Windows 8 Modern Mail app , one of our users had a doubt and asked if there was any way in which the default Mail app can be used without configuring the Microsoft account . The user wished to use the app for just Gmail but it would only work if at least one of the accounts configured was of Microsoft’s. Though a bit late, today we will cover an email app for Windows 8 called Gmail Touch which can be used as an alternative for the stock email that comes by default with Windows 8....

So it is no wonder I felt at least a bit curious when none other than Ubisoft released CSI: Hidden Crimes, an official game set in the same universe and with the same characters as the popular TV series. So, does the game lives up to its name? In short, yes. Read on for the details. The Basics Considering that shows like CSI would be quite hard (and very expensive) to produce as a video game while preserving the series’ format, the developers adopted a simple, yet very smart approach: translating CSI as a hidden object game (hence the game’s name) where you, the detective, have to search crime scenes for clues to solve cases....

A good PowerPoint slide starts with a blank slide and then an eye-catching background. On the face of it, backgrounds aren’t too much of a problem because there are readymade ones easily available, and you can also create your own ones quite easily. There are quite a few textures and fills available within PowerPoint itself that you can combine in the right mix. But what about using a photo as a background?...

All-In-One Toolbox is an amazing app that packs in a system cleaner, optimizer, app manager, startup manager, backup and restore module, simple file manager and a lot more. You can manage all of these facets of your Android’s performance right from this very app. So let’s install the app and check out all it has to offer. All-In-One Toolbox for Android Right after you install the app and launch it, the very first screen you will see is a pie chart of your ROM, RAM, and storage usage....

Don’t get me wrong — I love Apple Music. But just the other day, Apple Music refused to play my downloads on my Android smartphone for the umpteenth time. And that too while traveling. Upon checking further, I also found this to be an issue in iOS, although not as common. Thankfully, it’s usually nothing serious, and there are multiple fixes in the tank to go through and get your downloaded music playing again....

Featuring a performance-driven core and coupled with great pricing, the Asus ZenFone 5Z is the newest face in the affordable segment. Hence, it begs the question of whether it’s worth investing in this new flagship. In this post today, we weigh the pros and cons of the phone and try to find out if you should buy the new Asus ZenFone 5Z. Asus ZenFone 5Z Pros 1. Flagship Processor for the Price The octa-core Snapdragon 845 at the heart of the ZenFone 5Z makes for an interesting bargain....

That announcement means far more to technology companies than it does to consumers, at least in the short-term. That’s because headphone makers, speaker manufacturers, and similar wireless accessory brands can start putting Bluetooth 5.0 in their products. Now that 2017 has begun, you can expect to see Bluetooth 5.0 products hit market by the end of the year or sooner. Does that mean you should hold off on buying Bluetooth products right now?...

more platforms are released every week. In this article we will focus on the heavy weight champion of the blogging world – wordpress.com going against the new age alternative – medium.com I’m sure you must have heard of Medium by now. Either from a writer friend who wouldn’t shut up about it or a completely unknown person you follow on twitter. I’ve personally found Medium a great place to consume content that I normally wouldn’t be able to discover on my own, written by people I don’t know anything about....

Due to these features, ISO files are generally compressed in UIF format. Now if you want to decompress it then you can use a software known as Magic ISO Maker. It is very effective and can quickly decompress a UIF file. Here is a guide to decompress (or convert) any UIF file to ISO. Open Magic ISO Maker. Now go to Tools-> Decompress UIF Image. Check the screenshot given below....

create custom vibration alerts . In the past, the ability to create custom vibration alerts was hidden deep in the Accessibility menu, but with iOS 6 it has taken a more prominent place, almost encouraging users to try it out. The great thing about vibration custom alerts is that they can be used in a variety of ways, allowing you, for example, to personalize from the way your calendar reminds you of events to even how your iPhone vibrates depending on the contact who calls....

keep the favorite ones bookmarked .. or maybe you simply remember them. However, modern browsers like Firefox offer better ways. One among such methods is the ability to customize the home page or a new tab page to pin the favorite ones as thumbnails. Another trick is to save them as bookmarks and associate keyboard shortcuts with them. That way, a punch on the shortcut would launch your favorite website....

Though Windows 8 has pleasantly surprised everyone with its amazing features, nothing is perfect and in less than a fortnight of the developer version release, programmers have started finding some shortcomings and glitches and, consequently, have started working on tweaking tools. Metro UI Tweaker for Windows 8, developed by Lee Whittington from The Windows Club, is a nifty tool to tweak the Metro Start Menu settings that are unavailable to users in Windows 8 directly....

DesktopSlides is a multithreaded application which can minimized to the tray and runs always in the background. It lets you change wallpapers of your computer automatically after fixed time intervals. You can download the 1.0 MB software free of cost. You can specify a folder on the computer which contains wallpaper images. The software will use those images in a random order as your desktop background. It also gives you customization options like the ability to filter wallpapers by screen resolution, wallpaper position customization, selecting the time interval of changes and more such options....

That ran my brain down the rabbit hole. So what’s the difference between process and service in Windows 10 anyway? Let’s find out how these two are different, why they need each other, and how they are similar. Let’s begin. 1. How Different Are They A process is an instance of a computer program or an app that you open and run on your computer. It can be executed using one or more threads....

how to get it in Firefox browser by enabling it from the its settings ( Firefox 15 and above). Now the things is, when it is a random PDF document on the web we are talking about, opening it in the browser itself sounds good. But when you deliberately want to download and save that PDF file on your computer, this particular feature will become more of an annoyance. Of course we can save the PDF file after it opens up in the browser, but when you have to save many files one after another, you would surely like to cut that intermediate step....

StumbleUpon Lists are user-created collections of web pages on a single topic. But if you are following one, you would agree it is the fastest way to instantly connect to what’s of interest to you. When you go on the Lists page, it is easy to notice that it is similar to Pinterest. The StumbleUpon DNA (the colored bar on top) quickly tells you what the list is all about and how the web pages on it are distributed....

Reasons to Buy 1. Play Old Multimedia If you have any old CDs or DVDs lying around, you might want to think twice before cutting that extra cost. Unless your existing collection of optical media is worth less than the $20 cost of a cheap drive, you should think twice. Purchasing albums from CD stores can actually be a useful and cost-effective alternative to music streaming services such as Spotify, too....

pen drive with just 2 GB of data, or it could be your iPod with your entire music collection . Heaven forbid, but the error message that flashes – USB Drive not recognized – has all the potential to send you up the wall. You don’t need to, in spite of the frustration welling up inside you. There are several fixes for the above scenario. It could be as simple as plugging the USB drive into the read USB port instead of the front one, or just restarting the computer again....

Create a story option leaves many confused. If you are one of them, don’t worry for you aren’t alone. Many Facebook (FB) users have been left wondering about the difference between the content on News Feed and Stories. So, in this post, we will go on a ride exploring the differences between them and also tell you which one to use. But before we start the real action, let’s rewind a little bit and understand why and how stories have gained place next to the News Feed option....

As we gear up for the glory of club football, FUT fans should keep a look at the team of the week which features Ronaldo and Neymar leading the charge for the playing XI. Ronaldo for Portugal in their 3-0 win against Hungary and Neymar for Brazil in their 3-0 win against Paraguay. Podolski has been added to the attacking fold too, following his stunner in his last match for Germany, against England....