Fonts play a significant role in how we perceive what is on our computer screens. You might not realize it, but web developers rely on a bunch of different fonts to help them apply some critical touches to design. If you pay attention when you browse the web, you’ll notice that many websites have a […]
February 2017
Call an Emergency Number from Quick Settings Menu in Android
Nobody wants to be in an emergency situation, but often there is nothing we can do about it, and it happens to all of us at some point during our lives. When you are there, you will want to call your near and dear ones as quickly as possible. With an Android device, you need […]
Reverse Image Search on Android Devices
Google helps you do text and image searches, but many don’t know that it also allows you to do a reverse image search. What that means is you can give an image to Google, and it will search for it on the Internet to help you find more information about the given image. On a […]
Get Mac Caffeine Feature on Android Devices
On a Mac, if you do not want your screen to go into idle mode and you do not want for your Mac to go to sleep after a period of not doing any activities on it, then you can use an app called Caffeine that helps you do that. After you have installed the […]
Set Location-Based Reminders on Android Devices
If you happen to be doing a lot of things in a task, you will likely have set up reminders on your gadgets. That way, your device reminds you at specific times for the tasks you are supposed to do them. However, what some of these gadgets lack is the feature for setting up location-based […]
Get Rounded Corners on Android Devices
Rounded corners are usually not found even on the most popular Android devices, but they look really great if they are implemented. Some of the Android manufacturers have implemented rounded corners in their devices, and the outcome has been really wonderful. If you have an Android device, but it has not come with rounded corners, […]
Add Google Drive Folder Shortcut to Home Screen in Android
One of the apps you must have on your Android is the Google Drive app. It lets you take your important files and documents with you wherever you go, and it does not even occupy your device’s storage because all of your files are stored in the cloud. To access these files, you can open […]
Get Linux-Like Terminal on Android Devices
If you have been a long time Linux user, you are likely to have a vast knowledge of terminal commands, and you wish to see the same in all the gadgets you ever use. If you happen to have an Android device, then you can add a Linux like terminal on your device. That way, […]
Scan Ports on Android Devices
If you happen to be a hacker or someone who is into networking, you often need to scan for ports on various networks. Maybe you are troubleshooting an issue, and you wish to see if a particular port is open on a particular device or maybe you just want to see what all the open […]
Check Android Device for Vulnerabilities
The one thing that scares Android users is vulnerabilities. A vulnerability is an open door for the hackers to come in and inject your device with malicious things that help hackers gain good things. That way the hackers can get access to the personal data on your device, get that data to their own servers, […]
Best Custom ROMs for Amazon Fire
The two most popular Amazon devices out there on the market are the Amazon Fire and the Amazon Fire phone. While you could argue the names could have been marketed better (especially the Amazon Fire), it is presumed that once you know that there is a Fire phone in existence that you would be able […]
Best Custom ROMs for Asus Zenfone 5
If you don’t have enough money to splurge on an expensive high-end smartphone from one of the leading manufacturers in the world like so many of us don’t, then the next thing you want to look at is the mid-rangers instead. One of the best mid-range phones from 2014 was the Asus Zenfone 5. What […]
Best Custom ROMs For Asus ZenFone 2
The Asus Zenfone 2 smartphone came out in the first quarter of the year of 2015. It was made famous due to becoming the first smartphone in the world to offer 4GB of RAM (although there were still some regions that only offered 3GB of RAM.) It was underpinned by a 2.3GHz 64-bit Intel Atom […]
Best Custom ROMs for Huawei P9 Lite
Sometimes people want something different when they look to buy a new smartphone. Many of those people looking for something different enjoy what the Huawei P9 has to offer. It’s known as being a great smartphone with unique specs, and yet if you buy one, you can probably rest assured no one else that you […]
Best Custom ROMs for Oppo Find 7
The Oppo Find 7 smartphone was the successor to the Oppo Find 5 and it did a pretty good job at picking up where its predecessor left off. It came with a 5.5-inch display (big for a smartphone screen back then) and was also one of the first smartphones out on the market to come […]
Best Custom ROMs for Xiaomi Redmi 3
