tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24036211708169145672024-03-18T02:48:31.196-07:00Balunywa BytesHere I will be posting my Digital Culture news, Technology Updates, ICT news etc.Balunywa Blogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06577369850726267203noreply@blogger.comBlogger5472125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403621170816914567.post-24802608398323411662022-01-08T06:37:00.001-08:002022-01-08T06:37:05.565-08:00Stream for free<p><br style="caret-color: rgb(29, 34, 40); color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(29, 34, 40);">I was written to because I cited Roku on </span></span></span><a href="http://balunywa.blogspot.com/2017/02/28-most-useful-home-automation-gadgets.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #196ad4; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" target="_blank">this page</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(29, 34, 40); color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> at Balunywa Bytes. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(29, 34, 40); color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Here at KillTheCableBill.com, we're helping people beat inflation by replacing expensive cable TV bills with low-cost video streaming.<br /><br />Our site includes:</p><ul dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(29, 34, 40); color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><li>Top streaming services and deals -- <em>plus: how to get local TV free via old-school antennas</em></li><li>How to get free trials for Disney+, Hulu, Amazon Prime video, and more - enough to keep you watching for <em>months</em></li><li>How to avoid streaming scam sites</li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(29, 34, 40); color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">It's all here at: <br /><a href="https://www.killthecablebill.com/?off" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #196ad4;" target="_blank">https://www.killthecablebill.com/</a><br /><br />I think Balunywa Bytes readers would find your resources valuable and I have inserted a link for my readers. <br /><br /><br /></p>Balunywa Blogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06577369850726267203noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403621170816914567.post-77016892763191692872020-01-06T14:21:00.004-08:002020-01-06T14:21:56.322-08:007 Uses for a USB Stick You Didn’t Know About<h1 class="title" style="color: #1b1b1b; line-height: 1.2141em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We’ve all used USB sticks to transport files between computers and back up our files, but there are other cool things you can do with a USB stick. You can use one to lock and unlock your computer—just like in the movies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can also use a USB flash drive to quickly connect to a wireless network on all your PCs, increase your computer’s performance, or even run a web server—directly from the USB stick itself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here are several surprising ways you can use a USB flash drive.</span></div>
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1. Use a USB Flash Drive to Lock/Unlock Your PC</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do you want to lock and unlock your computer with a physical key, like they do in the movies? With the free PREDATOR tool, you can!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">PREDATOR turns a USB flash drive into an access control device—a key for your computer. When you leave your PC, unplug the USB stick and your computer will be locked. When you return, plug it back in and your computer will be unlocked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It’s like using the Lock function in Windows, but you don’t have to type your password when you return.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When you unplug your USB flash drive, your open windows will minimize, and your screen will go dark—plug it back in and your screen will turn back on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong style="max-width: 100%;">Download:</strong> <a href="http://www.predator-usb.com/predator/en/index.php" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;">PREDATOR</a> for Windows</span></div>
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2. Run Portable Apps Anywhere</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of the oddest things about software is that it usually needs to be installed. With portable apps, however, that isn’t the case.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Portable apps and games can be easily copied to a USB stick, then run from any suitable device. This is usually a 32-bit or 64-bit PC. Browsers, email tools, messaging apps, and games can all be run from a USB flash drive.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It’s a particularly useful solution if you’re keen to keep a selection of apps close to hand to use on any PC that might be nearby. This might be in a library, or even a cyber café at a holiday resort.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Check our list of the best portable apps to find a host of <a href="safari-reader://www.makeuseof.com/tag/best-portable-apps/" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;">cool things to put on a USB stick</a>.</span></div>
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3. Increase Performance With ReadyBoost</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you have a slow hard disk drive in your computer, ReadyBoost can help speed things up. When you enable ReadyBoost for a drive, it acts as a hard drive cache, caching frequently used files. If it’s faster to read from the USB stick instead of your HDD, Windows will read the flash drive cache instead.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You won’t see much of a performance boost if you have a 7200+ RPM drive. If you have a <a href="safari-reader://www.makeuseof.com/tag/solidstate-drives-work-makeuseof-explains/" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;">solid-state drive</a>, Windows won’t let you use ReadyBoost because the cache will be slower than your SSD.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To enable ReadyBoost, right-click a USB stick in Windows Explorer, select Properties, and use the options on the ReadyBoost tab. Windows will only let you enable ReadyBoost if your USB stick is fast enough, so you might see these options grayed out for some devices. ReadyBoost also requires a flash drive with at least 256 MB of free space.</span></div>
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4. Make Backups With Win32 Disk Imager</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you’re using your USB flash stick for many purposes, it might be useful to backup the contents. An easy way to do this is with Win32 Disk Imager.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Although Win32 Disk Imager is usually used to write bootable disk images to flash drives, it can also create images. Simply install and run the tool, insert the USB stick, and select a destination and name for the <strong style="max-width: 100%;">Image File</strong>. Click <strong style="max-width: 100%;">Read </strong>to clone the disk contents.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When you need to restore the disk image, simply browse to the image and click <strong style="max-width: 100%;">Write</strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong style="max-width: 100%;">Download:</strong> <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;">Win32 Disk Imager</a> for Windows</span></div>
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5. Store Vital Travel Documents</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you travel often, you’ve probably mislaid documents. Visas, booking confirmations, even passports can easily go missing. Packing papers in the wrong bag can lead to problems if baggage handlers make a mistake.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One solution is to save all travel documents to a compact USB flash drive and carry it with you. This might even include scanning your passport, if only to provide immigration with the information they need to conduct background checks if your passport has gone missing.</span></div>
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6. Install Almost Any Operating System</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bootable USB disk images of operating systems can be used to install a new OS on your PC.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For example, Windows 10 users can create a bootable USB installer disk using a dedicated tool. In the event of a problem with the operating system, this can be used to recover or even reinstall Windows.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Similarly, all manner of Linux based operating systems can be installed from USB. Many offer a live environment, giving you get a feel for the OS which runs direct from USB before installation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It’s even possible to <a href="safari-reader://www.makeuseof.com/tag/install-mac-os-x-using-removable-usb-drive/" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;">create a USB installer disk for macOS</a>.</span></div>
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7. Stay Secure Online With Tails Live Operating System</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Alternatively, you might be looking for an OS that you can run from USB to keep your online activity private.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The solution to this is Tails, which unlike standard operating systems, preserves your privacy and anonymity. No logs are kept on the operating system. Meanwhile, state of the art cryptographic software encrypts your files, emails, and instant messages, while internet data is routed via Tor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Each time you use Tails on your USB flash drive, it starts a whole new session, retaining no data. This helps to enhance your online privacy and security—just be sure to use secure passwords!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong style="max-width: 100%;">Download:</strong> <a href="https://tails.boum.org/" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;">Tails</a> live operating system</span></div>
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7 Different Ways You Can Use a USB Flash Drive</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By now you should have an idea of the different ways you can use a USB flash device.</span></div>
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<li style="max-width: 100%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Unlock your PC</span></li>
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<li style="max-width: 100%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Improve Windows performance</span></li>
<li style="max-width: 100%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Store vital documents for travel</span></li>
<li style="max-width: 100%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Backup your USB flash device</span></li>
<li style="max-width: 100%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Install any operating system</span></li>
<li style="max-width: 100%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Stay secure with Tails operating system</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However, we’ve only scratched the surface. You’ll find many other ways to use a USB flash drive. We’ve even looked at some <a href="safari-reader://www.makeuseof.com/tag/iphone-usb-drives-external-storage/" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;">flash drives you can use with your iPhone</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Struggling to get your USB device to work? It could be a problem with your computer. Here’s how to <a href="safari-reader://www.makeuseof.com/tag/dead-usb-port-heres-how-to-diagnose-and-fix-it/" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;">fix a broken USB port</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Need to create your own website? It’s easier than you’d think, especially nowadays with all the awesome services and platforms out there—not to mention all the free web hosts you can pick from.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Is Free Website Hosting Enough for Your Needs?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Before you waste any time with free web hosting services, you need to ask yourself whether free website hosting will suffice. Truth is, while free web hosting is fine for getting your site off the ground, it’s often more headache than it’s worth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here are a few reasons to reconsider free web hosting:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Extremely limited resources.</span> You’ll be lucky to get more than 1 GB of storage space. Most free web hosts only offer a few hundred MB. Given the size of images, videos, and web software these days, you’ll run out faster than you think—especially if you’re publishing a blog with frequent new content. And don’t be duped by “unmetered” storage and bandwidth, which come with performance problems (read below).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Poor site performance and uptime.</span> Free web hosts are in high demand with limited server space. This means tons of websites are crammed onto the same hardware and share bandwidth, RAM, and CPU. Best case, your site is slow as snails. Worst case, someone else’s website causes your server to crash and your site goes down.