However, there’s a silver lining: Netflix allows users to download movies and series to their local storage to watch them anywhere, without interruption. This feature is also available on other streaming platforms like Youtube and Prime Video and is a godsend. With the Netflix offline view, you can get some offline entertainment just before boarding a plane or train. We love watching the latest movies while traveling, and Netlfix’s download feature makes watching a breeze....

Force Quit is a process on Windows that allows users to close unresponsive apps forcefully. This feature is especially helpful because it helps the user end the program externally, i.e., without interacting with the frozen app. Here’s a complete guide on when you might need to force quit an app and how to do it on Windows 11. Why do you need to Force Quit a Program? Programs can get unresponsive due to some system or app malfunctioning....

What’s spatial about it? It’s surround sound on your AirPods Pro (kinda sorta) Spatial Audio is basically a fancy name (technology, terminology…sigh!) for something similar to surround sound. We know these two things are not exactly the same but Apple has tried to recreate the surround sound or “theatre-like experience” over its AirPods (specifically the AirPods Pro) using the software. So when you update your iPhone or your iPad to iOS 14 and pair it with AirPods Pro, you should automatically get the “Spatial Audio” feature on your device....

Since this means you may sometimes also use Apple Notes to store personal/sensitive information in your notes, it’s wise to secure your notes with a password. Apple gives you multiple options to implement this in Notes: you can either do it via a password or use biometrics like Face ID or Touch ID if your device supports them. Follow along as we walk you through the steps to lock notes on iPhone and iPad....

What is a VPN? When you are working from office or from home where you have multiple computers, they are usually connected with one another using the same network. This enables you to easily share files, printers and user sessions securely with other computers in the network. But what if you want to start sharing with a computer outside your local network? Of course you can do that using the internet, but then, there are chances of security getting compromised, as potentially, the data is publicly accessible....

As expected the HP Elite X3 comes accompanied with apps that are exclusive to the device. Microsoft insider.es has obtained the screenshots of the apps. The list of apps might not be something very surprising, in fact, it also includes bare basic apps like the voice recorder and another app which just redirects the users to Salesforce.com sign in page. Also, the list includes HP Workspace which is expected to run x86 apps on the phone with an add-on subscription....

The Numbers Analysis and reports are often riddled with numbers. While data is indeed beautiful for some, it’s just gibberish for others. In this section, I will mention the highlights of the report which will set a precedence and allow us to deduce the figures further. Smartphone shipment has reached a staggering 1512 million units in 2016 with 4 out of 5 smartphones being shipped being LTE enabled. Also, 80 percent of the mobile phones shipped were smartphones and the top ten brands contributed to nearly 75 percent of the shipment volumes in 2016....

The malware had initially spread via third party apps and is said to have affected more than 10 million phones, rooting thousands of devices every day and generating money to the tunes of $300,000 every month. Security researchers have unearthed that the new variant of the malware is seeking refuge in more than 20 Android apps on the Google Play Store and the apps are already downloaded by over 12 Million....

Here’s a look at what the 9th-gen iPad has to offer and how it compares to its previous generation. iPad 9th-Gen vs iPad 8th-Gen: Design Design-wise, both the 9th-gen iPad and the 8th-gen iPad feature the same old (10.2-inch) iPad design. It has bezels all around the display and a home button at the bottom for navigation. iPad 9th-Gen vs iPad 8th-Gen: Display On to the front, much like the design, both models share a 10....

As per a report by Breitbart, LeEco has paid nearly $143 million more than what Yahoo had incurred to acquire the land back in 2006. Incidentally, the plot located near Levi Stadium, which the Chinese firm has now acquired at a rate of $5.2 million per acre had been lying unoccupied for the past few years and was only being used occasionally for parking a few vehicles. The report further reveals that LeEco is approved by the city government to build a 3 million square feet office space, housing nearly 12,000 employees on the aforementioned plot....

The Lenovo Cardio Plus HX03W comes with a 0.96-inch OLED screen which can show you a wide array of information such as notifications from your phone, step count, heart-rate, calories burned, and more. Unlike other trackers in this range, the Cardio Plus’ display brightness can be adjusted as per your preferences. It’s IP68 certified water as well as dust resistant as well, although there’s no swim-tracking available just yet. The band’s rubber straps are interchangeable too....

