Enabling Disappearing Messages in WhatsApp is like assigning an expiration date to texts you send and receive. The core essence of Disappearing Messages is to delete private, confidential, or secretive messages from your device and the receivers’. While it’s primarily a privacy-focused feature, Disappearing Messages also has storage-saving benefits. The Disappearing Messages functionality is available for WhatsApp on mobile (iOS & Android), WhatsApp Web, and even WhatsApp Business. We’ll show you how to enable the feature on these devices and operating systems....

In this article we’ll explore what augmented reality is and if this technology could replace all forms of screen as we know them today? What Is Augmented Reality? The term “augmented reality” means what it says. You’re augmenting the real world around you with some sort of additional information. The heads-up display in a modern car or a jet fighter is a sort of basic augmented reality. You’re looking at the world and information about things such as speed or altitude are projected into your line of sight....

Microsoft Office programs should automatically update themselves, especially on Windows devices. But that doesn’t always happen. You may need to manually verify your Office app version and compare it against Microsoft’s Office updates database. This tutorial covers steps to check Office versions on Mac and Windows devices. You’ll also learn how to initiate Office updates on these devices. Demystifying Microsoft Office Version Structure When investigating your Office apps versions in Windows, you’ll come across a string of numbers (and letters)....

Unfortunately, this isn’t really a good thing. The reason being Microsoft. Up till now, Microsoft has been extending the deadline for when it would drop support for Windows XP, but now it seems they are really going to kill it off. On April 8th, 2014, Microsoft will stop supporting Windows XP completely. This is big news because it means in about 4 months, there will be millions of computers that are going to be vulnerable to hackers....

Well, Windows is quirky and if some of the system files get corrupted, you can end up with this really annoying problem of having to reformat all your USB drives and SD cards! Most of the time that’s not even an option and if you can plug the device into another system where it loads properly, then why format. Luckily, there are a couple of things you can do to get rid of the problem....

Unfortunately, not all calendar apps offer the features you need for a truly productive live. Some lack task management. Others lack an intuitive interface. Still others make you waste more time entering events than you’d spend just writing them down on paper. Choosing the Best Free Calendar Apps The following are 10 of the best free calendar apps that you can download to your Android right now. These apps were chosen because they passed all the following tests....

Skyrim, for example, feels like an entirely new title now that we can take it on the go. Yet it’s not just these (relatively) modern games that have found an unlikely home on the Nintendo Switch. If you know where to look, you’ll also find some amazing retro titles from the 8- 16- and 32- bit console generations. There are even a few retro PC ports thrown in as well!...

Normal search engines can tell you if someone has a public profile or a website, but won’t give you more details such as their location, what they’re currently doing, or whether they live alone or with others. People search finder services aren’t necessarily meant for you to base your decisions from, for example when hiring, renting out, or lending money, or trying to figure out if someone is deceased. For these purposes, you may want to conduct a background check or visit an obituary finder....

So here are some new (and old but updated) tips for how to use Dropbox more effectively. If you’ve apathetic to your cloud-based hard drive, one of these hot tips might just make you feel excited about it again. Restoring Dropbox Files Although you only see one copy of your data in Dropbox at first glance, the service actually has a rolling window that you can revert to for any file....

From multiple choice geography quizzes to more interactive world map games featuring Google Street View, we’ve come up with a list of excellent online geography games that will quickly turn you into a geography expert. 1. Worldle The release of the viral word game, Wordle, spawned an avalanche of other games inspired by the daily puzzle, including Worldle. In this game, you’ve got six tries to guess the correct country or territory based on its shape....

You can control a telekinetic pumpkin who tries to survive or find your way through a puzzling, haunted house. For a slower-paced game, try a Halloween-themed card game or challenge yourself to mahjong. Whatever your favorite game genre, this list has you covered. Keep in mind that free online games typically show you an ad or two before you play or in between levels. Arcade Games Whether Halloween night after things die down or the week leading up to it, you can visit a spooky land, enjoy a shooting game, or cook up something good....

We say video game rentals, but we really mean rentals, subscriptions, and legal free-to-play game providers. Let’s look at the best video game rental and subscription services for 2022. 1. GameFly Service Type: Rental Platforms: Playstation 2, 3, 4, and 5, PSP, PS Vita, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Nintendo Switch, Wii, Wii U, DS, GameCube, GameBoy Advance Delivery Method: Physical shipping Cost: From $15.95/month to $43....

Finding the best GPS tracker for cars can be tough though. Although the Spytec GL300 is our recommendation for the best tracker out there, the VSync and LandAirSea 54 are both great options that may be a better fit for your specific needs. Spytec GL300 The Spytec GL300 has all of the traits of a quality GPS tracker: it’s small and discrete, has a long battery life, and provides 24/7 real-time GPS tracking....

With this popularity has come a surge in the development of third-party applications, such as Discord bots. These bots have become more and more creative as Discord grows older, and some have evolved into full-fledged, text/image-based games that people can play entirely through Discord. For those interested in gaming and anime, there’s good news—many of the most unique Discord game bots cater to these niches. In this article, let’s go over three of the most interesting Discord games for gaming and anime fans that can be played through a bot....

From software that can quickly identify skin cancer to predictive models that help us anticipate any number of complex outcomes, there’s hardly anything in the world that won’t feel the impact of next-generation AI. It’s easy to feel that this AI revolution is happening somewhere “out there”, but the truth is that even your smartphone is already packed with a wealth of AI-powered software. Any of the voice assistants that ship with every smartphone and tablet sold today uses AI extensively to understand what you say and learn about your habits and needs....

Find an Email Address With a Search Engine Google or another search engine is a great place for finding all sorts of information, and if the tool you use has advanced searching capabilities, finding an email address can be easy. When you use a search engine to find someone’s email address, you’re able to quickly sift through a huge database of websites at once. This is the best way to find anybody’s email address, so it should be your very first method....

Everything about gaming on mobile is pretty great, except when it comes to the controls. Since smartphones and tablets don’t have physical buttons, the only interface is a touch screen. That’s perfectly OK for games that have been designed for touch or are in a genre that works well with it. The (now sadly gone) Infinity Blade games and Civilization VI are both good examples of this. However, there are many great games on mobile that are simply awkward to play using touch controls....

Chrome is almost a little self-contained operating system with its own apps and management structure. In fact, when it comes to Chromebooks, it literally works as an operating system. As such, you’d be forgiven for missing out on some of the deeper, more advanced features the software offers. Here are five advanced Google Chrome features you won’t know how you lived without. When Getting Profiled is a Good Thing...

Whether standing next to your PS5, sitting on the couch, or in the next room, this tutorial will walk you through each technique to turn on the console in detail. 1. Press the PS5’s Power Button Let’s begin by getting the most obvious way to boot your PlayStation 5 out of the way first—the Power button on the console casing. It’s also the only method to turn on the PS5 when setting up the console for the first time....

These include old favorites like Pac-Man and Tic-Tac-Toe, as well as some Google originals like the hidden dinosaur game. If you’re bored, struggling with ways to count down the hours, and desperately avoiding the day job, then these hidden Google games could be the answer. Here are 7 games you can try right now. Also, be sure to check out our YouTube channel where we posted a short video going through some of the Google games we mentioned below....