Smart Compose, with the help of machine learning, will try to predict what you’re about to write in an email and suggest phrases accordingly. This can be anything from an address to a common sentence like “See you there“. For instance, say you’re sending a new email to a person named “Jessica“, Gmail will automatically ask if you’d like to input “Hey Jessica” at the beginning. You can simply select these by pressing the tab key or continue writing your email....

Bokeh what, ask thee? Well, we have explained the concept in some detail in our Tech Detox section on Aperture, but a quick summary would be: those photographs where some part of the picture is in sharp focus and the remainder blurred out. This blurring out of the background is referred to as Bokeh by many photographers, although some also refer to it as Depth of Field. And making this possible is the ability to change the aperture in the V5 Plus – something we have not seen in a front facing camera yet....

As shown in the example screenshot above, these quick action button appear next to certain types of messages in your Gmail inbox like responding to your friend’s party invitation or rating the restaurant you visited last night. These small tasks can now be done without having to moving away from your inbox. Few weeks back, Google introduced an experimental Compose box which lets users to create new emails without losing sight of their inbox....

Thanks to the update, Google Photos will now offer a star-shaped “Favourites” button and a heart-shaped “Like” button. The “Star” button will only appear in your own photo gallery and is aimed at allowing you to mark a favorite photo. Meanwhile, the app will also populate a separate folder for all of your Favourite photos. The Heart Icon on the Google Photos is more of a revamped version of the “Like” button....

The new products include Acer Chromebook Spin 11 and Asus C213. The Asus Chromebook Spin 11 comes equipped with an 11-inch HD IPS display layered with corning Gorilla 3 and a 360-degree hinge that facilitates various configurations. The best part is the Wacom Electromagnetic Resonance stylus and the MIL-STD 810G US military standard rating. The military standard rating, however, doesn’t come as a big surprise since Google has been encouraging the same to ensure the greater degree of durability for the harsh usage conditions....

Google has managed to design astonishingly tiny radar chips that can be directly embedded into devices like a smartwatch or a Bluetooth speaker. What this does is that users will be able to control their gadgets using precise hand gestures without actually touching the display or pressing any button. The smartwatch demo they showcased involved a couple of hand flicks through which the digital watch face could be moved. You can perform hand pinching gestures in air to manipulate a Bluetooth speaker’s actions....

With the ‘Shopping Tab’ available on Google Search, users can search for any product across any category, and the results will get displayed on a separate tab, next to Images, News, Videos. On tapping the ‘Shopping’ tab, users can get personalized shopping offers, pricing, and recommendations from various retailers. Additionally, users can post any queries that they happen to come across in both, English and Hindi. If you do not wish to go that route and want an isolated shopping experience without any distractions, you can check out the ‘Shopping Home Page‘ from Google....

When this happens, the system just hangs. Even the task manager fails to respond. Then the only way to get back to work is to Power off the PC and then start it back. A few days back, Microsoft had acknowledged this issue and said that this problem was rectified from their internal Pre-RTM builds, and now they have come up with a hotfix for the rest of us using Windows 8 Release preview or Windows Server 2012 RC....

Apple, on the other hand, is the exact opposite of Google. Apple is great at making hardware but usually relies on third parties to make software and services that would make Apple’s hardware attractive. Although iOS and MacOS are great on their own, Apple’s software offerings like iTunes, iCloud or Apple Maps have always had their share of controversies. Both Apple and Google are great at fields from which they make the maximum money....

“Smart Replies” essentially let an app suggest a bunch of quick responses whenever a message arrives eliminating the need for you to manually type them. For instance, if someone sends you “Dinner at 8?”, it will recommend replies such as “Sure”, “Yeah” in the notification panel itself. You can then just tap the bubble, and that’s it. Sadly, though, the feature has remained limited to Google’s own applications and unless you’re one of THOSE people who employ any of the company’s half a dozen messaging apps, chances are you’ve never truly realized how convenient “Smart Replies” can be....

