When inserting my charger into the micro USB port, I had to wiggle it a little in order to start the charge. And from my experience, things only go downhill from here. Eventually I’ll have to fiddle with it for quite some time to achieve the right angle to make it charge, then I’ll be twisting my cord in weird ways to get it to stay that way, and soon after that it will barely work at all....

The core battery tech in smartphone has not seen any groundbreaking advancement in the last two decades but everything around it has progressed leaps & bounds. From battery management, charging methods to even the cables with built-in ICs, we are feeding power to our batteries in most sophisticated way today. So it begs the question, why can’t we keep these damn batteries from engulfing themselves and anything in the vicinity in smoke and flames?...

Annoying as it is, for one, you don’t know what are you missing out on. And secondly, if by chance that’s one of your favorite shows which you aren’t able to see, you’d have to take the long route — type and search. Why Do You See Blank Thumbnails on Netflix Blank boxes, missing thumbnails or thumbnails not loading on Netflix happen due to a number of reasons. If you are lucky enough, a simple reboot of the TV solves the issue, however, that’s not the case all the times....

If you’ve used Google Forms, you know it’s not the most fun thing in the world. Everything is plain old boring text and soulless formatting (which is kind of surprising for a Google product). Typeform though, looks like it belongs in 2015. Its design is cool, awesome, plus three more similar adjectives. Typeform will make the whole process of creating and filling surveys joyful. Its forms are responsive by default and look great on any device....

There are some apps that ask for unnecessary permissions, yet we can’t help but use them anyway. Take Facebook and its Messenger app for example. Both of them track location all the time while you are using the app and also in the background. Same goes with Google services and many other apps. Now I am not sure what they do with this data, but I’m not really comfortable sharing this information....

So, if you are using a NordVPN plan or planning to get one, here are the best features and settings of NordVPN that will help you get the most out of it. As it’s going to be a long one, let’s jump straight in. 1. Get Dedicated IP Shared IP addresses are one of the building blocks of a VPN service. Whenever you connect to a remote server, the system assigns you a random shared IP address....

1. Enable Notification Maybe your friend or a family member accidentally disabled notification on the Instagram app. You need to enable the option from the Settings menu. Follow the steps below. Step 1: Open the Settings app on the iPhone. Step 2: Scroll down to the Instagram app. Step 3: Tap on Notifications and enable Allow Notifications from the following menu. 2. Enable Background App Refresh Instagram relies on background app refresh to deliver new notifications to the user....

You no longer need to rely on iPad’s Today View menu to check updates from installed apps. You can create a stack of widgets on the iPad home screen and glance over the app content in no time. 1. Apollo Apollo is the best third-party Reddit app on iPhone and iPad. It was one of the first apps to adopt the iPadOS widgets, and the developer has nailed the execution with multiple widget types on the iPad....

Whenever we feel that we need to click, we press the mouse button (a true replacement of the Enter key). Actually, we use the mouse to perform very little and I say so because we do not know the inner potential and are unaware of many tricks associated with it. However, there are few on top of my head right now that I would like share with our readers....

Launched in September 2016, Google Trips is a simple, easy-to-use app that is built to be the smart travel assistant. From storing reservations to planning your day, it pretty much handles most of the things. What’s more, it even works offline and sports an impressive interface. So what are we waiting for? Let’s jump right in and see the many features of Google Trips. 1. Offline Feature If you’re a regular Google Maps user, you must be familiar with the idea of offline maps....

1. The Grand Tour Season 2 The season-opening trip involves the trio driving supercars and bickering with each other across Switzerland. This season also features Richard Hammond’s horrific crash while driving the all-electric Rimac Concept One. Prepare yourself for a heavy dose of fast cars and exotic locations. The Grand Tour Season 2 episodes will release on Fridays every week. 2. Young Sheldon The popular TV show, The Big Bang Theory, gave us the character of genius theoretical physicist — Dr....

Hence, we have taken it upon ourselves to list some of the essential Google Maps tips and tricks to help you get the most out of this app. Since it’s going to be a long post, let’s get going, shall we? 1. Add Your Music App Road trips and music are the ultimate combinations. However, unless you use the car’s built-in navigation system, it can be difficult to switch between the music app and Maps....

The absolutely brilliant about this game is that apart from the erratic gunfights and the apocalyptic setting, it brings a new meaning to the word Hope. As they say, To Live Without Hope Is to Cease to Live. As you help Artyom to make his way through the frozen landscape of Russia, we have decided to scout the Internet to find quality wallpapers of Metro: Exodus both in HD and 4K....

1. Google Pixel The Google Pixel is one of the most talked about phones launched in recent times. Armed with a 12.3 MP primary camera and 8 MP front shooter, the AMOLED display and the Nougat operating system surely makes a difference. As far as the specs are concerned, the Google Pixel is packed with a 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 quad-core processor and 32GB of internal memory. 2. Seagate Portable External Hard Drive Running out of space on your laptop?...

From beautiful Azure mountains to Emerald green lakes and breathtaking colors of the flowers, we are indeed blessed to view all this in full glory. Keeping in with the trend of posting nature wallpapers once every two months, we have come up with this set of 17 incredible and stunning HD nature wallpapers, that will surely light up your PC. To set the image as the wallpaper, click on the image and download it as per the screen resolution....

You might ask why an app when there’s already a nice, built-in stock alarm clock in Android. Well, for most it should be enough, but folks like myself who’ve always needed a little push to fight their slumber, we need the Android alarm clock to do something extra. If you ask me, here’s is the best solution to oversleeping for smartphone users. (Image created by Manu from bonkersworld) But, unfortunately, this app doesn’t exist....

Safari, Apple’s own web browser . This application now comes vastly improved when compared to its predecessors thanks to a series of features that Apple added to it to make users’ lives easier. However, not all these features are as useful or as welcome as Apple might like to think. In fact, a couple of them can be annoying and not too safe. Let’s have a look at them and at how you can turn them off for good....

You already know that Windows 8 has a store, which hosts all kinds of apps that you could download and use. While you play with the apps, there are few apps that can actually help you learn how to use Windows 8 and find your way around this new OS. We will introduce you to three such apps. Let’s begin. Windows 8 Handbook Windows 8 Handbook has done well by accompanying its pithy tutorials with videos....

easily stored on most of our devices. So it only makes sense to also be able to have all of our physical documents and receipts “digitized” and available in our devices. The great thing is, while before that might have taken a scanner and a good deal of time to achieve, nowadays all it takes is just an app and a few minutes. Even better – many scanning apps on the App Store offer almost everything you will need to do this in their free versions....

Thankfully, setting up reminders on your Windows computer is quite easy. We’ll show you the three best ways to set up reminders on Windows 11. So, let’s check them out. 1. Set Up Reminders With Microsoft To Do App Let’s start with the easiest method. You can use the Microsoft To Do app, which comes pre-installed on Windows, to set up reminders on your PC quickly. The app is completely free and simple to use....