Arriving in October (with one exception) for competitive prices, this latest generation has also been enhanced with an all-day battery life based on ThinkPad’s Power Bridge technology, which is said, in this cases at least, to extend casual usage for up to 17 hours – which is an awesome threshold even for the most qualified ultrabooks. Now, that we’ve got ourselves acquainted with the base principles, let’s meet each and every product....

That is almost certainly the first question that is going to be asked by anyone who claps their eyes on the Logitech MX Mechanical Mini keyboard. At about Rs 15,995 (USD 149.99), the keyboard costs more than half as much as an iPad and more than many budget Android tablets. If you are looking for a keyboard that will play nice with your tablet, well, there are any number of Bluetooth keyboards available for as little as about Rs 1,500....

iPhone Scanning Apps 9. OfficeDrop For a simple iPhone scanning app, OfficeDrop works great. Although it does not have cloud upload to the usual services, you can upload them to the OfficeDrop server from where you can share it or download them to your computer. The scans have great quality and because you can convert them to pdf format, you can easily manage them. 8. Image To Text – OCR Image to text – OCR gives you the power to convert written documents into electronic ASCII text, easily editable and shared over email....

At its core, MediaTek Dimensity 1000 is built on a 7nm manufacturing process and packs in four Arm Cortex-A77 cores operating at 2.6GHz in addition to four power-efficient Arm Cortex-A55 cores at 2.0GHz. The company says this design template allows the SoC to strike the right balance between performance and power efficiency. Further, the chipset also includes an ARM Mali-G77 GPU — to aid with better graphics processing and gaming on 5G — and a new MediaTek AI Processing Unit — APU 3....

Today, the Government of India has banned yet another app from Xiaomi and this time it’s the Mi Browser Pro which is essentially the default browser app that comes pre-installed on Xiaomi, Redmi, and Poco smartphones. A few months back, Xiaomi’s Mint browser was under the radar for tracking usage patterns of users even in incognito mode which raised privacy concerns. Now, the Mi Browser Pro has been banned in the country rendering the default browser useless on phones running on MIUI....

The feature can be accessed by simply tapping the Traffic button on the top of the Bing Maps and the new feature will also allow you to check the views from multiple cameras in a particular city, the view can also be switched to a larger one from a single camera. Given any particular routes, the Map will stack the cameras on the route for the users to compare, the recently viewed cameras will let you check the ones on your daily commute....

The Lumia 950 is fitted with a 5.2-inch display and the larger sibling 950 XL comes with a larger 5.7-inch display, both the displays offer a pixel density of up to 544ppi. The Organic OLED display comes with an improvised glance screen which lets user take a look at the important notifications right on their screen without waking up the device and the best part is the claim that this feature consumes Zero battery life....

Microsoft says it has been busy behind the curtains improving the performance and stability of the app along with work on localization, accessibility and other features, like the user interface. The new Outlook Android app comes with support for Office 365, Exchange, Outlook.com, iCloud, Gmail, Yahoo Mail and IMAP providers like AOL.com, Comcast.net and others. Let’s have a look at the main features of the app: Manage your inbox – Outlook automatically triages your inbox for you, swipe to quickly delete, archive, or schedule messages, schedule emails and they will return to your inbox at a later time Calendar built-in – Outlook includes your calendar and notifies you with appointment reminders, find available meeting times and share them in email or schedule a meeting Attachments – view and attach any file from your email, OneDrive, Dropbox, and other accounts with just a few taps, send large files even if you haven’t downloaded them to your phone Find anything fast – filter your inbox to only show messages that are unread, flagged, or have attachments, with a single tap, quickly find the right messages, people and files by typing just a few letters, Outlook shows people you communicate with most often, and lets you conveniently drill down to see all related emails, meetings and files...

Today, we’re taking a look at some mobile apps designed to allow those who have their vision impaired to use a smartphone just like everyone else, and benefit from all the features that these devices offer. We hope these apps will provide a much needed service for anyone in need. Tools integrated within the mobile OS Most mobile operating systems offer some accessibility tools within the operating system itself for users with disabilities....