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Poor ranking in search results.</span> Search engines often give greater weight to sites hosted by reputable hosts, as they’re more likely to have reputable content. Moreover, search engines penalize rankings for sites with poor performance, which isn’t good given what we talked about above.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">You can’t monetize.</span> Many free web hosts forbid the use of advertisements and affiliate links. Some even go as far as injecting ads onto your site, so <em>they</em> make money off of <em>your</em>work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Your site isn’t really your site.</span> Per the terms and conditions of most free web hosts, your site—and possibly the content of your site—could actually be the property of the host. This means they can take your site down at any time for any reason, and if you ever want to sell your site, you won’t have the rights to do so.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That’s why we highly recommend paid web hosting. Even cheap website hosting is better than free website hosting! Whatever you can afford, go for it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Other solid web hosting options include <a href="https://inmotion-hosting.evyy.net/c/119570/353730/4222" rel="nofollow" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">InMotion Hosting</a>, <a href="http://www.bluehost.com/track/makeuseof" rel="nofollow" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">Bluehost</a>, and <a href="https://www.hostg.xyz/aff_c?offer_id=6&aff_id=12261" rel="nofollow" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">Hostinger</a>. All of these web hosting services offer discounted plans if you sign up using these links.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Still set on going with free? Here are the best free website hosting services.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With over 10 years of solid service, x10Hosting is one of the oldest and most reputable free web hosts around. Signup is fast, the specs are great, and you’ll have access to 200+ one-click installers that’ll get your website up and running in record time.</span></div>
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<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Storage:</span> Unmetered</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Bandwidth:</span> Unmetered</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Advertisements:</span> None</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Domains:</span> 2 subdomains, 2 addon domains, 1 parked domain</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Email Accounts:</span> 3 email accounts</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Upload Methods:</span> FTP</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Scripting Support:</span> PHP</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Database Support:</span> MySQL</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Control Panel:</span> cPanel</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Performance is excellent for a free host, and if your site takes off, you can always upgrade to a paid plan for as little as $4/mo through x10Premium (more advanced VPS plans are also available for as little as $9/mo).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">2. <a href="https://byet.host/free-hosting" style="color: #e22524; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">Byethost</a></span></h2>
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<img alt="The Best Free Website Hosting Services in 2019 free web host byethost" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-673588 lazy-load" data-loaded="true" data-src="//static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/free-web-host-byethost.png" height="309" src="https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/free-web-host-byethost.png" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: center;" width="670" /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Byethost owns one of the most powerful networks among free web hosting services. Thanks to their successful premium services, Byethost can provide top-notch free services with no gimmicks or catches.</span></div>
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<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Storage:</span> Unmetered</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Bandwidth:</span> Unmetered</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Advertisements:</span> None</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Domains:</span> Unlimited addon domains and parked domains</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Email Accounts:</span> 5 email accounts</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Upload Methods:</span> FTP</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Scripting Support:</span> PHP</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Database Support:</span> MySQL</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Control Panel:</span> VistaPanel</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not only do you get support through the free community forums, but Byethost offers 24/7 tech support even for free users. Don’t expect lightning-fast response times, but if you’re an absolute newbie, every ounce of help can prove crucial.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">3. <a href="https://www.5gbfree.com/" style="color: #e22524; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">5GBFree</a></span></h2>
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<img alt="The Best Free Website Hosting Services in 2019 free web host 5gbfree" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-673585 lazy-load" data-loaded="true" data-src="//static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/free-web-host-5gbfree.png" height="309" src="https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/free-web-host-5gbfree.png" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: center;" width="670" /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5GBFree offers exactly what it promises. It’s a newer service so it’s unclear how much longer they can keep this up, but they’ve been around long enough that we feel more than comfortable enough to recommend them. As far as value, 5GBFree is one of the best.</span></div>
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<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Storage:</span> 5 GB</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Bandwidth:</span> 20 GB/mo</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Advertisements:</span> None</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Domains:</span> None</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Email Accounts:</span> None</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Upload Methods:</span> FTP</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Scripting Support:</span> PHP</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Database Support:</span> MySQL</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Control Panel:</span> cPanel</span></li>
</ul>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Note that 5GBFree used to force ads on freely hosted sites, but they discontinued that in 2014. If you used to use them but stopped because of this, reconsider and try them again. You may be pleasantly surprised.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">4. <a href="https://www.awardspace.com/free-hosting/" style="color: #e22524; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">AwardSpace</a></span></h2>
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<img alt="The Best Free Website Hosting Services in 2019 free web host awardspace" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-673587 lazy-load" data-loaded="true" data-src="//static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/free-web-host-awardspace.png" height="309" src="https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/free-web-host-awardspace.png" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: center;" width="670" /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">AwardSpace launched back in 2003, so rest assured: they’ve been around for a while, and they’ll still around years from now. The free service is meant to funnel you to their paid services, but for most users, the free service is more than enough.</span></div>
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<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Storage:</span> 1 GB</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Bandwidth:</span> 5 GB/mo</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Advertisements:</span> None</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Domains:</span> 1 free domain, 3 subdomains</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Email Accounts:</span> 1 email account</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Upload Methods:</span> FTP</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Scripting Support:</span> PHP</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Database Support:</span> MySQL</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Control Panel:</span> Custom</span></li>
</ul>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Even as a free user, you can take advantage of their excellent 24/7 customer support. Obviously paid users are prioritized, but considering you’re paying nothing, that’s more than fair.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">5. <a href="http://webfreehosting.net/" style="color: #e22524; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">WebFreeHosting</a></span></h2>
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<img alt="The Best Free Website Hosting Services in 2019 free web host webfreehosting" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-673589 lazy-load" data-loaded="true" data-src="//static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/free-web-host-webfreehosting.png" height="309" src="https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/free-web-host-webfreehosting.png" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: center;" width="670" /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Despite its as-generic-as-possible name, WebFreeHosting is a choice for first timers on the web. The specs are great, and you have a simple (and affordable) upgrade path if your site takes off. Support phone numbers are available in US, UK, and Germany.</span></div>
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<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Storage:</span> 1 GB</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Bandwidth:</span> 5 GB/mo</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Advertisements:</span> None</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Domains:</span> 3 subdomains</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Email Accounts:</span> 1 email account</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Upload Methods:</span> FTP</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Scripting Support:</span> PHP, Perl</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Database Support:</span> MySQL</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Control Panel:</span> Custom</span></li>
</ul>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One thing that stands out is WebFreeHosting’s eco-friendliness. Their servers are completely powered by wind energy, which should set your mind at ease if you’re worried about your own carbon footprint.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">6. <a href="https://www.000webhost.com/" style="color: #e22524; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">000Webhost</a></span></h2>
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<img alt="The Best Free Website Hosting Services in 2019 free web host 000webhost" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-673584 lazy-load" data-loaded="true" data-src="//static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/free-web-host-000webhost.png" height="309" src="https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/free-web-host-000webhost.png" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: center;" width="670" /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">000Webhost is an oft-recommended name on free web hosting lists, and rightfully so. They pack a bunch of features into the free plan, and there are no hidden costs, gimmicks, or catches. They also have over a decade of experience, so you can breathe easy knowing they won’t fold overnight.</span></div>
