Although the step of disabling the installation of third-party apps, extensions and JavaScript ensures the safety of user identity and his personal information, sometimes it becomes necessary to install useful scripts that aren’t available directly via the Web Store. So if you know that the script or the extension you are trying to install is clean enough, here’s a way you can install it forcefully on Chrome. Installing Script and Extensions Download the extension or JavaScript file on your computer....

Reflecting this popularity is the gut of photo-editing apps of all hues. From standalone tools like IrfanView, to mobile apps like Aviary, and then to one-click tools for cool photo effects, the world is indeed click happy. Riding the wave and adding to the ‘photo editing’ wars is a new member. The very attractive Fotor (beta) is an online photo editor that’s also available for iOS and Android platforms. Every second name in the apps business is jostling for attention in the photo editing wars....

Blackberry brand and still hold on dearly to their devices mainly due to the excellent messaging service that their phones provide. With all these devices spread across the world, sending messages between them with a service of the quality of BBM became necessary, but at the same time started to get complicated. Naturally, the situation got even more complex with the tablet market boom thanks to the arrival of the iPad, the iPad mini and other similar devices like the Kindle Fire....

Let’s stick to getting iOS features on Android for this post. Thanks to Android’s open ecosystem, I am able to get most of the features of the iPhone through different apps available on the Play Store, like the one with swipe gestures we recently discussed, on my Android. And today we will see how to get another cool iOS feature on Android : Customizable notifications on the lockscreen. Notify Me!...

What’s better? It’s compatible with apps like Spotify, Rdio, and Play Music so you don’t even need to switch players to bring up lyrics. Synced lyrics for the song you’re playing in any of the compatible players will just float over the screen. It all works surprisingly well. How To Use FloatingLyrics With MusiXMatch MusiXMatch’s new Android app is a great music player in itself. It looks and works very much like the Play Music app, and to me that’s a great thing....

gestures . For the moment I stayed silent because I didn’t know what to say. But when I came home, all I had in mind was to research on how to get those damn gestures on my Android tablet. It only took me a few minutes to discover an app called GMD Gesture Control using which one could get iPad or iOS like gestures on Android smartphones and tablets. The only requirement to use the app was that the device should be rooted....

Apple has an excellent Health app and integrates nicely with the Apple Watch series. Not only that, the company is doubling down on its efforts for fitness tracking in the upcoming products. For the Android world, there are mainly two choices — recently redesigned Google Fit or Samsung Health app, if you want to be in Samsung’s ecosystem. Both apps offer several health tracking functions and at the same time differ in numerous aspects....

Data Saving Google Products While we’ve covered Jio’s entry with their 4G LTE offers for India, a land where broadband is still limited to urban areas. But Google has made similar bold moves today with their announcements, starting with a more optimized Google Play store which will work well even on 2G. The idea here is to download all the major parts of Google Play services on Wi-Fi, so browsing is much faster even on weaker signals....

This navigation where your course is monitored relative to a map of your area is possible largely due to GPS/GLONASS which are 2 different space based global navigation satellite constellations. What is the difference between GPS and GLONASS you ask? Well that’s what we’re getting on to now. Note: GPS and GLONASS are global navigation satellite systems (GNSS). These work by using signals sent to receivers on earth from satellites in space....

Don’t sulk, today we will show you a robust new way to hide all your sensitive data. Well, not entirely new because we have talked about this method before but not about this tool that lets you do it on a USB drive. We will see how to use this software called Free File Camouflage, a very small and portable freeware to hide files inside pictures. To start hiding your files you need to download Free File Camouflage zipped file and extract in anywhere on your system....

However, the checkboxes won’t be functional or interactive. Meaning, you cannot directly check them off. You will have to do an additional step to complete them. Don’t worry. Once you get hold of the trick, creating checkboxes in Google Docs will be an easy game. So, let’s get started with PC first, followed by mobile. Note: We have used checklists, checkboxes, and checkmarks interchangeably in the post. How to Insert Checkboxes in Google Docs on PC There are four methods to create checklists in Google Docs from a computer....

Google Slides is versatile and gives you a few different ways to add charts and diagrams. You can either create them directly here or link them from other Google entities like Sheets. Plus, you can also create diagrams outside of Slides and add them through add-ons like Lucidchart. Cool, right? So without further ado, let’s get started. How to Link a Chart in Slides If you already have a chart created on Google Sheets, it’s super easy to link them to Slides....

However, since WhatsApp doesn’t have a username system, some people are not familiar with adding contacts on WhatsApp. If you are one of them, you have come to the right place. In this post, we will tell you how to add phone numbers on WhatsApp. Method 1: Using WhatsApp WhatsApp now has a native functionality to add contacts. To do so, follow the steps below. Step 1: Open the WhatsApp app on your Android device....

Similarly there are lots of other gadgets available from Windows to fulfill your needs. Some of the popular gadgets are slideshow, calendar, CPU meter, picture puzzle, weather, stocks and currency. First, How To Add or Remove the Sidebar In Windows Vista, sidebar comes with installation of Windows but you can block sidebar display by right clicking on the sidebar icon in the taskbar and then clicking exit. If you want to open sidebar again on the desktop then you have to perform following steps: Click Start Button > Click All Programs > Click Accessories > Click Windows Sidebar....

Like most people, I am using a third-party app like Google Authenticator to generate OTPs for my different accounts. Be it banking, foreign exchanges, or even social media accounts. While this works amazingly well, there are times when people lose their smartphones or are unable to access it when they need 2FA to log in. For this very reason, at the time of scanning 2FA QR codes using the app or device of your choice, you also get backup codes....

But what if you didn’t have to? That’s what Input, a free app from developer Matt Healy LLC sets out to do. Let’s take a look at how much (if at all) they succeed at it. A Different Perspective The basic premise behind Input is using command lines to interact with different services. At its heart, the app integrates with other apps and various web services, which allow it (after you give your consent and sign up of course) to perform actions on your behalf....

By default, Google Docs offers a one-inch margin size for all four sides of a page. But you can customize the margins as per your needs. This post will show you how to change margins in Google Docs on Desktop and Mobile. Change Margins on Desktop Using the Ruler Icon Margin is an area in your document that prevents your content from touching the edges of the page. If you are using Google Docs on your desktop, the first way to change the margins is by using the Ruler....

So in this article I will tell you where the Windows 8 Modern apps are installed by default and how you can change the location to save space on your system drive. If you are ready, let’s begin. Default Install Location of Windows 8 Modern App The straightforward answer to the first question – where are Modern apps installed – is C:\Program Files\WindowsApps folder. Here, I am assuming that Windows 8 is installed on your C: partition....

But if you want to change the sensitivity settings of your Mac trackpad, don’t worry. Your Mac gives you plenty of customization options, and this area is no different.Making these tweaks is a relatively simple process, and we’re going to walk you through every step. Keep reading to find out how you can change your Mac or MacBook trackpad sensitivity settings, along with some handy tips related to force touch and using the magic trackpad....

All that is available at the push of a button, after you key in the desired name, of course. On an average Facebook sees as many as 2 billion searches every day, needless to say how Facebook uses that data, but your search history can reveal a lot about your Facebook habits, good or bad both. If you have ever paid attention to that little search widget on the Android app, you must have noticed that Facebook keeps a track of what you have searched and when....