One of the best workarounds to get over an overloaded Chrome browser is by enabling sleeping tabs. Similar to the sleeping apps on Android phones, sleeping browser tabs help reduce memory usage. This lets you use the free memory for other important work. And when you need the tab again, you can click on it to wake it up. Cool, right? While Chrome doesn’t have a native feature, it does let you tweak the flags to enable sleeping tabs....

Earlier, you only needed the meeting ID or an invitation link to join a meeting on Zoom. While it was an easy process, its implications were bad. That’s why the need to introduce passwords for every meeting conducted on Zoom. Without making you wait further, let’s find out the Zoom meeting password on Windows PC or mobile. Why Is Zoom Asking for Meeting Passwords While Zoom app downloads have skyrocketed in the past few months, it’s been under heavy scrutiny as well....

indexing mechanism that speeds up searching of files in the system. Instead of going through each drive and directory, Windows simply searches for the associated index and maps the real location of the file. However, the performance of search indexes is not always accurate and pleasing. Sometimes you may see messages that search results are slow, search results might be incomplete, media is not present in the search location or Windows search indexer has stopped working....

One of the first things to do on Discord when starting is to create a Server. However, setting up a Discord Server can be quite tiring as it involves setting up channels, roles, and permissions. While Discord offers Server templates that make the process easier, you can also create your Server templates. Here’s how it works. How to Generate a Discord Server Template The first thing to note about generating a Discord Server template is that you must have an active Discord Server....

Apple Music on Windows was earlier only accessible via iTunes, but they then released a web player and now have launched a preview app on the Microsoft Store. Surprisingly, they’ve also allowed third-party apps to use its API and we have an app that lets you use the Apple Music app on Windows along with all the missing features. We’ll explore all of this in detail as we go further....

Apple is infamous for keeping their users in a closed ecosystem. Apple services work flawlessly among their devices, but when it comes to adding support for rival’s platforms, the overall experience isn’t as smooth as the iOS and macOS combo. Most Apple apps such as Reminders, Photos, Mail, and Notes are directed tied with the iCloud platform. And in a bid to make it easy for the majority, the company has announced a new iCloud app for Windows users....

pop-up alerts and even the same sound whenever an email arrives to any of your accounts. Thankfully, with the arrival of iOS 6, our iOS devices got a lot of love, especially in the features department. And in case you are wondering, yes, one of those features is the ability to customize Mail notifications on a per-account basis. For this how-to, all you will need is your iOS device (iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad) updated to the latest iOS 6....

custom ROM to gain features you normally wouldn’t have access to. Something like MIUI offers you a taste of iOS like interface and powerful features for your Android phone. But there was one small functionality that has always been missing from Android. For as long as we can remember, iOS had dictionary built right in. So no matter which app you were using, if the text was selectable, you could highlight it, tap define and a definition would pop up....

In this post, we have covered how sharing permissions work in Google Docs, followed by instructions to grant, modify, or remove editing permissions on mobile and computer. Let’s get started. How Google Docs Sharing Permissions Work You can share your Google Docs document in two ways. Firstly, the document can be shared with a selected few people only by adding their email ID. This type is referred to as Restricted....

The best way to increase Android’s internal storage is to borrow it from the SD card. Yes, that can be done, but some of these conditions need to be met. And that’s the only way really. You can’t just get pull storage from thin air and add it to the device… it has to come from somewhere and external storage is the only savior here. Conditions for this Trick to Work The phone must have the support for external memory....

But as you’d imagine, the process of acquiring and playing audiobooks on your phone isn’t easy. You can use a service like Audible but it doesn’t have everything and I’d rather not pay $15 for an audiobook. So I usually listen to free out-of-copyright books narrated by the awesome volunteers at LibriVox. They have a collection of over 15,000 books, and I have a lot of classics to catch up on (I’m half way through Crime and Punishment, but that was two years ago)....

Besides making a slideshow, if you want to let it play automatically and continuously, Keynote enables you to play your presentation in a loop. This post will show you how to loop a slideshow in Keynote on iPhone and Mac. Loop a Slideshow in Keynote on iPhone First, let us show you how to loop a slideshow with the Keynote app on your iPhone. This feature is helpful for occasions when you want to play a slideshow continuously at an event....

More importantly, the keyboard shortcuts help with time-management, especially when you are working with others on a tight deadline. Also, the auto-save feature is the cherry on top. But at the end of the day, these features are typical of any word processing service. What if I told you that Google Docs also makes creating timelines and other such simple drawings a rather simple affair? Yep, you heard us right....

Then the Instagram app came to Android, and despite the war cries from iPhone users, it skyrocketed to popularity here as well. By now, I am sure there are 1 billion photos floating around. There are many ways to enjoy those millions and billions of Instagram photos. Here, we are going to look at a way which gives Instagram photos the shape of a wallpaper. Insta-WP is a free online application that enables you to turn a bunch of Instagram photos into a wallpaper for your mobile device or for your desktop....

If you’re not sure where to begin, then you’ve come to the right place. In this article, I’ll show you how you can create a stunning YouTube banner in GIMP to add personality and style to your channel. So get GIMP if you don’t have it installed on your system. Download GIMP Now, let’s jump right into it. Download the YouTube Channel Art Template To create an impressive YouTube banner, you’ll need to know its exact dimensions and how it’ll appear on different devices....

We have already reviewed the mighty photo editing tool (Android) from Aviary. The more the better, so today we will be talking about Snapseed, yet another powerful and amazing photo editing tool for Android. Without further ado, let’s get started with how we can use the app to enhance and transform our ordinary camera shots. Note: When it comes to photo editing, Snapseed has a ton of features for both beginners and advanced users....

Previously, on Guiding Tech I discussed how you can change the looks of Windows 8 Start Menu and customize it. Today we will take a look at another tool from the same developer which will help you personalize the looks of the new Charm Bar. There is no straightforward way to change the looks and behavior of the Charm Bar but basically, everything in Windows can be personalized using the Registry....

apps that serve as remote control for Apple TV and such. But what if I told you that there is a way to connect your iPhone to your PS3 and use it as a remote control to play YouTube videos on it? Definitely a neat trick to learn. What is even better, there is no app needed to do it since you can perform this trick right from your PS3 and your iPhone’s browser using your network....

But things change when it comes to video. When you are watching a video on your droid, the device makes it compulsory for the user to stay on the web page or keep the app open while the video is being played. Sure, if it’s a short video, it doesn’t make any significant difference. But what if you are watching a long talk that you don’t need to be staring at the entire time....

However, today I will show you how you can take the print backup of your SMS and WhatsApp messages from an Android device. So let’s get started and have a look at the simple workaround. Printing Text Messages (SMS) Android by default doesn’t give any built-in option to print text messages and hence we’ll use a workaround to get the task done. The idea is to back up all the text messages onto the Gmail account and then use the online inbox to take the print of the messages....