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Though Snapchat was the original pioneer of disappearing photos, Instagram caught up with it and soon launched the highly successful Instagram Stories. As much as it’s fun making stories as it is seeing them, wouldn’t it be great to have music as an added bonus for your Instagram stories? In this post, we will explore two ways in which we can add music to Instagram stories. The first is through the Instagram app itself and the other is through a third-party app....

Quantum is designed with speed in mind and has neat features like a built-in screenshot tool. One of the best parts of Firefox is that it allows installing extensions and add-ons to add functionalities otherwise missing from the default browser. These extensions and add-ons are beneficial to many. Especially those who work on specialized tasks in the browser on a recurring basis. Take online writers for instance. In many cases, they create content directly inside online editors....

Hashtags are clickable wherever supported, and that’s what makes it different from the rest of the text. It’s like a link embedded in a word. When you click or tap on it, you see similar content from other people using the same hashtag. Hashtags are relatively new to Pinterest, which is a paradise for finding beautiful, harmless content. If you are confused about how to use hashtags on Pinterest, you are in the right place....

There are two ways to add multiple photos to Instagram stories. You can either go the straightforward way and make a collage. Or, you can use the Photo Sticker option. The latter looks much better since it gives you the flexibility to arrange the photos as per your choice. There’s only one way to go about it when it comes to adding multiple photos to Instagram posts. So here’s how to add multiple photos to Instagram Post or Story....

Normally, users capture a screenshot from the browser, find the picture from the File Manager or Finder (Mac) and annotate using a third-party app like Photoscape X. The whole process can be time-consuming for some and here is where Microsoft’s thoughtful add-on comes. Where Is Web Capture Tool in Microsoft Edge Microsoft has integrated the Web Capture tool right beside the extensions menu in the Edge browser. Check the screenshot for reference....

Outlook offers a couple of ways to auto-forward emails to a separate email address. You can also set specific keywords like Notice, Error, Attention, etc. to let the service filter which emails to forward or not. In this post, we will talk about the top two ways to auto-forward emails in Outlook. Go through the steps below, set the auto-forward function in Outlook, and only worry about important emails on your inbox....

On the day of the event, by any chance if I am running late, I notify the members about it. Oh forget it, I am sure you must be knowing how these things go. Everything is just so manual and non-effective. We have only moved from pen and diaries to apps and emails, but the whole process is still the same. Well, Kono is an app that aims to change things when it comes to scheduling events, meetups, corporate business lunches or even if you just want to hang out with friends....

Android’s openness is one of the best things about the platform but it can be a double edged sword. Unlike iOS, Android apps have open access to your personal data – including calls, messages, browser history etc. While most apps use this access constructively – to make those functions better, a lot of apps and websites have malicious motives. Update: Since we wrote about Disconnect, the app has changed its pricing policy....

There’s another side of the story as well. What if a user isn’t familiar with millions? They would prefer to see their regional numeric system for YouTube views. This post will also tell you how to change YouTube view count from millions to a system of your region. Let’s get started on how to change the view count on YouTube. Tip: For the unaware, 1 Lakh = 100k, 10 Lakhs= 1 million, and 1 Crore = 10 million....

In the past we have already seen how to install a custom Sense-less ROM on HTC One X, but today we are going to see a method to completely remove the sense UI from almost any rooted HTC One X device. Before we start Here’s a list of few things that you need to ensure before starting. Make sure your HTC One X is unlocked, rooted and a custom ClockworkMod recovery is installed....

Soon after I gifted my dad a Samsung Galaxy S4 (we reviewed the S5 by the way, just in case you wanted to see), his point of interest changed from Windows to Android. He started coming up with issues on his Android device and like always, he wanted my assistance for the problems he faced on it. Previously I used to call him up and guided him on how to fix the issues....

You can increase the playback speed, one notch at a time slowly, but can also slow things down. For example, reduce YouTube playback speed to less than one if you are having trouble understanding the speaker’s accent. Other useful examples can be research, transcription, or looking for easter eggs in trailers. Let’s find out how you can control playback speed in YouTube apps on Android, iOS, and web apps....

But first, let’s understand the MKV and MP4 formats a little. MKV stands for Matroska, and both MKV and MP4 (MPEG-4) are container formats to store audio and video. Further, MKV is a flexible, open-standard video file format and is widely used for HD videos. However, unlike MKV, MP4 has better performance, and most importantly, is widely supported and compatible. So if you wish to play videos on multiple devices, here’s how to convert the video format....

Take for example, moving a diagram that consists of multiple elements or applying borders to pages, texts, paragraphs and objects. Recently, I was working on some columns of text and towards the end of my job I realized that it would look better if organized in a table. The data was such immense that I could not erase everything and start afresh. With little research I found an easy solution and quickly converted the entire text to table....

The one drawback of this method is that you need a working Windows 10 installation to run the program. If you don’t want to install Windows 10 on your primary PC, you can install it in VirtualBox either on Windows or Mac. Before we start, make sure you have: Windows 10 Technical Preview ISO. You can download it from here.Latest version of WinReducer 10.At least 25 GB of free space on your storage drive for you to save the WinReducer 10 folder....

At times, even we like to post on Pinterest. But when it comes to adding our pins, we are lost. That’s because unlike other social apps, the add pin button in Pinterest is slightly hidden for beginners and at an awkward place for regular users. So if you have been looking for a way to add your image to Pinterest, you are at the right place. Here you will get to know how you can add your own pins, what kinds of pins are supported, and similar other things....

WhatsApp offers rich customization options to create an avatar that resembles your look and style. If you are bored with your usual WhatsApp profile picture, use the steps below to make your digital avatar and share it with friends and family. While WhatsApp’s avatar are very much like the Memojis on iOS, you can first create a look and then match it with your actual face. Where as Memoji shows the live animation of your face before you begin to customize it....

You can create shortcuts to launch frequent visited websites such as Facebook, Gmail or Google reader quickly. Here are the steps involved. Open the webpage inside the browser for which you want to make a shortcut. Click on page menu which is given at the top right corner. On the drop down menu click on “Create application shortcuts”. You’ll find options to create shortcuts on desktop, start menu and quick launch bar....

When you open the Google Forms website, sign in to your Google account. The interface will greet you with a new form having one question and title. You can then add more questions of various types, change the theme, view responses, and more all through the website on the mobile browser. So let’s check how to create a form and use various elements of Google Forms on a mobile....

What Are QR Codes QR code is an acronym for Quick Response code. It is a machine scannable image that contains specific details such as website links or product information that can be read by QR code readers. For starts, you can use your smartphone or a QR Code reader app to use them. An example of the use of a QR code is WhatsApp. You will have to scan a QR code to use WhatsApp on a PC or Mac using a mobile....