The Xiaomi Redmi 3 smartphone is one of the most popular smartphones ever to come out for the Xiaomi brand. That said, it only saw one official Android software update arrive over the air, and that was the Android 5.1 Lollipop update. Over in Asia, they aren’t into software updates the same way we are […]
Best Custom ROMs for Xiaomi Redmi 3S
The Xiaomi Redmi 3S smartphone is a budget smartphone really popular on the other side of the world. What initially started off as a brand that was a blatant rip-off of Apple smartphones has now managed to flourish and almost be the next Apple for people around Asia. One of the ways they’ve managed to […]
Best Custom ROMs for Yu Yuphoria
The Yu Yuphoria is an exciting smartphone that comes powered by CyanogenOS. Before CyanogenMod was no longer a company—or making custom ROMs at all—they were such a big deal that even manufacturers were requesting to run it as a ROM instead of the real Android operating system. Yu was one of them, and that’s what […]
Best Custom ROMs for Nextbit Robin
The Nextbit Robin is the first smartphone released to make use of cloud storage, so no matter what amount of space you need, you aren’t relying on having the internal memory that comes with the smartphone. In past years many phones would offer expandable storage to tackle this problem, but most people found the expandable […]
Best Custom ROMs for Google Pixel C
The Google Pixel C is an Android tablet and laptop combination that offers something that looks similar to a Microsoft Surface with the way the keyboard is a detachable one. These kinds of devices are very cool for people like me who write a lot because the keyboard is always the first thing to go […]
Best Custom ROMs For HTC One E8
The HTC One E8 is a polycarbonate version of the aluminum HTC One M8 for all those people who wanted more of a plastic body instead of the traditional metal backing that HTC is so famous for. It doesn’t matter if you have the M8 or the E8 when talking about the software as they […]
Custom ROMs for Motorola Moto G4 Plus
The Motorola G4 is one of the best budget smartphones that money can buy. Motorola and the world know this, and that has resulted in a few extended versions of the Moto G4 come out. Along with the standard Motorola Moto G4 smartphone, users can now also buy the Moto G4 Play and the Moto […]
Best Custom ROMs for Motorola Moto Z
I love the Motorola Moto Z smartphone. Before I go into details about why that is, I’m going to go on a quick rant. I have an uncle who I like very much, but sometimes he can have some strange opinions. One of his opinions is relevant here because it has to do with design. […]
Best Custom ROMs for LG V20
I’ve never been a huge fan of most of the designs that LG produce, but I’m happy to say that I do not dislike what LG has done here with the LG V20 smartphone at all. It doesn’t look like a regular LG phone. From the front when I first looked at it, I actually […]
Add Google Photos Shortcut to Camera App in Android
Google Photos is by far the best photo organizer I have come across. It helps you save and organize your photos in a really great way that other apps do not. Even the stock gallery app on your device will not let you manage the photos the Google Photos app does. One of the issues […]
See if Mac Supports Auto Unlock Feature
Auto Unlock is a feature by Apple that lets you automatically unlock and log-in to your Mac using an Apple Watch. The entire thing is that you ought to have an Apple Watch and a Mac and when you come closer to your Mac your watch automatically unlocks the Mac and logs you into your […]
Enable/Disable Inertial Scroll on Mac
Whether you have noticed it or not, but you have been using inertial scrolling on your Mac. What that thing is your screen keeps on scrolling even when you have to take your fingers off the trackpad. The scroll then slowly comes to a stop. It is called inertial scrolling, and it is embedded in […]
Automatically Shutdown, Sleep, or Restart Mac
There are times when you want for your Mac to automatically shutdown, sleep, or restart at a particular time. You usually want that when a task is running on your Mac, say a download, for example, and you want your Mac to shut down when the download has finished. If you already know the time […]
Enlarge Mac’s Mouse Pointer
The pointer on Macs usually come with a good size so that you can easily find it on your screen. However, if you happen to have eye problems, it would be difficult for you to find it. Also, the pointer would look tiny if you happen to use a really high-resolution monitor. In the case […]
Best Custom ROMs for HTC One X+ (Plus)
The HTC One X Plus came with a 4.7-inch display, runs Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean out of the box, had an 8-megapixel camera and managed to become a really popular smartphone around the world. Like all good HTC phone’s, the software updates eventually came to an end, the hardware started to fall behind newer devices, […]
