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Music, the binding element for many. Without it, our lives would be sad and monotone. Therefore, music has become a multi million dollar industry, with hundreds of songs arriving every year and new artists trying to make their mark on history all the time. With virtually hundreds of genres of music, it’s not hard to see that the need for searching and keeping our favorite tunes is very important. First we had vinyls, cassettes, CDs and nowadays DVDs and music players....

Why OCR Software? Now that you know what OCR technology is all about, you might be wondering why you actually need to use an OCR software. Well, if you happen to run a business of any size, you will agree how important it is to computerize your office documents and records and be eco-friendly. Moreover OCR lets you edit the text, search for a word or phrase, store it more compactly, display or print a copy free of scanning artifacts....

So, in this article, we are going to showcase two methods to record the screen on your Mac. Method 1. Using QuickTime Player As soon as the recording ends, QuickTime Player automatically opens the recording. From here, you can play, edit, or share this recording. Method 2. Using the in-built tool (macOS Mojave only) Similar to how we used the Command-Shift-5 key combination to access the screenshot options, we can use the same combination to record the screen....

Uber Movement segregates the city into different zones and also shows the time required to travel between these two points across the day. The dashboard is somewhat similar to the Google Analytics but for traffic movements. One can also compare traffic at different times of the year or traffic in certain parts of the city during some events like concerts or carnivals. This insight is expected to render a micro look at the traffic movement across the city in accordance with time....

However, once the Gmail account is deleted, you will lose access to all emails and attachments in that account. With that out of the way, let us look at the steps to delete your Gmail account. Steps to delete Gmail account from PC Steps to delete Gmail account from your Android Smartphone Users can also delete their Gmail account directly from their Android smartphones. The email deletion process stays more or less similar to that on a PC but with a few tweaks, so let us have a look....

WeChat pitches the service as “super-low calling rates” and “excellent call quality”, and as rightly pointed out by VentureBeat it will help the company to link customers’ credit cards to their WeChat accounts. So the feature can be accessed by tapping on the ‘+’ symbol at the top right and selecting WeChat out. The service will take some time to import your phonebook post which you can dial the number directly....

Now unlike the document option or the call option the GIF option is not something that would immediately grab your attention, the reason being that it is neatly tucked away in the sub menus. Another caveat is that one cannot still send the GIF’s from gallery or the storage as the app converts actual videos into GIF’s before sending them. Here is how you can send the GIF, first go to any of the conversations> click on attachment option>choose camera>Record Video>after recording click ok....

How Ringo works? Is it illegal? In other countries such as US, the telecom operators can negotiate interconnect charges amongst themselves. This made US operators to drop interconnection charges to such an extent that it’s possible for them to offer unlimited free calling as an add-on to their data packs. However in India, the interconnection charges are set up by the telecom regulator TRAI, which all operators need to comply with....

NineBot Mini is a self-balancing scooter that can be steered with your legs, suppose you want to move to the right all you need to do is exert extra pressure on the right leg. The NineBot Mini is capable of tackling inclines as steep as 15-degrees with relative ease and yet achieve speeds of up to 16km/h. The Nine Bot Mini is compact and can be stoved away easily in a car or can also be carried around, the fact that it weighs in at 16KG makes it easy to carry around....

The Xiaomi keyboard which the company is allegedly referring to as the Mi Wyatt meter mechanical keyboard comes in a white polycarbonate shells that’s backed by an aluminum shell. The inclusion of an aluminum shaft on the inside, however, takes its toll on the weight. The keyboard is quite heavy at 940g. That’s nearly the weight of the 12 inch Macbook Pro. Nevertheless, the sole aim behind it is to make the keyboard sturdy so that it can survive occasional falls....

Xiaomi has launched the Mi Laser projector that comes with Mi TV built in. Users are given a choice between the dedicated remote or the smartphone app. The Mi Laser Projector boasts of ALPD 3.0, 5000 lumens brightness and a rated lifetime of 25,000 hours. The casing or the body has been built by Yorkey, an Optical Technology company while the Mi Laser users Texas Instruments technology for the DLP imaging chip and the optoelectronic technology....

The Mi portable electric mosquito repellent is a compact circular device that comes with a Micro USB slot and as a result, can be connected to a regular power bank to keep mosquitos away on the go. It weighs only 25 grams and apparently, doesn’t feature an inbuilt battery to work on its own. Additionally, it takes in a repelling mat which can be placed inside a tiny slot accessed by twisting the appliance 90-degrees....

On the hardware side, the Mi Max flaunts a gorgeous smooth metal finish that is just 7.5mm thick and weighs about 203 grams (which is little above iPhone 6s Plus). The display is a Full HD panel with a pixel density of about 342 ppi. Specifications, there’s a bit of complication with three variants in total. The cheapest model sports Snapdragon 650 backed up by 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage....

Yeelight Smart LED Bulb The Yeelight Smart LED Bulb is available in two variants — color and tunable white. Both of them are WiFi-enabled so that you don’t need a dedicated hub to control them from your phone. In addition to switching them, dim their brightness and change their colors, the bulbs can be also commended through voice assistants like Google Assistant remotely. The color temperature is adjustable as well and you can even program them to turn on or off automatically at a specific period....

The Redmi Note 11 comes from the popular, almost legendary smartphone series, which is the most popular phone series from Xiaomi. In contrast, the T1 comes from a brand new series – the T series – that Vivo has launched with the phone itself. Given their pricing proximity, confusion between the two phones is pretty understandable. So we will pit these two smartphones against each other to help you figure out which one is for you....

Playing it safe, smart and steady in design Not even half of 2019 has passed but the year has already seen a tonne of smartphones. These devices came with different specs and prices but one thing that most of them shared is a very similar design blueprint. And the Honor 20, follows a very similar, tried and tested design but with a few unique touches. Yes, it looks smart enough but do not expect something as militantly different as the View 20 launched by the same brand last year....

Honorable Design The 20i is built and designed in the typical Huawei/Honor fashion. It was Honor who pioneered the fancy gradient finishes on the back of mid-range smartphones and what made them stand out once upon a time has now become a norm in this segment. That doesn’t take away the fact that the Honor 20i looks and feels great in hand. Despite the 164g weight, it feels light and compact during usage....

https://youtu.be/RF9t2rFmTVE Alexa down the ages…sort of The minute and a half long ad features Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi. As the two are heading out, DeGeneres asks Alexa on an Echo Dot to turn down the thermostat and then wonders out loud, “what do you think people did before Alexa?” The ad then goes back at different times in history (very questionable) and shows how people managed without Alexa in the past....

Three lads, a coach and a Pixel 2 The three-minute promotional video, Dravid Spends a #DayWithPixel2 (or A Day Out With The Lads), is a little too long to be called an ad. It features Rahul Dravid who is also coaching the young Indian team, being taken for a day out by three of his players Shardul Thakur, Mayank Dagar and Shreyas Iyer. The video starts with someone giving Google Assistant instructions to record a video, then moves to Rahul Dravid talking on the phone with someone about his lost car keys....

These were the lines on the back cover of a book on Steve Jobs that my editorial mentor gave to me. But unlike many books on Steve Jobs, this one was a little different. Umm… actually this one was very different (appropriate, isn’t it, for the founder of the company that claims to Think Different). Steve Jobs, I think, was the first person who became a celebrity in the tech world....