox if you want to access any of these, you have to navigate to the orange button on the top left. The user experience can be made better, don’t you think so? And that’s what they tried with Firefox 13. They introduced a Start Page (as shown in the image below)that had the options to open these pages....

The highly rated flagship device from the OnePlus stable received a few upgrades over its predecessor — the OnePlus 3 — and is going to be one of the most sought after devices globally. The OnePlus 3T will go on sale at the company website at 12:01 AM (PST) or 03:01 AM (EST). Later this week, on November 28, the device will go on sale in Europe at 12:01 (GMT) or 01:01 AM (CET)....

A very good example of this is Clear, which we covered in this entry, as well as a few clever games. This time though, it is a calendar app for iPhone named Peek ($1.99) the one that brings a completely fresh and interesting take on how to use your calendar. Let’s take a better look at Peek and its unique approach. The Color Scheme The first thing that strikes about Peek is definitely its looks....

He was of course, referring to how difficult it was to actually make calls on most smartphones of that time. Then, the iPhone’s interface for making calls (now known simply as the Phone app) was definitely a leap ahead of what was currently on the market. However, in the past few years, while it has gained a few more options and is still on par with any other phone app on competing devices, the Phone app on the iPhone has evolved and changed little....

We have seen how to share files with individuals with different access permissions in the past. However, if you wish to change the rights that you granted then, you may follow three simple steps as below. Step 1: Login to Outlook Mail and navigate to the SkyDrive counterpart. Select the file or folder on which you wish to edit permissions. Step 2: The moment you check an element you should see associated details on the right pane....

MakeBadge is a free web application for making event badges, name tags, business cards, button badges and more. The online web app gives you quite a few template choices starting from design to the content, and its final printing. It’s a complete hands-on tool which is easy enough to learn for even those among us who are creatively challenged. MakeBadge is completely free. There are no restrictions like advertisement bylines or the number of times you can design or print business cards....

Minus.com is another way to share your pictures, documents, music, videos and files. File sharing tools are one for every byte. Not all of them are as clutter free and minimalistic. The no-frills attitude starts from the sign-up itself. Just a username and password does it. You don’t need to register to use Minus, but registration allows you to manage your gallery and also access it anytime from anywhere....

UPDATE: Looks like this service has shut down. Check out our latest post on How to Auto Refresh Pages in Chrome, Firefox and Opera for better methods. RefreshThis (read the update above) is a web based service which, as the name indicates, refreshes websites automatically. If you are watching minute to minute sports update or important breaking news then this site will come in handy. To use this website, paste the URL of the site (example http://www....

Know Your Options While this can be very convenient, in some cases, it has its drawbacks. For example, if your photos fall into the wrong hands, other parties can have access to that sensitive information, which can be potentially dangerous. Now, if you want to prevent this from happening and would rather have this information removed from your photos, you have two options: What makes this method stand above any other for Mac users is that you won’t need any third party application or service....