On the PC, iCloud Photos provides a convenient way to gain access to any photos taken from your iOS devices. But in reality, it comes nowhere close to the convenience that a Mac’s Photos app provides — in fact, it feels clunky, outdated, and worst of all, unintuitive. And therein lies the problem. You may have noticed numerous instances where iCloud Photos simply fails to download photos taken from other devices....

This is where Winterboard comes into play. Winterboard is a customizing tool available on jailbroken devices that lets iPhone users apply ‘themes’ to completely customize every aspect of iOS, including icons, UI elements, animations and such. Let’s dig a bit deeper into how you can use Winterboard to fully customize iOS 7 to your liking. Installing Winterboard The first step towards customizing iOS is to get Winterboard. You can’t apply custom themes to your iPhone right from Cydia, so you have to get Winterboard first, which is a dedicated tool for this task....

However, I found that there are alternative calendars in the App Store that not only look different, but also offer different features and options that can make them great main calendar apps for some. That said, let’s take a look at how the native iPhone calendar compares against Calvetica ($2.99, Universal), one of the most popular calendar apps out there. iOS Calendar While not advanced by any means, the native calendar app on the iPhone is definitely quite capable....

With the introduction of the Windows 10 operating system in 2015, Microsoft announced the brand-new Microsoft Edge browser with its EdgeHTML rendering engine. Even after three years of continuous improvements, the browser didn’t get an enthusiastic response from the users and developers. In 2019, the software giant finally gave up and decided to join the Chromium web engine project to rebuild its browser. At the same time, a privacy-focused browser called Brave announced its arrival on desktop platforms including Windows and macOS....

While the Nixplay Seed lets you share photos via their in-house app, the latter lets you access your photos and videos from the cloud, apart from app and email. Plus, it also lets you hook a USB stick or a memory card at the back, for a simple set up. So, if you were to choose between the Nixplay Seed 10-inch Wi-Fi digital frame or the one from Pix-Star, which one would you choose?...

nSpaces is a program that allows you to organize your windows and keep your desktop clutter-free. Basically, instead of just one desktop space, you have four that you can switch between. It’s great to help you focus on stuff you really want to keep your mind on, while keeping the rest of your distractions in other spaces. 🙂 nSpaces allows you to customize your wallpapers for each desktop space. That means you can set a more serious one for a work profile, and a more fun one for a more recreationally-centered profile....

Where’s the download list? How to clear history? We’ll answer that and more below. Edge comes with a “Hub”. You get there by clicking the “list” icon in the toolbar. It’s the one highlighted in the screenshot below. This Hub houses different sections for your Favorites, Downloads, History and the new Reading List features. Oh and you can pin the Hub as a sidebar by clicking the Pin button in the top-right....

In today’s article, I will show you how you can create a movie from your photos with Windows Live Movie Maker and do wonders with those snaps. Before we start I hope you have Windows Live Essentials installed on your system. If not,please download and install it on your computer before we proceed any further. As you will see, another Live Essentials product – Windows Live Photo Gallery – has a role to play in this process....

While getting the Harlem Shake on the device was a pretty easy task, none of it would have been of any use if I was not able to make a video out of it and share it with my friends. Moreover just the video was not enough, to enjoy the shake, it had to be completely free of any lags. So let’s see how I managed to record a lag-free screen video on my iPod....

I would recommend you folks to bookmark this guide or understand the process so that you can troubleshoot Windows-related errors and issues in the future. Let’s begin. 1. What Do They Mean A Safe Mode is a special diagnostic mode in Windows that limits all the Windows functions and operations to the core services and processes that are essential to run Windows OS. That means sound, GPU drivers, and a couple of other things will be disabled....

Samsung has been dousing the flames created by the exploding Galaxy Note 7 last year, resulting in a complete global recall of the device and has been trying to regain customer trust ever since in order to avoid hitting its upcoming device sales. Though there has been no official announcement yet, leaks from sources such as Evan Blass and Slash Leaks have indicated towards a lot of features that the Samsung Galaxy S8 might sport....

delegate their tasks to the lower levels. They forward their emails to sub-ordinates so that they do not have to struggle with following up on those tasks. Now, the question is, why have that intermediate layer when you can request the mail recipients to reply to the sub-ordinates directly? All you need to do is, set a different reply-to address when you send out emails. And here’s how you can do that on Gmail, Outlook....

Only audio, image or a video files can be transferred to the recipient. There is no provision to share any other file from the Android file system like a Word or a PDF document.WhatsApp compresses the image resolution before sharing the file. The image will look fine when viewing on the device, but when you view it on a computer you will notice the quality of the image to be significantly downgraded....

Every battery can only sustain a finite number of charge and discharge cycles, after which it starts wearing off quickly. Two types of batteries — Lithium-ion and Lithium-polymer — are prominently used to power all new laptops worldwide and although they are built using different tech, they function in similar ways. A lithium-based battery can not be overcharged even if you leave it plugged in at all times because as soon as it is fully charged (100%), the internal circuit prevents further charging until there is a drop in the voltage....

We have already talked about icon packs, customization tips, and compared the best of Android launchers to OEM skins. In this post, we are going to talk about my favorite launchers in the Android world, Smart Launcher, and Action Launcher. Smart Launcher has been around for a while. The app received its fifth major iteration recently. Unlike Nova launcher, which emphasizes on customization options, the Smart Launcher balances a nice mix of look, feel, and customization....

Thankfully, things have changed, and now Snapchat offers two cool features: mute and do not disturb (DND). While they may sound similar, they aren’t. They are poles apart, and it’s important to know the difference between them. That’s exactly what we’ll do in this post. We will dive deep into the Snapchat mute and do not disturb features to see how they differ from one another. Let’s get started!...

some tips for making the most out of them btw), the removal of YouTube and more. One of the most understated (but very real) problems that this new release of iOS brought however, was that the Wi-Fi connection of the devices of many iOS owners turned unstable. For Android users: We’ve already written about fixing Android Wi-Fi issues, so do take a look if you own or know someone who owns an Android phone....

KumoSync (UPDATE: This tool is not available anymore) is a nifty freeware for Windows that can synchronize your documents from a local folder to Google Docs in real time. The program runs in the background and continuously monitors the specified folder’s file for any change. As soon as the program sees that user has created a new document or modified an existing one it automatically syncs it to the server instantly ( a few seconds gap though)....

Rooting has its own pros and cons but mainly it opens a whole window of opportunity and lets you add a bevy of added functionalities to your device. And of course, these ‘added functionalities’ are achieved through rooted apps. So, in this post, we will have a quick roundup of the best 11 rooted apps for Android Phones, which undoubtedly will give an overall boost to the device in various aspects....

Using Mac was the thing that got me into Markdown. That and the frustration with feature-rich word processors. If that sounds like you, read on to find out how to make your life easier. iA Writer iA Writer is the de facto Markdown editor. Costing just under $10, iA does not have a long list of features. Anywhere else this would be a bad thing, but iA takes pride in being minimal and functional....