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Best of Guiding Tech in Feb, 2012 Understanding Google Alerts and 7 Interesting Ways to Use It A great guide on Google Alerts, how to set them up and how to use them creatively. 3 Awesome Add-ons to Watch and Manage YouTube Videos From Chrome Toolbar Chrome add-ons for those who tend to visit YouTube every 30 mins or so. 4 Incredibly Easy Ways to Share Internet From Windows PC 4 quick and ways to share the Internet from your Windows computer....

In order to make sure our readers make the most of these sales. We’ll be talking about such paid Android apps that you can get absolutely free week after week. Here is this week’s list of paid Android apps that you can get for free. However, if you like any of these Android apps, make sure to install them as all these are free for a limited time. So, only the fastest fingers will get to enjoy them....

While there are a plethora of free apps, premium or paid apps offer an edge and that is why they ask for money. Often, there are hidden sales that keep happening on the play store — be it a part of a giveaway or a seasonal offer. During the festive season, Google makes sure to promote and create some publicity around these offers. However, most of these sales go unnoticed....

So this brings us to the question—which portable Bluetooth speaker should you pick between the Bose SoundLink Flex and the JBL Flip 6? Well, that’s what we will explore in this post as we pit the Bose SoundLink Flex against the JBL Flip 6. Let’s get started. But first, Design and Connectivity Bose’s SoundLink Flex is the successor to the old glory of yesteryears—SoundLink Micro. And like its predecessor, it boasts a solid build....

arrival of a message in your inbox at that very instant? Do you log in and keep checking the web service every 5 minutes? We don’t expect you to do that if you are a Guiding Tech reader. There are better ways. For example, you can easily set up desktop notifications to alert you of mail arrivals. Indeed there are tools which let you work with emails even without opening a browser (the best of which is MS Outlook; there are simpler ones though)....

When status made its debut in March 2017, people were aware of the Stories on Instagram, Snapchat, and even Facebook. Soon WhatsApp status grabbed over 450 million daily users in early 2018, and the number continues to grow. WhatsApp status lets you share snippets of your life in the form of images and tastefully done captions. However, the thought must have crossed your mind if you can see who has viewed your WhatsApp status or story....

More than two years after the debut, it seems the Instax Mini 9 has a competitor in the newly launched Canon IVY CLIQ instant camera. Priced at $99.99, this one has the added advantage of SD card storage and charging via a USB cable. So, are these features enough to push it to the top of the best instant camera list? That’s what we are going to find out today....

But this is Windows. It added a “Modern UI” start screen with a gorgeous interface and smooth transitions and all it’s really used for is adding even more bloatware. So although maybe not as much as before, Windows does still need cleaning up. Like an unruly teenager, it simply won’t tidy up its own mess. If you search on the internet for the best cleaning/maintenance tools, CCleaner will show up at the top, with Glary Utilities trailing not far behind....

Now the thing is that, these applications may crash (it has happened with me a lot) leaving Windows stuck with the 16 bit color settings (sometimes the resolution also gets messed up). So if at all you are ever stuck in such a situation wondering why the colors don’t seem right, the following steps should help you get back your default display settings. Changing the Windows Color Depth From 16 to 32 bit or Vice Versa Step 1: Right-click on an empty space on your desktop and select Screen Resolution option to open the screen resolution settings for Windows....

Kippt is an entrant that is already dominated by similar read-it-later services like Instapaper and Pocket (Formerly Read It Later). We had Delicious earlier and still have it around. Each service promises to ‘do it better’, and they do give us slightly different flavors of the same thing as they compete for our bookmarks and social shares. So, how differently does this Helsinki based startup do it? Let’s clip some bookmark worthy links and find out....

Your PC or Laptop is also not secure from such attacks. While you may reiterate that I have password protected it, but that’s not enough today, as we will see. The Hackers USB Drive To the layman, it might seem that some revolutionary new technology is at work, but in reality it’s nothing more than some software trickery. But in this day & age, with Windows advanced so much with 10, how is this even be possible?...

And lately more and more casual users are turning to social platforms like Instagram to share their creativity (don’t say that to your photographer friend). But none of these services cater to the story teller in you. Today we will talk about two new services that do. Why Create Photo Stories The best use case for Photo stories is for travelogues. Because when you share a picture of your travels, it’s not just a picture, it’s a narrative....

As new apps are developed for Jelly Bean, we can see apps using this feature and giving out almost all the details in the notification drawer. However, with such a limited real estate in there, one might get annoyed of the overwhelming notifications and would only want to keep those that are essential. Google has not only improved the notification drawer but also included the future to control the apps that can use the drawer to push messages....

Both Discord and Twitch were designed from the ground up for the gamers. Though Discord entered the market late, it forced Twitch to add new features to catch up with its newest rival. Visit Twitch Discord’s recent update packs new plans and a global game store (beta) to stay ahead in the race and attract more users. Visit Discord As a gamer, I like both Discord and Twitch. While I have compared the latter with other VoIP/chat apps before, let’s see how these two niche streaming apps fare against each other....

When I started using Android, back in the days of Eclair, power of taking a screenshot on the phone was only limited to root users. But now in Gingerbread and versions above that, a user can take screenshots even without rooting a device as long as the feature is integrated in the ROM by the manufacturer. Most of the time the option is embedded in the power menu. However, in general most of the time when one takes a screenshot on Android it’s either to use in an article (like this one), or upload on web (social media and emails) to get doubts cleared....

The IMEI number of the phone is often written at the back of the phone in the case of an iPhone and inside the battery wall for an Android. You can also dial the code *#06# on any phone to get the IMEI number. It’s a wise practice to have your IMEI code backed up somewhere safely. But in case you forgot to do this and have now lost your phone, this article will show you how you can retrieve it without the device or the original packing box....

Just to be clear, FreeStudio All-in-one Converter is not a conventional video audio converter which simply converts your video or audio file from one format to another; it’s a whole new concept. Confused? Don’t worry, all your doubts will be cleared by the time we conclude this post. FreeStudio All-in-one Converter is basically a single software that bundles 44 different video & audio editor, converter and downloader applications all under one umbrella....

I myself keep checking the battery charge left on my laptop by frequently pointing to the tiny battery icon on Windows 7, and it’d be safe to assume that you do the same too! But lets face it, the battery icon in Windows 7 (and Vista, and XP) sucks. It doesn’t show much information by default, and you’ve to repeatedly hover your mouse over it to see the charge left in your battery....

Speaking of Google Calendar, Google has been updating its calendar offering with new designs and functions. On the other hand, Fantastical has already strengthened its foothold among iPhone users on the App Store. But if you had to pick one out of the two, which one would you choose? That’s not clear. In this post, we are comparing Google Calendar to Fantastical. The comparison will cover UI, functions, themes, third-party calendar support, price, and more....

The answer: File System for Dropbox App. With this app, your Dropbox files show up as another volume in the Chrome File Manager. Easy peasy. Let’s check out the steps. Install the App The app is available from the Chrome web store. This app isn’t the same as the official Dropbox App. You need to follow the link or search for File System for Dropbox. Configure Access to Your Dropbox File System for Dropbox shows up as a volume in your File Manager, so you must mount your Dropbox account....