A frozen or misbehaving app is one of such exceptions that can sometimes render your Mac unusable. And although you can try to close this unresponsive app normally by clicking the close button, it’s unlikely to work most of the time. Those familiar with Windows operating system would be very familiar with the keyboard shortcut “Ctrl+Alt+Del” to invoke the Task Manager and ‘kill’ the misbehaving application. So what’s the Mac alternative to “Ctrl+Alt+Del” that helps you force quit an app?...

Before we proceed with learning how to force iPhone to restart, let’s learn how the regular restart or shutdown works on iPhone since even that isn’t straightforward if you are new to iPhones. How to Restart an iPhone the Regular Way If you have an iPhone X, iPhone 11, iPhone 12, iPhone 13, or iPhone 14, you would know that there is no Home button anymore, resulting in users needing to use different button combinations to access various functions compared to the earlier models....

Whether the size of the browser’s menu and tabs is taking too much space on your screen or you simply can’t see the rest of the tabs in Firefox because the first few are too big, being able to change the size of Firefox tabs is definitely important. This is why this article is going to show you how to achieve that in a simple way. Customize the Icons In order to reduce the size of the tabs, you will first need to have smaller icons for the toolbars....

This free app does exactly what you’d expect, it hides and blurs out the entire display except for the part which you are reading or typing on. It overlays any other application with a layer of tint, a “privacy shade” as the developers like to call it. The rest, although, remains completely visible and you can precisely customize the sensitive area through the settings. For getting started with “Privacy Screen Guard & Filter”, head over to the play store and download the app....

A couple of months back, Apple introduced iOS 13 with a bunch of major and minor updates and improvements, the highlight of which is the highly-requested Dark Mode. With this new update, Apple also introduced noticeable changes to the Shortcuts app, some of which aim at offering more granular control over individual actions to allow users to automate tasks more effectively. Among these, one of the changes is that, with iOS 13, the Shortcuts app now comes pre-installed and no longer requires users to download it from the App Store....

HTC’s new lineup of smartphones – HTC One X, HTC One S & HTC One V has to be the most leaked information at this year’s Mobile World Congress. HTC must have thought it’s fine to leak all the information before the actual announcement when they have a secret masterstroke up their sleeve – a new deal with Dropbox, which now offers 25GB of free storage for 2 years. This should sound like music for our ears, considering Dropbox to be the most popular cloud storage service and by associating with them HTC will surely be able to sell more smartphones....

Design In terms of design, the FreeBuds 3 comes with a round charging case, which appears to be compact and can easily fit in your pocket, without adding much bulk. Talking about the buds itself, the earbuds feature an ergonomic, curved, and an open-fit design that claims to offer a comfortable and snug fit in the ear for prolonged listening. Huawei calls this, Dolphin Bionic Design, and says it allows the earbuds to sit deeper in the ear canal and offer a better listening experience....

Betting on cameras again… Cameras have been at the forefront of Huawei’s recent flagships, alongside some rather eye-catching design, especially in the P series. The P9 and P10 came with dual cameras with a Leica tie-up, and the P20 Pro takes the camera stakes a notch higher in numerical terms – claiming to be the first smartphone to come with three cameras. In fact, on paper, the P20 Pro packs in four cameras with a total of 92 megapixels between them – at the back, there is a 40....

The Maimang 6, despite the affordable price tag, doesn’t skimp on hardware at all. For starters, it’s the first Huawei phone to feature an edge-to-edge 5.9-inch (2160 x 1080 pixel resolution) display up front. There are a total of four cameras as the Maimang 6 sports dual-camera setups on both the sides. On the rear, you will find a standard 16-megapixel sensor with an additional 2-megapixel lens for evaluating the depth in your pictures, hence producing relatively realistic bokeh effects....

Leaving the Cool Kids Table for Good During my brief usage till now, MacOS felt refreshing. Everything seems better, more modern but I also quickly realized the presence of a relatively restrained environment. Truth be told, I did think of going back to Windows at some point. Additionally, Microsoft’s substantial push into advanced technologies helped that as well. You see, Windows is no longer the spreadsheet OS it used to be, it’s beyond that now....

