In the world of technology there are tricks that can really simplify life or solve daily problems with the computer, mobile phone or any other electronic device . In this blog we try to discover new tricks every day and in this article we want to try to overcome ourselves, proposing a roundup of ingenious strategies and clever techniques of various types to improve the use of technology in the home (in a broad sense).
On this page we see 50 tricks of technology, quick, mixed, in no particular order, cooked and eaten, to be taken as they are and to be kept in mind whenever there is a need.
Obviously, if you know others, don't be shy and leave a comment!
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1) To reopen a browser tab that has been accidentally closed, press the Ctrl / Cmd + Shift + T keys together and this is valid on every browser.
2) To create a password that is difficult to discover, use the non-English characters on the keyboard.
3) To re-read a long text written by us (like a theme or a paper) and see how it sounds, paste the article in Google Translate and listen to it out loud thanks to the included speech synthesizer.
4) To charge the phone faster, put it in airplane mode (in reality the difference is minimal).
5) If you don't have a charger but you have a USB cable, you can recharge your mobile phone by attaching it to any USB port, even that of the TV (perfect for hotels in foreign countries when you don't have an adapter for the electrical outlet).
6) If someone needs to use our iPhone to make a call it is better to use Siri from the lock screen to make calls so that the person to whom the iPhone lends itself cannot have access to any other application.
7) To mute a phone call, just press the volume down button to turn off the ringer.
8) Batteries can last longer if you charge them up to only 80% instead of 100% full. (ALSO READ: How often to charge the battery of the mobile phone / laptop to extend its duration "> hum the song on the microphone on the Midomi website to know the title
10) When looking for air flights or hotels online, try to search even in incognito mode, to find lower prices (READ ALSO: Tricks to book a low cost air flight at the lowest possible price)
11) To find the solution to one of your many problems that can happen on a computer, search in English and put the word "fixed" or "Solved".
12) When sharing a pair of earphones to listen to music with a friend (with a headphone each), activate the "Mono" audio option for better listening.
13) Saving an Excel file as an .xlsb file will reduce the size by half or 75%.
14) If the alarm on the phone of a friend or another person rings and you want to stop it, you can simply call that phone to make it stop.
15) If you buy a product on Amazon and there is a drop in prices within the next 7 days, you can get a refund for the difference in price in order to get the discount the same.
16) if you go to the mall, you can use the Amazon app to scan the barcode of everything for sale to find out if there are price differences and whether it is worth buying online instead of in the store ( READ ALSO: Ways to save on Amazon)
17) To filter only discounted products on Amazon, do a search and then, on the URL in the address bar, add at the end the string & pct-off = 30-100 ; for example this is the search page for the word computer //www.amazon.it/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?__mk_it_IT=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&url=search -alias% 3Daps & field-keywords = computer & pct-off = 30-100
18) If the printer has run out of black ink, change the color of the document font by placing it # 010101 to have a color that is 99% gray.
19) The best type of music to work on is the soundtrack of a video game that should be done on purpose to avoid losing attention.
29) The old audio cassette cases are excellent supports for keeping a smartphone on the table.
30) To avoid blocking a website at school or in the office just open it from Google Translate by pasting the link of the site as a text to be translated and then clicking the link of the site on the box of the translated text.
31) Abroad, take photos at road signs or signs frame it using your smartphone with an app such as Office Lens or Google Translate as an instant translator of writings.
32) To send SMS and make calls to fixed numbers at lower rates than those of each telephone operator, you must use the VOIP apps to make calls at low prices all over the world such as mTalk.
33) If you need to remember a specific time, make a phone call to anyone and attack immediately to record the exact time of that moment in the call log anyway.
34) To amplify the volume of a smartphone, insert it into an empty glass or cup.
35) You can watch online streaming movies on TV even in the hotel using the chromecast and free wifi (if any).
36) Thanks to some sites it is possible to send a message that self-destructs after reading
37) To forever delete files or folders on your PC quickly, without dragging them to the trash, just select them and then use Shift + Del .
38) Click on a link with the middle button with the mouse wheel to open it in another browser tab.
39) Although it depends a lot on the TV, you can use your Android phone as a remote control.
40) Many internet companies have a page that lets you know if their services are working or down.
For example, you can see the status pages of the Apple, Google and Facebook services.
41) To quickly solve a math problem, use the PhotoMath app which solves it with a photo.
42) A video can also be automatically transcribed from Youtube
43) You can track the position of a contact on Whatsapp or Facebook thanks to a simple trick
44) A single change is enough to get Windows lighter and open faster menus
45) You can still use Windows XP until 2019 with a trick to keep it updated.
46) Thanks to a fast and little known trick it is very easy to free up RAM on iPhone and iPad
47) You can hide access on Whatsapp and reading messages
48) You can see the hidden photos on Facebook of all even non-friends
49) To search for a word on a web page, press Ctrl + F together, to lock the computer quickly press Window-L, to turn off the PC on the fly press Alt-F4.
These are just some of the most important key combinations to know on PC.
50) You can use the Camera app of the PC to monitor the room even remotely
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