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Let’s take a look at the ones that can save you the most time and be most effective in improving your workflow. The Tools While editing any kind of image, you’d inevitably end up using the tools like move, select, patch and so on. The Move, Marquee, Brush, and Eyedropper are perhaps the ones that are most used by the majority of people. Photoshop themselves have a comprehensive list of keyboard shortcuts (Edit -> Keyboard Shortcuts) for everything, but it’s way too long and complex to even bother with....

What is it? The headband looks like a set of headphones. Instead of putting them behind your head, you put the band in front. The back of it hooks around your ears. It uses Bluetooth to connect to your mobile device. The Muse charges with a standard micro-USB cable. I got in about 15 practices before I had to charge it. Along with the headband is an Android or iOS app....

With a near $300 difference in price, do the additional features of the iPad Pro justify all that money? That’s what we’ll try to answer. Ultimately, the choice to buy either is yours, but it’s worth going over some of the features exclusive to iPad Pro to see how to get the best bang for your buck. Support for Pro Accessories One of the big selling points of an iPad Pro is its support with Apple’s additional “Pro” accessories....

There are a few features that come packed with the Smart Glow and in this article, we are taking an overview of the Smart Glow feature and have a look at stuff you can do with it. Smart Glow Overview The Smart Glow feature is introduced in Samsung Galaxy J2 itself and it’s only useful if you have the habit of keeping your phone screen down on the desk. However, since there is no significant glass protection on the phone, it’s a matter of concern and, therefore, you might want to apply a screen guard protection to use the feature....

But will people install it? Especially when there are amazing launchers such as Nova, Microsoft, Evie, Action, etc. We don’t know about the rest of them, but POCO Launcher is out to take on Nova Launcher. In this post, we pit the POCO Launcher against Nova Launcher to see how it fares. Size It’s no surprise that Nova Launcher is one of the most customizable launchers. A typical Nova Launcher installation app carries a size of 5-10MB, while Poco Launcher ranges between 10-20MB....

Yeah, you simply need to pair it to your phone and print away. Both use Zink photo paper, thereby removing the hassle of buying ink cartridges and toners. While the Polaroid Zip has been around for quite some time, the latter has been launched recently as a revised edition to the already popular HP Sprocket. The revised version comes at a slightly bumped price tag. The HP Sprocket 200 costs $129, while the Polaroid Zip retails at $99....

Previously we told you about viewing attachments on Reading Pane. Well, that’s one way of grabbing emails by their neck. But today, we will talk about viewing emails in groups and see how it can further help you in finding old emails quickly. Cool Tip: You might want to learn how to activate and customize the Reading Pane, Navigation Pane and To-Do Bar. Here’s GT’s guide on that. Steps to View Emails in Groups The major advantage of following this trick is that it really helps and speeds up the process of pulling out old emails in the hour of need....

The iPhone’s two most popular browsers, Safari and Chrome for iOS, are excellent examples of great mobile browsers. They both have their own pros and cons and are free for anyone to download. Let’s take a look at each of them to find out which one is the best. Quick info: We’ve already done an in-depth review of Chrome for iOS, as well written about 3 killer Safari for iOS tips....

PageNest is an fantastic tool for Windows that make that thought actionable. Using Page Nest one can save an entire website (including images and CSS) to your hard drive. You can later browse this material as a website and continue reading offline. So let’s see some scenarios where PageNest can be useful and then the way to use the tool. When can PageNest be Useful There are many scenarios where the tool can be useful, and these are some of them that come to my mind....

Popular messaging service WhatsApp seems to just about nail searching through conversation history, while other platforms like iMessage and Facebook Messages seem to severely lag behind. Fortunately, there are tips and tricks for conversation search in all three of these apps. Facebook Messages As mobile usage keeps climbing, Facebook continues to add features to its Messenger app before adding them to the website. However, search is one area in the app that still significantly lags behind the Facebook desktop website....

desktop music players . iTunes on the other hand, acts a bit smart in these kinds of situations. iTunes allows user to set different equalizer settings for every single song they have in the library and remembers the settings even when you launch iTunes next time. Sounds interesting? So let’s see how we can set up different equalizer settings for individual tracks but first let’s start with some basics here....

