Good that there are tools to backup your Facebook data. But most of them are not free. However, if you are a Firefox user, then you can easily backup and archive your past Facebook updates with the help of an addon known as ArchiveFacebook. It allows you to save photos, messages, activity stream, friends lists, notes, events and groups from your Facebook account locally on your computer. You can access this data anytime in your browser....

Before sharing a Word file with team members or your editor, use Grammarly to fix all embarrassing typos and straighten out unusual sentences. Whether you use Microsoft Word on Windows or Mac, Grammarly is available as an extension on both platforms. Install Grammarly on Microsoft Word for Mac First, we will show you how to install Grammarly on Microsoft Word on Mac and then write a rough draft to check the service in action....

Google is an advertising company, and data is their bread and butter. Though the claim to undertake due diligence, not everyone is comfortable sharing the data about personal or professional lives with the search giant. And how do you actively avoid that? In comes Sesame Shortcuts. A universal shortcut app for the Android platform that works offline, and none of the data leaves your device. Download Sesame Shortcuts Let’s see how Sesame Shortcuts creates this universal search and how deep it integrates with the Android ecosystem....

The New Outlook.com Rules Tool Outlook.com is turning into one of the most feature-filled free email providers out there and its rules tool, which allows the user to sort messages in a more organized way, is a pretty good example of that. Note: If you use the Outlook email client for desktop, check out how to create email subject rules and folder based rules. The tool was announced a while ago and its worldwide roll-out wasn’t as quick as Microsoft claimed it would be; still, that doesn’t diminish the merits of the new Outlook....

Fortunately, there’s a super simple way to keep using some of Google Drive even if your Internet connection has dropped. Google offers a setting and web app that allow viewing and using some of your Drive files offline. Before we look at how this is done, consider a few things Google has told us about offline access: Offline access is available in Chrome and on Chrome OS devices only.Offline access is available only for Google documents, spreadsheets, and presentations....

All it takes is a wee bit of patience, and you’ll end up with a stunning image in no time. What I love about this tool is the image tuning tool which lets you tweak each aspect of the picture. More importantly, you can choose to edit only a specific part of an image and leave the rest like that. Yep, it’s that versatile. But this nifty tool lacks one basic feature, and that’s the watermarking feature....

While Android may have the larger user base of the two, this is not to say that Apple is lagging very far behind when it comes to active devices in the world. Today, we will learn which is a better platform if you want to read an eBook: Play Books or iBooks. Download Play Books Download iBooks 1. Cross-platform Compatibility Here is the thing, Apple operates a very tight ship....

Similarly, there is delete and archive on Instagram. Many times, you see a photo on your profile that displeases you. Even though when the picture was published, you were in love with it, but now it irks you. It’s normal — time changes. Typically, you would want to delete the post. But when you are about to remove it, you see the archive option. Now you may be wondering what is archive and how does it differ from delete?...

If you have a Rooted Android ICS device, you can have the taste of Google Now on your smartphone and try it out on your own. As Jelly Beans library files are not available in Ice Cream Sandwich, voice search will not work but other than that you are good to go. Google Now on Android ICS As we will have to edit some system files on phone, you must have an app installed on your phone that can read, edit and save system files with root access....

However, the problem is, most of the people don’t stop swiping when they are supposed to and continue snooping through your private photos you have in the gallery. We have seen a few apps on how you can limit the photos that can be viewed by your friends and they work. But today, I am going to share a new app which not only protects your privacy but also trolls friends who are a bit too eager to know what’s in your gallery....

In most of the GSM prepaid connections, the operator provides you an USSD ( Unstructured Supplementary Service Data) code like *111# which you can dial on your Android and get the information displayed on your screen. Now the problem is that it’s never a single USSD code that provides all the prepaid related information at one place. Each request, like balance enquiry, free minutes left, free data and message cap etc often have a separate USSD code....

HTTPS was thus brought into action. Today, digital companies around the world are stepping together to make HTTPS the de facto protocol for the Internet. This is a huge step. And, it will take time for most of the Internet to move over to HTTPS. But, the question is – Is it really necessary to do so? How secure is HTTPS today? And, what actions are being taken to make this happen?...

Ever-changing and evolving, Norton redefines what it means to be an antivirus program. I have always admired their apparent desire to push above and beyond what is expected of computer defense software, expanding their capabilities to cover the backing up of data or performance optimization. The latest version of Norton 360, an all-in-one security cum backup cum PC tuneup suite, has just been released as a free public beta to gain feedback from actual users....

Opera Software offers its browser in a variety of flavors like the default full browser, a beta version for early adopters, Opera Touch and Opera Mini. The company initially designed Opera Mini to run on the Java ME platform in late 2005. Later, the Opera Mini was released on every possible mobile platform. Today, it is widely used on Android and iOS. That said, the existence of Opera Browser and Opera Mini often confuses many when it comes to picking one....

With every new version of the system though, Apple always introduces a series of new features that make it even better. OS X Mavericks is no exception, and after you install it on your Mac there are in fact several cool features that are never mentioned, nor are they known by users. Here’s a look at some tips for the Finder and the Dock in OS X Mavericks that can enhance our everyday productivity....

Talkshow was first on the scene, but Public is getting attention of its own for being the new contender. Do these apps have any practical purpose and if so, which one is superior? Subtle, But Important Differences If you were to download both Talkshow and Public, at first glance you’d think they were just copycats of each other. However, there are some differences in the features of both apps that let them stand out in terms of functionality....

We know how we can use the extended context menu (right-click while keeping the Shift key held) to start the Cmd prompt at a specific location. How about the other way round? I mean, how about opening an instance of Windows Explorer at a specific location from the command line interface? When we are deep into a directory on the command line and want the GUI version at the same location, we can always copy the path, open the explorer and paste it on the explorer address bar....

So here’s yet another app for Windows 8 and RT users called RainbowDrive. This helps them access Dropbox, SkyDrive and Google Drive from a single interface. RainbowDrive is available for free from Windows Store and works amazingly on Windows 8 and Windows RT. RainbowDrive for Windows 8 After you have installed RainbowDrive, launch it using the icon in the Start Screen. When the app runs for the first time it will show you a Start button on the bottom-right corner of the screen, clicking on which will open the Charm sidebar....

reopen the explorer locations (that are currently open) when you restart or login to your computer. This is something that must be activated for people who have to frequently install or uninstall applications. Another flavor of this would be to retain the set of open programs when shutting down or restarting the system. Since such a thing is not supported on Windows by default, we will look at a third party tool, Cache My Work, to work around with this....

The iPhone Data Recovery software can function in one of three ways. It can recover data directly from your iPhone when it’s plugged into your computer, recover data from an iTunes backup file, or recover data from your iCloud backups if logged in. We reviewed the software to determine if it’s as good as it claims to be at recovering lost information. You can get Tenorshare’s iPhone Data Recovery as a free trial or for $49....