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How To Backup Your Photos And Videos To Google Photos On Android Phone/Tablet

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Google Photos is a great online backup service where you can store your photos and videos. The best thing about this service is that you get to enjoy free unlimited storage as long as you allow Google Photos to keep them in High quality. That means Google will set your photos size to 16 megapixels and videos at 1080p. Don't worry, you can still save your photos and videos at Original quality — the quality at which they were taken.  After you set up your account, you will be able to have your pictures and videos sent to the cloud, and then access them from any phone, tablet, or PC, as well as on the web. If you don't know how to backup your photos and videos to Google photos, then read the step-by-step guide below to get started. How to Backup your Photos and Videos to Google Photos  Open the Google Photos app. Tap on the three horizontal lines at the top left of the screen. Tap Settings . Select Backup & sync . If the Back up & sync is turned off, switch it on.  M...

How to Easily Save Articles, Videos and More from the Internet to Pocket on Android

Have you ever come across an article you find interesting but you don't have the time to read it thoroughly? And what if you had planned to go back later and read it but then forgot? You could have easily solved this problem with the help of Pocket.  Pocket, previously known as Read It Later, is an application and service that was founded in 2007 by Nate Weiner to help people to save and manage interesting articles, videos and more from the internet for later. With Pocket, you can create a list of contents from web browsers, Facebook, YouTube, Pinterest etc. You can then view them later from any  device — phone, tablet or computer. This is an ideal tool for those who don't have enough time to through the contents.  How to Save to Pocket on Android Saving to Pocket is really easy. All you need to do is just look for the Share button, which you can find in almost every apps, including web browsers, Facebook, YouTube etc.  Tap on the Share button and you’ll be presente...

WhatsApp for Android gets Media Visibility Feature and New Contacts Shortcuts

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WhatsApp for Android has released a new update for its bata version (2.18.159). This new update brings a new Media visibility feature along with a new Contact shortcut. The New Media visibility makes it possible for you to hide or show WhatsApp media content in the gallery. With this feature, you can choose whether you want your photos and videos that you've received on WhatsApp to display in your gallery or for it show only on WhatsApp. By default, the Media visibility feature is enabled on the WhatsApp beta version. If however you choose to disable the feature altogether, your media files will not appear in your gallery, but you'll still be able to view them all directly within the WhatsApp. To disable the feature go through the WhatsApp Settings > Data and storage usage and then turn off the Show media in gallery optiony. It is worth mentioning here that while the downloaded WhatsApp media content will not be available in your gallery if you've disabled the Me...

Twitter Introduces Own Emoji for Android to Deal with Missing Emoji

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When using Twitter, you may at times come across little boxes with an “X” through them. This typically means someone has placed a character or emoji in a tweet that your device doesn’t recognize. This can at times be irritating. So in order deal with this, Twitter brought in its own  Twemoji  emoji service. The feature is available for phones with Android 4 KitKat to 7.0 Nougat. So a lot of people with older Android can get the new emoji. At Emojipedia, a design lead at Twitter has this to say: “At least 50% of eligible Twitter users should now see this change, with the feature being enabled for more users over the course of this week.” If you've received the new emoji service, how was the experience?

Google Brings Favourites Feature to Google Photos

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Are you having problems trying to locate your best shots from your growing pile of pictures you've taken? It's  understandable for I too tend to take many pictures daily of things that interests me. And trying to sift through thousands of them later can be really hectic.  So beginning this week, Google is aiming to fix this with a new feature for Google Photos. The company will be rolling out a new favourites feature in the form of a button that you can use to curate your ever-growing list of photos.  On using this new favourites feature, you will just need to tap a  star button when viewing any photo and items will be added to a separate Favourite album which you can then view within the Albums tab.   This new feature may seem to be a little addition, but it’s a big deal for those with far too many photos. So if you have Google Photos app and you want to properly manage your own photos, then look out for the new Favourites feature that will be rolling out to ev...

Dragon Ball Legends has been Officially Released on Android

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Bandai Namco's Dragon Ball Legends has been officially released for Android devices. According to the Dragon Ball Legends Twitter account, the game will be released in the U.S while a release in Europe is expected to follow soon after. But other regions will get theirs in due time. The same tweet from the Dragon Ball Legends account also noted that the game is not currently available for iOS devices, but it’s likely coming out soon to the devices. Just a few days ago, Dragon Ball Legends was soft-launched in certain regions, and it already has more than 3 million pre-registered users worldwide. So as we await the arrival of the game in our region let's take a walk through the game to see what to expect. Dragon Ball Legends brings back the intense fights the Dragon Ball games, anime, and manga are known for, along with a new card system mechanic. Here is a Google Play Store’s description on the Dragon Ball game. • Card Action Battles with Intuitive Controls ...

How to Easily Migrate to MTN BetaTalk

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If you are looking for more talk time with your family and friends then you need to try MTN BetaTalk. What is MTN BetaTalk? MTN BetaTalk is a prepaid tariff plan that rewards customers with 250% bonus airtime on every recharge of N100 and above. When you are on BetaTalk, all calls you make within the country will be charged at the rate of N27 per minute (45k per seconds) from your bonus account. But as soon as your bonus is exhausted or expires, all your National calls, SMS and Data will be charged from your main account at the rate of N25.20 per minute (42k per seconds). International calls, International SMS and Data while roaming will be charged from your main account only at the prevailing international rate. Benefits of MTN BetaTalk The following are the benefits you are bound to enjoy when you are on MTN BetaTalk tariff plan: • 250% bonus airtime on every recharge of N100 and above. • 150% bonus airtime on every recharge below N100. • 10MB ...

Google Introduces Google One to Upgrade Google Drive Online Storage System

 Google just introduced a new storage system called Google One that will upgrade all Google Drive online cloud storage system, and bring new features to help you manage your account. Google Drive is an online storage service that lets you save various files (videos, photos, documents, music etc) to the cloud which you can access from your smartphone, tablet, or computer. But the new Google One will be replacing all Drive storage plans. With Google One, you now have a new storage option. Google introduced a 200GB plan for $2.99/month, though Google One plans will still start at $1.99/month for 100GB. All 1TB plans at $9.99/month will be upgraded to 2TB plans (previously $19.99 per month) free of charge. This means that there’s no more 1TB plan. However, all plans larger than 2TB will remain the same. There are several other new features that are also introduced, such as the ability to share your storage space with your family members. You can add up to five family members to y...