Remarkably, Apple and Google officials have shared that several US states and around 22 countries have already shared willingness to create contact tracing apps with their software. Moreover, several governments had also tried to create their own phone apps to curb the spread of COVID-19. However, most of these apps faced technical glitches on the iOS and Android smartphones. Owing to the technical issues and rising concerns around privacy, the apps were not installed by many....

Google has experimented with this feature in the recent past though it has not been confirmed as to when this feature would be incorporated in Android phones. It is ironical though that while this feature might be new for Android phones, the same had been implemented by Samsung on its Galaxy phones since 2012. LG has also come up with a feature known as QSlide through which multiple apps could be opened in separate windows....

Leaked image shows interesting features Much like their previous releases, Google is tight-lipped about the features of the forthcoming handset as well. However, the leaked image indicates that this phone will feature a circular fingerprint sensor at the back. It is also likely to feature a camera with LED flash. There is an LG sticker at the back, which also confirms earlier speculations that they would be manufacturing the phone....

Android Users Alert! 17 malicious apps were uploaded on the Play Store early this month and didn’t get a chance to gain a following, and it had been downloaded around 120,000 times. Most of these are scanner apps. There were some photo editors and messaging apps as well. Once Google was notified about these apps, the company removed them from the Play Store. You can no longer download these apps but if you have them on your phone, you must uninstall them right away....

We write a lot of articles on this site that require you to connect to the Internet at some point. With a device like the iPhone 5, this connection can often occur with a wireless network. Your iPhone can even have its own wireless network, which can leave you asking the question “what is my hotspot password?” A wireless network requires two things – a modem that connects to the outside world via a cable, phone, or fiber optic connection, and a wireless router....

While the traditional way to take pictures on your iPhone involves opening the Camera app and pressing the shutter button, it isn’t always them most convenient way to accomplish this task. Luckily you can also use the side buttons to take images. But you can also customize these buttons, specifically the volume up button, so that it can take burst photos. Our guide below will show you where to find and enable this setting so that you can start taking advantage of the volume up button for multiple pictures....

How to Connect an iPad 2 to a Wi-Fi Network Before you are able to connect to a wireless network from your iPad 2, you will need to know the name of the network to which you wish to connect, as well as the password that is needed to access that network. Once you have this information, follow these steps to connect your iPad to a wireless network. Once you have connected to Wi-Fi on your iPad 2, you should check out the wireless sync feature....

There are a variety of changes you can make in this regard, including options for alternate languages, external keyboards, and even downloadable apps. Adding a new keyboard to your iPhone 7 is helpful when you need to type in a different language, and therefore need some other characters, or you want to use a keyboard app that you had on another phone or device. Or perhaps you type a lot of lengthy documents on your iPhone and would prefer to use a Bluetooth keyboard so that you can type faster and more accurately....

Using a Downloaded Pattern in Photoshop CS5 This tutorial is going to assume that you have already downloaded or otherwise acquired the pattern file that you want to add to Photoshop. Patterns are a great way to add an interesting look to a background or selection, because they are designed specifically for that purpose. Where you might otherwise only been able to use a solid color or gradient, you can now add a much more professional looking option....

Our guide below will show you how to add more rows to a Word 2013 table if the current number of rows in insufficient. You can add these rows either at the end of the table, or above and below current existing rows in the table. How to Add Additional Rows to a Word 2013 Table The steps in this article will assume that you have a table in a Word document, and that you wish to add additional rows to that table....

Our tutorial below will show you how to take an existing list of information in a Word 2013 document and turn it into a list that has been sorted based upon the first letter of the word on each row of the list. Alphabetizing a Word 2013 Selection This article will focus on alphabetizing a list of information that has been entered individually on its’ own line. You can use the alphabetizing feature in other situations as well, such as alphabetizing a table column....

Fortunately you have control over many of the display options in Google Sheets, and one of those options is the horizontal alignment of the data in your cells. Our tutorial below will show you how to select data in your Google Sheets file and move that data to the center of the cell. How to Move Data to the Middle of the Cell in Google Sheets The steps in this article were performed in the desktop version of Google Chrome....

Almost every program that you use on your computer that includes text input allows for some level of customization in the way that text appears. Whether it’s a document in Word or a spreadsheet in Excel, there are options that let you choose how text appears in those applications. Do you have contacts from another account? Find out how to import them to Gmail with a CSV file so that you can access them there, too....

But the alarms that you create may not need to go off at the same time forever, so you might need to change that time at some point in the future. Our tutorial below will show you how ot change the time for your iPad alarm clock so that it goes off at the new, correct time that you need. How to Change the iPad Alarm Clock Time Our guide continues below with additional information on how to change the alarm time on an iPad, including pictures of these steps....

Or, perhaps you are trying to go somewhere else in your city, and would like to know the cost of an Uber or Lyft. Regardless of the reason you are using the Maps app, there are apps that can integrate with it to provide you with this other information that you might need to know. Our tutorial below will show you how to check the permissions for these types of extensions so that you can decide whether or not the data from the Maps app gets shared with those services....

Fortunately this is a setting in Outlook 2013 that you can adjust. Our guide below will help you find the menu location where you can choose to disable the Ctrl requirement before clicking a link, thereby making it possible to just click a link in an email and open it in your default Web browser. How to Follow a Link in Outlook 2013 By Clicking It The steps in this guide will assume that you currently have to hold down the Ctrl key on your keyboard in order to click a link inside of an email in Outlook 2013....

How to contact Instagram support for help with your account? Instagram has a strong support tool in the form of its Help Center that offers troubleshooting tips and guides for different issues. Although there is no human to talk to, chat with, or send email to regarding the problems the guides are written by real individuals. To get to the Help Center follow the process mentioned below: Open the app on your Android or iPhoneTap on the profile pictureClick on the hamburger icon on the top rightChoose SettingsClick on Help at the bottomGo to Help CenterGuides are there to deal with different matters...

CSV files, on the other hand, are essentially text files where the cells, columns and rows are separated by a delimiter, such as a comma. These are very popular file types because of their diversity and compatibility with a number of different files. Excel 2010 is compatible with CSV files, and will open them the same way that it would open an .xlsx file. However, CSV files only have one sheet and, if you attempt to save a CSV file in Excel, it will save as a CSV file unless you manually adjust the file type....

If one of the main applications that you use is Google Drive, then you may be wondering how to copy a file in Google Drive if you are planning to either let others have access to the file, or if you are planning to make a lot of edits to one of your files. How to Make a Copy of a File in Google Drive Our guide continues below with additional information on how to copy a file in Google Drive, including pictures of these steps....

Since file compression has become much more important, Windows has improved the process that you need to follow when you want to know how or create a zip file in Windows 10. It’s now something that you can do from almost any folder location on your computer. It’s also a fairly simple process, and the file size reduction that you achieve when you zip files can solve a lot of problems that you might have encountered before when you were trying to share large numbers of files or pictures with someone over email....