Technology Hue

Tip 1: Reading View Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) has a feature called Reading View which turns the content of any web page into a beautifully laid out article. Just press the Reading View  button (it looks like a book icon) to the right of the address bar, and hey presto, it’ll remove all the clutter and adverts, and present the article as if it was a page in a magazine. You can even customise how the page looks. Just go to  Settings - Options , then choose a style and font size. To add it to your Reading List to read later, open the  Share  charm, click  Reading List - Add. Tip 2: Always show tabs and the address bar IE11 automatically hides the tabs you have open and the address bar, which gives you more space to see the web page you’re looking at. You can bring them back by right-clicking on the web page, but what if you want them displayed permanently? Launch IE11, and click  Win + C  on your keyboard to bring up the charm bar. Click...

Google’s self-driving car is no secret. The Search giant has now built some prototypes. Yes, you heard it right. The Google car is for real, and interestingly comes without a steering wheel, accelerator pedal, or brake pedal, as a car driver won’t need any of it. The software and sensors do all the driving. In its  official blog post , Google reveals, “The vehicles will be very basic—we want to learn from them and adapt them as quickly as possible—but they will take you where you want to go at the push of a button. And that’s an important step toward improving road safety and transforming mobility for millions of people. “ For now, it is a cute-looking ptototype that would remind you of Tata Nano. If the technology develops, Google plans to work with partners to bring this technology into the world safely. Talking about the interiors, the car has two seats and some space for passengers’ belongings. “On the inside, we’ve designed for learning, no...

Make Visual Studio Run Faster Running a VS may be quite burdensome for your OS specially if you are working on larger projects. Below are some tips which you can follow to make it quite easy for your system.  Turn off animations – Go to Tools > Options > Environment and uncheckAnimate environment tools. Disable Navigation Bar – Go to Tools > Options > Text Editor > C# or All Languages and uncheck Navigation bar. Turn off Track Changes – Go to Tools > Options > Text Editor and uncheck Track changes. This will reduce overhead and speeds up IDE response. Turn off Track Active Item – This will turn off jumping in the explorer whenever you select different files in different projects. Go to Tools > Options > Projects and Solutions and uncheck Track Active Itemin Solution Explorer. This will ensure that if you are moving across files in different projects, the left pane will still be steady instead of jumping around. Turn ...

We keep hearing the argument that the App Store is somehow superior to the Play Store because it’s got better apps. Apps: Android vs iOS Yet, I have yet to hear anyone come up with any app that would really make me admit that that is indeed true. There are two categories where the App Store is clearly ahead: 1. Games. This is part because the revenue is faster through direct purchases than through in-app advertisements. It also helps that there is a lot few screen sizes and phone configurations to code for. Stellar GPU doesn’t hurt either. 2. Music creation. I’m not even going to develop this point because it’s moot to me and to almost everyone that uses a smartphone and/or tablet. OK, I’m not a big gamer and when I do game, I’m not fussy. I like small and quick puzzle games and there are plenty of those. I, personally, don’t feel that I am missing out on some great entertainment that could be delivered through a small screen and a poor interface. Now let ...

Start Your Phone in Safe Mode When your computer keeps crashing or freezing, one of the best ways to recover is Safe Mode. This lets you boot a stripped-down version of Windows so you can remove problem programs, drivers or settings. Modern smartphones and tablets are basically mini computers, and they can crash and freeze as well. So the question is: Is there a Safe Mode for Android? In fact, there is. It loads up the bare minimum version of Android so you can remove problem apps or make setting changes. Unfortunately, getting to Safe Mode isn't as easy as it should be. Just like there are different variations of Android for every gadget, every gadget has a different way of getting into Safe Mode. Here are a few examples for major phones. If you don't see yours, you'll have to try them all to find out which one works for your gadget. 1. STOCK ANDROID For stock Android gadgets, like the Nexus series or Google Play editions of smartphones, ...

Make your Android phone much faster (2 Tips) 1. In the early days of the Android platform, smartphones like the G1 were painfully slow and clunky. Handsets struggled to open apps, freezes were expected, and crashes were regular occurrences. Fast forward to 2014, and Android is an entirely different story. Google’s code has enjoyed years of optimizations and processors and other components have improved dramatically. Even most low-end and mid-range Android phones run smoothly in most normal situations now. Sometimes, however, things slow down. It can be incredibly frustrating — even more so than it was back in Android’s early days, because back then it was the norm. Now, users expect a more fluid experience and when they don’t get it, it’s frustrating. But thanks to Android’s open nature, there are often simple little tweaks that can be made in order to speed things up. Though it is easily one of the best mobile browsers out there, Chrome for Android can sometime...