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<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Storage:</span> 1 GB</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Bandwidth:</span> 10 GB/mo</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Advertisements:</span> None</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Domains:</span> 1 subdomain</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Email Accounts:</span> None</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Upload Methods:</span> FTP</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Scripting Support:</span> PHP</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Database Support:</span> MySQL</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Control Panel:</span> cPanel</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Despite the great specs, we do caution against using 000Webhost because <a href="https://www.000webhost.com/000webhost-database-hacked-data-leaked" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">they were hacked in 2015</a>, leading to leaked usernames, passwords, email addresses, and personal names. However, if you take the proper precautions, you can mitigate such risks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">7. <a href="https://www.freewebhostingarea.com/" style="color: #e22524; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">Free Web Hosting Area</a></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By Mihir Patkar ,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When you’re downloading an image from the internet to use for commercial or personal projects, you need to be careful about royalty and copyright issues. Here are a few resources full of cool images to download something different.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This list includes a diverse set of image resources. Apart from regular stock images, we have also rounded up old archive pictures; AI-generated human faces that aren’t actually a real person; free illustrations for presentations and projects; and a way to bulk download a large number of images.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">1. <a href="https://search.creativecommons.org/" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">Creative Commons Search</a>: Overhauled and Lightning Fast</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once you understand the different <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/creative-commons-use/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">types of Creative Commons copyrights licenses</a>, you’ll be able to quickly find the right picture for your needs. Now Creative Commons itself has overhauled its search engine to make it easier and faster than ever to scour its massive library.</span></div>
<span class="link-callout visible" style="background-color: #fff8f8; border-left-color: rgb(226, 37, 36); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 5px; clear: both; display: block; margin: 34px 0px; padding: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="link-callout-image" style="background-image: url(https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/themes/makeuseof2016/components/icons/no-image.png); background-position: 50% 50%; background-size: cover; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; max-height: 120px; overflow: hidden; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 157.25px;"><span class="link-callout-image-container" style="background-image: url(https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/cc-unlock-297x141.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%; background-size: cover; display: block; height: 0px; padding-bottom: 117.9375px; position: relative; transform: scale(1); transition: transform 0.4s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94), transform 0.4s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94); width: 157.25px;"><a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/creative-commons-use/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; display: block; height: 117.9375px; left: 0px; position: absolute; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9999em; top: 0px; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94); width: 157.25px;">What Is Creative Commons, And Should You Use It?</a></span></span> <span class="link-callout-info" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 471.75px;"><span class="link-callout-title" style="color: #432d2d; display: block; font-style: initial; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.2;"><a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/creative-commons-use/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; font-style: initial; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">What Is Creative Commons, And Should You Use It?</a></span><span class="link-callout-excerpt" style="color: #69656e; display: block; font-style: initial; line-height: 1.7; margin: 8px 0px 10px;">Creative Commons is a set of licenses which automatically give you permission to do various things, such as reuse and distribute the content. Let's find out more about it and how to use it.</span><a class="link-callout-link" href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/creative-commons-use/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; display: block; font-style: initial; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 1px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">READ MORE</a></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">CC Search simplifies the licenses by first letting you filter them by two broad categories. Click “filters” and under “I want something that I can” choose “use for commercial purposes” or “modify and adapt”. You can choose further filters like the exact license and the several different providers available with Creative Commons.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These image providers include some big names like the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and art works from Behance and DeviantArt. CC Search currently has over 300 million images, and is lightning fast. It should become your first stop to find free pictures.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">2. <a href="https://thispersondoesnotexist.com/" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">This Person Does Not Exist</a>: AI-Generated Real-Looking Fake Humans</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Would it blow your mind to know that the picture above is not a real person, but a computer-generated fake? This is perhaps the best way to use a human face for one of your projects, without causing a real person any unwanted exposure or consequences.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The AI technology uses something called a Generative Adversarial Network (GAN). The machine learns the human faces by scanning a large set. Based on that, it starts building a completely new face pixel by pixel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The end result is a 1024×1024 image of a human that does not exist in real life, but boy, tell that to your eyes. This Person Does Not Exist generates a random new face every time you visit the page. Chalk this up to another one of those <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/google-deepmind-ai/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">freaky things AI can do</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">3. <a href="https://nos.twnsnd.co/" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">New Old Stock</a>: Vintage Pictures From Archives</span></h2>
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<img alt="New Old Stock is an archive of vintage pictures without royalty or copyrights" class="aligncenter lazy-load" data-loaded="true" data-src="//static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/free-stock-images-new-old-stock.jpg" height="495" src="https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/free-stock-images-new-old-stock.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: center;" width="670" /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The copyrights for a photograph expire after a certain amount of time. Museums, universities, media houses, and other institutions have periodically released such archival pictures for the public. Free of copyright issues, you can grab some of the best of these at New Old Stock.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Since it’s a Tumblr blog, it’s difficult to browse through the choices apart from simply scrolling chronologically. There is a search bar to find images that have the correct tags, but that’s about it. Nonetheless, the collection is brilliant and worth scanning through if you are on the lookout for pictures that look old.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Most images should be fine for personal or non-commercial use. But if you are using a picture for commercial purposes, it would still be a good idea to check the original institution’s sharing policies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">4. <a href="https://gallery.manypixels.co/" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">ManyPixels Gallery</a>: Free Illustrations for Presentations and Projects</span></h2>
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<img alt="ManyPixels has free illustrations and art for projects and presentations" class="aligncenter lazy-load" data-loaded="true" data-src="//static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/free-stock-images-manypixels.png" height="393" src="https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/free-stock-images-manypixels.png" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: center;" width="670" /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While stock images are usually easy to find, it’s a lot more difficult to find good royalty-free illustrations, especially the type you can use in PowerPoint presentations and formal projects. Design firm ManyPixels has got your back about this.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Every week, ManyPixels releases a new batch of illustrations that you can download for free and use as you see fit. These artworks are generally about office and work-related situations, but there are some exceptions to that. Go through the list, you’ll be able to find something for most situations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Interestingly, you can also change the base color palette of the design before downloading it as an SVG or PNG file. By default, it’s set to light blue, but you can turn it to any color of your choice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There’s also a handy search engine to find what you’re looking for, if you don’t want to browse through the options. I’d still suggest browsing though because the illustrations are basic enough for any one drawing to be used to depict scenarios that it isn’t named after or tagged with.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">5. <a href="https://pix-zip.herokuapp.com/" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">Pix-Zip</a>: Bulk Download Images From Popular Stock Resources</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pexels, Pixabay, and UnSplash are some of the <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/top-5-websites-for-free-stock-photographs/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">top websites for free stock photographs</a>. Each has their own database of images, and Pix-Zip puts them all in one place, while also letting you download images in bulk.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It’s a two-pane window. You search in the right pane for a keyword, and you get a large list of images. Drag-and-drop the pictures you like into the left pane. You can also change what you search for, and thus add pictures from a different search result.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There doesn’t seem to be any limit on how many images you can add to the left pane. Once you’ve made your collection, you can download all pictures as a single ZIP file. Super convenient.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Look for Little-Known Sources</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You will undoubtedly find something worth using at the popular stock image sites like Pexels and Pixabay. But the downside of this is that everyone goes there, so the picture you use might just end up being used by a competitor too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That’s why it’s a good idea to look at some of the <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/free-stock-image-sites/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">lesser-known free stock image sites</a>. This way, you reduce the chances of repetition and duplication, while also finding pictures that might be more apt for what you need.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By Georgina Torbet ,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When someone Googles your name, there’s a whole host of information about you they might find. Sometimes this is good, like finding links to your personal website or Twitter account. But sometimes there is information that you don’t want to share online, like your home address or phone number.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Directory listing websites can hold a lot of your personal information. But fortunately there is a way to get this information taken down. In this article, we’ll show you have to take control of your personal data and get your details deleted from these websites.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">What Types of Sites Collect Your Personal Data?</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You might be shocked by how many websites list information about you. Sites like online directories, address listing sites, and background check websites are common. You’ll find sites like Whitepages.com, which lists personal information on many people in the U.S. (In the U.K., 192.com does the same thing.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Often these sites have some information available publicly. Then they charge people to access more information such as full addresses.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The idea is that these sites can offer useful information for potential employers, skip tracers, or journalists. But this data can very easily be misused. And you never know who is looking at your personal information.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">What Information About You Is Available Online?</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These sites can gather a lot of information about you, including:</span></div>
