However, that’s not the reason why we like the VLC player. The main reason is that, despite being a free software, it offers many more functionality than any of the paid software out there in the market even today. Of many things that the VLC player has to offer, Mouse gestures is something really awesome. However, most users don’t know about this feature. Similar to the keyboard shortcuts, with Mouse gestures, you can simply move a mouse around the screen and control the playback....

If you belong to the second category, today is your lucky day. In this post, we’ll tell you how to get the Shot on watermark on a photo taken from any Android phone. Recently, you’d have seen many photos online having the Shot on watermark. While some OEMs like OnePlus have this feature built-in, others do not provide it. But, that’s not the end of the story. No matter what Android device you own, you can add the Shot on watermark on your photos....

Thankfully, you do not need any third-party apps to block websites on your iPhone or iPad. That’s because the built-in Screen Time controls on iOS 13 and iPadOS are more than sufficient for the job. Let’s put them into action. Blocking Sites Using Screen Time The Screen Time functionality lets you easily block websites using the Web Content restrictions built into it. The feature made a debut with iOS 12....

Thankfully, iOS has a tight set of built-in restrictions that make blocking unwanted or adult-related content on Chrome a breeze. And with the new Screen Time feature in iOS 12, restricting access to websites on the iPhone or iPad part of your family group is easier than ever before. If you are a parent, you’re going to love it. Block Specific URLs The built-in restrictions of iOS have always served as a useful means to blocking websites not just on Safari, but on third-party browsers like Google Chrome....

While we have made so much advancement in technology, some basic things like these continue to bother a lot of us. Of course, tools like GIMP and Photoshop are pros at doing it, but not everyone is a pro at them. That’s where photo editing apps and websites come into the picture. Thanks to them, you can easily change the background color of an image. The process involves two steps — make the background transparent and add a background color to the transparent image....

In this post, we’ll share the steps necessary to change the default download location on Windows 11 for various file types. So, without further ado, let’s get right into it. Change Default Download Location for Apps, Documents, and Media By default, Windows 11 stores all downloads – apps, documents, media, and other important files to the local drive. Over time, the primary storage my run out of space or you’d like to store specific files in a different drive....

Change Profile Icon on iPhone The Prime Video app on your iPhone is quite capable enough to let you make changes to your profile, including your picture. Here’s how you can change profile icon in the Prime Video app on your iPhone. These steps are also applicable to iPad users. Step 1: Open the Prime Video app on your iPhone. Step 2: Tap the profile icon at the bottom-right corner....

Following a recent update, YouTube has hidden the ability to change video quality under the advanced menu. It’s a small change, but it can be troublesome for normal consumers to find the option they are looking for. It will help you save internet data, but if you are already working with unlimited internet data, you shouldn’t be dealing with 480p or 720p (HD) video quality in the first place. We will start with YouTube mobile apps and then move to the YouTube web to change video quality....

If you’ve been using Adobe Photoshop on your Windows 10 running computer, I’m sure you have come across the scratch disk error at least a couple of times already. It’s quite annoying if you don’t know how to get past the error, and it can have a detrimental effect on your workflow. However, it is quite easy to fix, and you can get Photoshop up and running on your PC in no time....

In this post, we will show you the steps to create and add a password to your ZIP file on Mac without installing any third-party applications or using any websites. Create Password Protected ZIP File on Mac Along with saving storage space, a ZIP file can also save you time while transferring large files from your Mac. The Terminal app on your Mac lets you create a password-protected ZIP file that can be shared across devices....

And another hidden feature of Office Online apps is the Survey feature of Microsoft Excel. Excel’s Survey feature lets you create a basic structure of a survey, which is then shareable with your friends and family group. The Survey in Excel doesn’t have any fancy features like File upload, Conditional Logic, or Branching. Instead, it just gives you some basic options like paragraph, choice, drop-downs, and a few other options....

It is essential to delete old files and maintain only recent backups for preventing the backup files from consuming memory space. However, if you would like to free up memory space on your PC, here’s what you can do to delete them: Note: On Windows 10 backup files are stored in the C: drive. Delete Old Backup Files in Backup and Restore Backup and Restore was an inbuilt-in feature on Windows 7....

Thankfully, compared to its predecessors, the Galaxy Note 10 doesn’t share the same fate. Instead of a dedicated Bixby button, it packs a single button setup, called Side key. It functions as the trigger both for the Power menu and (you guessed it right) Bixby. Yep, Samsung refuses to let go of its smart assistant. If you accidentally were to press the button a tad longer, the smart assistant rears its head, again....

But to make matters rather complicated, Microsoft Edge Chromium also brings an InPrivate browsing mode to the table. It’s quite similar to InPrivate in the non-Chromium version of Edge and keeps no records of your browsing history offline. Unless you are the sole user of Microsoft Edge Chromium on your PC or Mac, having InPrivate browsing windows floating around is a bad idea. For starters, you have no idea what your friend, sibling, or co-worker was up to on your PC or Mac....

To start with, NVIDIA GeForce Experience is a heavy application that takes up a lot of space and resources on your system. But you’ll need to log in to the application for using it. While GeForce Experience does offer great features such as recording your gameplay and optimizing your games, it is still an unnecessary tool for most gamers who just need to update their GPU drivers. If you’re one of those, then you’ve come to the right place....

It is easy to set up, and the best part is that you can also play music from Spotify while you go about the task at hand. And yes, you can define the tasks too. Sounds interesting, right? In this post, we will see how to enable and use Focus Session to boost your productivity. Let’s get going, shall we? What Is Windows 11 Focus Sessions As noted earlier, Focus Session is designed to help you focus more on the job at hand....

While encrypting bookmarks might not be always necessary, if you are on a shared user account, or want to quickly hide a bookmark from a prying eye, password-protecting it could be a quick solution. If you think encrypting bookmarks is a good idea you can try a tool called Link Password. Link Password is a nifty add-on for Firefox browser that can help you password protect specific or all bookmarks....

Because of that, you can’t sign in to and access your account. It’s ironic. While the issue looks serious, there are ways to fix that. Without further ado, we should check out a few solutions that would help you get your security back on track. Let’s begin. 1. Check Authy Account Details Open the app and tap on the Settings icon at the top shaped like a gear. The screenshots below are from the Authy for iPhone, and the layout may differ a little if you are using an Android phone....

But what if you aren’t able to access this treasure? Sometimes Play Store stops working and doesn’t download apps on mobile data. It works fine on Wi-Fi, but when you switch to mobile data, it shows ‘download pending’ or doesn’t work at all. Don’t worry. We shall tell you how to fix the problem. Here are the solutions that you need to try. Cancel Download If you have allowed auto-update of apps over Wi-Fi only, sometimes the pending downloads could be a reason for this issue....

Microsoft OneNote is one of the popular note-taking solutions. The software is available on iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, and Web. OneNote uses OneDrive to store and synchronize the data across platforms. Millions of users use the note-taking app there as it is free, comes with tons of features and sharing options out of the box. With such popularity and usage, OneNote does come with some annoying behaviors. For example, you cannot synchronize data to other cloud storage platforms....