Intel claims its latest entrant to be the ‘World’s Best Processor’ and suggests the same to be the ‘best processor for thin-&-light laptops’. The 11th-gen Tiger Lake lineup is built on a refined 10nm (SuperFin) node and features upgrades to its core architecture. The company suggests that these upgrades offer better speed and performance while consuming low power. To rundown some specifications, the Tiger Lake processors come with dual-core and quad-core variants....

Everything you should NOT do with a basic computer The one minute forty second long ad is your basic tutorial on how to use a computer correctly — only with a slight difference. The ad uses a very retro voiceover which mentions all the ‘orthodox’ ways we were taught when it comes to computing even as the visuals show the new iPad Pro being used in completely opposite ways. As the voiceover digs deeper into the “beginner’s guide to proper computing,” contrasting visuals appear on the screen....

Over the last few years, several devices, from the BlackBerry Storm to the Palm Pre, have hit the market hoping to be an iPhone killer, but none of them have so far succeeded. And now, Motorola Droid is hoping to pose a serious challenge to iPhone’s supremacy in the ever-growing smartphone market. Amongst the wannabe iPhone killers, Motorola Droid is probably the fastest and has one of the best display screens available....

Starting with the iOS 10, Apple has added CallKit Extension which will allow third-party developers to access the call management system. Now this comes as a huge sigh of relief for developers at Truecaller since iOS users have been missing out on the Spam detection and Live caller ID. The end result is that iPhone will now be able to automatically detect the spam calls more easily and will also be able to live display the caller ID....

The WhatsApp beta update 2.17.6 is now rolling out to testers and adds a straightforward GIF browser powered by the popular GIF keyboard, Tenor which is owned by GIFHY. The new button is located under the emoji section, pressing upon which reveals the top browsed GIFs recently. You can tap any of them, add an additional caption and send. Furthermore, it also comes with a search button through which you can locate a particular file....

The LeEco Le Pro 3 AI edition, however, bears very little in common with its Snapdragon touting brother. It is, in fact, a completely new phone that shares no design similarity with previous phones from LeEco. The LeEco Le Pro 3 AI Edition smartphone comes with a metal unibody design with two semilunar antenna lines running along the top and the bottom borders on the back of the device. It also sports a protruding camera setup which apparently looks rather similar to the one found on the recently launched Moto G5 Plus....

To recap, the Moto X4 comes equipped with a 5.2-inch full HD panel and is powered by a Snapdragon 630 processor clocked at 2.2GHz paired with either a 3/4GB RAM. On the storage front, the device offers a choice between 32GB/64GB internal memory alongside a microSD card slot that is capable of supporting up to 2TB. The device is backed by a 3000mAh battery and runs on Android Nougat 7....

2015 Lenovo X1 Carbon Lenovo is refreshing the X1 Carbon ultrabook with Intel’s latest 5th-generation Broadwell processors which should deliver slightly better CPU performance, better GPU and longer battery life (10 hours of battery life). The lower-resolution screen has been bumped to 1920×1080 from 1600×900. The Ultrabook also comes with a slightly larger battery, moving from 45 to 50 watts, which represents a 10 percent improvement. There have been made improvements to the keyboard and the click pad, as well....

LG is one of the few brands known to do this well. The TONE Free series UV earbuds feature the UVnano charging station, which claims to kill 99.9% of bacteria on the earbuds while they’re charging to keep them clean. In addition, these earphones feature Meridian-tuned sound that further sets them apart from competitors in their price range. With its newest pair of earphones, the LG TONE Free FP9, LG, is trying to outdo its predecessor, the TONE Free FN7....

What is WhatToWatch? As you can guess by its name, WhatToWatch is a show and movie recommendation service, which helps you find your next title to binge-watch on your favorite platform. It is completely free to use and does not display annoying ads on its interface, unlike some of the other show/movie recommendation services. What’s even interesting about WhatToWatch, is that it recently got featured on Product Hunt — a product discovery platform that allows creators to share their latest creation with the world and users to find new products that interest them....