One place Google is unceremoniously absent is Windows Phone. Of course, we all know a bit about MS and Google’s rough past but if Microsoft could bring Office to the iPad why can’t Google bring its awesome suite of apps on Windows Phone? That’s something to ponder upon. But right now, we need a quick fix. If you have a Windows Phone for work or have been using Google services for so long that you just can’t let go (Gmail is the best), there are some official and unofficial ways of getting Google Mail, Maps, and Gtalk (Hangouts) to Windows Phone....

native Mail app for the iPhone and iPod Touch is that it supports different email services, including popular ones like Gmail and Yahoo. However, there are also native apps for these email services that offer a few interesting features. Let’s take a look at both the native Yahoo Mail and Gmail apps and see what benefits they bring to you, the user and if they make them worth installing on top of the native Apple Mail app....

In this post, we decided to pit Google Tasks against the very popular Any.do tasks app. Will Google Tasks be able to compete with Any.do? Should You Switch to Google Tasks? Let’s get on with the comparison. App Size Google Tasks seems like a baby in front of Any.do when it comes to app size. On both iOS and Android, Google Tasks has a very small footprint. It weighs 4-5MB on Android and 34-35MB on iOS....

Earlier, Facebook Stories could only have been shared with friends of the users but according to TechCrunch, after this update, if users allow public followers they’ll be able to post their Story publicly so anyone on Facebook can watch it. Enabling users to post publicly makes Facebook Stories as good a feature as it is on Instagram and Snapchat for popularising internet celebrity profiles. “This is something we rolled out a few weeks ago....

Launched in 2016, this cool app not only lets you catch up with your friends over video calls but also lets you play games with them. Ever since the pandemic started, Houseparty has seen over 50 million sign-ups, and well, it begets a simple question — is it better than WhatsApp Video calls? Well, that’s what we are going to find out in our comparison today as we compare WhatsApp with Houseparty....

You’re also used to exposed program and system files, knowing the exact place of the file or just forgetting where you saved a file and not being able to find it ever again (let’s not get into how bad searching on Windows is). By default, Macs are not partitioned and to your Windows beating heart let me tell you this – it’s OK. Everything’s going to be OK. Breathe. Just Switched to a Mac?...

Instagram mute isn’t limited to notifications. It is available as a different concept for posts and stories as well. There are three types of mutes on Instagram. One for messages, second for all push notifications, and the last one for stories and posts. While the first two involve notifications, the last one is used to filter the content. Let us dive into these and see how they function. Mute for Messages For messages or Instagram Direct, mute has a different and obvious meaning — it lets you silence the incoming notifications....

Seeking remedy, I toyed with the idea of buying a portable power bank to keep my iPhone charged. My car’s charging port doesn’t work and I figured a power bank could even charge my phone while I’m walking around. At the same time, I wasn’t sure if I needed the extra bulk to carry with me. A few years ago I bought a small power bank for $30. It was able to charge my then iPhone 5 about one and a half times....

Besides editing the images, Canva allows you to animate images and text that you can use to make the visuals more interesting and lively. In this post, we will show you how to add animation in Canva on Mobile and Desktop. Add Animation in Image on Canva on Mobile Canva is available to download for both iPhone and Android users. Along with image editing functions, Canva makes it easy for you to add animations to images using your mobile....

Sadly, I can’t say the same thing about the Office web apps. You can’t add or install a font of your choice. Instead, you have to settle for the limited fonts. So, what do you do in situations like these? One of the most obvious solutions is to switch to either Google Docs or Zoho Writer. Or in worse situations, you can launch Office on your PC, and go about your projects....

Microsoft seems more aggressive here. It has class-leading app support on iOS, and at the same time, you can use some of its services like Outlook Mail, contacts, and tasks within Apple apps as well. In this post, we are going to talk about how to add Outlook Tasks in the Apple Reminders app. You can always use the Microsoft To-Do app for that, but the Outlook integration with Apple Reminders offers more features such as Siri support, iOS widgets, and more....

The video call effects on the Samsung Galaxy S21 series are native to the phone. And the good thing is that the phone picks the video apps on its own, which means you don’t have to add the apps manually. Currently, there are three effects. They have worked quite decently with minimal distortion or janky results on our tests, especially on Duo (see top use­ful Google Duo tips and tricks)....

convert them to mp3 files, right? The story changes when I have to listen to those videos on my phone when I am on the move. Compared to the hard disk, the storage space of my phone is a merely couple of GBs and all those music videos just won’t fit in. Also, I hate the idea of watching video on the tiny screen of my smartphone. Just the music is enough and that’s where the audio conversion idea that we talked about in the title of this post can prove to be a boon....

If you don’t know what it is, we have a guide to help you get up and running with BetterTouchTool. Once you’ve done that, come back here to get to the next level of using this awesome tool. So, let’s get on with the post, shall we? 1. Window Management One thing that Mac lags behind when compared to Windows is windows management. Windows has a great gesture where simply dragging an app to the left or the right edge docks in on the either side, taking up 50% of the space....

When you are running short of hard drive space, even 50 – 100 MB helps. We also need to periodically clean the cache for various reasons from privacy issues on shared computers to the simple fact that it makes no sense storing that entire web browsing waste. Take the Broom to Firefox’s Internet Cache At the top of the Firefox window, click on the Firefox button (or click on Tools on the menu bar) and then select Options....

SmartClose is a nifty tool that closes all the programs and takes a snapshot of them while doing it, so that you can restore all of them anytime. It can also be useful when you install a new program on your computer and it asks for system restart. There are various options present in the settings panel. There are a total of four tabs. Select the appropriate options. How to close all programs while creating a system snapshot Download and install SmartClose on your computer....

There are several nice tools available which let you convert a PowerPoint presentation to video format but most of them are paid. AuthorStream is a nice website which can convert PowerPoint presentations into videos for free. Not only that, the videos can be sent to YouTube directly. To use this tool, signup is required. You can use this tool without sign up too but the uploaded file will not be private and would be visible to everyone....

In this post, we will show you how to convert your Excel spreadsheets to a Google Sheets format in a few different ways. So, without further ado, let’s get going. Convert an Excel Spreadsheet to Google Sheets With the Import Feature You can use Google Sheets’ import feature to quickly convert your Excel file to Google Sheets. This method is useful if you only want to convert one file at a time....

You can easily share such Google Docs files in read-only PDF format. Here’s how you can convert Google Docs files to PDF on desktop and phone. It doesn’t look professional when sharing a resume or flyer from Google Docs as the default file format. Instead, you need to send it as a PDF file for a better impression. Google Docs offers a default tool to convert an existing file to PDF on desktop and mobile....

Photos app lets you copy the edits from one photo to another. That saves your time and taps to avoid repeating the same process. Also, you can use this feature and apply the edits to a batch of photos simultaneously. We’ll guide you through the steps to copy and paste edits in the Photos app on your iPhone. Note: We’ve used an iPhone running iOS 16 Public Beta to take screenshots....