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You might like notifications from a particular website, but if they’ve suddenly started to bombard you with it, then it’s time to shut them up from your end. These tricks can also be used to manage desktop notifications in case you’ve accidentally granted a site permission to push notifications to your browser and wish to revoke it. Chrome users can choose whether they want to deny notification access to all the websites or to specific ones but Firefox users don’t enjoy this liberty....

Personal Renamer is an awesome tool which can be used to batch rename files easily. It is different from other renaming tools because you can also set it to monitor a specific folder for a specific time interval. If you move any file to that folder, it automatically renames it according to the values you’ve set. Here is a step by step guide to use this tool. Download and install Personal Renamer on your computer....

It’s the only smartwatch in Android land to run the latest version of Wear OS with Samsung’s One UI Watch. While it has many health tracking abilities, it misses some important features based on your region. For example, Blood Pressure monitoring isn’t available on the Galaxy Watch 4 in the US region at the time of writing in April 2022. Thankfully, there is a workaround for this issue. If you have a Galaxy Watch 4 or Galaxy Watch 4 Classic, here’s how you can enable the Blood Pressure feature (and ECG too if it’s not available in your region)....

In Windows 8, Microsoft has introduced the feature of fast startup (fast boot) which can boot up Windows in 1/10th time as compared to earlier versions and disabled the option to hibernate from the default power options. Fast boot is a great feature but it does not save an active session as the hibernate option did. If you are missing the Hibernate option in Windows 8 and would like to enable it, here’s how it’s done....

Smart Lock feature keeps your phone unlocked when connected to a trusted device or in familiar territory. There’re a few different versions of Smart Lock on Android, and we shall walk you through all of those and more. So, let’s get right to it. How to Enable or Disable On-Body Detection in Android Smart Lock Enabling On-body Detection Smart Lock will keep your device unlocked as long as it is in your hand....

One of the best workarounds to get over an overloaded Chrome browser is by enabling sleeping tabs. Similar to the sleeping apps on Android phones, sleeping browser tabs help reduce memory usage. This lets you use the free memory for other important work. And when you need the tab again, you can click on it to wake it up. Cool, right? While Chrome doesn’t have a native feature, it does let you tweak the flags to enable sleeping tabs....

Sharing One Contact at a Time iOS, unlike Android, does not have a built-in export/import feature for contacts. You can, however, share contacts one at a time. This is a painful affair but if you only have a handful of contacts and for some reason can’t download the app we’re going to talk about below, try this out. Go to the Contacts app, tap on the contact name and scroll down till you find Share contact....

For instance, the Magic Keyboard’s backlight may not adjust properly to the surrounding ambient light levels. Or, it may fail to turn off alongside your iPad and end up draining the battery. The fixes that follow should help you resolve such issues. Uncover Ambient Light Sensor The Magic Keyboard’s backlight automatically changes in brightness based on the ambient light level. In dark surroundings, the backlight increases in intensity, and vice versa....

That shouldn’t be hard to resolve seeing how well the app was really designed. Just follow through the guide and you should be able to see weather forecasts for tomorrow in no time. Let’s begin. 1. Update the Operating System A simple trick which will take just a few moments of your time, but can do wonders. Press Windows key+I on your keyboard to open Settings and select Update & Security....

Some common errors that we will try to solve in the guide below are: Netflix opens up to a black screen.Gets stuck on the loading screen.There was a problem with this download.Error code H403: Sorry, there was a problem communicating with Netflix servers. Let’s start with the easy solutions which should fix the problem. If they don’t, then you can proceed to the tricky ones. 1. App Update Launch the Windows Store, open menu to select Downloads & updates....

Initially, I thought that particular, video didn’t have a sound. However, after playing other videos and audio files, it hit me that the Windows update broke the audio playback on my PC. Fortunately, one of the solutions mentioned below got back sound on my laptop. So if you are also going through the same trauma, try the solutions mentioned below to fix the sound issue in Windows 10 update. Let’s get started....

One such problem occurs with the Settings app. When opening it at times, the Settings app can become unresponsive for quite a few seconds, and even crash ultimately. That was a persistent issue ever since the iOS 12 beta, and remains unresolved as of iOS 12.1. However, several known fixes can help. Most prominently, the requirement to have all iOS 12 stock apps installed on your device. So, let’s work through that, as well as many other troubleshooting methods to patch up the Settings app....

That said, many laptop owners are flabbergasted with the feature. Most folks complain that closing the lid or putting the laptop to sleep or hibernate mode simply shuts down the computer. That can be frustrating for multiple reasons. It wastes time and you also lose all unsaved work due to the unwanted shutdown. Here are some solutions that will help you fix the Windows 10 shutdown error for good. Let’s begin....

While I do understand your frustration, it’s not helping. Try one of the solutions mentioned below instead to solve the issue for good, without banging the keyboard or your head against the desk. Let’s begin. 1. Fn Lock (Function Lock) Check if your keyboard has an Fn key somewhere. Usually, you will find it somewhere near the Space key. If yes, press Alt+Fn+F4 shortcut to check if the open window closes on your computer....

The majority of Chinese manufacturers (except OnePlus) are using a heavily modified version of Android on their smartphone offering. Huawei (EMUI), Vivo (FunTouch OS), Oppo/Realme (Color OS), and Xiaomi (MIUI) are some of the examples of the ongoing trend. From the above list, both Oppo and Xiaomi are expanding at a rapid pace in Asia and Europe. Both the companies have spun off individual brands (Realme for Oppo and Redmi for Xiaomi) to cover every possible price category....

Launched in India at a price of Rs 14,999, the Zenfone 4 Selfie can be seen as a direct competitor to Oppo F3 and Honor 9i. Hosting an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 processor and an expandable storage of 64 GB, this sleek device has created quite a buzz, especially over its strange name. Here at Guiding Tech, we checked the device and found out some incredible features of Asus Zenfone 4 Selfie....

But if you are planning to buy one, let me remind you that other than a few obvious facts, there are a number of reasons why you should wait this one out and we’ll illustrate our point in the following 10 reasons. Back in 2007, when Steve Jobs announced the iPhone, it revolutionized the way people spoke and changed their perception about mobile devices. Ten years later, we are still talking about a path-breaking phone made by Apple....

Like emojis, stickers also convey emotions better than simple text. Some stickers also have text on them, so you get two benefits in one. WhatsApp stickers come with many features of its own. You can add them to favorites, group them, etc. You don’t need to explore them on your own. We have done the work for you. Here’s everything that you need to know about how to use WhatsApp stickers....

That happens when you initiate a download on the Play Store, and under My apps and games, you see this error with an option to cancel the download. There can be many reasons behind this. Let’s take a look at all of them one by one below. 1. Make Way The Play Store downloads and installs the latest version of apps on your device automatically. However, the app you are trying to download may be in a queue, and hence you see the download pending error....

There are multiple reasons that could be causing this issue, leaving you confused. But not anymore. In this guide, we will help you understand what might be causing it and 12 ways to fix Wi-Fi authentication problems on Android. Let’s get into it. Reasons for the Wi-Fi Authentication Error There’s no clear path on what could be the issue’s root cause, but there are multiple ways that may lead to it....