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How to send photos in WhatsApp without compression

WhatsApp automatically reduces the image clarity in order to minimise the file size. And at the end, your perfect DSLR shots will look like it was shot on a 2MP mobile camera. On the other hand, mailing such huge sized files is too hectic for an average Internet user. So the question is, is there any way to send pictures in WhatsApp without compression? Here I tell you the easiest and quickest method to disable WhatsApp image compression. Generally you must be sending using this method as shown in the picture on left i.e. tapping on the camera icon. It simply shows up your photos and afer choosing it you send it. Or some of you might be tapping that "attachment" button and add the photo as an attachment ( from gallery or camera) However, they are pretty all the same. As you can see your photo has been sent using the above method. But it is not the one with crystal clear sharpness and clarity as you have it on your phone. It has been reduced in size and has lost its attributes...

Two VLC Features you might not know about

VLC player, the most popular multimedia playback application never ceases to amaze me with its simplicity and popularity. Now add one more powerful​ adjectival phrase – versatility. VLC has this simple (maybe boring too?) look on outside yet has amazing features hidden inside. Here’s your chance explore them in a simple & easy way! Screen Recording :  VLC player not only plays the content others created, but also lets you create your own content. How cool is that? Just hit the Ctrl + C keyboard shortcut to open the capturing menu.Choose Desktop from drop down menu and VLC will start streaming your desktop with mesmerizing inception kinda effect. Video converter: You can also convert a video to desired format by selecting Convert instead of Play and then following the on-screen instructions. To configure the encoding options, click the setting icon as highlighted in the screen-shot below. Thanks for reading. If you’ve found anything new/interesting here, why not spread the word?...

How to pause or resume any task in Windows?

While Windows does have pause and resume feature for some tasks like while copying or moving files there is no option to pause some other tasks which you would always wish you could hibernate. And what's more, you can do it with any program you want. Here’s how you can pause or resume a running task in Windows. Resource Monitor is an highly useful tool built-in to Windows to monitor the various resource (CPU, Disk) usage of PC. It’s overshadowed by another similar and commonly known tool, Task Manager although some of its features are superior to the latter. Open up Resource Monitor. You can search for it in the Start or call it by its pet name resmon through Run command (Windows+R) tool. Now in the Overview or CPU tab, look for process you want to Pause in the list of running Processes. Image name may be different than the application name. To easily locate your application, look the Description column which will have the application name Once the process is located, right click o...

Now you can run Android apps without installing them

Google announced the Android Instant Apps at Google I/O 2017. Since then, much effort had been put to expand their reachability. Recently, Google said that over 500 million devices support instant apps. With the increasing bandwidth and enthusiastic developers, one can expect this number (plus the number of instant apps) to grow in future. And with Android Oreo being announced, now it is coming to every smartphone with latest Android 8. Here’s a quick guide on Android Instant Apps and how to use them. What are Android Instant Apps? Android Instant Apps lets users experience beautiful and immersive apps, with material design and smooth animations, without installing them on their devices. Users can get to your flagship Android experience from any URL—including search, social media, messaging, and other deep links—without needing to install your app first. So, next time a website prompts your to install an app, you needn’t install it entirely. You will be able to run it instantly. This m...

What's new in Android 8 Oreo?

Finally, Google has unveiled the newest version of Google's mobile operating system is called Android 8 Oreo also known as Android O . The Android 8.0 Oreo's presentation is during the total solar eclipse on August 21, 2017 in New York. Android Oreo will first be made available for the Pixel devices and certain Nexus devices. This new version has plenty of changes in store, ranging from revamped looks to under-the-hood improvements, so there's tons of cool new stuff to explore. Let's go ahead and take a look at the new features and functionality in Android 8.0. Features of Android 8.0 Oreo Redesigned of User Interface (UI): There aren't an excessive number of changes from the Android 7.0 (Nougat) at the same time, in this beta update, new elements and little changes in the Android UI are noticeable. Redesigned Settings Menu : Features subtle dark gray text on an all-white background. Strangely, the side navigation menu introduced in Android Nougat is gone, but all ...

Apps you should uninstall on your smartphone ASAP

As we all know, smartphones can perform numerous tasks apart from the basic functionalities of a phone. To execute the various tasks, you need to install a few apps. Undoubtedly, developers will always want some benefits. So, they will tempt you to download those giving you some pseudo-helpful features. While these can simply take up your space for nothing, in worst cases, they may even prove malicious to your privacy. So what kind of apps are they? Let's get into it. Starting up, I would begin with a list of five such apps that have to be uninstalled from your Android smartphone right away to get a good user experience. Go ahead and check out these from below. Battery savers : Firstly, the tasks they perform you know, like turning down the brightness, turning off WiFi, Bluetooth or cellular data when not in use, clearing recent apps, reducing back-light time etc, which you can pretty much do yourself. Several apps are claimed to save the battery power, but these actually have a lo...

How to reveal passwords hidden as asterisks/dots right there with one click

Most modern browsers offer the capability of remembering usernames and passwords. Most of us use this feature to automatically save our passwords in order to log in to our favorite websites more quickly. What if you forget the saved password? As web browsers intelligently hide passwords using stars(asterisks or dots), there is no way in which a user can recover his password by simply looking at what the browser shows. Here are some tips and tricks that you can use to reveal your password for a website when you have forgotten it but your browser remembers it. Simply drag this bookmark Show Password  to your bookmarks bar (in Chrome). You have to enable the "Always show bookmarks bar" in settings if it is not shown. And next time when you're on the page where passwords are hidden just click on that bookmark and password will be shown. That's it.