Holo Compass is a simple compass app with Jelly Bean Holo theme. Its main interface is fresh and simple and you will get your direction at a glance. The big circle shows the current direction in degrees and the small blue circles indicate the current direction. The Holo Compass also provides two color themes – black and white – that you can change from app’s setting menu. Note that this app relies on your phone’s magnetometer, so accuracy may vary....

The Flyme 6.7.7.10 daily closed beta will bring enhanced system performance, camera features, better connectivity, UI changes, and features like payment authorization for several services via the fingerprint sensor and more. However, since it is a closed beta builds, several things may not work as expected. To get Android 7.0 Nougat based Flyme OS closed beta, users need to register on the official Flyme website with device details and your region....

The theme includes Android wallpapers and custom icons for your Nokia phone. This Android theme with custom wallpaper is suitable for S60 3rd phones such as 6120 c, N73, etc. Download Nokia Droid Theme.

Visual Subst is a very simple to use application. Just download and install it. After running the program, type in the path of your cloud storage account, for example Dropbox (usually C:\Users\Username\Dropbox, in Windows 7) or browse the location (see screenshot). Now, choose a drive letter from the dropdown list and then click the green + button. The virtual drive will appear in the Visual Subst list. Repeat the procedure with other services also....

With Clearly extension, you can strips out all advertisements and extraneous layout from a webpage just with a click. You can also increase or decrease font size, change text and background color to improve your reading experience and reduce your eyestrain. From the plug-in option page (chrome://settings/extensionSettings) you can customize the keyboard shortcut for your convenience, and you can create your own custom theme (background, text, etc) for Clearly....

Chrome Remote Desktop allows users to control their entire computer, perform various tasks and access resources that are connected to their computer from anywhere using the Chrome browser and by installing the app on all. The short tutorial will give you an idea on how to use Chrome Remote Desktop to access a computer from another device. – Download (21MB) and install the extension on your Chrome browser. Then sign in with your Google account and authorize the app....

By all means there is no chance to get Android Oreo (MIUI 9) update for Xiaomi Mi and Redmi phones launched in 2015 and 2016, but it is expected that Mi 5 will update to Oreo. However, most phones launched in 2017 and 2018 will get the Android Oreo (8.0/8.1) update. Below is a list Xiaomi Mi/Redmi phones expected to receive Android Oreo update in the coming months. Before jump into the list, let us see what is new in Android Oreo based MIUI 9....

Doze is an automatic function that kicks in without you needing to activate it. However, if have an app that you want to keep away from the hands of Doze , you can disable Doze mode for that app. Read on to know how to disable Doze mode for specific apps in Android 6.0 Marshmallow. How to Disable Doze Mode for Specific Apps in Marshmallow Open the Settings -> Battery -> Options (three dots in the upper right)...

To get to know about a program’s or hardware device’s compatibility with Windows 8, just visit the Compatibility Center site and search or browse through programs or devices categories and sub-categories to find it. It lists several of most popular programs and devices that are compatible with Windows 8 CP. In addition, you can also cast your vote on any product, i.e. whether the app is compatible or not by signing with your Live ID....

Based on the Android 7.0 Nougat, Flyme 6 Public Beta version (Flyme 6.7.3.3G beta) currently supports 15 Meizu devices, which is a good thing. Flyme 6 Public Beta supports Meizu M3 note, M3s, MX6, M2 Note, MX5, PRO6, M3 Max, MX4, M1 Note, MX4 Pro, PRO5, U10, M3E, M2, and PRO 6 Plus. For full changelog of the new firmware, head over to this page. Since Flyme 6 OS is a public beta, anyone can download and flash it....

You can use this application with any antivirus software, and no additional configuration or update required. Just install it, you’ll see G Data CloudSecurity button in your browser. G Data CloudSecurity can be downloaded (6.5Mb) free at source here.

The updated JavaScript engine and the ability to decode JPEG files and render text using the GPU (graphic processor) make IE11 to display webpages more quickly on your screen. Microsoft claims that the performance improvements included in IE11 makes it 30% faster than other browsers. Also, it delivers around 9 percent faster performance than its predecessor IE 10 and 5 percent faster than the Developer Preview build of IE11. Microsoft explains: You can read more about IE11 Release Preview for Windows 7 at here....

The redesigned Notepad in Windows 11 lets you insert symbols and special characters with Alt and X keys, just as you have been able to do in Microsoft Office for years. That is, the new Notepad can properly convert Unicode codes to characters. ALSO READ: How to open apps in full screen mode on Windows 11 You can enter Unicode characters in Notepad in two ways – using the Alt+X keys and using the Windows Character Map utility....

Essential Phone PH-1 Oreo Beta 3 (OPM1.170911.254) OTA updates weighs around 106MB in size and it does not include any new major features, except latest security patches (2018-01) and minor bug fixes. The stable release of Android 8.0 Oreo for the phone is not yet announced, but interested users can try the Oreo beta build right now that bring all the features of Oreo to the phone. What’s new in Essential Oreo Beta 3 (8....

If you have activated the Night Mode or changed color temperature in the Developer settings, the screen tint will change slightly. It seems that Netflix video will not show up on a tinted display, so you have to disable the Night Mode (if enabled) or switch off the display color correction in Developer Options menu to work. Note that, if there is no video payback issue in the daytime, but did not work at nighttime, it means Night Mode is activated in your phone....

Generally, people can reset their forgotten pattern lock by inputting wrong pattern five times in succession and when a Forgot Pattern button appears tap it and enter the Google account that corresponds to the phone’s primary account. If you don’t have access information, then the next thing is by factory resetting the phone from recovery mode. If both the above two methods doesn’t working, you can bypass the lock screen by the help of another phone, however, your Android phone should have root privileges....

Honeycomb launcher is designed to work on almost all devices that have Android 2.1 and above. This launcher basically clones Android 3.0 Honeycomb as best as possible and has many features that are in Android 3.0. One of the main features of this launcher is the girds for icons and widgets. The portrait grid is a 10×10 and the landscape grid is 10×8, which means more space for apps and widgets....

By flashing this custom ROM, you can experience full flavor of Xperia Z on your Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos (i9082). In this tutorial, I will show you how to flash this ROM. Though the process itself is simple, you should take extra care. Disclaimer: This guide should give you all the info you need to flash your phone with a new firmware, but we can’t take responsibility for anything that goes wrong....

Xiaomi’s Android smartphones have a decent camera app on-board with lots of extra features. However, if you want to take stunning photos with features like Google’s HDR+ mode, Portrait Mode, Slow motion, Motion photos, etc. then you can install the Google camera port APK on the phone. However, as said above, it requires Camera2 API enabled on the phone. Most Xiaomi phones do not have Camera2 API enabled by default....

Home screen landscape mode can be a useful feature, if you use your phone as a navigation unit or a car stereo interface, and mounted it horizontally in your car dash, for example. Home screen landscape mode was a proposed feature for Android 6.0 Marshmallow, but Google skipped this feature in the final build for unknown reason. Another interesting feature of this new update is icon normalization for home screen and app drawer....