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People visit YouTube for various reasons — new music releases, movie trailers, gaming videos, to watch their favourite shows on the platform, stand-up comics and much more. It could be that you prefer skipping over the credentials in a music or movie trailer and skip to the fun part, or you want to share the clip starting from a particular point with a friend. It’s completely possible for you to do this on YouTube and in this article we’re going to list out two easy methods of doing the same....

using nice and big images in their slides . Apart from using them the way they are (nice and big), we may also want to edit the images or change the shape and crop the dimensions to make it fit to a proper position. Yes, we are talking about enhancing the presentation of images within the presentation. Let us learn a bit of that today. Let us learn to crop images to a shape and edit them perfectly in PowerPoint....

Today, we will talk about a more powerful tool which takes desktop organization to the next level. It’s known as Fences. It makes a container for desktop icons and arranges them in groups. After installation, it will ask you to use any one of the inbuilt layouts. It automatically creates new fences and tries to organize the icons inside them. You may delete or rename those fences, or create your own....

But you have a choice when it comes to letting Google keep your data around or not. Your activity across all apps is accumulated into one gigantic heap in your Google Account. And it’s up to you to decide how you want to go about clearing things up — either automatically or manually. Deleting Data Provided that you are signed into a Google Account, any activity that you conduct using Google products and services is logged online....

YouTube offers all tools to manage your data from the app. For starters, you can even delete the YouTube watch history from the app. Here’s how to do that. Delete YouTube Search History From App YouTube uses a similar interface on both the iPhone and Android. In the screenshots below, we will use the YouTube Android app. You can follow the same steps on the YouTube iOS app and delete your search history....

Though many like those features, I find the SMS service especially bothersome. Though it’s useful in blocking spam messages, I would rather let my favored SMS app do that. However, Truecaller’s service shoves multiple confirmation pop-ups and sets itself as the default messaging service. And the worse thing is that the next time you receive a message or an OTP, there would be a barrage of duplicate messages in your inbox....

Game Launcher is exclusive to Samsung phones. It comes preinstalled and offers many benefits, as mentioned below. However, not everyone is a fan of Game Launcher, and many would like to disable it or at least remove their games from it. If you want to do the same, let’s see how to remove apps and disable Game Launcher on Samsung phones. What Does Game Launcher Do on Samsung Phones Consider Game Launcher as a separate launcher that holds all the games installed on your phone....

But with the introduction of iOS 13, Apple finally took the plunge and joined the cool kids club with QuickPath functionality. You can now swipe to type all you want without getting fed up in the process. And the same holds true for iPadOS, provided that you make use of the new ‘floating’ keyboard option. By default, QuickPath is enabled on both iOS 13 and iPadOS. But if you can’t get it to work, let me show what you need to do to turn it on....

The Recent list provides shortcuts to your most recently accessed/opened files. It is quite convenient too. However, it’s dreadful in terms of privacy, and if you share the device with someone, a real nightmare. It’s definitely not fun to have someone stumble upon some sensitive or confidential documents, right? So let’s see how you should go about removing any items within this list, and also what you must do to disable the feature altogether....

Every iOS user gets 5GB of free iCloud storage by default which can be expanded based on the users’ requirements. With WhatsApp backing up to iCloud, this 5GB of space can fill up rather quickly. Especially if you get a lot of photos and videos sent to you. If you too are running out of iCloud storage on your iPhone, or you just want your chats to remain on your device for privacy reasons, here’s how you can disable WhatsApp Chat Backup on your iPhone....

Obviously you can’t imagine spending your weekend hunting and dumping duplicate files on your computer manually. To make this task automatic, one of the best available options is NoDupe. What is NoDupe NoDupe is a free tool to find and delete duplicate files on your computer effectively and efficiently. While sometimes one might keep duplicate files at different locations deliberately for better organization, usually most of the duplicate files in the system get generated in the course of copy, paste and download activities, and getting rid of them to reclaim space becomes a necessity....

In this post, we will discuss about the default Google Chrome download location on mobile and desktop and the steps to change it to a desired folder or drive. Find Google Chrome Downloads on Mac You can find the Chrome downloads from the Downloads folder and change the location from the same menu. Step 1: Open Google Chrome and wait for the download process to complete. Step 2: Click the up arrow beside the downloaded file and select ‘Show in Finder’....

However, nothing is perfect. Sometimes, when we least expect it, Bluetooth starts throwing tantrums on Windows 10. Either it doesn’t connect with the already paired devices or Windows doesn’t detect the available Bluetooth devices. So what should one do in such circumstances? Well, not to worry. Just follow the solutions given here to fix the Bluetooth cannot connect issue on your Windows PC. Let’s go through the solutions. Restart Computer As always, the primary solution is to restart your PC....

However, the Camera Upload feature in OneDrive does have problems. At times, it may fail to back up your photos and videos to the cloud. Thankfully, there are some fixes that you can use to resolve this issue. Let’s get started. 1. Update App OneDrive’s development team for iOS is very diligent and releases updates quite frequently. If there’s a known problem with Camera Upload, then a new update is almost bound to fix it....

Windows 10’s October 2018 Update brought a neat addition in the form of the Your Phone app. You can send and receive SMS messages from the comfort of your PC. Also, remotely checking recent photos shot using your Android smartphone’s camera is flawlessly implemented. But just like with particular Windows apps, you may run into issues with getting Your Phone to work properly — especially when it comes to connectivity....

We are now going to talk about a unique method of hiding files that’s kinda sneaky and doesn’t require a third-party tool. This technique involves hiding files inside JPEG, GIF or PNG images. Sounds cool, right? Lets see how it is done. Create a folder in C drive. Give it a name, lets say Testfile. It’s location should be C:\Testfile. Now move all the files you want to hide inside this folder....

Yeah, you tried switching to the grid view. But that doesn’t change those huge thumbnails in the Quick Access area one tiny bit. How unthoughtful of Google! And, let’s not even think about the various privacy issues involved. Remember the last time that you scrolled down quickly just in case someone noticed what you’ve been up to? It’s uncomfortable no matter how you look at it. Fortunately, Google has been considerate enough to provide us with an option to hide the Quick Access area from view....

There’s more to this story. Google Forms not only lets you import questions, but you can also pick which ones to import and which ones to leave. Overall, it’s a very nifty feature. So, if you are looking for ways to make your process of creating quizzes and questionnaires in Google Forms a tad easier, here’s how to go about it. Let’s get started. How to Import Questions Into Google Forms Easily Step 1: Open a new form....

Recently I discovered an amazing way through which I could transfer photos directly to my Snagit Editor and then batch edit it. So let me show you how. Note: Snagit is a premium screenshot, screencast capturing and editing tool for Windows from the house of TechSmith. I have been using it for years now in my blogging career. The application is priced at US $49 and is worth every penny....

Here are a few tips on how to do just that. Avoid Jailbroken Apps and Devices On Your iOS Device If you love your iOS device and want it to be your main one, then you must surely have heard of Jailbreak. Jailbreaking your iOS device allows you to install and run apps that are not sanctioned by Apple and that in some cases bring along functionalities that iOS devices are not capable of performing by default....