A HACK A DAY: Season 6
We bring you hacks and tricks to make life easier with technology around you
Season 6 features the following hacks:
- How to maximize space in a small room
- How to install Windows 8.1 on an Apple Mac
- How to transfer your family photo on wood
- 5 WhatsApp tips and tricks that you should know
- How to make a capacitive stylus in under Rs 10
- How to have two active WhatsApp accounts on one phone
- 7 tricks you must know if you own a camera
- How to hide WhatsApp images and videos from gallery
- How to control your TV with any smartphone
- Tips and tricks for travel photographers
**********
**********
Setting up things in a house can be considered quite a challenge. Fitting in each and every essential in the right place is no child’s play. Even if you can afford to buy the best things, having no place in your room may make your room look messy.
However, here are some simple tricks can maximise the space in a small room.
**********
How to install Windows 8.1 on an Apple Mac
Apple Mac computers are without doubt one of the best and most efficient computers available. However, since most of us have grown up with Windows on our computers, for some applications, you still require Windows for reasons of comfort and coherence.
Therefore, today’s hack shows how you can install Windows 8.1 operating system on a Mac. Watch and learn:
**********
How to transfer your family photo on wood
Photography is a great profession and it all starts with a hobby. Getting those unique photos and showing them off on your large screen TV or PC or sharing them through social media is a great way to display you photography art. Why not take it a step further?
Displaying your art in photo frames is cool, but moving on to transfers is a great option for displaying your artwork and even gifting it to near and dear ones. Who knows, it could be a great business too. Wedding photographers can possibly make some big bucks on this method.
The video below shows you how you can transfer a simple colour print to a wooden surface. The final product looks magnificent and will definitely attract some eyes from your friends and family.
We shall keep bringing you some of these incredible hacks, tweaks and tips in photography for you to benefit. Stay tuned.
**********
With every passing minute, WhatsApp is gaining more and more popularity. Anybody who owns a phone, generally uses a WhatsApp, and it’s so user friendly that it encourages more people to join it. However, even though you’d been a WhatsApp user for so long, you may not know everything about this messaging app.
Therefore, for today’s hack, we bring you some tips and trick about the WhatsApp messenger that will make your day. Watch and learn:
**********
Even though we are quite used to swipe and touch now, using a stylus can be a lot convenient sometimes, specially when drawing or writing. However, most of the phones and tablets do not have a stylus along with them, and if you need one, you always need to buy it separately.
Therefore, today’s hack demonstrates how you can make a stylus for your smartphone or tablet, without having to spend too much money on it. You can make this stylus with things that are mostly available at home. Watch and learn:
**********
How to have two active WhatsApp accounts on one phone
WhatsApp is one of the most popular and highly preferred chat applications today. However, WhatsApp is only restricted for use only on a smartphone. Though you can use it on a desktop, you need to install an android emulator, but you will use the smartphone version totally. WhatsApp Web is another way to use it on the desktop, but you still need the smartphone to be active on an internet connection.
WhatsApp is presently available for all mobile platforms and is only possible to use it on a single number per phone. But with numerous dual SIM smartphones out there, how would one use WhatsApp for both the numbers on the same phone? Officially, it’s not possible and you would have to use a second smartphone. However, an unofficial app can help you use two WhastApp accounts on the same phone, simultaneously. Download the application from here and watch the video on how you can do it. The procedure is simple and will take you a few minutes to get it done. Sorry iPhone users, this trick is for Android smartphones only. Hopefully iPhone developers will come out with a similar solution. However, we urge WhatsApp to come up with a default option for Dual SIM users. (There are some Chinese smartphones with triple and quad SIM options too – wonder how will they be served?)
**********
If you are a photography enthusiast, today’s hack is just for you! There is so much you wish you could do with your camera, but the images don’t always come out as you wish they would. However, these 7 photography tricks will bring you a lot closer to your desired photography skills.
Watch and learn:
**********
You constantly receive so many images and videos on your WhatsApp, that if your settings are on auto-download, it becomes quite a task to de-clutter your phone’s image gallery. Therefore, today’s hack solves the problem of hiding innumerable unwanted WhatsApp images and videos. Watch to learn:
**********
How to control your TV with any smartphone
Most new flagship smartphones from top brands, such as the Samsung, HTC and a few more, are the only ones that have an IR blaster for controlling your TV, AC or set-top-boxes. The phones feature an IR blaster LED on the top edge of the body, and a built-in IR remote app, using which one can control other devices. Sadly, older smartphones don’t have the feature possibility since they don’t incorporate IR blaster LEDs. However, with a few tweaks and a little soldering skill, you can add IR remote controlling features to almost any mobile phone. All you need are two IR LEDs and a stereo earphone audio male jack. You can get the IR LEDs from any electronic spare parts shop around your home or even rescue two from an old remote control. If you have some older unused, or non-working, remote controls around your house, simply rip them apart. Then take apart (desolder) the transparent (or black in most cases) LED found on the top of the housing (on the inside). This is the IR LED in the remote control and you will need two of them. Lastly, you can rescue an audio jack from any old earphone if you cannot find a new spare. Now follow the procedure in the video below and you will have the ability to control any electronic device from your phone (provided they are IR remote compatible.
**********
Tips and tricks for travel photographers:
When you are travelling, there is so much you see that you wish to capture forever. But right timing and right angles are always very important! So, for today’s hack we bring you some tips and tricks that you must keep in mind before you start off to capture the world in your camera! Enjoy your holidays!