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Pocket Chrome app

How to read Articles Saved to Pocket Offline

September 14, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Pocket Chrome app

Pocket, popularly known as Read It Later is more than a bookmarking tool that lets you save articles, images and videos for later, this … [Read more…]

Posted in: How to, Tips and Tricks
How to

How to install Bitdefender Total Security 2016 on your computer

September 11, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Bitdefender 2016 products are now available, to install  Bitdefender Total Security 2016 on your computer, follow the instructions below. Installing Bitdefender Total Security 2016 … [Read more…]

Posted in: How to, Security, Tips and Tricks
Firefox

Reset Websites Zoom Level to Default in Firefox browser

September 10, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

Restore default zoom level for websites in Firefox. Firefox browser offers Zoom Controls, you can find them in the menu. Or you can use … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, Tips and Tricks
How to
Opera bookmarks import export extension

How to export Opera Bookmarks to an HTML file

September 9, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment
Opera bookmarks import export extension

Finally, there is a way to export bookmarks saved in Opera. The new Chromium based Opera lets you import bookmarks from other browsers like … [Read more…]

Posted in: How to, Opera, Tips and Tricks
Microsoft Edge
Cortana setting in Edge

Stop Edge from Sending your browsing history to Microsoft

September 7, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Cortana setting in Edge

Protect your Privacy in Microsoft Edge browser by disabling Cortana and Page Prediction features. Lot of privacy issues found in Windows 10, despite adjusting … [Read more…]

Posted in: Microsoft Edge, Tips and Tricks
Tips and Tricks
WordPress uploading error for an image

Simple Fix to WordPress’s ‘An Error occurred in the upload. Please try again later’

September 6, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
WordPress uploading error for an image

If you’re unable to upload an image on WordPress 4.3 and got this error ‘ An error occurred in the upload. Please try again … [Read more…]

Posted in: Tips and Tricks, Troubleshooting
Tips and Tricks
Adding incognito flag to Vivaldi shortcut

Tip: Always Start Vivaldi in Private Browsing mode by default

September 4, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Adding incognito flag to Vivaldi shortcut

Yesterday, we’ve covered Vivaldi browser has received Private browsing mode feature, today, we’re going to tell you how to start this browser in PB … [Read more…]

Posted in: Tips and Tricks, Vivaldi
Freeware

Permanently Remove ‘Get Windows 10’ Icon from Windows 7 or 8 with GWX Stopper

September 1, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

A free tool is now available to disable Get Windows 10 icon. Before Windows 10 launch, Windows 7 or 8.1 users are desperate to … [Read more…]

Posted in: Freeware, Tips and Tricks
How to

How to disable Avast’s HTTPS Scanning Feature

August 31, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Starting from Avast 2015 version, Web Shield component in it started scanning for HTTPS websites for malware, this ‘HTTPS Scanning’ feature is enabled by … [Read more…]

Posted in: How to, Tips and Tricks
How to

How to get Vivaldi App Launcher on taskbar

August 31, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

We all know about Chrome App Launcher, which lets you  access Chrome apps from the desktop, how about getting App Launcher for Vivaldi browser … [Read more…]

Posted in: How to, Tips and Tricks, Vivaldi
How to
Video Autoplay setting Twitter

How to Disable or Stop Videos from Autoplaying on Twitter

August 29, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Video Autoplay setting Twitter

Prevent Twitter from autoplaying the videos in your timeline. Across Twitter.com website and in your timeline, native videos, GIFs and vines will autoplay (though … [Read more…]

Posted in: How to, Tips and Tricks
How to

How to reinstall All Default Apps in Windows 10 at Once

August 22, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

Reinstall all Windows 10 apps by running a PowerShell command. After installing Windows 10, you may want to remove default Apps Microsoft ships with … [Read more…]

Posted in: How to, Tips and Tricks
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