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How to get pie style navigation buttons on your Android device

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Aren’t you bored of the same old styled navigation buttons on your smart screen? Would you like to try something new and different? How about having a pie style navigation button, looks great right. Just give it a try, here are the few ways using which you can get those on your phone or device’s screen.

Pie control:

It is an application available to download for free in the Google Playstore. Just download and install it by approving the permissions it would ask for. Now open the application and then set up the buttons. You can add many buttons and control their respective actions. You can place the navigation bar wherever you like it to be on the screen either on the side or on the corner and you can select a number of apps, files, documents and place them on the bar for easy access within seconds as there are layers available. After settings up you can just simply navigate with the help of the pie style buttons on your screen.

Handy soft keys:

This is another alternative for having the pie styled navigation buttons on your device’s screen. It is available to download for free in the Android playstore. This application provides the handy soft keys which help in simulating the navigation buttons. It has an easy to use user interface and will not ask for many permissions. It automatically starts on the device boot up and will run in the background. This app has a trigger spot which shows up pie controls when pressed.

These simple steps using the application from the play store, you can easily change the look of your mobile device and thus give it a look that you may want. Make the navigation keys appear in a pie style in your device.

Quickly Search For Things With Just A Photo – Quick Photo Search

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When you got a doubt while reading a book, then what you usually do, you may be referring to a dictionary or an encyclopedia. You may also go on searching for it on the internet. All of these are time taking processes and if you are away from home and don’t have access to dictionary and encyclopedia. Then you will be left with the option which is searching on the internet. As we all know it is not that easy to find some information on the internet and we all know that when we are in search of something it will present us with many other things and we get easily diverted from our topic. A quick photo search is the need of the hour and will actually make your task simple.

Socratic For Quick Photo Search

So, for this purpose, there is an application available in the Google play store. The Android app is called Socratic and it is available to download for free and you can just download it on your device for free.

When you find something that you think you need a better understanding about, then you can just simply take a photo of it using the camera option in the Socratic app and search for it. It will then present you with the available answers from the internet by searching it online for some related answers.

This wonderful Android app with a quick photo search is even very much helpful in helping your children with their homework. So, do give it a try and get the information at your fingertips without having to struggle with searching for the information online.

You may be knowing about Photomath application but it is only for math problems whereas this Socratic is for you all kinds of queries. It comes with a cool interface, so do try it for sure and make your life easier.  The app can help you solving various kinds of questions, it may be History, Science, GK, Maths and many others.

Best Clipboard Manager Apps For Windows That You Must Check

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We don’t actually acknowledge the power of the clipboard, but we use it quite often. We have been very much used to it that we don’t actually realize we are using it. However, the default clipboard manager in Windows doesn’t have many features, so here are some of the best clipboard applications that have some wonderful features and allow you to excel in copy and paste.

Best Clipboard Manager Apps

ClipClip:  

It is the best clipboard manager application for Windows. Whatever you may copy whether a text, image or a web link, this will have them stored in the form of clips. You can view the saved clips by clicking the icon in the system tray. You can organize your clips in folders. Just dragging and dropping the links from the ClipClip window will paste the link wherever you want.

Ditto: 

This is one of the oldest and the best clipboard managers for Windows. You can find this one as well in the system tray like the ClipClip. The aesthetics and interface of the application look quite old and will take you some time to understand the app. It is a really powerful clipboard application, but the users need to try hard to understand it’s usage.

1Clipboard:  

This app has the best interface and looks very good. You can find this app also on your system tray after you install it on your PC/Laptop. Using start you can mark important on links that you feel are important. Drag and drop to paste is not available in this application.

CopySpace:

This is a pretty much different application from the other ones. It has a different design. IT opens a window and will not be available from the system tray. This is available in the Windows Store. But its functionality is yet to improve and it has some bugs also.

Don’t just copy and paste in an old regular routine way, use these applications and enjoy these features.

How To Save Whatsapp Status Without Taking Screenshot

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WhatsApp status feature even though it faced a quite a lot of difficulties from the people in the beginning, it is now becoming popular among the people as they started liking it and everyone is choosing to update their status on WhatsApp over updating their FB status as it more secure and private. So if you have found something interesting and would like to have it saved on your device, you can’t do it, unfortunately, WhatsApp doesn’t have any such feature available as of now. But you can get it done with the help of a simple application available in the Google play store and the other process even allows you to do it from your file manager.

Saving WhatsApp status

Method 1

  • First, to start with the process, you must be having Status saver for WhatsApp Android application installed on your device, you can get this application for free from the Google’s Android play store
  • Then you need to open WhatsApp and load the image or video that you wish to save
  • Then open the Status saver for WhatsApp application and you will find two options on the open screen images and videos, tap according to your choice
  • And it will show you the status that you have just seen and you will get the download option on your screen, click on it to get it downloaded

Method 2

  • You must be having a file manager of your choice for saving the status using this method
  • Navigate to WhatsApp/Media, then tap on the three dot icon on the top right corner of the file manager screen and then tap on ‘folder options’ option
  • Then on the next pop-up window, just check the checkbox show hidden files
  • Then you will find a folder with the name .statuses
  • Tap on it to open it and find the status that you wish to save
  • Copy and paste the WhatsApp status that you wish to save to the some other location

Hope these simple and easy steps may help you preserve some memories.

Transferring Files Between Your PC And Android Device Using WiFi

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The most generally used forms for transferring files between Android devices and PC/laptops are Bluetooth and USB cables. USB cable supports a very high-speed data transferring for its users, but sometimes, it’s kind of annoying to reach out for the cable every time. But have you ever thought of transferring files over WiFi, which has become almost a part of our lives and our source for the internet? But it has actually possible to do in a very hassle free way with the help of a simple Android app called AirDroid.

It is an application that can be used to transfer files from android devices via PC’s web browser. It can be used for both sending and receiving files between Android devices and PCs. This application needs no driver installation, no USB cable.

Steps For Transferring Files

  • First, you need to download and install the AirDroid  Android application from the Google playstore in your Android device
  • Then launch the application and it will start the AirDroid server
  • You can see Web URL, IP Address, Scan QR code options
  • Now from your PC, you should visit the Web Interface  of the application
  • Simply scan the QR code displayed on your PC’s screen using your smartphone, by tapping on the scan QR code option in the Android app
  • Once you are connected you can see the model of your Android device on your PC’s screen
  • Then you can start sending and receiving the files on both your devices.
  • On your PC, click on the file tab from the app’s toolbox, then select the files that you wish to send and click on upload
  • To download files on your PC, you just to have open the web interface and select the files, right click on them and select the download option

WiFi can be thus a very powerful and easy to use the medium for transferring the files, folders between your devices.