Myfav.es is a browser startpage that displays icons hyperlinked to your favorite websites. . It’s a very simple concept, and doesn’t feature any words or headlines. There is an option to display a search bar which can be adjusted to your favorite search engine. The background of Myfav.es starts off with a default, dull kind of silver. I am a much bigger fan of the Gradient Glow options that are featured on the website....

This release will coincide with the launch of Pokemon Ultra Moon and Ultra Sun that hit the stands on November 17. The Pokeball themed Nintendo 2DS XL console will go on sale for $159.99, which is a $10 rise in price. The company also announced that the White and Orange Nintendo 2DS XL will be available in stores across North America starting October 6, at a retail price of $149....

Let’s take a look at how Photos compares to its predecessor and how the new (optional) photo storage options differ from what we have today. Let’s get started. Photos vs iPhoto Speed The first thing that stands out about Photos is how fast it is when compared to iPhoto, which at least on my 2011 Macbook Air, tends to struggle quite a bit. On the other hand, browsing my content on the Photos app is certainly faster and smoother....

So, how do you choose in such a case? Do you try out both the apps and waste your precious time? Well, that’s where we come in. In this post today, we pit both Piktures and QuickPic against each other and see which app you should use. Like most comparisons that we do here in Guiding Tech, we’ve divided the features into two sets Common and Uncommon, to make it easy for you....

The basket app is only available on Android. There’s still no iOS version released. Therefore, this comparison is done on Android (Marshmallow). And, for desktop access to Basket, there’s a Chrome extension available. As the background is all set, let the comparison begin. The Design Basket : Let the Elements Breathe With no doubt, I can say the Basket has one of the cleanest interfaces for an app. It’s simple and it has given enough space for all the elements to breathe....

There can be many reasons for that. You have a collection of songs (possibly hard to find) from your college days and want to stick with it. You like the advanced equalizer and other settings that come with these apps. You need to listen to a lot of audio files. You need to, alright? Here are two of the best music player apps that I have come across recently. Poweramp is an old time favorite of mine and BlackPlayer comes highly recommended by many of my friends....

Deleting cookies and browser history is advisable if you are not on your own PC. But if it’s your computer and someone else is using it for a while, then you may not want to get rid of all the cookies and history. This article talks about the ways to prevent a user from deleting them in Internet Explorer. There are two options to start with. First is to create another user account....

Codenamed Snapdragon 8510, this chipset is future-ready — a characteristic associated with Qualcomm since the last couple of years. In fact, Qualcomm flagships have often been compared to Apple’s flagship mobile processors in the past. In this post today, we will explore the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 and the new features it has to offer. 1. 5G Ready Yes, the Snapdragon 855 is the first mobile processor to enable full-ranged 5G functionality....

Unless you are a pro at managing and organizing meetings and appointments, they can quickly get overwhelming and tire you out. Besides, it also helps if you are quick in scheduling one when needed. Outlook’s desktop client as a tool that supports most of those requirements. It also has a few hidden tricks. Today we will unfold the quickest and probably the easiest way to clone an existing appointment to a new date....

Compare this to Windows and you need to spend a couple of minutes for every install. You need to press “Next” a couple of times, sign agreements, specify the type of installation you want and stay on high alert during the entire installation process so the app doesn’t install any sneaky malware/adware/toolbars/unwanted programs. Some installs even make you close all running apps meaning during that process your computer is basically unusable....

Today I am going to talk about Ready Contact List, an all-new dialer I came across a few days back while browsing through the store. Apart from the fact that the app completely follows material design, there are many distinct features I like about it. So let me talk about Ready Contact List and show you some of the cool features that might lure you to change over from your current contact and dialer app....

The company recently announced Realme UI, the Color OS based Android skin, to ship with the company’s new device as well as update the existing ones. They are taking a similar route as the OnePlus’s Oxygen OS to go with a closer to stock Android look and feel. Now that Realme is developing flagship devices with high-end CPUs, those phones will be compared to the rivals. High-end Realme devices are comparable to OnePlus phones in terms of hardware and mostly differ in software experience....

Although the device is a piece of art and functions smoothly too, users have been left wanting for more when it comes to the Bixby button. Samsung’s in-house AI-powered personal assistant that made its debut in the company’s latest flagship isn’t even completely developed yet but the company has confirmed that remapping the button won’t be officially supported. For those of you who aren’t very keen on what Bixby has to offer and are dumbfounded with the idea of having a physical button on your device that won’t be of much use to you — we have a solution....

If troubles are inflicting your browser and you’ve tried removing as much as you can to help identify the cause, yet have had no luck, try resetting the browser to it’s default state. We’ve listed how to do this with the top five Internet browsers: Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer (IE), Opera and Safari. Reset Chrome Settings to Its Factory Defaults To reset Chrome’s settings is to impact the following:...

WinUtilities Undelete is a free data recovery tool that can help you locate permanently deleted data and then recover it. The tool can retrieve deleted file and folders from the internal hard disk as well as external storage devices. It also supports digital camera formatted memory card and can recover images from it. It is very easy to use. After installation, open it and on the left side click on the drive name on which you want to track your lost file....

Transitions and Animations First and foremost, the new Google Docs Presentations introduces animations and transitions. This means you can finally include some sort of visually-pleasing alternative to a quick abrupt slide change. Hurray! You can choose from a variety of slide animations, from Fades and Slide Directions, to more complex Cube Rotations. To my delight, I also found I could adjust the speed, which can be useful when you’re trying to alter the mood of a presentation....

Recently, Google came out with a developer tool called ARC Welder for Chrome that can run and test Android apps directly on the Chrome browser. Besides PCs, the ARC Welder app works on Chromebooks as well, and thus you can run Android apps on your Chromebook. All you need is the APK file of the app you wish to run. Getting Started: Obtaining the APK Files The APK file of an app can be obtained from one of the many mirrors online....

There are special cameras that are certified by Facebook like Gear 360, LG 360 Cam, 360Fly that make the task much easier. But at the same time, they cost a couple of hundred dollars. So today, I am going to show you how to shoot 360 degree photos with your Android device with some help from additional apps and upload these photos to Facebook easily. Capturing the 360 Degree View For the task, we will be using the Cardboard Camera app using which one can capture VR ready photos....

Ok, so you found the time. Now what should you write about and how to go about it? What tools to use, what topics to explore? It won’t be an exaggeration to say that somewhere deep inside we all have this urge to pen down our thoughts about things we ponder over. But getting into the habit of doing it is real challenge. And this is exactly what we aim to tackle today....

If you’re looking for an integrated and automated approach to scanning, OCR’ing and uploading documents with ease, read on to find out about Microsoft’s Office Lens app. What Is Office Lens? As a businessman on-the-go who relies on Windows Phone to use Office apps to get real work done, you must come across important documents that you want to scan/save for later use. Office Lens can help you make your life a lot easier....