And this applies to everything you upload to the internet. Images, videos, PDFs, Mp3s, any form of digital media. We’ve already told you about RIOT, the image optimizer, but today we’ll talk about an app that promises to optimize all kinds of digital files for you using the best standards out there. FileOptimizer FileOptimizer (Windows only) uses publicly available and often awesome engines to aid file optimization. The installation is also pretty swift....

When I saw that message in Chrome on my Mac, I was puzzled because it isn’t part of any business network. That led me down the rabbit hole of searching for ways to get rid of it. Random reset and reinstall of Chrome couldn’t remove the message. However, I followed these solutions, and that helped me remove the ‘Managed by your organization’ in Chrome on Mac. Why Does Chrome Show ‘Managed by Your Organization’ Message Google Chrome 73 browser update brought the ‘Managed by your organization’ message on the menu for all platforms....

how to do that for Gmail . Others, can be configured in a similar manner. Now, when you add an email account it is given the name of the service it belongs to. For instance, I have Outlook mail configured and it shows the name as Outlook. That should be fine if you are adding a single account or accounts from different services. But, if you add multiple accounts from the same service it may create some confusion for the user....

YouTube’s songs recommendation system is good, but it lacks features like song looping. In all fairness, YouTube is mostly meant for watching videos and less for listening to music. For that, you’ll have to get YouTube Music. But thankfully, you can do everything with the help of workarounds. Let’s check various methods to repeat songs or any other YouTube video on mobile and computer. How to Repeat Songs on YouTube on Web (Desktop) It’s quite easy to repeat songs on the web version of YouTube....

But before you can do any of that, you need to gain root access. For that, you need to flash a custom recovery, which means you need to unlock the Bootloader. It’s an easy affair. Shouldn’t take you more than 30 minutes if you follow the guide below closely. Alright, let’s get this bad boy off its leash. 1. What You Need to Know Before We Start This guide is for a OnePlus One running KitKat (4....

This is essentially Chrome OS inside your Windows 8 (or 8.1) PC. How To Launch Google Chrome In Windows 8 Mode If you are using Google Chrome as your default browser, you most probably use it from the desktop. Before we boot up Chrome in Modern UI, let’s make sure we are up to date. You can do that by clicking the Menu button and selecting About Google Chrome. This will tell you if you are running the latest version....

You can share up to 30 photos at a time. The limit should be enough for the most users out there. And if you want to share more, you can always perform the steps again and send more photos. Follow the steps below and share your vacation photos or marriage library on WhatsApp. Send Multiple Photos on WhatsApp for iPhone There are two ways to send multiple photos on WhatsApp for iPhone....

If you’ve used an iPhone or an iPad for some time, you probably tried setting Chrome as the default browser and failed. Apple just didn’t allow that to protect its own native Safari browser. But with iOS 14 and iPadOS 14, the Cupertino-based tech giant has finally knocked that wall down. That means you can easily make Chrome (or any other supported web browser such as Firefox) the default browser on your iOS or iPadOS device....

Using separate notification sounds different from the default tone comes handy in various situations. Like when you are cooking, driving, or performing similar activities, and you cannot or don’t want to touch the phone. Let’s see how to change the default tone and keep a separate notification tone for Android apps. Method 1: From Phone Settings Android 8.0 Oreo changed the way with notifications channels that allow setting app notifications for apps individually....

best Android security apps to use on your Android, I emphasized on avast! Anti-Theft’s (that that’s how they like to write their name) features. I have used and reviewed many free and paid anti-theft apps available on the Play Store, but I must say that no one seems to do it better than avast!. Lately, I have been getting complaints that setting up avast! Anti-Theft is very complicated but when I used the app, I realized that people take avast!...

Skype is no longer part of the default apps package on Windows 11. Microsoft Teams is here to replace the Skype experience on Windows. The Microsoft Teams flavors the Chat. Let’s set it up. Where Is Chat in Windows 11 After you install the Windows 11 on your computer with a compatible hardware, you will notice the Chat icon right beside the Windows 11 widget menu on the taskbar. Click on it and Chat pops up to serve you with contacts suggestions....

Remember those days when we would hastily look for a pen and a piece to jot a phone number down? How about that thick phone book that used to lie beside the landline, filled with numbers of friends and relatives? Don’t get too nostalgic, my friend. Finding and sharing a phone number was a task back then and no matter how much you miss those days it won’t change the reality....

Or do you? We’ve already told you about apps for iOS and Android that let you sign any digital document using your finger or stylus when you’re on the go. But those apps did their processing on their own servers, which meant they had access to your precious data. If you have a MacBook running OS X 10.10 Yosemite, you can securely sign the document, without the need to install any extra software or worrying about the privacy....

The Remote Desktop Protocol or RDP is a key feature in Windows 10 Pro. With that enabled, you can connect to computers on the network, either to troubleshoot issues or to work from that computer/server. But it can stop functioning abruptly at times and leave users like us in a fix. So, if you are facing connection issues with Windows Remote Desktop, here are a few solutions that might work in your favor....

Below, we shall look at what you must do to stop Apple Music from downloading music automatically on the iPhone, Mac, and PC. The auto-download setting does not sync between devices over iCloud. So, you’ll have to disable the feature on every device you want to stop downloads from happening automatically. Disable Apple Music Automatic Downloads – iPhone Apple Music has come a long way since its introduction on the iPhone in 2015....

Of course, switching to a different browser is going to be easy right? Well, not exactly. This time, Windows has made switching default apps a little bit harder. Users are taken to the Settings app where they manually need to select the alternate app that they want to make the default. And that’s not just limited to browsers. Mozilla has been vocal about this change. Hopefully, Microsoft will change this with a future update....

Google disabled Exchange ActiveSync support for contacts not long ago. That left many iOS device owners with Google account searching for a way to sync their contacts with their devices over the air. It is possible though, to transfer all your Google contacts by exporting them from your Google account and have them on iCloud on your iOS device, which is what we will show you today. Note: We’ve shown you in past entries how to import Google contacts from several accounts to your iCloud account and even discussed alternative apps to manage your iPhone contacts....

If you own a stock Android device such as Google Pixel, one of the Nokia series phones, Xiaomi Mi A1 or Mi A2, etc., they don’t disable the screenshot sound, even if you keep your phone on silent or vibration mode. Weird but true. Not everyone is as lucky as Redmi or OnePlus users who have a built-in setting to turn off screenshot sound or even Samsung users who simply have to keep their phone on silent mode to avoid screenshot sound....

Thankfully, Opera is highly customizable. Hence, you shouldn’t find it too hard to turn off these distracting user interface elements. Below, you’ll find the fastest ways to go about disabling them. Start Page News Feed There’s nothing like a bunch of flashing headlines to divert your attention. But that’s just what Opera does once you load it up. And the fact that you keep on seeing the news feed whenever you open a new tab makes it an absolute nightmare....

can provide tons of new features and improvements to a router’s default setup. Whether it be scheduled reboots, MAC filtering, URL blocking, or port forwarding, some routers don’t provide some of these seemingly basic features. Other times, advanced features are only available with a third party firmware upgrade. We’re going to look at what it takes to upgrade the firmware on a basic router to reveal some really cool and advanced features that were otherwise inaccessible....