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Enter the Chrome Web Store. It didn’t take long for developers to hop on the opportunity of Facebook Reactions to create their own reactions. Anyone can download these extensions to Chrome and replace Facebook’s standard reaction icons with anything from cute pets to Bernie Sanders’ facial expressions. If you’re into the whole emoji and emoticon scene, out these three Chrome extensions that can enable a wide variety of new Facebook Reactions....

perform way better if you keep tabs on some of its most important metrics, such as temperature, hard drive space, network status and such. Usually, the most popular tool to monitor these aspects of the Mac is iStat Menus. However, the application, while excellent, can be a bit too much if all you want is to monitor just a few simple aspects of your Mac. On top of that, it also comes at $16, which is no small amount....

Thankfully, the Vine app includes a number of tools that can help you spruce up your videos and make them a bit more professional. If you want to get in on becoming a successful Vine user, you’ll need these tools to create great clips with good quality. Check out three pro tips in Vine that can help you to start posting superior content. 1. Use the Built-In Level No one wants to watch an unstable or crooked video, so avoid posting one to Vine....

The official iPhone Lightning Dock sells for $39 in the Apple Store and includes some decent features, like a 3.5 mm audio line-out port for connecting your iPhone to an external speaker and a raised Lightning connector for better compatibility with cases. However, much like most other accessories Apple releases for its products, you can find something similar that delivers better value elsewhere. Plenty of available docks use higher quality materials and include superior features for around the same price point, so always scour your options before buying....

Thankfully, there are many security cameras in the market with excellent night vision skills. And the best thing is that some are affordable and won’t burn a hole in your pocket. So, if you are in the market looking for the best security cameras with night vision, here are our recommendations. 1. Best Budget: Wyze Cam Pan The primary highlight of this camera is its 6-InfraRed LEDs. These help to get a clear and sharp night vision....

reviewed a few of them and even compared one of the most popular free ones (Any.Do) to Apple’s own Reminders. This time though, how about a comparison that leaves price issues aside and focuses on usability and originality? For this, the two apps to compare will be Apple’s own Reminders (which comes pre-installed in all iOS devices) and Clear, a $1.99 task manager app that uses an entirely gestural approach....

New Google+ features do just that. And, the cover profile/cover photo thing is another booster. Today we intend to tell you about changing cover photo and customizing profile in the new interface. Let us see how to go about doing it. As you log on to Google+ you will be able to spot the tool icon towards the left pane. Select Profile and hit the button saying Edit Profile (refer image below and sections marked in red)....

If you run a blog, you might want to clean up the status bar for screenshots you feature in posts as well. Previously, we could do that using complicated scripts, or Mac apps. Now it’s possible to do so right on your iPhone/iPad. And it’s as simple as flicking some toggle switches. All things screenshots: If you’re a heavy iPhone user, you should check out Screenshotter, the app that will help you make sense of all your screenshots....

But that’s just mobile web. Of course, the fact that developers are using HTML to code up responsive, mobile-first websites means the advantages have clearly transferred to the web at large. But still, a lot of stuff on desktop web pages does run on Flash. Recently, there’s been a movement online to kill Flash once and for all – Occupy Flash. I’m not joking. It’s an actual movement. They have a manifesto and a website and everything....

While some people are able to spot them, most users just click Next after Next and never bother to read between the lines, and the next thing you know, you have a new add-on in your browser and your default search engine is now a custom adware page. And the worst part is removing these things from the system. It takes a deep registry cleaning to get rid of such spam software....

It occurred to me that there must be an app on the Play Store to get the same feature with better control on my Xperia Z and indeed there was one. Light Manager for Android is a simple app that gives you complete control of your device’s LED pulse notification light. With the recent updates, the app works for Lollipop devices as well. Also, it provided way better control than the stock MIUI settings and thus even MIUI users can have a look at it....

That was before the apps. Since last year, there’s been a revolution going on in speed reading and the release of Spritz RSVP (Rapid Serial Visual Presentation) technology took it to a whole new level. Speed reading apps still just show you one word at a time (some apps offer context as well), but now a character with the most weight is highlighted and placed front and center. So if you focus on that character, you’ll be able to grasp the word faster, ultimately being able to read more with time....

This is the basic premise of how Divvy works – there is a display panel that pops up, and rearranges the active window according to whatever size or location you want it to appear on the grid. By dragging your cursor, you can make a rectangle or a square in the grid and resize your window like that. The section of your screen that a specific square on your grid represents will be highlighted, as seen in the image below....

Yu disclosed that the Huawei Mate 10 shall be launched around the same time as the successor of Apple iPhone 7. He further said, “We will have an even more powerful product. The Mate 10, which has much longer battery life with a full-screen display, quicker changing speed, better-photographing capability and many other features that will help us compete with Apple.” This year, Huawei has planned to put more emphasis on revenue and profit rather than a sheer increase in the number of shipments....

While getting the Harlem Shake on the device was a pretty easy task, none of it would have been of any use if I was not able to make a video out of it and share it with my friends. Moreover just the video was not enough, to enjoy the shake, it had to be completely free of any lags. So let’s see how I managed to record a lag-free screen video on my iPod....

In this guide, we’ve outlined a few troubleshooting tips that will help fix the Search bar on Windows 11. So, let’s check them out. 1. Run Search and Indexing Troubleshooter Windows 11 carries a troubleshooter for just about every utility. So, if you can’t seem to enter search queries in the Windows search bar, you can start by running the search and indexing troubleshooter first. Step 1: Open the Start menu and click on the gear icon to open Settings....

games on your iPhone that can be just as scary and fun. Here are three different iPhones games that are completely free, that fit the Halloween mood perfectly and are ideal for playing on the go. Let’s check them out. 1. Shadow Vamp The moment you open Shadow Vamp on your iPhone, you will be wondering how such a great looking game could be free. The game uses a very clever mechanic that puts you in the shoes of a vampire that, after a late-night feeding party, realizes that it is already daytime, which makes it almost impossible for him to return to his crypt since the sunlight will certainly kill him....

There are other, better ways to monitor and ensure the optimal performance of your Wi-Fi signal though, and while in the past it might have been a bit technical, now all it takes is a great app (or apps) to make the most out of your Wi-Fi signal. Let’s take a look at three very useful apps that you can have on your Mac or on your iOS device that can help you monitor every detail of your Wi-Fi signal for optimal performance....

The funny thing is, even if you have an iPhone and think that you already know all the ins and outs of the iPad because of that, the iPad still sports its own, unique features and options that even some seasoned iPad owners don’t know about. Let’s take a look at four of these tips that will save you time and that you can perform only on an iPad....

Or let’s say ‘interactivity’. This July, Google and Chrome gave us a glimpse of what the future connected web could like. The Chrome Web Lab is a series of five interactive experiments that demonstrate the cutting edge of this interconnectedness through the most promising tool we know so far – the browser. The Google experiments are actually part of five physical installations at the Science Museum in London. Visitors get to play around on location, but others can also do so from the browser thanks to the Chrome Web Lab....