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How to Hide Desktop icons in Windows, Mac when not in use

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A lot of icons, folders and files might be lying on your desktop. All very important and might be needed for references to your work or anything. Therefore you cannot move delete/move them but want to enjoy the beauty of your  wallpapers  as well. How about if you could hide desktop icons when not in use and get them back with a click, keyboard shortcut or simple a mouse hover on the desktop? Learn to make make your desktop icons disappear when not in use. How to Hide desktop icons in Windows when not in use Download and run  this  software Do the settings are per your requirement. Set the timer delay after which it will hide the icons, it can be set between 2 seconds to 100 seconds. Make sure you check  Start with Windows  option otherwise you will have to manually start it every-time you want to hide desktop icons. If you glance at the right side of the software window, you will see click buttons configuration. You can set which mouse buttons will make your icons appears afte

New iOS features

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Image Credit:  Apple.com Apple has silenced the growing critics over it’s static design and discontent over it’s operating system which didn’t change much since 2007 by revealing IOS 7 at the WWDC 2013  which was held in San Francisco yesterday. From color Schemes and typography to typical icons and entire button shape across the entire platform has been alternated. In simpler words, the whole thing- from Photo app to Safari browser. Let’s have a look at some of the features of the new IOS 7 :- 1.  Kids App Section  – Apple has now introduced a kid section for finding appropriate apps for children.      Kid’s App Section in Apple Store – click to Enlarge! 2.  Inclinometer  –   The former versions of iOS had software support for gyroscope and accelerometer, but now it’s pretty much certain that iOS7 will escort with the latest in 3D space-tracing technology in their latest operating system with an inclinometer. 3.  Just Swipe to Go Back   – When browsing through some

How to Store 3 Times More Music on Your Smartphone?

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Storage is getting cheaper day by day but it is still limited in smart phones. This is especially true for low end phones with low internal memory. Most of the music we store on our phones is in MP3 format. This music encoding format was first  released to public  in 1995. Since then we have come a long way and many new codecs have been developed that provide superior quality to MP3 at same size or same quality in smaller file size. The most notable is AAC (AAC-LC). AAC stands for Advanced Audio Coding. This format has been popularized by Apple’s Ipod (having .m4a or .m4b extension). This format is also used by Nokia Music service resulting in faster downloads. It achieves much better quality than MP3 at similar bit rates. The format we will use is enhanced version of AAC called eAAC+ or HE-AAC v2. About the eAAC+ This audio compression scheme is optimized for very low bit rates. It is enhances the existing AAC-LC (Low Complexity). The eAAC+ uses to techniques for optimizatio

Never Reinstall Windows again

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Windows is a large and complex operating system. There are many ways things may go wrong. It may be malware, corrupted files, faulty drivers or even hardware failure.  For many of us the simplest solution for these problems is to reinstall windows again. While this is an easy option, it’s very time consuming. It’s true that Microsoft has made the process of installing windows much faster since Windows 7 but the whole process takes a lot of time. Installing windows is only a part of it. You have to install all the drivers, updates and your favourite software applications. There is a method called drive imaging that can save you the trouble of installing Windows again. Drive imaging makes an exact copy of your system partition. Then you can restore your system to the exact state when the image was created. The whole process of restoring takes only a few minutes. While this process may sound complex but with the right application it is very easy and has saved us many hours of installi

Keep track of Time spent on Facebook and Internet

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Want to increase productivity by cutting down time you spend on  Facebook   and other social media websites? Then there is a great way to keep a tab on it and analyse your Internet routine and work upon it.  Now you can keep track of time spent on Facebook and all over Internet  with a single addon/extension for your browser. Over spending of your precious time on Internet just to pass your time sometimes really puts you in trouble as it causes several complications like missing job, college project deadlines, etc. You also get detached from your social life due to Facebook and Internet addiction. Its high time that you keep track of time spent on Facebook and  Internet  so that can cut it down to  reasonable time and be more productive in other pending works as well as social life. Lets learn to get daily Facebook usage statistics as well as for other websites the easy way. Keeping track of time spent on Facebook, Internet  made easy! For Google Chrome users, If you are spec

11 of the Best themes for Windows 10

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Shifted to Windows 10 recently?  Then you must be looking some Windows themes to give your eyes a magnificent treat every-time you look at the wallpapers of your desktop. Your search ends here as we have handpicked and  compiled the collection of the best themes for Windows 10. Ranging from Brazilian Bliss to Wheelocity, you name it. Q. How to install Windows 10 theme? Left click twice on the theme file. It may take few seconds to load the theme. The theme is applied and the personalization  window open up with an option to change transition delay time, sounds, wallpapers from the theme, etc. Here are some the best themes for Windows 10 : Brazilian Bliss Straight from the alluring and lush wilderness of Brazilians forests to your desktop. If you are looking for something to reboot your psyche after tons of hectic work or gaming, then you might to give this one a try. This Windows 10 theme is surely going to freshen up your mind with its misty motif. At Glance Size 6