Seems like everyone is trying to find a replacement for the good old JPEG image format. First Apple has switched to the new HEIC image format which is a subset of the HEIF format and gives better compression than JPEG. Now Netflix is pushing a new AVIF image format that is supposed to have better Read More …
When jumping from one website to another for researching on a particular topic, we often stumble upon so many great ideas but fail to write them down in time. Few minutes later, we often forget what we found out on a website that we accessed earlier. So what is the solution? It is very simple, Read More …
Microsoft has been releasing their advanced email client solution called Outlook for many decades in one or other form. It started out as Outlook Express in the days of Windows 95 and Outlook is still available as a part of Microsoft Office. The reason for immense success of Microsoft Outlook is that integrates very well Read More …
During these days of global lockdown, I have re-discovered how useful Skype really is. Using this one app, I can stay in touch with friends, family and co-workers not just through Skype voice calls, or video calls, but by making in expensive phone calls anywhere in the world. Whenever you are feeling lonely, you can Read More …
Transmission is a very popular BitTorrent client for Linux and Windows. While Linux users have been familiar with Transmission for many years, it is relatively new for the Windows users. It offers all the features you would want from a BitTorrent P2P client like support for the .torrent and .magnet links, but it also offers Read More …
A few days ago, Twitter started an experimental feature using which you can control who can reply to your tweets. This is mainly to prevent unknown strangers and trolls from replying to your tweets or leaving hateful comments. You can also use this feature to limit the conversations only to a small group of friends Read More …
Once you are signed in to your Facebook account in your web browser or Facebook app on your smartphone, you don’t really have to sign-in again for a very long time. This is why we tend to forget Facebook account passwords so often – simply because we didn’t use them for a prolonged period of Read More …
Picture-in-Picture is a relatively newer feature in the modern web browsers that allows you to watch videos in a small floating window that always stays on top. This feature is very useful if you want to watch a video or a livestream broadcast while working on other things or applications. In Chrome web browser, you Read More …
When you open too many tabs in your web browser, it takes up too much of your system RAM which often results in slowing down of your system, reduction of overall computer performance and even system hangup. In fact, I had a similar situation on my Windows 10 computer today when I tried to open Read More …
Animoto is an online video editor that can be used to create stunning videos without having to install any software on your computer. It can be used from the comfort of any web browser. Since it is just a web app, you can use it irrespective of the platform you are using – a Windows Read More …