sports interest you then it’s likely that keeping yourself updated with sports news from across the globe is something that interests you too. The question is what might be the best way to do that, especially for your favorite sports team if not all teams or sports. Windows 8 users don’t need to think about it a lot, though, because they have the Windows 8 Sports app. We will show you how to pin your favorite team to the start screen and depend on live notifications for updates....

HQ Trivia hit a new record on Christmas day as 730,000 people logged on simultaneously at 9 p.m. Eastern Time to compete for an unusually large jackpot prize worth $12,000. Available only on iOS until now, the game is all set to release on Android on January 1. Registration for the game started last week. However, you can play HQ Trivia on your Android device right now. But first, let’s check out what is HQ and how to play this game....

Still, you don’t have to worry about making the most creative videos in under 30 seconds to post on your WhatsApp Status. The app easily lets you trim videos that are more than 30 seconds long for posting as Status. Let’s show you how to upload a WhatsApp Status video of more than 30 seconds and we will also share a few third-party apps that help you do the same....

Based on the Event Viewer software is Reliability Monitor, a feature that has existed since Windows Vista. With Windows 10, it is part of the Microsoft Management Console (MMC). Let’s see how to work with it. Still Not Sold on Windows 10? Then read our article on if you really should upgrade, after we used it for a month. Find and Launch it There are a couple of ways you can go about this....

But does it make sense to rearrange Instagram posts without deleting them? Well, often, your Instagram profile is your first impression on potential followers, so it’s crucial to present your content visually. When rearranging your posts, you can showcase your finest content, curate your profile, and set your account/brand apart. Let’s begin How to Rearrange Instagram Photos While Publishing Rearranging Instagram photos while publishing is relatively straightforward. In this section, we will discuss changing the order of the photos when posting a carousel story or a carousel post on Instagram....

There are two extension that can help you do this. Let’s take a look. 1. Screencastify The most versatile and feature rich option is Screencastify. When you install the extension you’ll need to give the app permission for accessing your microphone and the front facing camera. This is of course voluntary. But if you do provide access, the extension will be able to record your voice and your face that will then be shown in a little window in the bottom-right....

Windows 8 Consumer Preview , my PC failed to boot after a simple restart. I had no clue how that happened and all I needed was a way to recover Windows 8. But it wasn’t easy. I was not able to use the advanced boot options in Windows 8 to fix things. The error screen was the first and the last thing that showed up after the BIOS loads up....

When using your Instagram account on multiple devices, there’s a chance that you forgot to log out properly. This may allow someone (known or unknown) to access your account and all its data. Luckily, you can manage devices linked to your Instagram account and remotely log out of Instagram on all devices. How to Log Someone Out of Your Instagram From the Mobile App To kick someone (unknown device) off your Instagram account, you’ll need to follow these two steps....

Using iTunes you can manage your terabytes’ of music and sync them to your portable players in the blink of an eye. If you are like most of us you must be having redundant music files in your iTunes library. Surely today’s computers come with practically endless disk space and having few duplicate tracks doesn’t make a difference but it counts when the music is on, lets say, a portable USB thumb drive which has limited space....

I hadn’t tested Microsoft’s latest Internet Explorer version (IE 9 Beta) yet, so I decided to use Spoon to give it a shot. That way, I didn’t have to uninstall IE 8. So, assuming you followed the steps to install the Spoon plugin mentioned in our previous article, we’ll jump directly to Spoon’s App Library. Click on “Browsers” in the App Library. Under the Spoon Browser Sandbox, you’ll find big thumbnails of different Internet Explorer versions....

You can also password-protect a PDF for confidential and private files. Even though Apple Pages is inferior to Microsoft Word, most people are used to it as it’s the default and free option. With several export options, it’s quite easy to export a document as PDF on Apple Pages using iPhone and Mac. Let’s start with the Mac app first and check out the same for iPhone. Use Apple Pages on Mac With hundreds of built-in and third-party templates, you can easily create a resume, brochure, flyer, or business letter in Apple Pages....

The best solution would be to back up all photos to a service like Flickr, Google Photos or Apple’s iCloud Photo Library. But that means that all your photos are not always on your phone. If you want to have the best of both worlds – keep your photos on your device while saving space, you’ll need to compress all the photos. And of course, merely zipping photos up and saving them isn’t going to help you....

Google Docs allows you to do that easily. Sometimes, while writing an application in it, we would have to attach some important documents or pictures which need to be scanned first. How should one do that? That’s what we will tell you. Here you will get to know how to add scanned documents into Google Docs. Let’s get started with some basics first. Types of Attachments Supported by Google Docs Besides charts, tables, and drawings, you can add images in all formats such as JPG, PNG, GIFs, etc....

The Pros and Cons of 2-Step Verification Some of the most important online services are adding 2-step verification to their websites, as an extra layer of security (and a very necessary one too). For example, Google has put such a system in place for Google/Gmail accounts and setting it up isn’t too complicated. Google’s system can also be used with a dedicated mobile app. Dropbox also uses a similar system to keep information more secure....

We have shared various basic and advanced level tricks using which you can connect your phone to the computer and automatically sync files and photos. One of these easiest tricks used to be the app called BitTorrent Sync. BitTorrent Sync used to provide a universal platform for all the desktops and smartphone OS to sync files over a local wireless network. Installing and setting up the app used to be very easy....

That’s the beauty of Pinterest. It just blows your mind in a wow-ish manner. Sometimes, we want others to feel the same. After all, why should we keep those fantastic ideas for ourselves? Other times, even we want advice related to our collection on board. For situations like those, we have to share Pinterest boards with others. But how does one do that? Is that even possible? Yes, it’s possible, and here you will get to know how to send your boards to others on the Pinterest website and mobile apps (Android/iPhone)....

We have already seen many ways in which we can disable Windows 8 modern Start Screen and most of its associated features and shift to classic desktop interface with a near classic Start Menu. But today I will tell you how you can use the power of Windows 8 modern Start Screen without using it in full screen mode. This way you can use the extremely helpful search feature of Windows 8 and have access to desktop at all times....

Fortunately, Mac has a slew of built-in and third party diagnostic and cleaning utilities to help you speed the Mac right up. Check out the apps/tips listed below. 1. Onyx Onyx is one of the best maintenance tools for Mac. It opens up hidden system settings that go well beyond Mac’s System Preferences. It lets you clean the system or user cache, deleting old internet files, system cache, user elements and more in the process....

The bookmarks sync feature in Google Chrome backs up your browser bookmarks to your Google account and syncs them when you are on Chrome on a different computer. Here’s a step by step guide to the entire process. Click on the wrench icon given at the top right in your Google Chrome browser. Go to “Synchronize my bookmarks”. Access Chrome Bookmarks from Anywhere: Why limit yourself when you can sync Chrome Bookmarks to other browsers as well?...

That said, Microsoft has partnered with Laplink to make the PC transfer tool free for users to make the upgrade hassle free. As most of the users will be upgrading to Windows 10, Microsoft has made the tool free for at least a year to make the ride easier for its users. So let’s see how we can use the tool to get most of the files and settings transferred from an old PC to a new one....