But, rather than remiss the ol’ days let’s talk about 2 modern players and which one of these you should choose. Foobar2000 or MusicBee? MusicBee over Foobar2000 More Functionality There’s just way more things built into MusicBee. Not only can it manage all your audio media files, but it supports all major audio formats including MP3, AAC, M4A, MPC, OGG, FLAC, APE, Opus, TAK, WV, WMA and WAV. It can manage and create new playlists, also has the ability to make its own ‘smart’ playlists based on custom filters and also has integration for Podcasts (much like iTunes)....

Say Hi to the Ginger keyboard. Surely the Gboard (or rather the Google Keyboard) can handle tasks like a pro, we had actually gone ahead a made a wonderful list of all its awesome features, but the Ginger keyboard has taken multitasking to a whole new level. So, it seems only fair that we pit the Ginger Keyboard against the Gboard and see its unique features. Interactive Games Yep, you read it right, the Ginger keyboard contains five brain stimulating games like 2048, copter, a picture puzzle and my personal favorite –the evergreen Snakes....

I tried a couple of apps that came highly recommended by the Play Store but all I got was a force close message a couple of times. Finally, after refining my search I got a perfect solution for my problem. DiskDigger for Android is a tiny app that can easily restore accidentally deleted photos (JPEG and PNG) on a rooted Android device. Yeah, well, the phone needs to be a rooted one....

A browser’s search bar also does the same if you have your settings enabled. And this helps you save quite some time. Though these are commonly known, very few people are aware of the fact that Windows Explorer and Run dialog box also have similar capability. On Windows the settings are disabled by default and maybe that’s the reason most of have missed out this wonderful experience. This article explains how you could enable them and have some fun....

It just doesn’t stop with you! With so much of data, you also out your family and friends in danger to these scams. The best way to fight hacking is by settings a complicated password which are difficult to hack and set alerts if someone other than you have logged in to your online account. We have already covered the password domain by talking about apps like LastPass, 1Password and Dashlane and today we are going to cover the notification side of unauthorized access....

However, Drive houses various types of files such as Docs, Forms, Spreadsheets, etc., and the way we share these files also varies. For instance, one would give editing permissions of a file to a friend, but you would think twice before giving it to an unknown person. To make the sharing process a bit easier for you, here we present a detailed guide regarding Google Drive sharing process and its permissions....

I’ve been using my Pixel 2 for a few days and, so far, the experience has been just amazing! The Pixel 2 packs an array of features and we don’t want you to miss out on them. So, if you are Goole Pixel 2 user or are planning to get one, here are 11 important things to do. 1. Transfer Data from Old Phone Transferring data from your old phone can be quite tedious and boring....

Gboard is majorly renowned as Google’s official keyboard app Hence it’s popularity among many Android smartphone users. Being Google’s native keyboard app, the keyboard app often comes pre-installed with many Android devices out-of-the-box. Grammarly, on the other hand, is renowned for its grammar checking features. While Grammarly a is keyboard, its app doubles as a writing assistant which also checks for grammatical errors (and suggests corrections) as you type. Which one is the better keyboard app, though?...

But the new controls in iOS 8 allow you to go mental over specific camera settings. Even if it leads to a bad picture. Yes folks, it is now possible to voluntarily take a bad picture with the iPhone. The future is here. It also means that you’ll be able to take truly fantastic photos with your iPhone now. If you thought that iPhone photos till now were too neutral or bland, the new camera controls are for you....

Image courtesy: cambodia4kidsorg Think of Creative Commons as an alternative to copyright licenses. Whereas copyright laws adopt an all or nothing approach – either your work is in the public domain or it is not – Creative Commons gives the user a set of copyright licenses and tools that create a balance inside the traditional “all rights reserved” setting that copyright law creates. Creative Commons (CC) is actually a non-profit organization set up in Mountain View, California, United States....

MS Outlook or Windows Live Mail (WLM) always open, the program ends up eating some space on the Windows taskbar . Is it always true? No, it happens when the respective interfaces are maximized. When minimized, you can always hide them to the system tray and save the taskbar space. However, it seems that Windows Live Mail shows such an option in Vista and lacks the same when using on Windows 7....

Tons of Devices and Apps If you’re a user that’s similar to the author of this article, you’re probably using (and switching between) a number of computers and mobile devices. That means files and folders in each device. And you most certainly want to save the content you’re producing and the files you’re working on. And what better place to do that than Dropbox, a great place to find them again quickly once you’ve switched to that new laptop, right?...

As fellow tech lovers, I’m sure you can all appreciate the complexity. There are plenty of options, but no one phone feels perfect. In a country like India, where phones aren’t subsidized by carriers, we have to pay the full retail amount of that particular device. So naturally, iPhones are usually out of the question for most Indians. Me included. Being in the Android environment for more than 4 years now had also made at least one thing easier....

What do you do when a program does not respond or hangs indefinitely on your machine? Often, user hit the Ctrl + Alt + Del or Ctrl + Shift + Esc combination to launch task manager and put an end to end that process/application. However, I have faced situations when that fails to work too. Under such circumstances, the Windows Command Prompt is the only option that I see. It is easy to kill a program from there and get things working again....

Apart from that, there are added disadvantages that range from someone else using your smart home assistant to order things to a hacker listening to your confidential talks and gaining access to data stored on your smart assistant servers. The Privacy Paradox Per se, tomorrow a government employee walks into your house and asks you to allow him to place a few bugs inside, I’m pretty sure you’d be taken aback and will resultantly ask him to politely (or not) leave the premises, won’t you?...

Recently, they added the native Portrait mode to Stories that blurs the background in photos and videos. They also keep on increasing their sticker collection with interesting stickers. Now they have come up with yet another cool feature. You can now share your or someone else’s Instagram posts in your Stories. Basically, you will now be able to reshare the videos and photos to your Story with proper credits as their username will be shown in the Story....

If you are using Spotify on a free account, the app displays some ad banners on the player and also plays advert tracks after every couple of tracks to generate revenue. While the banners ads were not much of a problem to me as Spotify remain minimized most of the times, the voice ads were really annoying. Moreover, as I am using Spotify in India, none of these adverts them made any sense to me....

The main difference between Google Maps and Waze is that the former is data-based, whereas the latter is community-based. It means every member using the Waze app can report information related to traffic conditions, accidents, speed, and police traps, etc, for free to the Waze server. Further, it comes with an online map editor, to update roads, landmarks, house numbers, or even add new buildings. And just like every other navigation app, Waze also comes with a voice-guided driving assistance feature....

Not just that, an outdated browser cache can cause anomalies, or prevent sites from loading at all. Regardless of your reason, the process of clearing Safari browser cache and history isn’t all very clear. After all, there’s seemingly no built-in setting in Safari that lets one do that, right? Unless you know where to look. But if you know that and find the option grayed out, then here are some detailed instructions on how to get around that as well....

Migrating data, usually, is easy because we can just copy it from our old machine to the new one. Applications, however, cannot be copied in the same way. You need to install them on your new computer. Then there are compatibility issues too. Some for example work on Windows XP but cannot be used in Windows 7 or Vista. ( Image Courtesy – smudie ) Other problem is that you need to again set up your preferences ( or custom settings) of your old programs....