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<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Your name</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Your current home address</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Other addresses where you have previously lived</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Your email address</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Your mobile and home phone numbers</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Date of birth</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Names of your relatives</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Details of any criminal convictions</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Details of arrests that did not lead to a conviction</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Names of your friends, business partners, or housemates</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Whether you are married or divorced and the name of your spouse</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Your education</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Your employer</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Assets, such as whether you own a house</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some sites may even have access to much more sensitive personal data such as your social security number.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">What’s Wrong With Personal Info Being Available?</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When you see it listed out like that, it’s pretty scary how much information about you can be obtained. Especially as all it takes to find is a quick Google search. If you’re concerned about privacy, you should get this information taken down. This is particularly important if you want to avoid being stalked or harassed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But there’s another reason to be concerned about the availability of this data too. Having this information easily available makes you vulnerable to identify theft, spear phishing, <a class="no-callout" href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/sim-card-swapping/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">SIM swaps</a>, and other cyber attacks. The more people who can access your personal details, the easier it is for someone to pretend to be you or to target you in an attack.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Simply: anyone can steal your identity.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Where Do These Websites Get Their Data?</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Although these sites may be annoying and intrusive, they are not illegal. Even though you didn’t give you information to the sites personally, they merely collate information which is already publicly available.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Often these sites source data from public government databases. These include the electoral roll, census records, criminal conviction databases, marriage certificate records, land use records, and more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While you have to accept that some information about you will be publicly available, it’s quite a different story to have all this data available on one website. It’s also concerning that this information is accessible through a simple Google search.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another source of information that many sites use is your social media profiles. If you have publicly accessible personal information available on your Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter account, it will likely end up on a directory site. You might want to delete information from social media sites. Also you can <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/online-privacy-share-information/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">consider whether you share too much information online</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It used to be that listings websites would make it very difficult for you to remove your data. Often they would request annoying things like printing and posting a paper form, or even requiring you to send a fax.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But now, thanks in part to new <a href="https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/consumers/internet-telecoms/data-protection-online-privacy/index_en.htm#shortcut-7-deleting-your-personal-data-the-right-to-be-forgotten" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">EU data control laws</a>, the sites must give you a reasonable way to remove your details. Even if you live outside the EU, if the site operates within Europe then it must allow you to remove your information.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Unfortunately there is no way to opt out of all these sites at once. You will have to submit a request for your data to be removed from each site individually. But it shouldn’t take too long. Usually you just need to fill out an online form and the site will take down your details within a few days.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A word of warning though: sometimes sites will ask for more of your details in the removal form. You should only ever give the details that the site already has. For example, maybe a site lists your name and address but not your phone number. When you fill out the removal form you should only put in your name and address.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If the site asks for a phone number or email address, use a fake one. Don’t give any more information to these sites than they already have.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is a list of some of the most common data collection websites with links to their respective opt out pages:</span></div>
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<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><a href="https://www.beenverified.com/f/optout/search" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">BeenVerified</span></a></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><a href="https://www.192.com/c01/new-request/" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">192.com</span></a></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><a href="https://www.peekyou.com/about/contact/optout/" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">PeekYou</span></a></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><a href="https://www.intelius.com/optout" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Intelius</span></a></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><a href="https://radaris.com/page/how-to-remove" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Radaris</span></a></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can find a longer list of personal data websites with instructions on how to remove your details from each at <a href="https://wiki.onerep.com/" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">wiki.onerep.com</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The best way to check which sites you need to remove your data from is by running a search on yourself. Enter your name into Google and see what comes up. If you have a common name, add your state or zip code to the search query to filter out irrelevant results.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Directory sites, background check sites, and address listing sites are all common. They can list information about you without your permission.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But you can get your data taken down. Using the links in this article you can have your personal data removed from these websites which will help protect you against cyber attacks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While you’re at it, you might also want to <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/clear-data-google-attempt-regain-privacy/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">clear your data from Google</a> to further improve your online privacy.</span></div>
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Balunywa Blogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06577369850726267203noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403621170816914567.post-43755102094761882532019-05-14T16:34:00.003-07:002019-05-14T16:34:31.373-07:00Google Will Now Delete Your Data Automatically <div style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.7;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can now force Google to automatically delete your data after a set period of time. This should save you from having to delete said data manually. Initially, Google’s auto-delete controls are available for your Location History and Web & App Activity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In a post on <a href="https://www.blog.google/technology/safety-security/automatically-delete-data/" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">The Keyword</a>, Google explains how and why it’s introducing auto-delete controls for your data. The company explains that it collects data in order to “make Google products more useful for you”. And there is some truth to this.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Of course, you don’t have to give Google your data. If you’re happy using the company’s products on an ad hoc basis you can stop Google from saving your data. But what if you appreciate some level of personalization but don’t want Google to store that data forever?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Until now, the only option you had was to manually delete your data. Once a week, once a month, or whatever. Now, with the new auto-delete controls, you can have Google delete your data after three months or 18 months without you having to lift a finger.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All you need to do is log in to your Google account and tap <span style="font-weight: 700;">Manage Your Google Account</span>. Then tap <span style="font-weight: 700;">Data & Personalization</span> and find <span style="font-weight: 700;">Activity Controls</span>. Tap <span style="font-weight: 700;">Manage Your Activity Controls</span> and then <span style="font-weight: 700;">Manage Activity</span>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The new auto-delete controls are available for <span style="font-weight: 700;">Web & App Activity</span> and <span style="font-weight: 700;">Location History</span>. So, when you tap <span style="font-weight: 700;">Manage Activity</span> under these two headings you can <span style="font-weight: 700;">Choose to Delete Automatically</span>. You can then choose how long Google will retain your data.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Everyone should be more aware of how the data they generate while online is being used. These auto-delete controls—which is Google trying to bridge the gap between personalization and privacy—suggest the company is taking people’s concerns seriously.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Even if you’re not concerned about how companies such as Google are using your data, there’s always a chance that data will escape into the wider world. So, with that in mind, here are some <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/data-breaches-protect-data/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">simple ways to protect your data</a> before the hackers succeed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By Georgina Torbet </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you’ve been looking for a safe, free VPN to use on your Android device then you’re in luck. Opera recently added a free VPN service to their web browser for Android.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here’s how to use Opera’s free VPN so you can browse the internet safely and privately.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In general, you should be suspicious of free VPN services. As tempting as it may be to save some cash, these services often make money in dubious ways.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some free VPN services have usage caps, so you can use them for a little bit but then they’ll charge you money if you go over a set limit. This is annoying but not unethical. The really worrying free VPNs are the ones which claim to keep you safe but actually misuse your data.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For example, Hola used to be a popular free browser extension which let you access content from other regions. But a few years ago, it came out that the service was actually acting as a botnet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The company was selling off access to its users’ devices to all sorts of disreputable companies. Users found their devices were being used in cyber attacks like Direct Denial of Service attacks without them even being aware of it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another example of a dodgy free VPN service was Facebook’s Onavo app. The app was promoted as a secure VPN, but it actually funneled all of its users’ data to Facebook. Facebook could see exactly which websites users visited and which apps they used.