How to Assign Tasks on Google Chat In Google Chat, you can create Spaces, which is nothing more than a group chat feature for your workspace. The tasks feature available in Spaces is an extension of the Google Tasks app. Any tasks assigned to you in Spaces can even be accessed from the Google Tasks app. Let me explain this in detail. Open Google Chat and select any space on which you want to assign the task....

The Control Centre, accessible anywhere on the device with a swipe up from the bottom of the screen provides easy access to some of the basic functionalities which would otherwise require going into the Settings every time. Though Apple says having Wi-Fi and Bluetooth turned on all the time does not affect the battery life, it’s hard to believe so. Plus, people don’t like walking around with their Bluetooth and Wi-Fi turned ON all the time on their devices and be vulnerable to possible attacks....

Many people feel that the bright light on their screens is damaging their eyes, and they are not wrong. Studies have shown that constant screen viewing can lead to eye fatigue, headaches, and difficulty concentrating. Hence, the majority of computers now include the option of choosing between light mode and dark mode, allowing users to select the setting that suits them best. Windows 10’s dark mode lets you reduce the amount of blue light emitted from your screen for a more comfortable viewing experience....

Lighttpd is a secure web server, which is faster when compared to Apache. We will show here how you can install Lighttpd on an Ubuntu 9.10 server with PHP5 support (through FastCGI) and MySQL support. In this tutorial we have used hostname as server1.example.com with the IP address 192.168.0.100. They maybe different for you. The first thing you need to do is to login as root. You can login as root in Ubuntu Linux by typing in the terminal: sudo su...

Unlike Linux, though, macOS, which also has its roots in the Unix family, has never been particularly advanced in terms of package managers. The only option it ever had was Homebrew, which has become the de-facto package management system for macOS. Here’s a guide explaining what Homebrew is and how you can use it to install programs on your Mac. What is Homebrew? Homebrew is a free and open-source package manager for macOS and Linux operating systems....

However, while you’re at it, there are times when you accidentally mess up the existing (read default) PATH environment configuration on your system. On Windows, this isn’t a problem since it takes only one step to restore the default state of the PATH variable. But if you’re on Mac, this isn’t as straightforward. And so, to simplify this equation, here’s a guide detailing the steps required to reset the PATH variable to its default state....

But in the way of progress, not even this iconic device can stand. And thanks to the developments brought on by the electronic age, the fax machine has moved from the physical world to the virtual one. Traditional fax machines can now receive information from computers also, making them much better suited to integrate in this new era. How to send fax from a computer? If you think that sending fax using internet is something complicated that can only be done by IT specialists, you are very wrong....

Low-light conditions usually interfere with our photos in so high percentages that even seasoned smartphone manufacturers, like HTC and Nokia, give a special attention to the camera, preparing it for these kinds of environments. When the camera does not help, we can. In the following paragraphs, we are going to discuss and present the best practices on how to take good photos in bad lighting. Taking photos in low-light situations Many professional photographers know that the ideal time of the day to take photos is in the Golden Hours – the beginning or ending of a day when the light is softer, warmer and directional and the sun is not already on the sky to create those tedious shadows, like it is in midday....

In simpler terms, thanks to the ecosystem Apple has built around its devices, you will be able to perform a particular function on one device using another. One such feature is the ability to unlock your iPhone using your Apple Watch or your Apple Watch using your iPhone. All you have to do is follow these simple steps, and unlocking your devices will not always require you to reach for them:...

Among the trio, the Huawei Enjoy 8 Plus is the costliest and powerful smartphone. The Huawei Enjoy 8e, on the other hand, is the cheapest. It, however, yet to go on a sale in China, unlike its other two siblings. The all-new Enjoy 8 series of smartphones aren’t completely new though. The Huawei Enjoy 8 and Enjoy 8 Plus were incidentally launched earlier in Thailand as the Y7 Prime (2018) and Y9 (2018) respectively....