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Some Email Pranks That You Can Try To Mess With Your Friends

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Most of the professional people are most dependent on their emails and if your friends are also one among those many people, then you can try some email pranks with them which allows you to tease them and have some fun with your friends. While there are many email pranks that you can try, here are some of the easy and simple ones that you can go with.

Email Pranks That You Can Try

  • You can try sending the dictionary as a text file to your friend and it will just ruin their day as every time they search for a word in their email search, it will display the English word list as a pop-up. All you need to do is just grab the whole large list of words from a dictionary and copy and paste it in a mail, you can also try sending it as an attachment but you should remember that Gmail service only searches the files.
  • And if you ever have got access to your friend’s email as they went aside from their laptop or desktop for a while, then you can get access to their PC or laptop and in such cases, you can try making some simple and funny changes to their email signature that will land them in funny situations, but make sure you don’t land them in troubles.
  • SendAnonymousEmail is another simple tool that lets the users send email to anyone anonymously. This is a free service that lets you send the email anonymously. You can use this service SendAnonymousEmail to tease your friends and co-workers or cousins, relatives to do any fun things that lets both of you enjoy and have fun.

These are some of the email pranks that you can try on your dear ones and produce some giggles and make some fun memories while teasing them.

How To Use The Web Without A Browser

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If you are reading this article now, then you have probably browsed the ComputerEra website using the browser. But have you ever thought of using the internet or the web without the help of a browser? We must all agree that the web browsers are amazingly popular among the internet users and we just think of nothing else when we wish to browse the internet and just tap on the browser icon whether it is a mobile, computer, or even on the smart TVs these days. So, there are a few other tools and ways that can help you browse the web without browser.

Downloading Files Without Browser

So, we just think you don’t have a browser but you have to download the browser. You have got two options for downloading files without a browser and one if the Windows Powershell, the second one is the FileZilla. Using Windows Powershell, also you can simply download files with the help of some commands.

Installing Softwares Without Browser

Yes, you can even get the software downloaded on your PC, laptops or mobile devices without the help of a browser. There are play stores at your service. There is an app store, play store, and windows store and you can get the required software or applications downloaded onto your devices.

Using Social Media, Mails

So, social media browsing has become one of the favorite time passes for many of us, and if you think you cannot browse the social media and stay connected with people without the help of a browser. You always have the option of using applications either on the mobile devices or the computers even by getting the applications from the stores.

You always have got the option of using the mail services through inbuilt apps in all kinds of devices and if you don’t like the default provided apps, then you can get the third party apps.

You don’t have to stay disconnected from the web and people on the internet if you don’t think of using the browser. There are many chat applications that you can make use of that can help you stay connected. News applications help you in getting the news updates.

So, you might think why to try using the web without browser. It is actually secure and private way of browsing the internet.

How To Take DSLR Like Lens Blur Photos With Android Camera

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Who doesn’t wish to add the DSLR kind of touch to the photos clicked with the smartphone camera and you don’t have to bother a lot to do this and there are a few applications on the Android play store that makes the process a pretty simple and easy one. So, here is how you can capture the DSLR like lens blur photos on your Android camera.

Using Google Camera

Google Camera application is now available all the Android devices, so get it downloaded and installed on your device from here.

Once done with the installation, just launch the application and as it asks for permission, just grant it and click on next to continue.

Now swipe left to find some options and you will find the lens blur option there. Tap on it and it will give you a tutorial which gives you the basic understanding of capturing the lens blur photos using your Android phone’s camera.

After you are done with the tutorial, you can just click on the next option and then you will be directed to the Camera. Position the camera towards the object and slowly raise your device keeping your object in the centre.

This act will create a blurred background and you can refocus if you wish.

Using AutoFocus

Get the AutoFocus application downloaded and installed on your device from the Google play store.

Then launch the application and select your default camera. This application allows you to convert already created photos into lens blur or you can also click new lens blur pictures with this application with the help of the smart focus option.

You just need to draw over the area that you would like to keep the focus on. Then you need to choose the soft focus option and select the area that you wish to apply the soft blur.

Now select the hard blur option and select the area to which you wish to add this hard blur effect.

Then click on next and select your blur effect and save the image and you are done.

Using these simple applications you can create DSLR kind of lens blur photos with the smartphone camera. So, just give them a try.

Learn The Process Of Transcribing Audio Files To Text

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Don’t think that this work of transcribing is useful for journalists, and authors only, even normal people and students may need this tool for making their daily tasks simple and hassle-free. Like students can get their teacher’s lecture converted into an audio file. You can get the lyrics of the song from the audio file to a text file.

Transcribing Audio Files To Text

So, here we are going to let you know the simple and pretty easy process of transcribing. So, here we go

  • While there are many tools that help us in the process available in the online market, oTranscribe is one of the really helpful and simple to use web tools that you can make use of for this purpose and make your task simple
  • So, basically, first, you need to head towards the home page of the free and open source app oTranscribe
  • And in the home page of the application, you will find an option Start Transcribing in blue color, just click on it
  • Then click on the Choose audio or video file option to upload the file that you wish to use in this transcribing process and convert into a text file
  • And the nice thing is the web app even supports transcription of YouTube videos
  • Then you will find the file displayed as a play head with rewind, play, and forward options. They even have keyboard shortcuts
  • And below that, you will find the word processor box that lets you enter the text and you will also be allowed to do text formattings
  • You can type as you adjust the speed of the player according to your choice

Transcribe when you need using this wonderful web tool and make your life better with this easy and simple process. It is now time to bookmark this awesome open source web tool.

How To Recover Lost Notifications In Your Android Device

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The notifications menu in the Android devices sometimes fill up so fast with all the different kinds of notifications that we get and we were worried about the filled up menu clear the notifications without any second thought. But have you ever regretted your decision of clearing the notifications and wished to go back or revert the thing you did? Yes, there is a way to go back to the notifications that you recently cleared and here is how you can do it. Here is how you can recover lost notifications on your Android device.

Recover Lost Notifications Using Android Notification History

First, your device must have the developer options enabled in it. You can unlock the developer options by going to your phone settings. Then click on about phone and then tap on the baseband version several times. After a few taps, you will find an onscreen notification message saying developer options enabled.

Now to recover lost notifications, follow these steps below

  • You just need to long press on the empty space on the Android home screen of your device
  • Then tap on the widgets option
  • Now scroll down the widgets menu until you find the settings shortcut widget
  • Long press on it and then drag and drop the widget onto your home screen
  • Then the settings shortcut menu appears, scroll down and tap on the notification log
  • A notification log shortcut appears on the home screen of your device
  • All you need to do is just tap on it and you will get access to or find the list of all the recent notifications in history
  • You will find all the notifications that have ever appeared on your notification panel and the active notifications will appear in white and the closed notifications will be gray in color.

Thus get access to the Android notification history by doing these simple steps in your Phone settings.