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Overall, there are <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/biggest-risks-using-free-vpns/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">many reasons not to use a free VPN</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With all that said, there is now an option for a safe and free VPN for Android. Opera is a well-established web browser that has experimented with free VPN services in the past. The latest version of their Android app which can you <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.opera.browser.beta" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">download from the Google Play Store</a>, includes a free VPN.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Unlike other free VPNs which are offered by third party companies who want to sell your data to make money, Opera’s VPN is a way of promoting the browser. Their aim is to use the VPN service to attract users, not to make money from it directly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The features of the Opera VPN are basic, but cover all of the essentials. It offers no web traffic logging, no bandwidth cap or usage limits, and strong 256-bit encryption. You can also use the VPN for region spoofing, although this function is pretty bare bones.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">How to Install and Use Opera for Android</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Using Opera’s VPN service is very easy. First you need to download the <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.opera.browser.beta" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">Opera browser beta for Android from the Play Store</a>. If you don’t like the idea of installing beta software on your device then you can wait until version 51 of the browser is released which will include the VPN feature.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once it’s installed, open up Opera and you can use it just like any other browser. But first, we’ll turn on the VPN service.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To do this, click on the <span style="font-weight: 700;">red O</span> in the bottom right corner to bring up the Opera menu. Then select <span style="font-weight: 700;">Settings</span>. In the settings menu you’ll see a toggle for <span style="font-weight: 700;">VPN</span>. Make sure this toggle is set to <span style="font-weight: 700;">Enabled</span>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By default, the VPN is only active when you browse in private mode. But we want to have it active all the time for the best security, so <span style="font-weight: 700;">long press</span> on the <span style="font-weight: 700;">VPN</span> option to bring up the <span style="font-weight: 700;">VPN menu</span>. Here you’ll see a checkbox for <span style="font-weight: 700;">Use VPN for private tabs only</span>. Make sure this checkbox is <span style="font-weight: 700;">unchecked</span>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now the VPN is active whenever you use the browser. If you visit a webpage, you’ll see a blue square saying VPN in the top left, next to the address bar. If you want to adjust the VPN settings at any time or to turn it off, <span style="font-weight: 700;">tap the blue square</span>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This brings up a menu where you can see how much data you have transferred over the last 30 days and options to turn the VPN off or go to the VPN settings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Using Opera VPN for Region Spoofing</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another handy feature of a VPN is that you can use it for region spoofing. This is where your browser makes it appear as if you are based in a different location from your real-world location.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For example, you can make it appear as if you are in the US when you’re actually in Europe. This is helpful if you need to access a site which is only available in the US.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you go to the <span style="font-weight: 700;">VPN settings</span> menu and then tap on <span style="font-weight: 700;">Virtual</span> <span style="font-weight: 700;">location</span>, you can choose from <span style="font-weight: 700;">Optimal</span>, <span style="font-weight: 700;">America</span>, <span style="font-weight: 700;">Asia</span>, or <span style="font-weight: 700;">Europe</span>. Just tap on <span style="font-weight: 700;">America</span> and your browser will access websites as if you were in the US.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you want to confirm that the VPN is working, you can visit a site like <a href="https://whatsmyip.com/" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">whatsmyip.com</a>which will show you your public IP and say which country you appear to be browsing from.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Potential Drawbacks of Opera VPN on Android</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are some potential drawbacks to Opera’s VPN that you should be aware of. Firstly, although the VPN does cover all the basic requirements, it does lack extra features like country-specific region spoofing, choosing which server you want to connect to, and a kill switch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Secondly, Opera Limited, the company that develops the Opera browser, is based in Norway. However, this company is owned by a number of Chinese companies. Some people raise the issue of the Chinese government’s oversight of Chinese companies, and they worry that this could affect the VPN’s privacy in the future.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Finally, according to Opera’s <a href="https://www.opera.com/privacy" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">privacy statement</a>, the VPN does not log any information about your browsing activities or your real IP address. This is good, as no logging is one of the <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-choose-a-vpn-provider/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">most important factors to consider when choosing a VPN provider</a>. But the browser does assign users a random ID and collects information about your device and your use of features under this ID.</span></div>
<span class="link-callout visible" style="background-color: #fff8f8; border-left-color: rgb(226, 37, 36); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 5px; clear: both; display: block; margin: 34px 0px; padding: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="link-callout-image" style="background-image: url(https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/themes/makeuseof2016/components/icons/no-image.png); background-position: 50% 50%; background-size: cover; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; max-height: 120px; overflow: hidden; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 157.25px;"><span class="link-callout-image-container" style="background-image: url(https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/choose-vpn-297x141.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%; background-size: cover; display: block; height: 0px; padding-bottom: 117.9375px; position: relative; transform: scale(1); transition: transform 0.4s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94), transform 0.4s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94); width: 157.25px;"><a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-choose-a-vpn-provider/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; display: block; height: 117.9375px; left: 0px; position: absolute; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9999em; top: 0px; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94); width: 157.25px;">How to Choose a VPN Provider: 5 Tips to Keep in Mind</a></span></span> <span class="link-callout-info" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 471.75px;"><span class="link-callout-title" style="color: #432d2d; display: block; font-style: initial; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.2;"><a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-choose-a-vpn-provider/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; font-style: initial; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">How to Choose a VPN Provider: 5 Tips to Keep in Mind</a></span><span class="link-callout-excerpt" style="color: #69656e; display: block; font-style: initial; line-height: 1.7; margin: 8px 0px 10px;">Thinking about choosing a VPN but don't know where to start? Here's what you need to check before signing up to a VPN service.</span><a class="link-callout-link" href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-choose-a-vpn-provider/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; display: block; font-style: initial; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 1px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">READ MORE</a></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This information can’t be linked to you personally but it is collected by the company.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Opera’s Free VPN Can Keep Your Data Safe</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you need a VPN and you don’t want to spend any money, Opera’s free VPN service is a great solution.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It isn’t as full-featured as other VPNs, and if you are really serious about your security then you may want to look into <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/best-vpn-services/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">the best paid VPN services</a> instead, such as <a href="https://www.linkev.com/order?offer=3monthsfree&a_fid=makeuseof" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">ExpressVPN</a>. But using Opera’s browser with VPN enabled will improve your security for no charge, and that makes it a winner in our book.</span></div>
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Balunywa Blogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06577369850726267203noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403621170816914567.post-2060774722316897102019-02-06T17:58:00.001-08:002019-02-06T17:58:12.806-08:00Did you know......?<br /><a href="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2F474x%2F5b%2F6b%2F9b%2F5b6b9b29473d55d41acef6fc9caaaef2.jpg&t=1549503688&ymreqid=a5ad217b-c092-f2f1-1c71-7601e3017f00&sig=rNf_HCfWgsawH3EaCs4gAw--~C" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" class="yiv2390117567m_w96 yiv2390117567m_hauto" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2F474x%2F5b%2F6b%2F9b%2F5b6b9b29473d55d41acef6fc9caaaef2.jpg&t=1549503688&ymreqid=a5ad217b-c092-f2f1-1c71-7601e3017f00&sig=rNf_HCfWgsawH3EaCs4gAw--~C" style="background-color: #97989d; border-bottom-left-radius: 8px; border-bottom-right-radius: 8px; border-top-left-radius: 8px; border-top-right-radius: 8px; display: block; min-height: 609px; outline: none;" /></a>Balunywa Blogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06577369850726267203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403621170816914567.post-46838814321379231662019-01-30T03:47:00.001-08:002019-01-30T03:47:20.224-08:009 Essential WhatsApp Tips and Tricks You Should Know <div style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.7;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By Akshata Shanbhag </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">WhatsApp is one of the hottest social networking apps around thanks to features like free video calls and the ability to delete messages. However, even if you use WhatsApp regularly, you might have missed some of its best features.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In this article we take a look at some awesome WhatsApp features. And while some users may regard these as essential WhatsApp features, other users may discover previously unknown tricks they can add to their arsenal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">1. Tweak Your WhatsApp Privacy Settings</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You don’t always want everyone to know when you’re online, or whether you had a chance to see their last message. Sometimes you want a bit of time to think before you have these conversations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You might also have good reason to make sure that only certain people see your profile picture. In fact, it’s pretty unlikely that you’d want anyone but your friends to see your profile picture at all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Head to <span style="font-weight: 700;">Settings > Account > Privacy</span> and you can tweak all of your WhatsApp privacy settings. By default everyone—not just your contacts—can see your last seen time, status message, and profile picture, which might be sharing a little too much.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It’s strange that an app that decided to have great encryption decided also to have overly public default privacy settings. It’s up to you to <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/whatsapp-secure-tips/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">make WhatsApp more secure and private</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Note:</span> This is also where you’re able to turn off read receipts if you wish. However, if you do this you won’t be able to see other people’s read receipts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">2. Back Up Your WhatsApp Messages</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you never want to lose a single WhatsApp message ever again, you need to back up your chat history. To do this, go to <span style="font-weight: 700;">Settings > Chats > Chat Backup</span> and tap on <span style="font-weight: 700;">Back Up Now</span>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you’re on iOS, the backup goes straight to your iCloud account. On an Android device, it goes to your Google Drive account. Of course, you’ll need to be logged into the relevant cloud storage account first.