The most important feature of the Android OS is the widget, a lightweight component that allows us to use the core features of apps without opening the app. Widgets save our time. Below, I have shared two good examples that prove the same: If you install VLC or any other video player, you can control video … Read more
Android OS-powered mobile phones with a quad-core or an octa-core processor and 1+ GB RAM are as powerful as computers. Thus, you can use your Android smartphone for professional tasks such as creating new office documents, editing the existing files, composing emails, etc. Office apps allow you to create powerful spreadsheets, documents, presentations on a … Read more
IR aka Infrared is a technology employed by common household appliances such as air conditioning systems, televisions, music players, STBs, etc. The retail boxes of home appliances ship with a remote control unit. The RCUs have several limitations. If you own multiple home appliances, you’ll have to learn the functionality of various buttons of different remotes. RCUs are … Read more
You can easily share the mobile data connection with your PC or phone without buying a WiFi router if you have a smartphone. Mobile phones have a WiFi chip manufactured by Broadcom, Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, Intel, etc. Over the course of time, the hardware components in a phone may wear out. If your phone’s WiFi … Read more
Bluetooth has become an outdated technology. If you’re using a smartphone or a tablet, you should avoid using it for transferring files. Although USB 2.0 and 3.0 can transfer data at speed within 60 to 100 megabytes/second, transferring large files to the PC or a mobile device over a USB connection may take several minutes. … Read more
As smartphones launched these days are no less than computers, you can use them for various purposes. Most printers available in the markets carry WiFi hardware. You don’t have to move files to the PC and fire the print command to print photos or documents. The printing apps make the task of taking printouts of … Read more
