With the amount of new apps that are uploaded to the Play Store, the likelihood of downloading a potentially malicious app has increased tenfold. To combat the threat installing Bitdefender Antivirus Free is a good start. Along with the unique virus protection, Bitdefender Antivirus Free has offers two new features to users. It requires very little or no battery at all. The developer claims that it won’t drain your battery as it uses “in-the-cloud scanning technology”....

Yes, extensions give additional features and functionalities to a browser, but the question is how to build an extension. If you’re really interested, here I am presenting an e-book (currently available for free) titled ‘Build Your Own Firefox Extension’ that makes you to build a custom extension for Firefox. Anyone with a minimal understanding of JavaScript and XML can build a Firefox extension. With this e-book, you can: The publisher Sitepoint giving away this e-book (normally worth $9....

If you have interested, you can read more about Carrier IQ at here Here I am discussing about a Carrier IQ detector app called Voodoo Carrier IQ detector for Android phone, which is now available on the Android Market to helps you identify whether your phone has Carrier IQ rootkit or not. Developed by Android ROM developer Supercurio, Voodoo Carrier IQ detector let you quickly find out if your Android device hosts Carrier IQ rootkit or not....

Most Android-powered devices have accelerometer sensor built-in to measure screen orientation and it is possible to override the default screen orientation by disabling accelerometer rotation in phone’s settings, but cannot give individual settings for each app. Rotation Manager, which is a free lightweight app, lets you choose which application you want to rotate or which one you do not want to rotate. Here is how to use it. Install (download link at the end of this post) and run the Rotation Manager....

Sprite Migrate may be the easiest way (requires only three simple steps) to bring all your contacts, call logs, SMS, ringtones, music, photos and more to Android. The first step is saving the data on your old phone. To do this, enter here, select your phone type. Download and install the client software for your phone. It’ll compile all your data for migration. Second step is converting the data from your phone into a format that Android can understand....

The theme pack contains 34 free desktop wallpapers created by designers across the world; both versions with a Jan 2010 calendar and without a calendar can be downloaded for free. Note: If you just like to use only the wallpapers present in the theme, just extract it using a zip archive like 7 Zip.

We have already posted three methods to use the CloudFlare’s 1.1.1.1 DNS on Android phone, but these methods aren’t easy and inconvenient for newbie. With the new “1.1.1.1: Faster & Safer Internet” app you can connect to the secure and faster internet on your phone just with a few tap. Cloudflare claims that its DNS service is faster than the already popular OpenDNS and Google Public DNS. You can set up the new 1....

LG G8 ThinQ stock wallpapers are designed for its P-OLED notched full-screen display. The phone features a 6.1 inch of 564ppi P-OLED full-view display (1440 x 3120 pixels, 19.5:9 ratios) and coated in Gorilla Glass 5 (front and back). Interested users can download the wallpaper from below link and it is suitable for full-view display devices. Like the colorful wallpaper, the LG G8 ThinQ is also colorful, compact, and features the 3D sensor Hand ID and Air Motion controls....

If you are interested, here is how to install Android 8.0 Oreo custom ROM on the Redmi Note 3. Developed by an XDA a member jhenrique09, the AOSP (Android Open Source Project) based Android 8.0 Oreo will bring a new experience to Redmi Note 3 owners. Check out the guide for installing it on your device. Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 owners can experience Android Oreo alongside Google Pixel features (Pixel colors and Pixel Launcher) by flashing this ROM....

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Of course, any camera can create good photographs in the right hands. However, if you are struggling with the complicated settings of your camera software, you may like the GEAK Camera app. Based on the OpenGL technology, the app is very fast and simple to operate – no complicated settings or adjustments, but at the same time brings quality photos. One of the main features of this camera app is its real-time filters....

Google Drive is available on Windows and Mac computers as well as on Android devices. It will also be available for iPhone and iPad in the near feature. You can get started with 5 GB of free space and can be upgrade to 25 GB for less than $2.50 a month and you can store practically everything for next to nothing. With Google Drive, you can: Though not much information about it features available yet, current information reveals that Google Drive will be a strong competitor to similar services like Microsoft SkyDrive, Apple iCloud, DropBox, etc....

Asus officially released bootloader unlock tool for Asus ROG Phone 2 model ZS660KL. To flash custom recovery like TWRP, custom ROMs, get root access with Magisk, etc. require bootloader unlock on the phone. If you are wonder how to use Asus Unlock tool, here is how it is. Keeping mind that unlocking the bootloader will void your device’s warranty, even though Asus officially allow this. Also, the process will factory reset the phone....

You can capture part of a webpage precisely or the whole page (support horizontal and vertical scroll when capturing whole page) with a click and save the captured image as PNG or JPEG file. Moreover, you can edit the captured image – highlight parts of your captured image, ad text, draw lines and arrows and even black out or blur certain sections on the screen. This handy screen capturing add-on also supports keyboard shortcut for capturing webpage that you can configure as per your needs from the add-on option menu....

There are a few third-party apps to hide contacts on WhatsApp, but there is a built-in solution. You can hide any friends and their chats and calls using WhatsApp’s archive feature. WhatsApp’s feature is not a safe solution, but not need to use any third-party app for temporarily hiding some of your contacts. Here is how to use the built-in feature in WhatsApp to hide chats and calls from any contact you wish....

Honor 8 Pro owners in India starts receiving the update with build number 8.0.0.331. Alongside GPU Turbo, the update will also include call recording feature, Party Mode APK, latest security patch and more. However, the bad news is that the update is still based on Android 8.0 Oreo. In addition, there is no chance to get the Android Pie update for the device. The OTA update is now live (DUK-L09 8....

The Cyanogen OS 12 OTA (over the air) update for OnePlus One has started a few days ago with ‘OK OnePlus’ voice activation feature. It will update the OnePlus One to Android 5.0.2 Lollipop and bring new features and revamped Material Design UI to the device. However, some users want to go back to the previous Cyanogen OS 11 (Android 4.4 KitKat) for certain reasons. If you want to go back to the stock Cyanogen OS 11S firmware, read on to know how it is....

Windows Spotlight for desktop has been available as part of the Windows Insider program for quite some time, and now it is open to all Windows 11 users. The latest Windows 11 update (KB5014019) bring the Spotlight feature for the desktop, so first, install the update to get it on your PC. ALSO READ: 3 methods to download Windows Spotlight Collection images on Windows 11 How to Enable Windows Spotlight for Desktop?...

The “the system has been destroyed” message on the boot screen of your Xiaomi smartphone is an unwelcome issue, but it occurs rarely. It may happen after installing a major software update on the device, which carries several fixes, new features, and optimizations. Here’s how to fix this unwelcome issue on your phone. To fix the “the System Has Been Destroyed” issue on Xiaomi MI 9 SE, and other Xiaomi phones, the best method is flashing the fastboot ROM manually....

The Media Scanner is a particular service on Android that starts automatically when you boot your phone (or whenever the SD card is un-mounted and re-mounted) and scans all files stored on the SD card. The references will be stored on the systems internal MediaStore SQLite database. Media Players make use of MediaStore to display the play list. However, the scanning isn’t immediate always, so if you have deleted media files from your device or added media files onto your device, the result may not reflects immediately, especially if you have huge collection on the SD card....