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It’s best to put your backups on autopilot and forget about them. That’s where the <span style="font-weight: 700;">Auto Backup</span> option comes in handy. It lets you back up your chats on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. (You can specify if you want to include videos in the backup.) Now, if you <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/accidentally-deleted-whatsapp-chat-history-heres-get-back/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">accidentally delete WhatsApp messages</a>, you still have some hope of recovering them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">3. Export Individual WhatsApp Chats</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you want to share specific chats via email, Slack, or some other service, you’ll need to export them first using the <span style="font-weight: 700;">Export Chat</span> option. You’ll find this in the <span style="font-weight: 700;">Contact Info</span> section (<span style="font-weight: 700;">Group Info</span> section for groups) which shows the contact’s name, phone number, status message, etc.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The exported chat appears as a ZIP file that you can share with others. During export, you can specify whether the file should include attached media.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">4. Change the WhatsApp Wallpaper</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chatting on WhatsApp doesn’t have to be a bland experience, as it’s really easy to change the background. Head to <span style="font-weight: 700;">Settings > Chats > Chat Wallpaper</span> and you can grab a new background from the in-built wallpaper library. You can also choose a solid color or one of your own photos as the wallpaper.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Want the original WhatsApp wallpaper back? All you have to do is tap on <span style="font-weight: 700;">Reset Wallpaper</span>.<iframe allowfullscreen="" data-google-container-id="5" data-load-complete="true" frameborder="0" height="300" id="google_ads_iframe_/1065821/sws-hb//makeuseof.com//in_content-4_0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="google_ads_iframe_/1065821/sws-hb//makeuseof.com//in_content-4_0" scrolling="no" style="border-width: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;" title="3rd party ad content" width="416"></iframe></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">5. See Exactly When WhatsApp Messages Were Read</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you’re keen to check whether your friend knows about your party or not, you can easily see if they’ve read the messages you sent or not. Just view the conversation and look for the blue ticks to know whether your latest message has been read (if they have read receipts turned on).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Need more information? Long-press on the relevant message and tap on <span style="font-weight: 700;">Info</span> to see exactly when that message was delivered and when it was read.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Keep in mind that you’ll see a couple of gray ticks if your friend hasn’t read the message and a single gray tick if it hasn’t been delivered yet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">6. Check Your WhatsApp Data Use</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">No one likes excessive data charges, so it’s worth being able to check how much data WhatsApp is using. To do this, go to <span style="font-weight: 700;">Settings > Data and Storage Usage > Network Usage</span>and you can get the full details of all your data consumption.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you want to keep your data usage down, tweak the media auto-download and call settings under <span style="font-weight: 700;">Settings > Data and Storage Usage</span>. Here, you can restrict automated media downloads to Wi-Fi connections or turn them off completely to save on mobile data. Opting for a lower voice call quality also helps keep data usage down.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">7. Use WhatsApp on a Desktop</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As long as your WhatsApp-enabled smartphone has an active internet connection, you can <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-use-whatsapp-pc-sync-phone/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">use WhatsApp on your PC</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To get started, head to <a href="https://web.whatsapp.com/" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">web.whatsapp.com</a> on your computer. Next, open WhatsApp on your phone and visit <span style="font-weight: 700;">Settings > WhatsApp Web/Desktop</span>. Now point your phone at your computer screen to scan the QR code displayed there. Your chats should then show up instantly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can also use this method to access WhatsApp on a tablet, but you’ll need to request the desktop version of the WhatsApp Web site first. It’s a pity that this method doesn’t seem to work for everyone; I have had no trouble with it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Changing to a new mobile number doesn’t mean the end of your WhatsApp account—it’s possible to transfer it to the new number. Head to <span style="font-weight: 700;">Settings > Account > Change Number</span>to start the process. You’ll need to enter both the old and new numbers to migrate the data properly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If for some reason you want to delete your WhatsApp account altogether, head to <span style="font-weight: 700;">Settings > Account > Delete My Account</span> to get started. You can always start a new account later if you change your mind, but your chat history from the current account will be gone forever. The cloud backups of your messages also vanish. Plus, you’ll disappear from groups and the contact lists of your friends.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Keep in mind that any conversations you have been a part of are still visible to your contacts since those conversations are also a part of their chat history.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">More Hidden WhatsApp Tips and Tricks to Start Using</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">WhatsApp is here to stay, more <a class="no-callout" href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/4-slick-whatsapp-alternatives-guard-privacy/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">privacy-focused WhatsApp alternatives</a>notwithstanding. It has many features and settings that aren’t obvious at first glance. Now that you know about these awesome WhatsApp features, you should try a few <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/10-hidden-whatsapp-tricks-need-try-right-now/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">hidden WhatsApp tricks</a> next.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So you forgot your Facebook login and password and can’t log into Facebook anymore? Or was your Facebook account hacked, meaning you can’t access it anymore?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If so, you are not alone. Fortunately, Facebook offers several automated ways to recover your account. Whether you forgot your Facebook password or can no longer log in because a hacker changed it, you have several options. In this article we’ll show you how to recover your Facebook account, step-by-step.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Note:</span> This article covers everything we know about Facebook account recovery. Read the article, read the comments, and if you still have questions, feel free to ask it in the comment. Unfortunately, we can’t offer one-on-one support and we also don’t have a direct line to Facebook.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">1. Are You Still Logged In Somewhere?</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Before you try to recover your account</span>, check whether you are still logged into Facebook on any of your devices. This could be another browser or browser profile on your computer, your Facebook Android or iOS app, or a mobile browser, for example on your tablet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you can still access Facebook anywhere, you might be able to “recover” your Facebook password without a confirmation reset code; though what you’ll actually do is create a new password. Proceed to step 1a of our article on <a class="no-callout" href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/4-immediately-facebook-account-hacked/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">what to do when your Facebook account gets hacked</a>, where we explain how to change your Facebook password. At this point, also consider <a class="no-callout" href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/use-2fa-facebook-without-phone-number/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">setting up two-factor authentication on Facebook</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Note:</span> If you set up two-factor authentication and have lost access to your Code Generator, here’s how you can <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/log-facebook-lost-access-code-generator/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">regain your Facebook login</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">2. Have You Tried Default Account Recovery Options?</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">OK, so you could not find a device where you were still logged into Facebook. Let’s proceed with the recovery then. If possible, <span style="font-weight: 700;">use a network or computer from which you’ve logged into your Facebook account before</span>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First, you need to identify your account. Head to the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/recover.php" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">Facebook recover page</a> and use an email address or phone number you previously added to your Facebook account. Even if it doesn’t say so, you can also use your Facebook username.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once you successfully managed to identify your account, you will see a summary of your profile. Before you proceed, carefully check whether this really is your account and whether you still have access to the email address(es) listed.</span></div>
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<img alt="Reset your Facebook password through your email." class="aligncenter lazy-load" data-loaded="true" data-src="//static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Facebook-Reset-Password.png" height="318" src="https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Facebook-Reset-Password.png" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: center;" width="606" /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Should you <span style="font-weight: 700;">No longer have access to these?</span> proceed to point 3 of this article.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If all looks well with the contact details that Facebook has on file for you, however, click <span style="font-weight: 700;">Continue</span>. Facebook will send you a security code.</span></div>
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<img alt="Facebook Account Recovery Code Email" class="aligncenter wp-image-828190 size-full lazy-load" data-loaded="true" data-src="//static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Facebook-Account-Recovery-Code.png" height="458" src="https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Facebook-Account-Recovery-Code.png" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: center;" width="670" /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Retrieve the code from your email, enter it, and rejoice in having recovered your Facebook account.</span></div>
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<img alt="Enter the Facebook security code you received in an email." class="aligncenter lazy-load" data-loaded="true" data-src="//static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Facebook-Security-Code-1.png" height="263" src="https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Facebook-Security-Code-1.png" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: center;" width="566" /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At this point, you can set a new password, which we strongly recommend.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If the code never arrives, click <span style="font-weight: 700;">Didn’t get a code?</span>, which will take you back to the previous screen. You can try again or maybe you’ll realize that you don’t have access to the account after all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Back Into Your Facebook Account</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you managed to regain access to your account and if you suspect that <a class="no-callout" href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/facebook-hacked-heres-tell-fix/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">your Facebook account was hacked</a>, immediately change your password and update your contact information. These are key steps in securing your Facebook account. Be sure to remove any email addresses or phone numbers that are not your own or that you can no longer access.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">We strongly recommend that you <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/setup-two-factor-authentication-social-accounts/" style="color: #e22524; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">enable two-factor authentication</a></span>, so this won’t happen again.</span></div>
