Let’s see how to get it done. Step 1: Go to the Mi Home Services page for Google Assistant on your Android and tap on Setup. Visit Mi Home Services That will take you to the Google Home Control settings page. Once in, tap on the little Plus icon at the bottom-right corner. Having done that, type Mi Home and hit the search button. To link your Mi account and Google account, you’d need to enter your Mi credentials on the Mi login page....

What you need is a Bluetooth car adapter. This provides a medium for your car to receive a Bluetooth signal and then pass it directly through to your speakers. There are a couple of different options for the type of car adapter you might want. Wired Bluetooth Adapters Wired Bluetooth adapters stick somewhere on your dashboard, wherever you decide and generally have a few control buttons plus a built-in microphone....

But all that just feels like hard work, right? Like you’d need to learn how to program and create all that stuff on your own? Well, not really. All you really need is your iPad, a couple of dollars and some time. If you have a TV, even better! Just mirror the iPad display using an HDMI cable or an Apple TV and you’ve got a real dashboard going....

The electronic business card works the same way as physical cards provide your contact details to intended recipients. The business card can be used as an email signature and placed within an outgoing email. To create your personalized business card on Microsoft Outlook, here are the steps to follow. How to Create a Business Card in Microsoft Outlook Creating a business card on Outlook ensures that your email recipients always have your contact information handy....

QuickShortcutMaker allows users to create convenient shortcuts on their home screens without having to traverse the interface of an app. If you think about, we mainly carry out a limited amount of activities when using an app. With QuickShortcutMaker you have the ability in many cases to jump straight to your desired action. How it Works On opening the app, you will notice 3 tabs. These are Activities, Applications and Favorites....

All the mid-range and high-end Samsung smartphones come with an AMOLED screen, meaning they can take advantage of the Always On Display function. Taking a page from Apple’s book, Samsung has also introduced lock screen widgets on the One UI 3.1. Let’s learn about all the lock screen customization possibilities on a Samsung Galaxy device. Enable Always On Display To extend the battery life on a Galaxy device, Samsung disables the AOD function out of the box....

silent automatic update making the future updates easier. It’s not that the automatic updates were missing in the previous versions, but from this version the updater will not ask for UAC control even if a user had it enabled. It’s always good to keep an updated copy of the software on the system but with Firefox updates, things go a bit different. I still remember that they released more than five beta versions for Firefox 12 before they came out with a stable release....

If you hand over your Mac to someone else, for example, you may not know what he or she was up to during their browsing sessions. Put kids into the equation, and that becomes a serious issue due to the numerous harmful websites out there. That is why you may want to disable Safari’s Private browsing windows on your Mac. If you have macOS 10.15 Catalina installed, then it’s easily doable due to the presence of Screen Time....

Kids can be stubborn at times and parents have no choice but to play their videos and look for child-friendly content and apps on Google Play Store. Our kids challenge us every day when it comes to handling our smartphones. Give them an Android phone for a video call with their grandpa and they will show you the settings on your phone you didn’t even know existed. The kids mode is not for kids anymore....

Case in point: Instagram. Facebook recently added Download Your Information link option to give users some control over their social media lives. Some media outlets then asked Facebook to do the same for Instagram too. While there are apps available for both mobile and computer that allow users to download Instagram photos, Instagram has now made it easier for everyone to do it directly from its website. Download Your Instagram Data The feature is currently available on the website only, so you will have to visit Instagram in your browser....

This disc will contain Windows system recovery tools and it can be used for multiple purposes. You can boot your computer using this disc and also restore your computer to a previous state when needed. How to create system repair disc in Windows 7 To create a system repair disc, click on start button. Type Create a system Repair Disc. Press Enter (even typing repair would do). Select the drive from the drop down menu....

Thankfully, Apple reintroduced the functionality with the iOS 13.4 and macOS Catalina 10.15.4 updates. So if you are using an iPhone, an iPad, or a Mac with the latest system software updates installed, it’s incredibly easy to share entire iCloud Drive folders with others. To make things even better, you can use the iCloud Drive web app at iCloud.com to share folders as well. So without any further ado, let’s check how this functionality works on the iPhone, iPad, Mac, and iCloud....

some of which we have already shown you ) with every new release of OS X. Sadly, the vast majority of Mac users only think about and use Preview for viewing a few photos and for reading PDFs on their Macs, when in fact they could be doing a lot more with this small but powerful tool, which is equipped to handle and manage PDFs with ease and proficiency. Here are a few things that you can use Preview on your Mac for when it comes to PDFs:...

Now though I have moved on to Spotify, I still find myself using the Last.fm scrobbler. But unlike the above two, I don’t need to use an additional tool to scrobble the music. The Last.fm scrobbler comes integrated with both the desktop and the smartphone app of Spotify. So let’s see how we can use this feature. On Spotify for Desktop Open Spotify Preferences from Edit ->Preferences. From here you can control almost every aspect of Spotify....

There are a few steps you can take to fix these issues and join the Wi-Fi network of your choice. However, keep in mind that these aren’t guaranteed fixes for every situation as sometimes the issue could be related to the network itself and therefore out of your control. Renew the Lease The first and likely the most easy step you can take toward resolving Wi-Fi connection woes is to just renew the lease on the Wi-Fi....

I faced the issue with unresponsive Get or Install button recently. But thankfully, it was among the easier problems associated with the Microsoft Store that I could resolve. Hence, the following list of troubleshooting tips should put you well on your way to downloading your favorite apps off the Microsoft Store in no time. Let’s start with the ones that worked. Tip: Before starting, it’s a great idea to restart your PC....

Primarily, they work by routing your internet connection through a server from a location of your choice. This has the effect of masking your presence online by assigning you a temporary IP address. VPNs can let users access content which is usually accessible only from specific geographic locations. VPNs are great to have in this age where private information can be so easily compromised. As with all things, however, sometimes things may not work as you would like and you might have trouble connecting to the internet after using the VPN provider of your choice....

If bandwidth isn’t a factor, then Windows 10 offers a super-convenient way to stay updated with minimal involvement on your part. And considering the rapidly changing technological landscape that we live in, these automatic updates are vital for performance, security, and stability. Usually, everything goes fine without a hitch. After an update gets downloaded and installed, it’s ‘finalized’ the next time you shutdown or restart your computer. But what if the Power menu prompts you to Update and Shutdown or Update and Restart each time that you use it?...

Here is a list of TV shows you can consider binge-watching before moving on to the new content. The Man in the High Castle Starring Alexa Davalos, Rupert Evans and DJ Qualls, the series follows the aftermath of the world where the Axis powers — comprising of Nazi Germany and Japan — have won the second World War, or have they really? The series follows a group of underground revolutionaries who try to figure out what really happened in the history as ‘The Man in the High Castle’ is the supposed leader of this movement....

By default, the developer options are locked on Android as these are advanced settings only meant for developers to test apps. Thus, tweaking them without knowledge can impact your phone’s performance. With that in mind, first, let’s see how you can unlock the developer options in your phone. Note: These steps may differ slightly depending on your phone’s manufacturer and the current Android version it’s on.. How to Enable or Disable Developer Options on Android To enable Developer options in your Android, head over to the Settings menu, scroll down, and tap on ‘About phone’....