Whenever I have to go for long car rides, which is frequent these days, I bring along the much larger Anker PowerCore 20100. But the Fusion 5000 is so flexible, lightweight and convenient, it very well could be my new travel companion. PowerCore Fusion’s Versatile Design The power accessory is a 2-in-1 portable charger and wall charger. The wall charger flips out from the battery pack similar to a Mac power adapter (actually, it’s about identical in size to one too....

Since they look pretty similar by design, you might ask what’s the difference? Since the higher price on the PowerCore+ insinuates a premium product, should you splurge on it? Here’s a quick comparison between the PowerCore and PowerCore+ to aid in your shopping spree. Better Build Quality on PowerCore+ One of the primary differences between the Anker PowerCore line and the PowerCore+ is the build quality. The PowerCore+ is made with an aluminum shell that Anker calls “Apple-grade....

That said, these apps tend to be on the expensive side, with almost all the best ones starting at $2.99 and upwards. In the past few months however, two major to-do apps became available: Apple’s own Reminders (which now comes installed by default on all iOS devices) and Any.Do (which we reviewed extensively here). Both of them are free and among the most popular task managers on the iPhone nowadays, so it is only fair to compare how they fare against each other and see which is the best option for iPhone or iOS device users....

Before We Begin, Let’s Talk AI We now have digital assistants in our pockets, in our living rooms, in our cars and pretty much everywhere. And AI can make a more advanced version of AI. It all seems to resemble Skynet a lot. But Internet of Things (IoT) is already here, not in the distant future. We’ll see more proof of that when we get to the videos below. But, is AI really that worrisome?...

I personally never hesitate to go the extra mile to try out new things but there are many who won’t sabotage their precious device for a mere lock screen. Of course, a new lock screen is always a good choice, but there should be an easy way to do that, right? Well, guess what, there is! Now with MagicLocker, a nifty application for Android, you can change the lock screen of your Android smartphone without the tension of rooting and modification via recovery, and all this in a jiffy....

The development of the cloud has brought with us a service that ties all your notes together into your account and automatically updates your devices with the newest versions of your notes. It’s called Evernote and is probably the most popular among note taking tools out there. What is Evernote? Evernote is a note-taking application. Its power lies in its synchronization — it has apps available for Windows, Mac OS X, iOS, Android and BlackBerry devices....

If you are a fan of vintage photography, you’ll definitely like this entry. Here we will show you how to take any conventional photo and create a professional looking black & white version using Photoshop. Let’s get started. Here is the original photo we’ll be using to illustrate this example: Naturally, you must be wondering if simply using the default black & white option in Photoshop would be enough. While it might be for some of you, in truth, the end result when using more elaborate techniques (the ones you are about to learn here) can be much more elegant and convincingly vintage....

This time we take a look at another one of these indispensable tools if you are a Mac user and you have either a Magic Mouse or a Macbook with a modern trackpad. The name of this little utility is Better Touch Tools and it is available for free. Don’t be fooled by the free tag. In fact, Better Touch Tools is one of the most useful and convenient utilities you can find for your Mac....

backup and restoring Android apps easily . The thing is, 7 out of 10 times someone has to back up and restore apps on his Android is because he is probably trying out a new custom ROM on his device . Other than that one hardly needs a reason to restore backed up apps frequently. Now, whenever someone installs a ROM on his device, it’s done using a custom recovery installed on the device like the ClockworkMod recovery or the EXT4 recovery....

Did you know: According to this study, a normal consumer spends more than 3 hours on his smartphone daily, but spends only 25% of it on actual communication!! While we all know that we should disconnect from our smartphones, sometimes we require a little push to remind us. After all, we are only humans. So with OffTime for Android, an amazing application that helps you take time off from your smartphone, you can get reconnected with the real world....

Unfortunately, along with these messages, it also aggregates a whole lot of other junk — promotional materials and ads. And it goes without saying that a messy SMS interface makes everything hard to find. If you’re having trouble keeping a tab on your important text messages, trust the SMS Clean – Free SMS, Backup to do the job for you. Why This Matters The obvious answer is you’ll have trouble finding important stuff on a messy interface....

Some of those times, your fears might turn out to be true. Hence it helps to know about these enemies of your computer and get a basic understanding of how they work. That could help you deal with them in a faster & better way. Malware is any malicious program or software that’s designed to exploit a computer user. Malware is basically an umbrella term covering computer viruses, worms, Trojan, spyware, rootkit etc....

Modems and Routers are also available as a single combined unit these days, but if you don’t have one of those then you must be aware that these two aren’t the same thing. People running a single PC at home more often than not connect their system directly to the internet provider’s line via a modem’s ethernet cable, but that’s not secure at all too — something we’ll discuss later on....

Today we’ll talk about an extension that takes this floating window/picture-in-picture behavior to a whole new level. Panel Tabs is an extension that lets you open web pages in little panels that are docked to the bottom of the screen. Yes, screen. This will even work when you’ve moved away from Chrome to another app. If you’ve used the previous version of the Google Hangouts extension or if you use Hangouts chat in Gmail, you already know what panels look like....

having me digitize his entire movie collection , my dad recently brought a new digital photo frame to view all the photos in the living room from time to time. However, soon after unboxing the frame, he handed me the memory card and asked me to download all the great photos he had on his email. My dad knew zilch about the concepts of social media photo sharing, cloud storage and all when he used to receive family photos years back on his email, and now he wanted me to download all of those for him....

how you can open accidentally closed tabs or restore recent closed tabs . This might not always work though. If your luck is worse, your Chrome may crash altogether for some unknown reason taking away all the sessions with it. You could always dive into the browser history and try to locate the recently closed tabs but we’ve got a better solution for you. Cool Tip: You might also want to learn how to restore tabs and save tab groups in Google Chrome....

If it’s just one file, making a change might not be too time consuming, but if you do this on a regular basis, then use this simple tool called TakeOwnershipPro to easily deal with file ownership issues. TakeOwnershipPro for Windows TakeOwnershipPro is a free, lightweight program that makes the process of gaining file ownership take not more than a mouse click. To get started, you can download the setup file and install it on your system....

secure our email inboxes . Take Gmail for instance. Their 2-step verification is a great way to add an extra layer of protection against intrusions. Gmail users probably know that the Google bots scan their emails to show relevant ads. I wouldn’t worry about this because they are just bots. Yet, you may choose to stay out of this by changing Ad preferences on Google. So, your Gmail account stays pretty much protected if you are cautious and follow Gmail’s security suggestions....

Both the apps cover almost all the aspects that you’d expect from a file manager app. So, it seems only fair that we pit both the apps against each other and see which one comes out as a winner. 1. Design and Style When it comes to the design, Solid Explorer is based on Google’s Material Design, which makes the app easy on the eyes. To add to it, the left slide-out menu makes navigation a no-sweat affair....

For the last few years, Nova Launcher was the go-to app for customization. Now, of course, the launchers like Action and Microsoft rise to threaten its position, but Nova still ends up edging out the competition. A new launcher called Evie is posing to be a perfect alternative to Nova for the users and enthusiasts alike. The launcher is aiming to deliver the best possible customization options without messing much in the settings....