When stacked against boom microphones, which are popular among professionals, lav mics come out on top as more versatile, owing to factors like compact size, portability, and ease of use. If you’re a content creator planning to buy a microphone to record audio for videos, podcasts, etc., a lav mic is an excellent choice. And through this guide, we help you find the perfect lavalier microphone that fits your requirements....
Depending on what computer platform you’re using, there are different ways to take screenshots. If you’re on Mac, you can do this in a few different ways, all thanks to the built-in screenshot utility that Apple offers. [Check out our guide on how to take screenshots on Mac using the native screenshot utility.] While these methods work well and get the job done, they are limited in functionality, so there’s only so much you can do with them....
What are Anti-Theft apps? Anti-theft apps are not perfect and won’t always be helpful. For starters, you need have the location and internet turned on for them to work seamlessly. Additionally, the more advanced ones can cost you a subscription fee as well. Location tracking is also only accurate to some level unless you’ve activated the “high accuracy” mode on your phone. Okay, since we have cleared those out of the way, let’s take a look at our top picks....
Even if you aren’t very well-versed with how Bluetooth technology works, you would be aware of the fact that wired transmission is always a more efficient way of transmitting any sort of signals, be it sound or power. This means that however good a pair of wireless earphones may sound, a pair of wired earphones for the same price or even a lower price might sound better. It’s not just about the quality of sound though....
The BlackBerry KEYone that has been launched in India has slightly better internals as compared to its international counterpart. The Canadian company thus aptly calling it as the BlackBerry KEYone Limited Edition Black. This Indian variant comes with 4GB RAM and 64GB of storage. The BlackBerry KEYone that was launched at the MWC came with just 3GB RAM and 32GB internal storage. As evident from the name, the main highlight of the BlackBerry KEYone is its QWERTY keyboard....
BlackBerry said that’s currently in talks with regulatory authorities and telecom operators in India to launch its virtual SIM solution by the end of this year. The Virtual SIM Provisioning (VSP) is a virtual identity solution for mobile operators which enables multiple numbers to be active on a single device or SIM card. And now BlackBerry is interesting in bringing this technology on Indian soil be the end of this year....
Now, here’s the thing. If you empty your Trash, you might think that the files are gone for good. However, certain files (videos, photos) that have been deleted can still be recovered by third-party recovery software like Stellar Photo Recovery or PhotoRec. So what you thought as ‘permanent deletion of photos’ isn’t really PERMANENT since some of these excellent data recovery software can bring those photos back to life. Granted, certain criteria are met....
Most of us use CCleaner periodically as it would boost the PC performance, however, in a recent turn of events CCleaner is accused of injecting malware into the systems. The tool was part of a “security incident” wherein the users were updated with a digitally signed version of the software that eventually opened a malicious backdoor. The Security notifications further informed that both CCleaner v5.33.6162 and CCleaner Cloud v1.07.3191 were compromised....
In the recent past, companies have used different Javascript benchmarking tools to show how their browser is the fastest amongst the competition. Off late the speed of browsing has gained tremendous importance and somewhere most of us had started to forget other important features like memory footprint and security. If we go by the general perceptions, Google Chrome is considered to be the fastest browser. Some believe that the reason for Chrome’s speed is it’s lower memory footprint, which is more of a myth than a fact, as we found out during our tests in real world scenario....
However, beyond the apparent advantages that come bundled with the Chromebook also came a dearth of apps. Despite the fact that Google Chrome Store already has most of the apps in a lite web version it somehow still crippled the productivity for some. Adding fuel to the fire was the fact that Google were slow in adding codec support and the video player was bare basic. The Playstore support will not only bring in tons of apps for the Chromebook but it will also signal the arrival of Android apps for laptops....
A typical net-savvy user will have at-least two internet connections. A broadband connection at home and a 2G/3G/4G connection for smartphone/tablet. And not to forget the free (but slow) WiFi at the coffee shop or the ultra-fast ethernet connection at office. How cool it’d be to combine any (or all) of these connections to get a much faster and much more reliable internet connection? Well, that is exactly what the team at Connectify is trying to do....
Artificial copywriting space is a relatively new concept that’s taking off, but it is evolving as new pricing models are introduced to fund this space. There has been a big surge in startups offering tools based on OpenAI’s GPT-3 model which is considered to be the gold standard when it comes to artificial copywriting. And the recent acquisition of Headlime by Conversion.ai points towards the industry maturing in a way....
NewPipe is a free and lightweight YouTube client for Android that comes laden with auxiliary features, some of which are not even available on the official app. The most prominent one of these is background playback. It essentially lets you employ YouTube as a music player by letting you listen to videos without having to keep the app open. On the YouTube app, this is limited to Red subscribers. Another nifty tool it offers is saving clips to your local storage....
This means the release candidate will still be valid for some six months after the Windows 7 goes on sale, which is tipped for late October or early November 2009. Earlier, in Jan 2009, Microsoft had let users download Windows 7 beta for FREE and that will expire in August 2009. So, having the latest RC version of Windows 7 (which is almost finished) should be a boon to everyone who would like to test-run it for as long as 1 year....
Even better news is that they have released a portable version of the software, which means you can keep VLC on your USB drive and use it on other people’s machines. Just like the normal installable, even the portable version is lightweight and fast. VLC 1.0 is a free download for Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. All you have to do is download the file and install it to your USB drive....
Download Windows 8.1 preview right now If you know you’re into these things, then you can easily head over to the Windows 8.1 preview download page and take it over for there rather than clicking the download links directly. For the moment, you can install the Windows 8.1 preview following directly this download link (don’t worry, it’s secure and it’s Microsoft official). Microsoft makes sure to warn us about a few important things:...
The Duo is a snap-on; all you need to do is place a magnetic adhesive on your laptop lid and place the display. Now simply plug in the Duo to your laptop via the USB cable, and you are good to go. You can attach the Duo to the back of any laptop without worrying about compatibility. The Duo slides out and mirrors your laptop’s display. Both the power and the content is streamed via a USB cable....
The Silicon era A quick primer on the current state of technology: ever since the inception of complex computing systems, the core technology underneath, which forms a framework for these systems, has gradually seen changes and advancements that have brought modern computing power to where it is today — holding supreme for diverse demands. At present, most people would be aware that the primary essential in modern systems, be it computers, smartphones, or other modern electronic devices, is Silicon (Si)....
Now if you have downloaded a file in compressed form and want to open it and don’t have any software or tool to uncompress, what will you do? Well, WobZIP comes to your rescue! By using this online tool you can easily compress that downloaded file. WobZIP WobZIP, it is a web-based extraction tool to extract any type of compressed files. With this tool you can easily extract almost any type of compressed files like – 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, RAR, CAB, ISO, ARJ, LZHCHM, Z, CPIO, RPM, DEB and NSIS....
I have always found it to be a tad bit annoying that one had to manually keep a track of the live stream and would get a notification only once it starts. The another problem was the absence of a shareable link, so all one could do is send an invite with the timings on it. This new feature will definitely help the bigger players including brands and celebrities who usually follow a schedule when it comes to Live broadcasts....
