SmartPower is a ‘smart’ solution to suspend, hibernate, shutdown and wake up your Windows PC according to custom rules you can set up. Hibernating or shutting down your PC is easy to set up and it saves power. SmartPower gives you six rules to configure that introduces rules which decide the conditions under which your PC hibernates or shuts down. The rules are: Stay on (or wake up) according to a schedule: Your PC will stay on or wake up on the time you set in this screen....

How to Hide Any App on Android Android phones are infamous for having a large number of preloaded apps. Generally, people do not like having so many apps on their devices. It’s one thing to uninstall an app, however, there are ones that are a part of the user interface or UI. Here’s how you can take care of such apps or any other that you want to hide on your device....

Anyone on your contact list can check whether you are online on WhatsApp. To avoid messages from specific contacts, you can disable WhatsApp read (blue tick) and online status. After you make relevant tweaks, no one, including your friends, family, or unknown numbers, can check your WhatsApp online status. Hide Online Status in WhatsApp for iOS WhatsApp has tweaked the Settings menu on iPhone with the recent update. Of course, we recommend that you get the latest WhatsApp app build from the App Store before you proceed....

While Wear OS is rich in features, it’s not as polished as watchOS on the Apple Watch. However, just like all Android phones, it’s customizable. And along with the apps on the Play Store, you can also sideload APK files just like you can on a smartphone. This is useful if you can’t find an app on the Play Store or if it’s not available in your region. Here’s how you can install an APK on a Wear OS smartwatch to sideload an app....

However, there’s a workaround to install Chrome extensions on Android using another popular browser – Yandex browser. Yandex browser is another popular browser available for free on Google’s Play Store. It has a file size of around 41 MB, and has been downloaded over 50 million times. The browser is based on Chromium open source project and uses Google’s Blink browser engine, which means that its framework is quite the same as Google Chrome’s....

Something very similar to Samsung group play we saw years back. However, the new app called AmpMe that we are going to cover today works on both, Android and iOS and therefore invites almost every smartphone user to the party. So let’s check out the app and see how it works. Note: Before we dive in, I would like to make one thing clear. The app doesn’t play local music and only supports SoundCloud at the moment....

Locking parts of a document allows you to restrict the changes that can be mad to it. On Microsoft Word, there are two ways to go about it using the restrict editing feature or content control option from the developer tab. Here’s how to use both methods: Restrict Editing Feature The restrict editing feature on Microsoft Word allows users to create section breaks within a document before locking them. Certain sections of the document are editable while there’s no way to make any changes in other parts....

The Disk Clone function is used to execute this. So let’s have a look how it’s done. Before we proceed, as a precautionary measure, back up your data on the C: drive and defrag your drive. Cool Tip: Confused between SSD and HDD and why everyone recommends upgrading to SSDs? We are here to help you understand. Step 1: First of all, go to My Computer and check out the size of your C: drive....

How to Install and Configure On a Chromebook The Network File Share for Chrome OS is in the Chrome Web Store. Google developed this extension. There is a similar extension from a third-party that doesn’t work nearly as well. Once you install it, you won’t use it again. Instead, it’s part of the Chrome Files app, which is the usual place you work with files. Under Add new services, you’ll see Network File Share for Chrome OS....

I shall guide you through the entire process on different platforms and steps on how to use it. Also, you can use it in some use cases. Let’s begin. Pop-Out Chat Window in Teams Desktop App That will work on desktop apps for Windows and macOS. Sorry, Linux users. The interface is largely consistent across the platforms. Launch the Teams app, initiate a chat with any team member like you always do, and there are a few ways to pop-out a chat window....

When working on a desktop, you no longer need to switch to your mobile to check your Instagram feed and add new posts. Using Instagram web and third-party services like Canva, you can easily add new posts to your Instagram account. Let us show you how. 1. Instagram on Web The Instagram web is limited to doing normal posts only. You can’t post stories or make reels on the desktop....

make it non-scrollable . That way the header row would always be visible irrespective of how deep you scroll. With soft copies that works absolutely fine. But, when you wish to print the document or convert it to PDF, for example, the header row prints only once. Whereas with data on multiple pages you would want the first row or column to appear at the top row of each page, right?...

If you, however, wanna be more productive while using similar functions while using Excel, let me suggest using Flash Fill. It’s Like Magic If you’ve never used Flash Fill before, it will feel like magic to you. It works on a simple principle of identifying patterns and filling up vacant rows with these patterns. Let’s look at an example. Dividing Names Let’s take a simple task of separating names, first names and initial of employees within Guiding Tech (and Albert Einstein) using MS Excel....

It is a fantastic way to personalize your phone and surprise everyone around. This feature is usually present under Themes but isn’t quite apparent. But don’t worry, here we will tell you how to do it on the popular keyboard apps on Android such as Gboard, SwiftKey, Fleksy, and Samsung Keyboard. Let’s dive in. Gboard Gboard comes with many cool features and adding a background image is one of them....

Now, when I started looking, I stumbled upon a free and open source software called the Open Broadcaster that is basically a tool for live streaming. But can also be used to record screencast and videos, webcam and external source without any issues. The tool is indeed promising, so let me show you how you can use it to create screencasts on your Windows PC. Recording Screencast using Open Broadcaster To get started, download and install the Open Broadcaster on your computer and launch it....

The sudden addition of a picture on the Chrome icon will surprise anyone, especially when it looks like a ghost. One might think it’s because of Chrome extensions. But disabling them wouldn’t have helped you. So what is it? Let’s get to know the right method to hide profile icons from Chrome on the taskbar in Windows. But before that, it’s necessary to understand the reason behind the profile icons....

Not only a virus outbreak, things like network failure and unsecure USB removal while the file operation is in process, and even an unexpected power failure can damage your files, leaving them completely unusable . These errors aren’t that uncommon in everyday life and unfortunately Windows does not provide a tool to recover of these files, not even the bits and pieces. Thanks to a third-party software called File Repair (thanks Robert for the tip!...

As hale and hearty as this process may sound, it’s not without its share of issues. In the haste to use these apps and games, we usually choose to ignore the app permissions. More often than not, once the Google access permission has been given, most of us tend to forget about it. If it’s a trusted app, it might be okay. But in the long run, unmonitored app permissions can land you in a troublesome situation....

Sandboxie is a light and compact free software that blocks error prone programs and web based malware from affecting your PC. The security software creates a virtual sandbox and allows you to install new software, your browser and other browser based apps in a secure environment, shielded from the deeper layers of the OS. Sandboxie helps you test out new unproven applications and decide to keep ‘em or trash ‘em....

Opera Max is a new app from the Opera team that wants to help you out. The app acts as a VPN, compressing the data you receive on the way. This is especially useful when you’re watching a YouTube video or streaming a TV show. The app claims it can cut your data consumption by half. Let’s test that claim. How to Use Opera Max Once it’s set up, there’s not much for you to do....