<span class="link-callout visible" style="background-color: #fff8f8; border-left-color: rgb(226, 37, 36); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 5px; clear: both; display: block; margin: 34px 0px; padding: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="link-callout-image" style="background-image: url(https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/themes/makeuseof2016/components/icons/no-image.png); background-position: 50% 50%; background-size: cover; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; max-height: 120px; overflow: hidden; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 157.25px;"><span class="link-callout-image-container" style="background-image: url(https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/two-factor-auth-social-297x141.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%; background-size: cover; display: block; height: 0px; padding-bottom: 117.9375px; position: relative; transform: scale(1); transition: transform 0.4s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94), transform 0.4s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94); width: 157.25px;"><a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/setup-two-factor-authentication-social-accounts/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; display: block; height: 117.9375px; left: 0px; position: absolute; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9999em; top: 0px; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94); width: 157.25px;">How to Set Up Two-Factor Authentication on All Your Social Accounts</a></span></span> <span class="link-callout-info" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 471.75px;"><span class="link-callout-title" style="color: #432d2d; display: block; font-style: initial; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.2;"><a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/setup-two-factor-authentication-social-accounts/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; font-style: initial; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">How to Set Up Two-Factor Authentication on All Your Social Accounts</a></span><span class="link-callout-excerpt" style="color: #69656e; display: block; font-style: initial; line-height: 1.7; margin: 8px 0px 10px;">Let's see which social media platforms support two-factor authentification and how you can enable it.</span><a class="link-callout-link" href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/setup-two-factor-authentication-social-accounts/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; display: block; font-style: initial; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 1px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">READ MORE</a></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">3. Did Your Contact Information Change?</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Often, it’s not possible to recover a Facebook account using the options above. Maybe you have lost access to the email address(es) and phone number(s) you once added to your profile. Or maybe a hacker changed this information. In that case, Facebook allows you to specify a new email address or phone number, which they will use to contact you about recovering your account.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To start this process, click the link <a href="https://www.facebook.com/recover/extended?no_access=1" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">No longer have access to these?</a> in the bottom left on the reset password page (see above) to start the Facebook account recovery process. Facebook will ask you for a <span style="font-weight: 700;">new email address or phone number</span>, so that they can get in touch with you to help you recover your account. Click <span style="font-weight: 700;">Continue</span> to proceed.</span></div>
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<img alt="Let Facebook know how they can reach you." class="aligncenter lazy-load" data-loaded="true" data-src="//static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Facebook-Reach.png" height="250" src="https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Facebook-Reach.png" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: center;" width="566" /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you have set up <a href="https://www.facebook.com/help/215543298568604" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">Trusted Contacts</a>, you can ask them to help you recover your Facebook account in the next step. You’ll need to remember at least one full name of your three to five Trusted Contacts to reveal all of them. Note that you only need three codes to recover your Facebook account.</span></div>
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<img alt="Ask trusted contacts for help to recover Facebook account." class="size-full wp-image-828191 aligncenter lazy-load" data-loaded="true" data-src="//static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Facebook-Contact-Trusted-Contacts.png" height="482" src="https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Facebook-Contact-Trusted-Contacts.png" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: center;" width="567" /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you didn’t set up Trusted Contacts, you might be given the option to answer one of your security questions and reset your password on the spot. As an additional precaution, this comes with a 24 hour waiting period before you can access your account.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Otherwise, you might have to wait until Facebook gets in touch to verify your identity. Be patient.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">4. Was Your Account Hacked and Sending Out Spam?</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the event that your account was hacked and is posting spam while you can no longer access it, you should <a href="http://www.facebook.com/hacked" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">report your Facebook account as compromised</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This will actually start a similar process to the one outlined above. While you will use the same information to identify your account, in the following step you will be able to use either a current or an old Facebook password to recover your account.</span></div>
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<img alt="Log into your account with a current or old password." class="aligncenter lazy-load" data-loaded="true" data-src="//static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Facebook-Recover-Hacked-Account.png" height="429" src="https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Facebook-Recover-Hacked-Account.png" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: center;" width="620" /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is useful in case a hacker changed your password, but it may also come in handy in case you forgot your new password.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Find more security-related tips on the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/help/?page=203917589649396" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">Account Security</a> page in the Facebook Help Center.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Note:</span> If you’re the victim of Facebook malware, read our article on <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/prevent-remove-facebook-malware-or-virus/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">how to prevent and remove Facebook malware</a>.</span></div>
<span class="link-callout visible" style="background-color: #fff8f8; border-left-color: rgb(226, 37, 36); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 5px; clear: both; display: block; margin: 34px 0px; padding: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="link-callout-image" style="background-image: url(https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/themes/makeuseof2016/components/icons/no-image.png); background-position: 50% 50%; background-size: cover; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; max-height: 120px; overflow: hidden; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 157.25px;"><span class="link-callout-image-container" style="background-image: url(https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Facebook-Malware-Featured-297x141.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%; background-size: cover; display: block; height: 0px; padding-bottom: 117.9375px; position: relative; transform: scale(1); transition: transform 0.4s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94), transform 0.4s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94); width: 157.25px;"><a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/prevent-remove-facebook-malware-or-virus/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; display: block; height: 117.9375px; left: 0px; position: absolute; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9999em; top: 0px; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94); width: 157.25px;">How to Prevent & Remove Facebook Malware or Virus</a></span></span> <span class="link-callout-info" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 471.75px;"><span class="link-callout-title" style="color: #432d2d; display: block; font-style: initial; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.2;"><a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/prevent-remove-facebook-malware-or-virus/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; font-style: initial; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">How to Prevent & Remove Facebook Malware or Virus</a></span><span class="link-callout-excerpt" style="color: #69656e; display: block; font-style: initial; line-height: 1.7; margin: 8px 0px 10px;">Facebook malware is a threat, but you don't have to worry about it if you follow this advice. Here's how to avoid the nasty side of Facebook.</span><a class="link-callout-link" href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/prevent-remove-facebook-malware-or-virus/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; display: block; font-style: initial; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 1px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">READ MORE</a></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Still Locked Out of Facebook?</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If all of the Facebook account recovery methods above failed, your last hope is Facebook support itself. You can try emailing <span style="font-weight: 700;">security@facebookmail.com</span> to explain your situation. They might give you a chance to prove your identity using your passport or driver’s license. You can try to attach a scan of your ID in your first email, but keep in mind that email isn’t necessarily secure. Either way, hearing back from Facebook can take several weeks, so you’ll need to be patient.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Note:</span> If you didn’t use your real name on Facebook, your hopes for recovering your account this way are close to zero.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">If All Else Fails, Create a New Facebook Profile</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Over the past few years, we have received countless comments and messages from people who weren’t able to recover Facebook their accounts. Usually, their contact information was outdated, the recovery codes Facebook provided didn’t work, or the company would never reach out to verify their identity. Unfortunately, we couldn’t help either.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you do discover another way to contact Facebook or recover your Facebook account, please share it in the comments below.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At some point, you just have to move on. As much as it hurts, learn from your mistakes, create a new account, be sure to add several valid contact details, <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-secure-facebook-account-recoverable/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">secure your Facebook account</a>, and rebuild your profile.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By Mahit Huilgol</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Continuity binds macOS and iOS, and with macOS Mojave it’s become even more useful. Now, Continuity Camera lets you use your iPhone or iPad’s camera with your Mac as a document scanner and much more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This helps you avoid the hassle of uploading and transferring images, making your iOS device a full-fledged scanner. Let’s see how it works.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Continuity Camera Prerequisites</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Broadly speaking, you can break the Continuity Camera feature down into two parts. First is a feature that directly inserts a photo into the app; the other lets you scan an image or document. Like other stock apps, the Continuity Camera app has limited functionality but gets the job done.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Both these Continuity Camera features will function only when you’ve met these conditions:</span></div>
