By the way, the real grandma (or grand daddy!) of mobile phones is Nokia 1100. I have published an article on trivia related with Nokia 1100. You may find it interesting. With landline phones, gone are the days of thick yellow telephone directories. Smartphones are versatile devices. With caller identification, you don’t really need any paper directories. Comment * Name * Email * Website Δ

This release also includes 28 security improvements, of which 9 are of high importance. Therefore, if you use Chrome often and want to keep your system safe from external threats, you can upgrade to this build using the given guide, or install Google Chrome using the given links below. Google Chrome is supported on Windows, MacOS, iOS, Android, and Linux. Release Summary Complete Release Build: 99.0.4844.51Release Date: Tuesday, March 1st, 2022Compatibility: Windows 11, 10, 8....

In this article, we will show you how to crop and edit the photos on your iPhone or iPad. Though we are fond of clicking photos, most of us do not frame every photo perfectly when we shoot it. Apple provides editing tools in the Photos app that lets you crop, straighten, rotate, and change the aspect ratio of your pictures with ease. Steps to edit a photo and the options are the same on the iPhone and iPad but the menu options may differ a bit....

You cannot delete a file when it is in use in Windows. When a process opens a file, it locks the file while it is in use. You will get the error message that you cannot delete the file because it is in use by another process. All operations to the file like delete, rename, open, edit, etc. will be disabled while the file is locked by another process....

Realtek HD Audio is an audio driver for system sound that supports DTS, Dolby, and Surround Sound. It is not mandatory to install Realtek HD Audio, but it is very helpful. The application used for managing audio settings on the PC is called RealTek HD Audio Manager. This application allows you to configure your microphone/speaker settings and try out different sound effects as well. In this article we have compiled several methods that will serve as a complete guide to download, install or reinstall Realtek HD Audio Manager on your computer....

Virtualization allows the user to run multiple virtual machines on a single computer without additional hardware. Almost all modern Intel and AMD processors support this technology. However, the feature is usually disabled. Therefore, you must enable this feature from the system’s firmware (BIOS). Then, to use the feature, you must install a hypervisor (Hyper-V, VMWare Workstation, or Oracle VirtualBox) that hosts the guest operating systems. In this post, we are going to show you how to enable virtualization on a PC and then how to install Hyper-V, which is a Windows-native hypervisor....

Group Policy Objects (GPOs) are a set of policies governed by a Domain Controller. However, in case your computer is not connected to a domain, it can still be managed through the Group Policy Editor (Run » gpedit.msc). If you or our administrator have recently made changes to the policies, then you can run the following cmdlet in Command Prompt to implement those changes without having to restart the computer: This cmdlet fetches fresh policies from the server and applies them to your PC....

Increase text size by increasing zoom level All major browsers provide facility to increase and decrease zoom level. Zooming in makes text and images look bigger and therefore they become easier to see and read. Press CTRL and + key to increase the zoom level. Keep on pressing this shortcut key combination until you’re satisfied with the text size. Note: On a Mac computer the key combination is Command and + key....

Microsoft has recently announced that some of the Windows components designed to keep your systems safe affect their performance. However, you can disable these Windows features to optimize the computer for gaming purposes, but of course, this will leave your system vulnerable to outside threats and attacks. This article lists several things you can do to increase your system’s performance to get the best gaming experience on a Windows 11 computer....

You can make macros in two ways. If you just want MS Word to track and record your actions, you can Record a Macro. Secondly, if you need to write more complex instructions, you can program a macro. Let’s look at both of these options. MS Word (and all other software in MS Office package) allow you to record your actions and then execute them as a single command. Before you begin recording of a macro, I would suggest that you become very sure what you want to do and how you want to do because every action of your will be recorded in macro....

This article discusses a method through which you can eliminate this prompt so that you can keep your audio coming through uninterrupted while on YouTube. Why does Youtube prompt users at all? This feature was introduced on YouTube around 2 years ago, with no comments as to why this was introduced at all. Some might say that it is there to ensure that the user is conscious and has not slept while watching the video so that it is not streaming and consuming unnecessary Internet bandwidth....

Sometimes it’s quite difficult to use your Android phone in parallel with PC. For example, I use Google Authenticator for two-factor authentications. It becomes difficult to take out the phone each time I need the authenticator app. Andy is a software which can come in handy in this situation. Andy lets users run Android apps on PC without any issues. One limitation of Andy is that since it is an emulator, if you are using Hyper-V or Virtualbox will need to be disabled to run Andy....

Google Drive offers 15 GB of free storage to all Google account users. But if you are looking for more storage, you can buy more cloud storage space if you need it. Google Drive offers a Google Drive Desktop app that lets you sync documents and files with Google Cloud and Google Photos. Supported file types in Google Drive Google drive supports mostly all types of possible files that include:...

These sounds have been the same since Windows 8, and have continued for Windows 10 as well as Windows 11. However, if you are bored or annoyed by these, you can change them to another preinstalled sound, your own custom sound, or turn them off completely. In this post, we are going to show you how to do this. How to Change/ Turn Off Notification Sound in Windows Follow the steps given below to turn off or change the notification sounds on your Windows PC:...

If you want to do all of the following steps on your own, you can download VLOOKUP example Excel sheet. We will use the same Excel sheet for the following tutorial. What is VLOOKUP? VLOOKUP is an Excel function that searches for values in a specified column. In a spreadsheet, columns are vertical. This is why the column search function is called VLOOKUP or Vertical Lookup. Using VLOOKUP, you can tell Microsoft Excel (or other spreadsheet like Google Sheets) that you are looking for a specific value in a given column....

One of such tiny details is the clock icon in iPhone. Most of us take it just as an icon. Most of us would not even notice the time shown by the clock graphic painted on the icon. But if you do notice, you will realize that this clock icon is actually a functional clock! The icon will always show you the current time. If you look at it long enough, you will even see the seconds hand of the clock moving....

Since lite apps are not available for all website, you will need to download a utility called Hermit, from the Play Store. Hermit is technically a web browser that supports customization. You can customize a web service to make an ad-free app of your own that also saves battery life. Hermit creates a shortcut with an icon of the web service on the home screen of the launcher. The shortcut can be used as a stand-alone app and customized as required....

The updates and details for each of these are as follows: Windows 10 Version 1909 | Update: KB5001337 | New Build: 18363.1500Windows 10 Version 1809 | Update: KB5001342 | New Build: 17763.1879Windows 10 Version 1803 | Update: KB5001339 | New Build: 17134.2145Windows 10 Version 1607 | Update: KB5001347 | New Build: 14393.4350Windows 10 Version 1507 | Update: KB5001340 | New Build: 10240.18906 Along with these, April 2021 updates for Windows 10 v2004 & v20H2 have also been released discussions in a separate post....

Installing the update KB4577063 will change your current Windows 10 20H2 build to 19042.541. What’s new in KB4577063 The release update does not introduce any new features and is simply an update to address known and identified issues. The company recently announced the release of this update along with a long list of fixes, out of which we have highlighted a few important ones down below: What’s new in KB4577063 How to install Windows 10 Insider update KB4577063 Uninstall the KB4577063 update Uninstall Windows 10 update KB4577063 using the Windows Update History tool Uninstall Windows 10 update KB4577063 using command-line Cleanup after installing Windows Updates...

In your Android smartphone, the strength of mobile Internet signal is shown using alphabet letters like G, E, 2G, 3G, H and 4G near the signal bar. These symbols are visible right next to the signal strength indicator. Have you ever wondered about the meaning of these symbols / letters? Well, today I will tell you about the meaning of letters G, E, 2G, 3G, H and 4G in context of the mobile Internet....