There are several solutions available to encrypt your files before uploading them to the cloud storage. For example, the simplest solution is using a free compression tool like 7-zip to encrypt your file using AES-256 standard before uploading them. If you are looking for an automated encrypting solution for your cloud storage services, you may like BoxCryptor. BoxCryptor is a cryptographic virtual hard disk that encrypts all data on-the-fly using the AES-256 standard....

If you are looking for an automated solution to remove all remnants from your Android phone, you might like AVG Cleaner, a free app that lets you quickly delete cache, junk files, residual files, search history, etc. from both your device’s internal memory and the SD card. AVG Cleaner has two mods – manual and automatic. The manual mode lets you remove browsing history, app cache and call logs selectively....

Here is the beginner’s guide to installing MIUI 11 stable updates on your Redmi or Xiaomi phone. It is a simple method! All you need to download the MIUI 11 stable ROM for your device from MIUI download portal and follow the below steps. Before start installing MIUI 11 update on your device manually, ensure more than 50% battery charge remaining on your device. Also, check for an OTA update by going to Settings > About Phone > System Updates....

Users who can’t do without the old Windows 98 style Classic start menu, here is simple trick to enable this in Windows 7, that’s without any software tool, though with a slight deference. Carefully read the followings and do as described. Right click on the Taskbar – Properties – Start menu – Customize. Now look for ‘Recorded TV’. Under this, enable ‘Display as a menu’ Click OK and save the settings....

If you are planning to buy a new smartphone and the main reason behind it is for getting a better mobile-camera quality, here is how to evaluate a phone’s camera performance (image and video quality) online. You can evaluate most of the popular smartphones (Android, iOS, Windows Phone and BlackBerry) available today. The camera “Compare Tool” from GSMArena allows anyone to evaluate a phone’s camera performance in terms of resolved detail, colors, noise, image processing and lens defects (such as pincushion distortion, vignetting or pink spots)....

For privacy reasons you can remove cookies from your computer. There is an option in your browser for that, but unfortunately you can not delete Flash cookies by this way, it still offers unlimited tracking. You can manage flash cookies a little bit by going to Adobe’s Settings Manager, but you can not eliminate them completely by these settings. That means you need some other methods to remove flash cookies from your computer....

Remote Shot is a free app that lets you remotely control Camera of your Android or iOS device using another Android or iOS device. You can use one device as camera and other device as remote control with live preview. The app uses Bluetooth to connect both the device. You should enable Bluetooth on both phones; otherwise, the device won’t connect. After installing the app on both the device, connect each other via Bluetooth....

If you own Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S and would like to install Android P Beta on it, then below is the Android P Beta system image (Fastboot ROM) and installation instruction. Once installed, you can discover the new features that Google has prepared for the upcoming Android 9.0. For your information, Android P public will also be available for OnePlus 6 (coming soon), Sony Xperia XZ2, Nokia 7 Plus (Android One), Vivo X21, Vivo 21UD, OPPO R15 Pro, and Essential PH-1....

The good news is that the latest Google Camera port (Gcam 7.0 Mod) is available for all Realme phones, including the new Realme 6 Pro. Night Sight mode, Astrophotography, Super Res Zoom, and HDR+ are some of the groundbreaking features of the latest Google Camera app version 7.3 for Pixel 4 series devices. Thanks to the GCam Mod developers for their effort to bring the world’s best camera app for non-Pixel devices, such as Samsung, Xiaomi, Realme, etc....

You can download OxygenOS 9.0.10 OTA update for OnePlus 6T from the link below, if you go for manual installation. The OTA (over the air) update just weighs around 154MB and starts rolling out to the device. While, the good news is that the OEM starts OxygenOS Open Beta program for OnePlus 6T, which means you can test new features and changes before everyone else. Interested users check this post for downloading OxygenOS Open Beta 1 and installation instruction....

Since this is the major software upgrade, which upgrades Axon 7 from ZTE’s MiFavor skin to ZTE’s Stock+ Android build, all data you have on the phone will lose, so back up all important data, including photos and videos. The installation is rather a simple process and does not require a computer. All you need to follow the instruction below. We have already seen Android 8.0 Oreo beta (MiFavor 5....

EaseUS MobiSaver is a Windows application, which requires no technical knowhow to use. It can restore deleted data and files from any iOS device (iPhone 5/4S/ 4/3GS, new iPad and iPod touch 4) or from the previous iTunes backup. It can recover 12 types of iPhone files such as contacts, Text messages, call logs, photos, videos, notes, Safari bookmark and so on. EaseUS free iPhone files recovery software is perfect for: – After updated iOS on your iPhone 4, you lost all your important information....

The Ambient Display is similar to Moto X’s Active Display (Active Display is now renamed to Moto Display). Rather than using just a notification LED, the Moto X uses its screen to display much richer notifications. Nexus 6’s Ambient Display is also uses the same technique, but has a few differences. If Ambient Display is enabled and when you picked up the phone or notification arrives, your Nexus 6’s lockscreen will turn into black and white format and when you interact with any notification, the display will turn into color format....

Currently, this new API supports Facebook only. However, Mozilla ensures that in the future Firefox will support more social services and blogging networks. Here is how to enable Facebook Messenger in Firefox 17, so you can chat with your friends, see new comments, photo tags and other stuffs instantly – no matter which site you’re currently looking at. How to Facebook Messenger and Featured buttons in Firefox? Go to this Facebook link from Firefox, click on the green “Turn On” button and complete the action....

Aviary is a simple to use online photo editor. With it, you can enhance your photo in one click, apply retro effects, adjust brightness, contrast, saturation, sharpness, fix redeye, whiten teeth, erase blemishes, draw text, resize images and more. To install Aviary for Google Drive, go here (link below this post) on your Chrome and install it. Launch the app and give grant access to use with Google Drive....

Install Eraser extension from Mozilla add-on site and restart your Firefox. It will add an Eraser-button in toolbar. If not, right-click on the toolbar, select ‘customize’, and drag and drop Eraser icon into the toolbar. To delete your private data or close all opened tabs, just click this button. From the Eraser preferences (click on the Eraser button), you can select which item you need to delete.

Before start using this guide, beginners please note that Bootloader is a security feature of the device, so do not proceed unless you have a specific reason for unlocking the bootloader. If you want to install factory image manually, install custom recovery like TWRP, install custom ROM, backup system partition, etc. requires unlocked bootloader. As said above, unlocking Essential Phone Bootloader is very simple. All you need ADB and Fastboot driver setup on your computer....

Android N’s Night mode and iOS 9.3’s Night Shift mode are designed to give users a good night’s sleep and both are a core system function. However, f.lux has more features like options for selecting different screen filters, darkroom mode, wake up time settings and more. The only limitation is that it requires a rooted phone and otherwise it will not do much. As said, f.lux is a preview version and it is not fully functional yet....

Facebook Home will be available for free download on 12 April for select Android devices including the HTC One X, HTC One X+, Samsung Galaxy S III and Samsung Galaxy Note II from the Google Play Store. A wider availability of devices is expected in the coming months. A Tablet version of Facebook Home isn’t available currently; however it’ll be available in the coming months. For your information, the HTC First is the first device that comes pre-built with Facebook Home, which can be pre-order now....

Deep discharge and associated booting/charging issue is not a common thing with all Samsung Galaxy S8, S8 Plus or Galaxy Note 8 devices. However, some owners of these devices are complaining about it. With Deep Discharge Protection app, you can fix this annoying bug. The app works with or without root access. Here is how to use this app. Before you start, a good charging habit is always required to extend your Android phone’s battery lifespan....