All the solutions in this guide are apply to Android and iPhone. To fix Direct Messages issues on Instagram Web, refer to methods #1, #4, #6, and #7. Let’s get right to it. 1. Check Internet Connection Of course, it’s impossible to use Instagram without an active internet connection. If you also can’t view photos and videos on your IG timeline in addition to being unable to send direct messages, the problem is most likely connectivity-related....

Facebook Messenger offers two types of themes – dark/light mode and chat themes. The first one applies to the entire Messenger interface, including all chats. And the latter is limited to individual chats. Chat themes change the background color of the conversation, along with the color of chat bubbles. Let’s check how to change theme color for Facebook Messenger on Android, iPhone, and PC. We have also covered how to change the Messenger theme color back to normal....

We are not going to talk about apps to book tickets and confirm flights. The apps in this list are more about your day-to-day activities in an unknown destination. Note: Almost all the apps need a working internet connection to function. So that is something you’ll need to get first. Get Past the Language Barrier When you travel to a foreign country, the language barrier is usually the first hurdle you come across....

As iOS comes with non-expandable memory, and the 32 and 64 GB version are very costly to go for just because of the added memory. It was necessary to find a way to stream the videos on my iPhone without using any internal disk space.Copying videos on the iPhone is not as straightforward as in Android and that’s why the trick can be very useful when you have more than one computer at your place....

A good PowerPoint slide starts with a blank slide and then an eye-catching background. On the face of it, backgrounds aren’t too much of a problem because there are readymade ones easily available, and you can also create your own ones quite easily. There are quite a few textures and fills available within PowerPoint itself that you can combine in the right mix. But what about using a photo as a background?...

Luckily, Immersive Mode is becoming more viable. If you have a small to mid-size phone, Immersive Mode can make a big difference. For example, the readable space on my Moto G’s 4.5 inch screen with both the status bar and navigation bar visible is less than the iPhone 5’s. While most of the time that’s not a problem, when I’m catching up on RSS feed or reading in the Play Newsstand app, the extra space provided by Immersive Mode really helps....

Best of Guiding Tech in Jan, 2012 5 Very Neat Uses of Wolfram Alpha Search Engine Some really cool ways to use this unique search engine. How to Save Multiple Webpages As a Zip File in Chrome Using ZipTabs A quick way to save entire webpages in bulk for offline usage. 3 Useful Tools to See Who is Using Your Home Wi-Fi If you’ve got Wi-Fi at your home then you ought to know about this....

On the other hand, the Beats Powerbeats3 earphones are not only popular, but they’ve also enjoyed a far longer run in the earphone market having debuted in 2016. So, what makes the Powerbeats3 headphones different from the Bose SoundSport Free earbuds? Is it only the design, or is the dissimilarity far greater than that? In this post, we explore the three key differences between these two earphones to help you make an informed decision....

Resizing and changing the resolution not only decreases the file size but also makes them suitable for usages like web upload and wallpaper. Lightning Image Resizer is a freeware which provides a convenient platform to bulk resize images and change their resolutions, without any significant loss of quality. The tool is portable in nature and thus needs no installation of any kind. Let us now talk about how to process images using it....

To help you with that, we are comparing the Google Calendar with Calendars 5 in this post. Let us understand how Calendars 5 differs from Google Calendar along with different features in each app so that you can figure out whether you need to switch. 1. User Interface Google Calendar comes with a simple and easy to use interface. There’s the familiar ‘+’ icon in Google colors at the bottom....

In the recent past, Google has become quite transparent regarding its efforts to make Android a secure platform and has been constantly providing security patches for Android. Google’s Nexus and Pixel devices are the first ones to receive the latest Android updates. Likewise, these security patches are first released for Nexus and Pixel devices and if you own a device from some other manufacturer, you’re at their mercy. Every company has to customise the security patch update according to their device’s specification after approving it — making the process lengthier....

Instead of dragging whole sections into a folder or deleting random files just to make room, consider using a batch file to move the oldest items away and out into a separate folder. Commands For Moving Old Desktop Files ROBOCOPY C:\Source C:\Destination /move /minage:7 So what do each of these commands do and how do you customize it to fit your own system? ROBOCOPY: This stands for Robust file copy....

reviewed a few of them and even compared one of the most popular free ones (Any.Do) to Apple’s own Reminders. This time though, how about a comparison that leaves price issues aside and focuses on usability and originality? For this, the two apps to compare will be Apple’s own Reminders (which comes pre-installed in all iOS devices) and Clear, a $1.99 task manager app that uses an entirely gestural approach....

The problem – nearly every commercial DVD in the market comes armed with copy protection or region encoding (or restrictions). Copy protection is like encryption which prevents unauthorized use or duplication. It may be a barrier against piracy, but it prevents us from doing simple things like backing up our DVD collection. There are many ways a DVD is copy-protected during manufacturing. BDlot DVD ISO Master is a very promising freeware that can remove both DVD region codes and other DVD protections like CSS, CPRM, CPPM, APS, UOPs, ARccOS, Rip-Guard, and Disney X protection....

Creating Document From Any Email in Gmail Step 1. Log in to your Gmail account. Click the Gear icon on the top-right side of the window and choose Settings form the menu. Step 2. Click on the Labs tab and scroll down the list of Available Labs to locate the Create A Document feature. Step 3. Click the Enable button next to Create a Document and then the Save Change button at the bottom of the page....

Microsoft claims that Windows defender is sufficient for a home computer where mere basic protection is required, but I personally don’t like it. Though the detection rate of the product is quite good, the removal rate is pathetic (yes, there I said it!). It took the tool precisely 2 mins and 33 seconds to clean an EICAR test virus file and the amount of resources it required to do that was too much....

Dropbox and Google Drive . Each of these services not only offers a series of common options and features, but also differentiates from each other in some crucial aspects, with Google Drive focusing more on creation and collaboration and Dropbox putting most of its attention on storage and accessibility. Yet, even though both Google Drive and Dropbox are available through any web browser, both have released iOS apps that make each of their services far better suited to users with iOS devices....

There is a manual way of copying each one to the clipboard and saving them using image editors. But sure there must be a way to bypass this manual drudgery, right? Yes, sure there is. Most of us are aware of the WinZip/WinRar trick of archiving image files from documents. However, that does not work for all kinds of documents and a non-technical guy would definitely want something simpler. So, here is our elaboration on Office Image Extraction Wizard, a plain and powerful Windows tool to extract images from almost all sorts of documents....

Twitter and its tweets. My first port of call (and yours too I believe) is my own timeline where I can see what my circle of friends are up to. My second visit is to Favstar which helps me find popular tweets easily. I don’t have to rummage about in my own Timeline or wait for a great tweet to come in. Favstar grabs most of them and collects them for me to see at any time of the day....

Flayvr is a happy exception to that rule, bringing a refreshing take on how to manage and organize photos that, even with its flaws, still manages to differentiate itself from the rest. Don’t take me wrong, the native Photos app does a great job, but the fact that it virtually hasn’t changed in the past five years has left the doors open for others to try and take its place....