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1. Microsoft Silverlight At its launch in 2007, Microsoft Silverlight was intended as a universal tool for writing rich web applications similar to Adobe Flash. Today, if you visit the official Silverlight page on Microsoft Edge, you will see a notification that it is no longer compatible with Microsoft’s official browser. That tells us everything about how useless the program has become. Why You Should Uninstall Silverlight Microsoft Silverlight has reached the end of support on October 12, 2021....

1. The Obvious First Choice: Windows Live Movie Maker People scoff at Movie Maker because of its inflexibility in previous versions. But you’re in for a treat if you get the latest version. In the last few years, Microsoft’s been putting on its game face and repainting its Movie Maker application to become something better than a glorified video version of MSPaint. You’d be surprised what you find in the Windows Live version (WLMM)....

Actually figuring out what is taking up the most space isn’t as easy as you might think. Depending on what you’re trying to search, there are a fair number of tools that may solve your problem. Built-in macOS Tools There are a few tools to help you manage disk space built into macOS. To see how much space is being used by apps, photos, and other categories, you can use the Disk Storage Summary....

The thing is, it’s hard to tell just how good the sleep is that you’re getting unless you track it. Sleep apnea, for example, is a sleep disorder that causes a shortage of breath, seriously impacting your sleep and health, but you may not even realise it’s happening. That’s why we’ve put together this list of the best sleep-tracking apps for Android. They utilize all the fancy tech in your smartphone to give you an idea of your sleep patterns, letting you make those little adjustments in your life that will help you sleep better....

1. Opera Opera is a lightweight browser with a Chrome-like feel, designed to help you breeze through your web searches and browsing. It’s available for the main operating systems and claims to save battery life on laptops. Furthermore, for the frequent YouTube viewer, it allows for the placement of a floating YouTube window on the desktop. Ad-blocking most definitely is at its core, but it comes packed with a few other features....

Cooper touched something off with that call, even if it did take several years before they began to impact all of our lives. He was using Motorola’s DynaTAC handset. It was so different than the Androids and iPhones that we use today that it weighed over two pounds. It certainly didn’t fit in Cooper’s pocket, and there was no talk of how big the screen was or the resolution of the camera....

Regardless, KeePass fans have taken it upon themselves to make some companion apps: programs that can work with your password databases to help you bring that wonderful KeePass management to your phone. So, what one is the best? Let’s find out! 1. KeePassMob Password Manager Perhaps the best implementation of what we could see from an “official” KeePass Android app, KeePassMob supports KeePass 1.x as well as the 2.x file format....

Most people want the iPhone 7 to have a headphone jack or for older models to be waterproof, and that’s why it’s easy to get caught out if you’re not careful. Let’s take a look at five of the harshest examples that have sometimes left users with nothing but an expensive brick. 1. Drilling into your iPhone 7 It sounds ridiculous, but a few users were reportedly tricked into drilling into their new iPhone after a prank video went viral upon the release of the 7....

That’s what I get for not having one of these fake call apps for Android on my phone. Getting a call and then saying you have to go is a lot more believable than just saying it out of the blue. These apps are great for getting you out of uncomfortable situations. 1. Fake Call – Fake Caller ID Fake Call – Fake Caller ID (no longer available) is a great option when you want to schedule a bogus call....

Instagram is mainly known for being a photo-sharing app, but it has evolved into a social media platform with loads of features. We have previously covered five useful Instagram tips, but obviously there are plenty of features that have been relatively unknown, until now. So here is yet another list of useful Instagram tips you can, and should, use. How to Archive Posts Note: this feature is currently not available for all users as it is still in a “testing” phase....

If you are a soccer fan using an Android device, you shouldn’t miss a single moment of your team just because you won’t be available to watch the game. The good thing about these apps is that you only need to take out your phone for ten seconds or less, and you’ll have a grasp of everything going on, including the scores. Here’s our list of the 5 best Android apps for Premier League fans that are worth trying....

Here are some third-party apps for File Explorer that you can download and install right away. These utilities could make using File Explorer faster and easier. 1. Mountain Duck Mountain Duck is a handy app that allows you to mount both server and cloud storage as local volumes in File Explorer. It is useful if you need to manage several different cloud storage services at once because switching between different interfaces can slow you down while you are working....

What are some of the best icon packs for Android? Let’s find out! Keep in mind that in order to experience any of these packs you’ll need to have a custom app launcher (Nova, Apex, etc.). Google Now and other stock OEM launchers do not support this level of customization. 1. Silhouette This icon pack’s name can accurately describe its style. Silhouette essentially makes your Android launcher’s icons shadowed with a blue outline with a floating effect....

1. ASUS ROG Phone 5 The ASUS ROG Phone 5 is one of the best – if not the best – mobile phones for gaming. That isn’t to say that it doesn’t do other stuff well – because it does. But this phone was designed from the ground up to be a gaming beast. In addition to packing some seriously powerful hardware, the Asus ROG Phone 5 has additional features geared toward gamers....

These are our picks of the best online photo editing you can use for free. 1. Pixlr Pixlr is a free online photo-editing application that runs directly in the browser of your choice. It is simple to use and has a wide variety of tools at your disposal. Pixlr allows you to create a new image from scratch, upload one from your computer or import one from a URL....

After Google decided to end their Goo.gl URL-shortening service, many people started looking for self-hosted alternatives to host their links. The following self-hosted URL shortener scripts grant you absolute control and allow you to tweak and adjust your links to suit your peculiar taste. The following are five of the best URL shortener scripts available. 1. YOURLS The ingenious creators of this excellent script prefer a more relatable name. YOURLS stands for “Your Own URL Shortener....

Thanks to virtual SIM Android apps, you don’t have to have multiple phones for multiple purposes. You can have multiple virtual cell phone numbers on your Android smartphone. The following is is five of the best virtual cell phone number apps you can install on your Android phone. 1. Cloud SIM Need not one, not two, but four additional cell phone numbers? You’ll get that with the Cloud SIM app, with features aimed at users who need a business-capable service with cheap international calls and texts....

How I’m Assessing Them I’ve opted to assess these apps through four key criteria: Voice quality – How well the app’s recording sounds Ease of use – How easy the app is to pick up and use Design – How the app pleases, or doesn’t please, the eye Extra Features – Any notable extra features 1. Easy Voice Recorder With a voice recorder, one of the most important things is to just be able to pick it up and record, replicating the instant, direct process of using a dedicated handheld voice recorder....

1. The Giant CPU Meter You don’t know if your CPU is truly being abused by an application if you’re not sure whether it’s using an entire core of your CPU. With multi-core CPUs, applications rarely use 100 percent of your CPU power, but they could use 100 percent of one core. Figure out whether one of your cores is taking abuse with a multi-core CPU meter like the “All CPU Meter....

1. Boot straight to the desktop This is something that has annoyed Windows 8 users ever since the operating system was released – booting to the Start screen rather than the desktop. With the release of Windows 8.1, Microsoft saw fit to address users’ concerns and introduced the option to boot straight to the desktop. You’d be forgiven for not having notice the option immediately as it’s not blatantly obvious. Access the desktop, right click an empty section of the taskbar and select “Properties”....