It’s great that practically every battery-powered device charges via USB these days. What isn’t so great is that you’ve probably scores of USB chargers, each of which will charge only one device. Group Gear has come up with a solution in the USB charging plate. This faceplate replaces any standard UK two-gang socket and provides two built-in USB ports for charging your tablet, smartphone and any number of other gadgets....
Here’s all we’ve discovered so far about the Honor Magic 5. When will the Honor Magic 5 be released? There’s no official release date for the Magic 5 at the time of writing, so we need to look at the previous generations to see if there are patterns we can use to work out when the new phone may appear. Here’s when they made their debuts: Honor Magic 4 – February 2022Honor Magic 3 – August 2021 (China-only)...
Before you rush off and spend any money, we’re going to explain the best way to do it, and the precise kit you’ll need. The Echo Input is designed specifically for this task. It’s very similar to an Echo Dot but doesn’t have a speaker of its own. Instead it comes with a 3.5mm minijack cable to connect to the aux input of your speaker or hi-fi system. The Echo Input costs £34....
How to block Star Wars: Rogue One spoilers in Chrome A really simple way to block all potential Star Wars spoilers is to download an extension that automatically does it for you. Force Block is a Google Chrome extension which scans a page for Star Wars mentions and if it believes there may be the threat of a spoiler it activates a splash screen that gives you the opportunity to avoid or go ahead anyway....
If you’re interested in bagging a Sky Glass for yourself, then we’ve rounded up all the information you need on where to purchase one. If you’re curious about the specs, then take a look at our full rundown of Sky Glass here and read our full Sky Glass review. How to buy Sky Glass Sky Glass is now available to order. All you need to do is head to the website, sign up for an account and follow the steps to choose your plan....
But before we do so, let’s take a little class on the history of Bluetooth devices, what codecs are and how they affect the audio quality of your wireless headphones and earbuds. How Wireless Bluetooth Headphones Work With wired headphones, audio from your phone is sent to the speakers through the wires via the 3.5mm headphone jack. The mechanism of operation of wireless earbuds is, however, quite different. Here’s how they work....
Now with a new week comes a new scam, except this time in a bizarre turn of events no-one has actually been hacked – they just think they have. Users are spreading this message or a similar message: “Heads-up!! Almost every account is being cloned. Your picture and your name are used to create a new facebook account (they don’t need your password to do this this). They want your friends to add them to their Facebook account....
Here is our guide on how to check battery health on Macbook, MacBook Air and MacBook Pro. Content How to Check Battery Health on MacBook? macOS Big Sur brings the dedicated screen for Battery Health and battery capacity. This feature shows the “Battery Usage History” and additional battery settings on a dedicated window. The popup window will show you the Battery condition, Maximum Capacity, etc. The Maximum Capacity measure the capacity of the battery to hold the power....
Let’s see how you can clear the history of Safari, Chrome, apps used, and finally, do a reset if needed. Clear Safari Visit History Safari is Apple’s answer to Google’s Chrome. It is the default browser and comes pre-installed on every iPhone and iPad. As such, most people use tend to use it even if they have other browsers installed. Sometimes, links open by default in the Safari browser....
What uses up Google Drive storage? Emails and attachments in your Gmail accountFiles you store on Google Drive itselfPhotos and videos in Google Photos at original quality What doesn’t count towards Google Drive space? Documents you create with Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms and SitesPhotos and videos backed up with Google Photos at High quality So, most things do count against your Google Drive storage and cause it to fill up whether you pay for it, or you’re simply using your free 15GB that you get with Gmail....
Let’s find the out the ways to force close background apps on your Android phone without using any apps. How to Close Background Apps on Android While Android has always offered options to allow users to close background apps, it was not a fully-fledged option. It has been buried in the settings for a long time, and you can quickly close background apps that are taking up memory and battery on your phone....
Convert Picture into Byte, Get Image Width and Height using Java import javax.imageio.ImageIO; import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils; import java.awt.image.BufferedImage; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileInputStream; public class ImageUtil { public static String imageWH() { File imageFile = new File (“C:\test50.png”); FileInputStream fisLocal = new FileInputStream(imageFile); byte[] imageByteLocal = IOUtils.toByteArray(fisLocal); //converting file format FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(imageFile); //Get Image height and width BufferedImage bimg = ImageIO.read(fis); int width = bimg.getWidth(); int height = bimg.getHeight(); return (width + “x” + height); } }...
You can convert your Android Smartphone to a motion detector camera for free. The power of motion detection is now available on your Android Google Play Store. Here is the best part, it is all FREE! We shall guide you through the basic setup of how to install this application on a smart device, and how to use this motion detector app to convert your Android phone to a motion detector camera....
The iPhone, for example, supports only a handful of video and audio file formats out of the box, so something that plays perfectly well on your PC may not even be recognised. While there are many tools that can convert from one format to another, they tend to be either over-complex and over-technical, or ineffective, feature-poor and slow. That’s not the case with Wondershare Video Converter Ultimate, which works like an easy-to-use Swiss army knife for video files, flawlessly and speedily converting over 1,000 different video and audio formats....
Let’s see how to create playlists on Apple Music for the songs you love. Create a Playlist in Apple Music on iPhone Are you getting bored listening to the Apple music playlists? You can easily create custom playlists on Apple Music and listen to them depending on your mood. For example, you can create a playlist for Sleep, add all your favorite music and listen to them before bedtime. Let’s see how to do that....
Within few days of use of Windows 10, we will be accustomed to use it efficiently and we might feel that some of the notifications are to be avoided. If you want to customize the notification Panel buttons or icons then you may visit this post. Windows 10 notification center and customization options. There are Apps which will be showing notifications periodically regarding offers, game status etc which will be annoying to the normal user....
It modifying the Windows boot.ini file so that there is an extra entry that boots into Jolicloud, using the files within the C:jolicloud folder. Not only did it add this extra entry, but it also made it the default selection. Since it did not have any “timeout” option, it was immediately booting into Jolicloud, means it is not allowing you or not giving enough time to choose Windows XP. You can fix this problem my editing your windows boot....
Here we are sharing the different solutions to find the location of an Email Sender that can help you to identify fraud emails and spams. Locate Email Sender with Header IP Address When you receive an Email, the email normally contains information about the sender irrespective of the service provider you use. For checking the information on sender, you need to look into the Email headers. This email header contains a lot of information including sender IP address....
Let’s find out the way to track and find AirTag using Apple Watch. Find AirTag with Apple Watch If your Apple Watch is running watchOS 8 or newer, which is slowly rolling out to you, you can find the AirTag without pulling your iPhone out of your pockets. Lets’ see how. To find the AirTag, you need to first unlock your Apple Watch and open the “Find My” app with a green radar icon....
If your Google Chrome browser is sending too much-unwanted spam notifications, here are the best ways to fix it. Block Websites from Sending Notifications Some websites might have granted notification permissions, with or without your knowledge. Many scam sites show notification permission prompt in a disturbing way. You might have clicked one of these accidentally, which is causing the notification spam issue. You can later block or remove such sites from sending you notifications....
