You can increase the playback speed, one notch at a time slowly, but can also slow things down. For example, reduce YouTube playback speed to less than one if you are having trouble understanding the speaker’s accent. Other useful examples can be research, transcription, or looking for easter eggs in trailers. Let’s find out how you can control playback speed in YouTube apps on Android, iOS, and web apps....

But first, let’s understand the MKV and MP4 formats a little. MKV stands for Matroska, and both MKV and MP4 (MPEG-4) are container formats to store audio and video. Further, MKV is a flexible, open-standard video file format and is widely used for HD videos. However, unlike MKV, MP4 has better performance, and most importantly, is widely supported and compatible. So if you wish to play videos on multiple devices, here’s how to convert the video format....

Take for example, moving a diagram that consists of multiple elements or applying borders to pages, texts, paragraphs and objects. Recently, I was working on some columns of text and towards the end of my job I realized that it would look better if organized in a table. The data was such immense that I could not erase everything and start afresh. With little research I found an easy solution and quickly converted the entire text to table....

The one drawback of this method is that you need a working Windows 10 installation to run the program. If you don’t want to install Windows 10 on your primary PC, you can install it in VirtualBox either on Windows or Mac. Before we start, make sure you have: Windows 10 Technical Preview ISO. You can download it from here.Latest version of WinReducer 10.At least 25 GB of free space on your storage drive for you to save the WinReducer 10 folder....

At times, even we like to post on Pinterest. But when it comes to adding our pins, we are lost. That’s because unlike other social apps, the add pin button in Pinterest is slightly hidden for beginners and at an awkward place for regular users. So if you have been looking for a way to add your image to Pinterest, you are at the right place. Here you will get to know how you can add your own pins, what kinds of pins are supported, and similar other things....

WhatsApp offers rich customization options to create an avatar that resembles your look and style. If you are bored with your usual WhatsApp profile picture, use the steps below to make your digital avatar and share it with friends and family. While WhatsApp’s avatar are very much like the Memojis on iOS, you can first create a look and then match it with your actual face. Where as Memoji shows the live animation of your face before you begin to customize it....

You can create shortcuts to launch frequent visited websites such as Facebook, Gmail or Google reader quickly. Here are the steps involved. Open the webpage inside the browser for which you want to make a shortcut. Click on page menu which is given at the top right corner. On the drop down menu click on “Create application shortcuts”. You’ll find options to create shortcuts on desktop, start menu and quick launch bar....

When you open the Google Forms website, sign in to your Google account. The interface will greet you with a new form having one question and title. You can then add more questions of various types, change the theme, view responses, and more all through the website on the mobile browser. So let’s check how to create a form and use various elements of Google Forms on a mobile....

What Are QR Codes QR code is an acronym for Quick Response code. It is a machine scannable image that contains specific details such as website links or product information that can be read by QR code readers. For starts, you can use your smartphone or a QR Code reader app to use them. An example of the use of a QR code is WhatsApp. You will have to scan a QR code to use WhatsApp on a PC or Mac using a mobile....

With the Windows 10 November Update, Microsoft has added the Windows Defender Antivirus to Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection for improved built-in security in the Windows 10 and later. However, the bigger question is why you want to turn off Windows Defender on Windows 10 computer? Should you really do it? Let’s begin. 1. Turn Off Windows Defender in Windows 10 There is no need to disable Windows Defender completely just because you want to install an app or make some system changes....

Thankfully, it’s more than possible to download and install Chrome entirely offline, just like any traditional desktop application. And you don’t have to go out of your way to do that either. Let’s get started. Why You Should Install Chrome Offline By default, Google only provides you with a ‘stub’ installer to install Chrome. This installer (which is about two megabytes roughly) doesn’t contain the actual files required to run Chrome....

But what about Mac? What if you have a video file of a screen recording or of your niece making funny faces that you want to convert into a GIF file? Today I’ll tell you about Gifrocket. A beautiful no-nonsense GIF creation app that I personally use to make GIFs for my articles. Prepare the Video File The first thing you need to do is get the video file on your Mac....

letting your browser do it or may be you are using a password manager for the purpose. But you still have to go to that website each time and click on that ‘Login’ button, no? As you might have guessed from the title of this post, we want to kick your productivity up a notch by eliminating even the first step of manually typing in the website link and clicking on login....

So, when I got the OxygenOS beta build based on Android Oreo for my OnePlus 3, I was pretty excited to try the new features, especially the Autofill feature – one of the main highlights of Android O. However, imagine my frustration when I couldn’t get the famed feature to work. Yes, not every Android feature is destined to work flawlessly and a few of them need a jump start sometimes....

Unlike the Waze app with a built-in feature for speed limits, the humble Google Maps app is yet to see this update. That’s surprising since the same functionality was introduced briefly in Android Auto and is live in some areas of San Francisco. So, in situations like this, it’s best to take the aid of third-party apps which lets you enable speed limit on Google Maps. One of the best apps to do it is through Velociraptor....

At times, AirDrop might stop working on iPhone or shows ‘Converting’ before it sends large video files. This transfer either takes way too long or just gets canceled abruptly. Here’s how to fix AirDrop converting videos on iPhone every time before sending them. Why Does AirDrop Get Stuck on Converting Are you wondering why AirDrop converts videos before sending them? That’s because the iPhone records the video in a specific format to save up on storage space, which is limited on it....

Watch Your Network With Task Manager Windows 10 will let you see what applications are using the most network bandwidth behind the scenes. You’ll often find automatic downloads, online videos and music taking up a bunch. Step 1. Press Crtrl + Shift + Esc to open Task Manager. Step 2. Press More Details. Step 3. Sort the Network column in descending order (from high to low) to see the applications that are using the most bandwidth....

Computers are one of the best systems to view multimedia files. Are you unable to view photos of any format or other multimedia files using the Microsoft Photos app on your Windows computer? Does the app display a certain ‘File system error’ each time you try to use it? So we have figured out a few solutions for that issue after trying them out. Usually, the Photos app’s file system error arises when you run a buggy or outdated Windows 10 build on your computer....

Apple is infamous for keeping their users in a closed ecosystem. Apple services work flawlessly among their devices, but when it comes to adding support for rival’s platforms, the overall experience isn’t as smooth as the iOS and macOS combo. Most Apple apps such as Reminders, Photos, Mail, and Notes are directed tied with the iCloud platform. And in a bid to make it easy for the majority, the company has announced a new iCloud app for Windows users....

pop-up alerts and even the same sound whenever an email arrives to any of your accounts. Thankfully, with the arrival of iOS 6, our iOS devices got a lot of love, especially in the features department. And in case you are wondering, yes, one of those features is the ability to customize Mail notifications on a per-account basis. For this how-to, all you will need is your iOS device (iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad) updated to the latest iOS 6....