Proceed with caution Before you add non-Windows Store apps to Windows 8, it’s important to understand why Microsoft has made this difficult to do. While part of it has to do with forcing you to use apps they deem fit for the OS, it also has to do with security. Whenever you download an app from a developer, you’re not 100% sure you know what you’re getting. When you install an app from the Windows Store, you know that Microsoft has vetted the app and ensured it’s as trustworthy as it can be....

Skype-wrapper is a plugin that integrates Skype with Unity. It adds the Skype icon to the messaging menu and quicklist items to the launcher. It also uses the Unity notification style to notify you of incoming calls/messages. Installation Open a terminal and type: The above commands assume that you have already installed Skype in your system. Running Skype-wrapper Once you installed Skype and Skype-wrapper, you will find that there are two instances of Skype in your computer....

The Process: Let’s walk through it step-by-step: Access your Metro interface and type “User Accounts.” Nothing shows up. That’s why we go to the next step. Click “Settings” below the text box. Click on the first result that shows up on the left side of the screen. This might differ depending on what version of Windows 8 you have. Click “Create a password reset disk”. Connect your USB drive to your computer if you haven’t done so already....

But for a couple of years now, Google’s official keyboard interface for Android phones, Gboard, has made it possible to super-charge your emojis using little tricks known as emoji intensification and emoji combos. Here we show you how to use these to add some crazy to your texts. How to Get Gboard Phones running the stock version of Android should come with Gboard integrated and ready to use. To check whether you have it, go to “Settings -> System -> Languages & input -> Virtual keyboard,” and tap Gboard if it’s there to make it your default keyboard app....

One of the most powerful buttons on an android phone is the search button. You know, the magnifying glass button. If you aren’t using it regularly, perhaps you don’t know what pressing this one button can do for you. Here are a few tweaks to help you give the Android search button even more power. In the settings I know a lot of people don’t go poking around in the settings if they don’t have to....

If you are in a hurry, and you wish to capture that really great moment, you will be able to do that by just pressing the menu button and launching the camera app. It would be much faster than if you opened the app from the app drawer. Here’s how you can go about making the home button launch the Camera on your Android device: Making the Home Button Launch the Camera in Android In order to accomplish the task, you will have to download a free app called Home2 Shortcut from the Google Play store on your device....

For me, personally, darker themes make it easier to concentrate and get things done. However, like all aspects of Canonical’s system, Ubuntu is highly customisable, and thanks to a dedicated community, there is a wealth of options users can take advantage of to spice up their desktops. Return of the Mac One operating system that has always looked beautiful is Apple’s macOS. The brand new “Mojave” marks the fifteenth release, and one of the most striking elements is the deep and rich dark theme that is known as a distraction-free way to put your work center stage....

Here are the tools and apps that will keep a piece of that Windows Phone magic alive, long after it’s gone to the great mobile market in the sky. Launcher 8 WP Style The name of this app may be all over the place, but don’t let that deter you if you’re looking for a convincing tile-based interface, harkening back to the “glory” days of Windows 8. While the tile stuff didn’t really work out on desktop, it works very nicely on touchscreens, and you get all the joys of changeable tile sizes, Windows theming, and live tiles as well, which dynamically flip over to let you know when someone’s trying to contact you or when you’ve received an email....

The term “symlink” is a portmanteau of “symbolic” and “link,” highlighting the utility of such files as symbolic references to other things. So-called “hard” links function more as copies of the files they reference than literal links. “Soft” or symbolic links simply point at their targets. Deleting these links does nothing to the files they point to, and as many symlinks as are needed can be created for convenience. This makes them great for pointing to files across filesystems and partitions alike....

Windows 10 has no built-in option to customize the button, but you can make a single change to Windows Registry to modify the Note button. Modify Note Button in Windows 10 Action Center To open Windows Registry, press Win + R, type regedit and press Enter. Alternatively, you can also search for “regedit” in the Start menu and open it. After opening the Registry Editor, navigate to the following location....

If this sounds like you, I’m going to show you how to do all that to your Windows 8 taskbar thumbnails in a matter of minutes, via a free application called Taskbar Thumbnails Tuner. Here’s what you’ll need to do to modify your taskbar thumbnails. Download the application from the Winaero website, unzip the folder, and run the exe file; it’s a portable application, so you can add it to a USB flash drive and run it from any computer....

To get started, download ExpanDrive and install it to your Mac. After the installation, you should find an icon in the menu bar. Click on it to reveal all the cloud storage services that it supports. ExpanDrive costs $49.95, but you can use the free trial for 14 days. Download and install Transmit in your Mac. Launch Transmit. On the right panel, select “S3” at the top and enter your Access key and secret....

If you wish to not see these developer results when you search using Spotlight, there is a way to omit these results. Omitting the Developer Search Results from Spotlight When Xcode Is Installed If you have Xcode installed on your Mac, you can use the following steps to prevent its files from appearing in the Spotlight search. Click on the Apple logo in the top-left corner of your screen and select “System Preferences…”...

The problem is sometimes this subconscious process can slow down your machine, especially for the older ones with less system resources. And it can be really annoying if your system crawls to a halt, even though you just open one or two apps just when you urgently need to finish some work. How do you know which background processes are slowing down your system? More importantly, how can you pause those background processes and speed up your machine just enough for you to get the job done without the risk of disturbing your machine’s flow?...

Unfortunately, in many cases, the formatting of your documents may break when you try to copy and paste from Word into the WordPress editor. However, there are ways you can get around this. Pasting as plain text If your Word document does not paste cleanly into WordPress, you can try pasting as plain text which would remove all formatting. To do this, switch to the “Text” tab highlighted below and paste your document there....

The last solution is the best for most people, as you keep access to the content without having to buy new hardware. The ideal way to do it would be by treating each video as a separate entity, specifying different parameters for its encoding. Thankfully, there’s a more straightforward way to approach this. You can create different compression quality profiles within Handbrake. After that, you’ll be able to encode any video by loading it up into Handbrake, choosing the desired quality preset, and clicking “Encode....

Using Voice Recorder Go to the search bar in the bottom-left corner of the Windows 10 screen, next to the Start button. Use it to search for an app called “Voice Recorder.” The app will appear in the search results field. Tap on it to launch the app. It is a very simple program that uses a big button in the center to start a recording. During a recording you can hit the Pause button under the record button to pause the recording and then hit the Pause button again to continue with the recording....

There are some other alternative ways to do the job, such as using Garageband or some other third-party tools. We have chosen the easiest method so you won’t have any issues getting the task done. Recording Sound on Your Mac We are going to be using QuickTime Player to record the sound which you are very much familiar with. The recording option does exist in the app, in case you don’t know....

Registration The following registration steps will apply to those living in the USA, but many countries are adopting their own rules and regulations in regards to drone regulation. That being said, it is best to look into those to verify that you’re flying legally. Moving on, you’ll want to head over to the Federal Aviation Administration website to start the registration process. In short, all small unmanned aircraft weighing between ....

Some of the sections in the Settings app even include video tutorials. Though the videos are not played automatically each and every time you open the settings app, they are streamed directly from the Internet. Unless you are a complete beginner, you may not be using these tips that often. Here’s how to remove the tips from the Windows 10 Settings app. Remove Tips Using Group Policy Editor If you are a Windows 10 Pro or Enterprise user, the easiest way to remove tips from the Settings app is to use the Group Policy Editor because all you have to do is point and click....