widgets

The word automation was popularized in the 1930’s when industries finally saw an influx of automatic machinery that could do the job that once required humans.

Personally, Notification Center widgets are my favorite part of iOS 8. Extensions are amazingly useful but widgets bring a kind of joy to my face every time I use them.

Although it was a big thing in the early Android days of yore, widgets are now a dwindling race. One of my favorite Android launchers doesn’t even support them. While in 2010 you’d find me downloading and experimenting with all sorts of widg

Android embraces the data nerd in you with open arms. iOS though, not so much. You don’t know how much free RAM the phone has, how long till the phone’s battery runs out, how much data your phone has used since your last billing cycle, nothing. O

So long and farewell Mr. Dashboard, we loved you. Well, we still kind of do, and you’re still kind of here but it’s increasingly becoming clear that the word widget in OS X land will soon default to Notification Center wi

Notification Center in OS X Yosemite, just like iOS 8, got widget support. Veteran Mac users will instantly laugh it off. They’ve had widgets in the Dashboard for a good decade now. But Dashboard widgets are ugly and completely dependent on web lan

I am very particular about the shows I follow on TV and I just can’t afford to ruin a whole week of anticipation with a spoiler update on Facebook.

It’s 2014; iOS 8 has landed and brought along widgets. If you told me this would happen 2 years ago I’d have laughed. Yet, here we are. While widgets in iOS 8 share a lot in common with the ones on Android, the implementation and interaction

Back in India, while I was using a postpaid connection, I talked about an amazing Android app using which you can keep track on your postpaid bills which includes your free calls, text messages, and internet bandwidth. But after I moved to UK and too

We have covered many Android backup tricks using which you can backup all your applications , Wi-Fi access points, call logs and messages on both rooted as well as non-rooted devices . The only thing missing in the list was backing up home scre

The latest Android builds let almost all the devices take a screenshot and share it online. They can also place web bookmarks as widgets to easily open them right from the home screen. But let me ask you, can you take scrolling screenshot of web page

Are you a regular player in the stock market? If so, you must be acquainted to a number of websites and tools/widgets that help you browse through information and continuously monitor the ups and downs in the stock prices. How about creating your own