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The tool is available as a free download and comes with a simple user interface. Before using the tool one needs to sign in using Google ID. Once the tool is fired it automatically starts backing up your drive. The settings can be changed from the preferences and it’s here that you mention the drives to be backed up. Image Quality and Space saver The tool also asks for image quality just like the Google Photos app; one can either opt in for an HQ with unlimited storage or High Quality with limited storage....

With Duo, calls are end-to-end encrypted, which is the main stand out feature Google claims this application brings to the table. Other already popular platforms including Skype or Google’s own Hangouts have yet to enable this feature. However, the thing you’ll get more excited about is a function called “Knock Knock”. Usually, with any other app, whenever you get a call from someone, you pick it up and then the video streaming on both ends commences....

More importantly, Google Fit can work as a standalone health tracker. The app can monitor your walking, running and cycling (no swimming though). Goals based on duration or total steps can be established, with Fit keeping you aware of your progress throughout each day. Third party apps (like Runtastic) and fitness trackers (like Fitbit) can also tap into Google’s platform and input your health data. Confirmed partners at launch earlier this year included Nike, HTC, LG, Withings, Motorola, Noom, Runtastic, RunKeeper and Polar....

Post the update; whenever you capture a screenshot inside the Google app of pages such as the Feed, search results, or follow-up links viewed through Chrome Custom Tabs, the app will bring up a panel from the bottom. You can choose to either share the image or edit it. The editor is relatively straightforward and features only a handful of options. You can crop the screenshot or doodle over it....

Storyboard The first one is an Android-only app titled “Storyboard.” Storyboard uses a series of algorithms to figure out the most attractive frames in a video automatically and transform them into a single-page comic with the appropriate filters. If you’re unsatisfied with the outcome, you can even pull down and refresh the elements of the page. Storyboard is free and currently limited to Android. Selfissimo! The next one is “Selfissimo!”, an iOS and Android app that tries to mimic the experience of a photo booth or “an automated selfie photographer,” if you will....

You can no longer store your pictures and videos in original quality on Google Photos free of cost using your Pixel 4 or Pixel 4 XL. The OG Pixel, or the Pixel first gen came with the ability to store unlimited pictures and videos on the Google Photos app for a lifetime in original quality. Yes, that basically means you could take how many ever pictures you wanted to and store them in the cloud in the exact same quality as they were taken in....

Google Calendar on Android has been manual entry and update more or less. With the latest update, Google has set out to build a smart assistant that’s always at your service. This includes turning emails into events automatically. Basically, Google Calendar has become an extension to Google Now, which was doing most of these stuff without actually updating your calendar. Busy professionals do share their calendar for others to check and schedule the meetings appropriately, so this can be extremely useful for such scenarios....

Current.com has made a funny video keeping all these in mind! Google Toilet Search!! A bit explicit, yes! But the idea was worthy enough to be shared here. PS: If you reading this from RSS reader or email, you would have to visit the blog to see the video. Click on the title to visit the post.

Google Trips is a free new app that attempts to ease the process of trip planning by acting as an intelligent travel guide and organizing everything from plane tickets to reservations under a single roof. Trips can fetch booking information from your email accounts, offer comprehensive guides to over 200 cities right now and can recommend personalized itineraries based on your search history and journey timeline. Additionally, it allows you to manually pick out places and create your own custom itinerary that better suit your interests....

And just as those two worthies gave the Never Settlers something to think about, so too does the Honor 10. In some ways, it is a bit of an odd proposition. In Europe, the Honor 10 is priced at 399 Euros, which is well below the 499 Euro launch price of the View 10. However, in India, the Honor 10 comes at a higher price tag (Rs 32,999) as against the V10, which is priced at Rs 29,999....

To fix this, WhatsApp recently introduced end-to-end encryption for cloud backups that adds an extra layer of protection to your iCloud and Google Drive backups to prevent unauthorized access to your chat backup. However, unlike end-to-end encryption, encrypted backup isn’t enabled by default, and you have to enable it manually if you wish to add an extra level of security to your WhatsApp backups. To guide you in the process, here’s a guide explaining the rationale behind protecting WhatsApp backups with encryption and detailing the steps to enable end-to-end encryption for WhatsApp backups on Android and iOS....

Choosing the wrong Internet can have a significant impact on your education. You may be able to spend less on a plan, but you will be giving up on quality. Or you may overpay for a plan that does not have the coverage you need. In either case, you will be frustrated by all the ads and interruptions of paid plans or the slow speeds and disconnects of cheap plans....

The always on display feature has been available on Android devices for quite a while now. As its name indicates, it is a display that never actually turns off as long as the phone is switched on. Unlike many displays that go totally blank when they are switched off or inactive for a while, an always on display will keep showing you some information – be it the time or notifications....

It’s definitely not your provider’s fault, and it hasn’t anything to do with the brand of the phone, either. However, most smartphones nowadays can easily use up a large amount of data while you won’t even notice it. It can sometimes be due to certain apps that consume more than others, or it can have something to do with your settings. Since no one wants to go over their monthly data limit, it’s important to know the right settings to save some of the data....

However, despite being such an invaluable tool on Android, Google Assistant can sometimes be a bit intrusive. It may trigger while you’re talking to someone or have the TV or music playing in the background, which can be a real annoyance and leaves you with no other option but to disable Google Assistant on your Android phone (or tablet). Here’s a guide with instructions to turn off Google Assistant on Android and stop it from popping up automatically....

Although there are numerous services offering disposable email addresses, it is a tedious process, in most cases, to set them up every time you want a new address to sign up for a service. An alternative to this is to create your own temporary system with Gmail using Google Apps Script, which comes from one of the popular blogs on the internet, labnol. Here’s how to use the script and create a disposable email address with Gmail....

Introduction to Krisp.ai To give you some background, Krisp is a noise suppression tool that mutes background noise during calls. For this, it relies on Artificial Intelligence to create a KrispNet DNN (Deep Neural Network) that helps it recognize the voice of the person on the microphone and differentiate it from the noise. Once that’s done, it then removes the waveform of noise from the audio to offer a clearer audio experience....

You may be familiar with some of these features, but one that hasn’t been talked about much is spring-loaded folders. In this guide, we’ll explore spring-loaded folders and go over how to use them to move files on your Mac. What is Spring-loaded Folders? Spring-loaded folders is a Finder feature that lets you move files, folders, or apps from one folder to another folder (or its subfolder) on your Mac with ease....

The latest HTC smartphone is now listed on the company’s Taiwanese website and there’s no information regarding the global availability of the device yet. The budget smartphone comes in a unique design wherein the back of the device is made out of two virtually different segments. While the upper part of the back is made out of smooth rubberized material, the bottom half is composed of dotted engraved pattern which HTC is allegedly referring to as a ‘sculptured design’....

Huawei P40 Lite: Display The P40 Lite flaunts a 6.4-inch IPS LCD display with a hole-punch cutout on the top left to house the front-facing camera, which offers a 90.6% screen-to-body ratio with Full HD+ screen resolution. It comes in three color options: Midnight Black, Sakura Pink, and Crush Green. Huawei P40 Lite: Performance Under the hood, the Huawei P40 Lite comes with an octa-core Kirin 810 chipset with Mali-G52 MP6 GPU running at its core, coupled with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage (expandable with microSD card)....