How to Upgrade From Windows 7 or Older to Windows 8 Pro

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So now that the Windows 8 is officially available and Microsoft is providing the upgrade to every existing Windows user at a throwaway price, most of you must be thinking of an upgrade from Windows 7 or older version. So here we are with a detailed guide to help you with the process. In this [...]

How to Sync Your Browser Tabs and Bookmarks Between iPhone (iOS), Mac & Windows PC

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One of the most important things we do on our iPhones or other iOS devices, and on our Macs and Windows PCs, is surfing the web. This has made it essential to be able to sync all of our devices tabs and bookmarks to have them available everywhere. Not long ago however, anyone who wanted [...]

How to Force a Manual Update of Adobe Flash Player in Windows

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Few days ago I came across the following tweet by a parody account of Chris Rock (Twitter has since then suspended this awesome account though). Movies are so unrealistic. This guy’s using his computer to access an alien ship & not once has it asked if he wants to upgrade his Adobe. All I could [...]

How To Update Your iPhone or iPod Touch to Apple’s Latest Official Firmware Via iTunes

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The iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch are devices that are incredibly easy to use and that have also become extremely popular. Syncing your new iPhone or downloading apps are tasks that just about everyone knows how to do. There are some things about them, however, that still can give users some trouble from time to [...]

How to Add Logos on Excel Such That It Prints on Each Page

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We all know the concept of headers and footers in MS Office, don’t we? Well, it is one of the best ways to make some object, text or graphic appear on every page of a document. Say for example, you are creating a document for your client and you wish to have the company name, [...]

How to Jailbreak Your iPhone Running iOS 6

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Even if you are a new iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch owner, it is almost a sure thing that you have heard about the term ‘jailbreak’. Jailbreaking an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch (or any other smartphone for that matter) definitely has its advantages, but also poses some risks that iOS device owners should know [...]

How to Personalize and Set Your Preferences for Ads Google Shows You

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Most of us look at advertisements as an element of distraction and annoyance. But then, they do help us know about what we want to know, isn’t it? When it comes to advertisements on Google websites they make sure that you are shown ads that are tailored to your interests. This they do by referring [...]

How to Change Modern App Permissions in Windows 8

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Just like the apps we install on our smartphones need some permissions to access device resources (such as camera, back-light, etc.), the Windows 8 modern apps also need certain permissions to work smoothly. However, when I compare these to that of Android’s app permissions, Windows 8 ones have more flexibility over the latter. While in [...]

[Quick Tip] How to Know Who Tried to Input Password on Your Android

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You suspect that someone is trying to input password on your Android phone when you leave it unattended, might be while charging it, but you are not sure who he or she is. Well, it’s not a problem any more. Hidden Eye for Android is an amazing application which takes a photo of the person [...]

Use RecBoot To Force Your iPhone Into Recovery Mode

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Restoring or updating your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch is not always as easy as it seems, especially if you are not used to playing around with your iOS device. This is exactly why we have posted several helpful tutorials, so you don’t have to do the hard work all by yourself. For example, we [...]

How To Put Your iPhone Or iPod touch Into DFU Mode

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If you’ve had your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch for quite a while now, then you must have surely heard of or read on the web about “DFU mode”. Of course, if you have no experience whatsoever tinkering with your iOS device, then this might sound overly complicated to you. But once you get to [...]

How to Get Desktop Mode For Websites in Chrome for Android Permanently

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You might not be aware of this but using Chrome for Android you can request desktop web page version for any URL which automatically redirects you to the mobile version of the website after reading your device User Agent info. This is useful in certain cases where you find the desktop design of the site [...]

How to Fade Your Images in PowerPoint without the Help of Photoshop

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Thanks to the image editing features in PowerPoint 2010 (and also in 2013 which is due to arrive soon), you really don’t need to look elsewhere to handle graphic jobs. Photoshop and industry standard graphic editors can do a lot of heavy lifting, but PowerPoint isn’t a slouch either. Another benefit is that the learning [...]

GT Explains: What Are Thumbs or Thumbs.db Files in Windows?

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Ever came across this message while deleting a folder containing image files, “The file Thumbs is a system file. If you remove it, Windows or another program may no longer work correctly. Are you sure you want to permanently delete it?” While most of us give it a go without any second thought, many might [...]