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However, if you really want to take your Pages documents to a whole new level, then you’ll have to use every little trick this great productivity app has to offer. So if you want to learn a few of them, read along. 1. Make Your Pictures and Photos Stand Out Nothing makes a document stand out more than the right picture or photo to complement its text. To achieve this, sometimes simply placing the image in your document might suffice....

Building on the excitement of the iPhone launch, we have compiled a list of features that we wish the new Apple iPhone X will include. 1. Better Iris Scanner We all remember the Iris scanner of the Samsung Flagships — Galaxy S8 and S8+ — and their performance. Wear a pair of glasses/lens or take the Galaxy S8 to a dark room, the Iris scanner will refuse to unlock the doors to your phone....

We’ve got our hands on one too and while it’s too early to do a review of any kind, these are our reasons why you’d like to pick one of these up. 1. Beautiful Design I know, I know – it’s not a major change and looks pretty much the same. But hey, the original Moto G didn’t look bad at all neither did the 2nd gen variant. So, why fix it when it’s clearly not broken?...

Text expansion works like this – you get a compatible app: TextExpander for iOS or Mac, Breevy or PhraseExpress for Windows, and you specify some text as an abbreviation and some text (that’s a lot longer) as the content. Now the app will run in the background and will keep an eye out for when you type the defined abbreviation. And by the time you’re done typing it, it will be expanded into the long text....

So, if you recently got your first Mac and are wondering what awaits you, read on to find out about the most common mistakes that Windows users make when using their Macs for the first time. 1. Not Learning About Basic Keyboard Shortcuts This one is almost self-explanatory. In fact, every Mac owner that wants to be truly productive with their Mac needs to learn useful keyboard shortcuts, like the ones we showcased here....

automation apps for Android using which we could easily create trigger based automated tasks. These tasks would get executed automatically depending upon the time or user location . But let’s face it, these triggers don’t usually work accurately, especially the location based ones. I have frequently found the apps not detecting my location and hence not initiating the triggers. Now that most of the modern day Android phones come with NFC readers, I was looking for an app that could use the NFC technology and create automated actions based on NFC triggers....

There are plenty of screen filter apps out there that can give you color filter over your screen. Also, in the past, we had shared about some screen dimming apps that would let you add a black filter over your screen. Thus, dimming down the screen. But such apps actually make use of a service in the background to keep the screen filter always on until the user turns it off....

I mean when you open the application you may want to land into the Calendar view, Tasks list or some other folder/ sub-folder within the structure that you have created. Let us see how to tweak the settings and change the folder the tool opens henceforth. Bonus Tip: Also learn how to customize MS Outlook Navigation, Reading and To-Do Panes or have a glance at the Custom Search Folders on MS Outlook....

That means having them downloaded automatically into your email is the last thing you’d want. But the Windows 8 Mail app does exactly that unfortunately. So how to disable it? The Windows 8 Mail app downloads and displays all the embedded photos in emails without even asking. If you have used Gmail, you must be knowing how Gmail needs user permission to download embedded photos in an email and it indeed is a very nice implementation....

Your next best bet is to whip out your favorite graphics editor and make a simple image file with your text copied on it, and share it as an image file. Well, it is a lot of work. It’s less of a work if you use a service like Share As Image. Share As Image (formerly known as Pin a Quote) is a relatively new service that lets you select any text on the web and then pin it on Pinterest....

With better cameras, the file size of the photos and scans of the documents have also bumped of drastically. Those pictures are suitable for printing purposes. When it comes to sharing, you need to cut down on photo file size for a quick upload or transfer process. If you have transferred those photos from Android to iPhone or Mac and want to cut down on image size, then read along to find how to do it....

Using a traditional method, rooting requires a bunch of steps and plenty of know-how, but this isn’t always the case. Many devices can actually be rooted with “One-click” universal rooting applications. There are many different types of universal rooting programs out there, and even though they really are more than just one click in reality – they are still really easy to use. One of the universal tools I personally recommend right now is Bin4ry rooting method, which has an official support page over at the XDA Developer’s Forum....

In the past we covered an app using which you could mask your Android Market (before it became Play Store) and install country restricted apps easily. But now, that app (Market Unlocker) is no longer available. MarketEnabler is a similar app for Android using which you can fool Play Store to download and install any country restricted apps on your device. The only requirement of the app is a device with root access....

This free-for-use tool detects more than 153 languages automatically. It also recognizes fonts of the text. Go to OCRonline. Select the language of text and the output format. Click on Browse button to browse the image file containing text. Now click the “Upload” button. Your file will get uploaded on the server (It will remain on server for 24 hours after conversion). Note: Maximum file size upload limit is 10MB and it supports PNG and JPG formats....

When you’re too busy to take a call the best way to avoid getting the same call over and over again is to let the caller know that you are busy and will get back in a while. The easiest way to do so is to instantly respond with a text. Thankfully, the new age smartphones have made it a matter of just few taps. We have showed you how to do that on iPhones....

import caller image for a contact from the user’s Facebook profile. One of the tricks embedded the profile picture to phone’s memory while the other one overlapped the default caller screen and started a slide show of user’s photo on Facebook. Now the problem with both of these methods I found was that I was not able to choose a specific photo from the user’s album and embed the image in the phone’s memory rather than creating a slideshow....

You obviously want something better. An iTunes user has this privilege and it comes pretty easy. All you need to do is, download the latest version of iTunes for your machine (depending on the operating system you are using) and turn on Home Sharing. With this you would be able to stream music from one machine to other, transfer files and access one another’s Library and Playlists. You should have a local home network (preferably, wireless) through which the devices are connected in order for Home Sharing to function....

Taking a screenshot in stock Android means following some complicated steps, especially for a new Android user. I am not sure if ICS is going to change that, if it does, tell us in the comments. Keep in mind that I am talking about the stock Android version. However, the beauty of Android is that different handset manufacturers can bundle their own features with the OS, and hence you’ll find a way to capture screens quickly on most of the Android phones by top brands....

Those catchy lyrics come from the song “My Boo” by Ghost Town DJs. It originally debuted on a compilation album of various artists back in 1996 under Jermaine Dupri’s record label, So So Def Recordings. The album’s name is So So Def Bass All-Stars. “My Boo” actually the only song to ever be released by Ghost Town DJs. The chorus is what you’re hearing in so many Vine videos....

We recommend that you clear cache and data of the app regularly as they could consume sizeable storage space and possibly hamper the app performance. You will learn how to clear TikTok cache on Android and iOS phones, why you should care, and what to expect once you do it. Let’s begin. TikTok Cache Files All apps store cache files on the phone so that whenever you open that app, it feels as fast as it was the first time you used it....