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Evernote needs no introduction, especially to our regular readers. It has been the go-to choice for the majority to take notes and organize files. People essentially use it as a second brain among their devices. Evernote’s popularity took hit due

Windows 7 has officially reached the end of its life on January 14, 2020. Surprisingly, there are still millions of computers that continue to run the iconic Windows OS. I am sure they have their reasons for wanting to stay with Windows 7, but what h

Windows 10 is two and half years old now and is marching steadily in increasing its market share. Back in 2015, during its launch, Microsoft made everyone happy by offering Windows 7 and 8 users a free upgrade to Windows 10. But, it was not simple as

Unarguably the most used operating system for PCs, Microsoft Windows, keeps bringing out new versions of its OS, with modern features and a fresh design. But new versions also indicate the demise of the older ones. Microsoft has two primary levels of

Android or iOS, and now even the Modern Apps of Windows 10 have kind of spoiled us when it comes to app updates. If enabled in the settings, they are automatically downloaded and installed when your phone or tablet is id

I have been using Windows 10 since it was a part of Insider Program and to be on the safer side, I chose to go with a dual boot configuration with Windows 7 that I already had. Windows 10 back then had a lot of bugs and I was sure that I was not read

I am sure everyone is excited for the Windows 10 upgrade, especially when it’s coming without a price tag. But there are still a few bugs in the final release and one must wait for some updates if they want a smooth ride. For those who ar

Now that we all know the upcoming version of Windows, i.e. Windows 10, will be free for anyone, it gives us even more reason to upgrade. Time and again, I have always mentioned the fact that flashing an Android OS is way easier than formatting/upgradi

We have shown you how to create a bootable media of Windows 8, Windows 7, Mac and even how to boot multiple operating systems from a single USB disk. All these how-to articles use different tools to carry out the process. Apart from those, there are

Recently I got an SSD for my PC, so I was facing the drudgery of another reinstall of Windows.

Given a chance, I am sure most of you would love to run your favorite Android apps on your personal Windows computer. Well, there’s always been a way to get that done, but it required installation of the entire Android

A few days back I wrote an article on how Android users can clone an app on their phone and run two independent instances of that app. As the cloned app had the same APK name and icon, it became difficult for the user to launch the correct app

These days, we are flooded with many online cloud file hosting services that we can use to save our files. But after Microsoft came up with the 100s of free GBs in promotions like Bing Rewards, I opted to go with it. The brand value of Microsoft

We have covered a lot of apps for Android and iOS that can lock your Apps, save photos in a vault and even encrypt the entire memory. But that’s just for your smartphone. If we need something to secure the mere 8 to 16 gigs of memory

It happened to me one day while I was helping my friend with Windows 8 installation. We were working on Windows 7 and he gave me the details (the download link and CD key) to download and create the bootable drive for his Windows 8. Now I am not

Young couple multitasking with gadgets. Image via Shutterstock.A few days back we talked about an amazing way Android and iOS users could share photos using a hotspot. However, the trick involved apps to create an FTP server and the manual creation o

Every once in a while I do a bit of spring cleaning on my computer and that’s when I delete old files and uninstall old programs. While deleting files and folders is an easy task in Windows, built-in options to uninstall the programs have not

A slow Windows startup time can really frustrate you to the core. In former versions of Windows, users had to open up the Microsoft Windows Configuration (MSConfig.exe) to enable or disable items at startup. Windows 8 has eased up the way y

If you have to work in a shared system environment you might be aware of the fact that taking ownership of a file or a folder on Windows can be a complicated chore. Even the seemingly simple task of adding URLs to a Windows Host file requires th

I’m not sure if you’re aware, but on an average, a person dedicates approximately 195 minutes to his WhatsApp per week, with over 400 messages sent and 500 messages