Using Cortana is different, but opening Bing for search results is not what I had in mind. I would always prefer Google or Duck Duck Go and I have my own reasons behind it. However, Microsoft has hard-coded Bing into Windows 10 and there’s no native way to change the search engine. Still, there are a few workarounds using which you can redirect the Bing searches to your preferred search engines in Firefox and Chrome....

is a note-taking app that allows you to access notes almost anywhere . Yet, instead of syncing them using other conventional services like Dropbox or iCloud , it does so through the web using Simplenote’s own syncing service, which encrypts notes every time they sync across devices. A Different Approach to Accessing Your Notes One of the distinctive features of Simplenote is that, contrary to other note apps out there, instead of building an entire desktop client for the Mac or PC, the developers chose to rely on third party apps and utilities, providing far more flexibility for users when it comes to creating and sharing notes....

So, it’s only fair that we pit both the earphones against each other and see which one is the real winner. Let the game begin! Design and Fit Let’s talk about the design first. As we mentioned above, the Sony WF-1000XM3 is not one of those discreet looking earphones. But on the bright side, they are stylish and attractive and looks every bit modern. The body of the earpieces sticks out far from the ear, while the ear tips extend like a nozzle to fit inside the ear canal....

Cross-Platform Availability User Interface The user experience is on point though. Every menu, settings, profile, is easily accessible with few taps. Spotify’s user interface looks quite appealing for the dark mode lovers. I have seen many users sticking with Spotify for the beautiful interface. The app uses standard bottom tabs to navigate options. I like the gradient effects that catch the prime color from the album cover. My only problem with Spotify is the ‘Your Library’ menu....

Of course, the Davids of the PDF world cannot be compared to the Goliaths like Adobe when it comes to a face-off. I just started with it so that I can illustrate the appeal of portable software that are lightweight and do their core jobs well. Sumatra PDF is an open source viewer for Windows (Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7). You can use it to open PDF, DjVu, EPUB, XPS, CHM, CBZ and CBR and MOBI files, which pretty much covers the popular eBook formats....

Each tool has its own unique features and use cases. Groups can be used as an interactive tool between multiple people on both platforms while broadcast lists and channels can be used solely to broadcast messages. Even though broadcast lists of WhatsApp and channels of Telegram basically perform the same function, they are poles apart. If you are a regular user of WhatsApp you may know how Broadcast messages and groups work....

So all in all, to get all these features on Android, you will have to install two to three different gesture-based apps. But thank an XDA developer for coming up with an interesting app that promises to take care of everything. fooView – Float Viewer is a magic floating button that brings in gesture based actions on your Android. It’s a system enhancement tool to help you access your favorite websites, apps, games, files, music, photos, and video by a gesture using one hand....

These settings are essentially a handful of modes which when enabled let you have a superior music experience — both with and without headphones. And it gets even better if you can combine them with an equally superior feature-rich app built by Samsung. So, in this article, we’ll be exploring two options, Tweaking the built-in audio settingsUsing an in-house app So, without further ado, let’s get started. 1. Tweaking the Built-in Audio Settings Pick Sound Quality and Effects This setting which is hidden at the lower end of the Sounds and Vibration settings, lets you tweak the equalizer bars so that you end up with a great sound system....

Now, not all of the features might appeal to the average user out there. Keep in mind that Windows 8 is more of a tablet-centric OS. For a geek like me, it brings some significant changes but am still not sure how the average user will rate these some of these new stuff. Not taking much of your time I’ll straight-away take you to the most prominent new changes you will see in Windows 8 and leave it up to you to decide what do you like and what you’d rather not see in this upcoming Windows version....