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4 Must-Have Cool (and Free) iOS Apps for Travelers Ads by Google If you are a frequent traveler or plan to take a trip during your vacation, your iPhone (or any smartphone for that matter) can prove to be one of your best companions. The main reason for this is the variety of apps that you can install to help make the most out of your trip. With that in mind, here is a list of four great iOS apps that you can download now for free from the App Store. Each of them will make your journey even better, no matter where you are heading. Let’s take a look at them. 1. Tipulator Easily one of the most common issues you will run into every time you eat out at a restaurant will be knowing if you have to give a tip, and if so, how much is the right amount? Thankfully, Tipulator is a free iPhone app that takes care of this problem, providing you with a very complete and flexible tipping calculator that lets you tinker with every variable, including the tip percenta...

How to Easily Batch Rename Files in OS X Yosemite Ads by Google I’m sure there are hundreds of unorganized files on your Mac right now. Pictures from your vacation, PDF documents , downloads, TV episodes, and that doesn’t begin to cover it. The first step to organizing content is giving it a proper name, defining it. Then you figure out where it goes. That’s where batch renaming comes in, especially when you’re talking about photos, they become messy very fast. Till now, you needed to use a third party app to batch rename files but currently it’s built right into OS X Yosemite . Let’s take a look at how it works. Batch process all the things : I love batch processing. And it’s easy to do. You can batch resize images with RIOT , batch watermark them,  add a border with Border Maker and compress image size with ImageOptim . How to Batch Rename Files in OS X Yosemite First, open Finder and go to the folder where the unorganized mess lies. Select all the fi...

How to Restore KitKat’s “Recents” View on Lollipop Lollipop replaced the “Recent menu” with a rolodex of every app and webpage ever opened by your device. The new Recently app from Chainfire restores Overview to its previous glory, and bolsters the feature with the ability to customize the number of “recent apps ” on display. The app is up on both Google Play and the forum thread, but may be pulled from the latter momentarily; both links are below. Features Age Limit – Hide apps that haven’t actively run within X hours/days. Entry Limit – Hide apps beyond a certain number of entries. Currently running apps are always displayed, regardless of this setting. Launch on Boot Recently aims to restore sanity, by limiting which apps are shown. In its most aggressive configuration, it will show you only apps that are actually running rig...

Unofficial Android 5.1 Update for Nexus 4 (Mako) – Download and Update Now Yesterday, Google just rolled out its highly-anticipated Android 5.1 Lollipop update build LMY47D for Nexus 5, Nexus 7 2012 (Wi-Fi) and Nexus 10. This update brings few important changes which are  as follow : Native dual SIM support, Cross-platform HD voice calling. A new Device Protection feature that ties up the device to the owner’s Google account and thereby prevents unauthorised access to the device even after a deliberate factory reset. Better quick settings control for easier Bluetooth and Wi-Fi network switching. For those who can’t wait for official Android 5.1 Lollipop update for Nexus 4 can follow this simple How to Guide to flash the unofficial Android 5.1 Lollipop update which is compiled for mako by a XDA member/Developer eagleeyetom . Please Note :  It’s not properly...

How to Get Lollipop-like Task Switcher on Any Android Ads by Google Waiting for an OS  update to come to an Android device can take forever, and for many users, it might not even arrive. That’s an area where Android loses against iOS and Windows phones. I, too, am waiting for the promised update on my Xperia Z , and needless to say, the wait doesn’t thrill me. I would be lying if I said I’m not jealous of the users who got the update and are enjoying the beautiful design of the new UI. The Lollipop task switcher is one of my personal favorites when it comes to the overall design upgrade of Lollipop. The stacked cards floating in open space are sure a view for the eyes, and at the same time, they make it easy for the user to multitask. Today I am going to show you how to get a similar task switcher on your outdated Androids so you can keep calm. Just to make things clear, this is not an official part of Android Lollipop, but a third party app ...

How to Get Chromecast Wallpapers on PC and Android Ads by Google Chromecast is great for streaming all kinds of online and local media . Even when you’re not using it, Chromecast can serve as a digital frame of sorts, with awesome photographs, images from satellites, and even your personal photos. Without any setup, Chromecast will cycle through its curated collection of wallpapers . There aren’t many (less than 1000), but each one of them is awesome. I love this about Chromecast and I’m not alone. If you’ve ever thought to have those wallpapers on your desktop, Android or any device really, today is your lucky day. For I’m going to tell you how to spread the Chromecast wallpaper love across all the screens you own. 1. Download Chromecast Wallpapers for Desktop Alex Meub has created a website that curates the Chromecast wallpapers in question. You can browse through all of them and download the ones that particularly strike your fancy. There’s also ...

Xtra-PC Helps Non-Technical People Install LInux on an Old PC If you still have an old PC, you're in luck. A new Linux distribution based on Lubuntu will give any old PC a new lease on life, designed for non-technical users and optimized for popular web sites. We covered some ways of installing Linux on an old Windows XP computer before, but Xtra-PC makes the process easy for non-technical people-and it comes with a lot of popular stuff set up out of the box. You can run the product off the DVD, a flash drive, or install it directly to the hard drive (erasing the old operating system). I tried it on a few different XP-era computers and didn't need any drivers. Even wireless and Ethernet worked perfectly. Xtra-PC includes links for Facebook, Minecraft, Amazon Prime Video, and Netflix, and optimizes Chromium with the correct plug-ins. Other web-based products like Google Docs work just like you'd expect with any other OS. You could do this yourself, ...