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<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A Mac running macOS Mojave.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Any iOS device running iOS 12 or newer—check out <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/ios-12-update/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">what’s new in iOS 12</a>.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You’re logged into both devices with the same Apple ID.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Both devices are connected to the same Wi-Fi network.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You’ve enabled Bluetooth on both your Mac and iPhone. Get <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/fix-iphone-bluetooth-not-working/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">help with iPhone Bluetooth trouble</a> if something isn’t working.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do remember that scan quality will depend on your iPhone/iPad’s camera.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Use Continuity Camera to Add Photos to Documents</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Let’s look at how to use Continuity Camera to insert a photo into a document. These instructions are for Pages, but should work across all Apple apps, including TextEdit, Mail, Notes, Numbers, and Messages. Ensure you’ve updated the app to the latest version for best compatibility.</span></div>
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<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Launch Pages and open the desired document.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Place the cursor on the document and <span style="font-weight: 700;">right-click</span>.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Select <span style="font-weight: 700;">Take Photo</span> from the contextual menu.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you have multiple iOS devices, macOS will ask you to choose one.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Point your iOS device at the subject and capture the image.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tap <span style="font-weight: 700;">Use Photo</span> and the image will import into your document.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Use Continuity Camera to Scan Documents</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Continuity Camera comes in handy when you want to scan documents or even something trivial like a fuel receipt. The feature saves your scan as a PDF, making it great for archival.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Again, we use Pages here but you can scan documents across various Apple apps:</span></div>
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<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Place the cursor on the document and <span style="font-weight: 700;">right-click</span>.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Select <span style="font-weight: 700;">Scan Documents</span> from the contextual menu.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Use your iPhone to scan the document.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Crop the image if necessary.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The scanned image will appear on the document.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tap on <span style="font-weight: 700;">Keep Scan</span> to save the image.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In case of multiple pages, continue scanning. Tap <span style="font-weight: 700;">Save</span> for each scan to appear in your document.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As you can see, Continuity Camera is an easy way to scan as many pages as you want into a document. However, it’s a shame that Apple didn’t <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/ocr-image-to-text/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">include OCR functionality</a> here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Use an iOS Device to Send Pictures to Your Mac</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Transferring photos from an iOS device to a Mac is now easier. Continuity Camera allows you to snap a picture and store it directly on your computer. There’s no uploading to the cloud, using AirDrop, or hooking up your phone to your computer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here’s how to use your iOS device to take a picture and save it to your Mac:</span></div>
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<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Right-click</span> empty space on your Mac’s desktop.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Select <span style="font-weight: 700;">Import from iPhone</span> from the contextual menu.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Select <span style="font-weight: 700;">Take Photo</span>.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Capture the photo on your iOS device.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tap <span style="font-weight: 700;">Use Photo</span>.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That’s all there is to it—the picture directly appears on your desktop. To scan a document instead, select <span style="font-weight: 700;">Scan Documents</span> in the third step.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Common Continuity Camera Issues and Fixes</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We’ve witnessed the utility of Continuity Camera, one of <a class="no-callout" href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/best-features-macos-mojave/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">macOS Mojave’s best features</a>. However, the new feature does suffer from some minor pitfalls. One of the most common issues is a <span style="font-weight: 700;">Could not import from iPhone</span> message.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you run into this problem, try the steps below to troubleshoot it:</span></div>
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<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ensure that both devices are connected to the same Wi-Fi network.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Enable Bluetooth on both devices.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Try signing out of iCloud and signing back in. You may also need to <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/common-icloud-problems/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">troubleshoot common iCloud problems</a>.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Restart both your iOS device and Mac and try again.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Alternatives to Continuity Camera</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you need more than Continuity Camera can offer, check out one of these iOS alternatives. We’ve covered other <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/mobile-document-scanner-apps/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">awesome mobile document scanner apps</a> for additional choices.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">1. Scanner Mini</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Scanner Mini offers a feature that lets you scan text files and images. This text recognition (OCR) feature comes in handy while scanning documents that need further edits. The app also offers Radar, a feature that automatically scans your photo gallery for bills and receipts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Overall, Scanner Pro offers a more powerful set of scanning features compared to Continuity Camera. It’s a paid app, but you can check out Scanner Mini first if you don’t need the advanced features.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Download:</span> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/scanner-mini-by-readdle/id581365763?mt=8" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">Scanner Mini</a> (Free) | <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/scanner-pro/id333710667?mt=8" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">Scanner Pro</a> ($4)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Adobe Scan is another popular document scanning tool. You can convert the scanned documents into PDF files. However, the PDF export feature is available only in the paid version.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Download:</span> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/adobe-scan-pdf-scanner-ocr/id1199564834?mt=8" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">Adobe Scan</a> (Free, subscription available)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Office Lens from Microsoft is capable of scanning your documents, receipts, notes, and business cards. The built-in text recognition feature recognizes both handwritten and printed text.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Download:</span> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/microsoft-office-lens-pdf-scan/id975925059?mt=8" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">Microsoft Office Lens</a> (Free)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">CamScanner also deserves a mention. This app lets you document notes, receipts, business cards, and whiteboard discussions. The app also offers an automatic touchup feature that cleans up your text and optimizes your scan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Download:</span> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/camscanner-scanner-to-scan-pdf/id388627783?mt=8" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">Camscanner</a> (Free, subscription available)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The Best New Scanner in Town</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Continuity Camera is a nifty feature. I’ve taken advantage of it to scan my favorite articles and put them in a folder. It might sound like a stretch, but Continuity Camera seems like a good replacement for flatbed scanners, at least for general purposes. It’s impressive how Apple has integrated the feature into nearly all first-party apps.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Of course, the feature isn’t perfect. Hopefully, Apple will include OCR and add other quality-of-life features to the scanner. In the meantime, you might want to <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/mac-image-capture/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">check out the Image Capture app on your Mac</a>, which has plenty of great uses.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Have reason to be suspicious of a partner or employer? Feel that someone is watching you, perhaps with a hidden camera?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You could discover the truth if only you had some way of detecting the presence of a hidden camera. Fortunately, apps are available to help you find hidden surveillance cameras using just your smartphone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ready to find those secret cameras?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">You Are Being Watched</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Someone is watching you. This is pretty much irrefutable in the post-Snowden era. But digital surveillance of emails and telephone records is a little less hair-raising than someone actually observing your movements via a hidden surveillance camera.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It’s unlikely that you have never been filmed out in public. You’ll have been caught on CCTV or in the distance on a TV news report.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Over the years it has become less surprising as we’ve become more accepting of closed-circuit cameras, security cameras, etc.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But what about closer to home? Are you comfortable with surveillance cameras in the office, development room, bathrooms, and dressing rooms? Or are these places where you wouldn’t normally expect to find a camera watching your every move?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Without being made aware of such surveillance in advance, you could find yourself being recorded, your movements and actions tracked, judged, and no doubt misinterpreted.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This intrusion might be performed using professionally manufactured security cameras, or custom built ones. You might even <a class="no-callout" href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/build-a-motion-capture-security-system-using-a-raspberry-pi/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">use a Raspberry Pi to build your own security camera</a>. It might even be an old smartphone or tablet, <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/use-old-smartphone-tablet-security-camera/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">re-purposed for hidden observation</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While it might seem like something straight out of a James Bond movie, it is possible to use your smartphone to detect hidden cameras, as well as other 007 devices. In general, two common methods are used to achieve this.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first is by using the smartphone hardware to detect <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/is-electromagnetic-radiation-dangerous-how-to-protect-yourself/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">electromagnetic fields</a>. With the installation of a single app, you can move your phone around the area you suspect a camera to be hidden, and if a strong field is detected, you can be sure there is a camera secreted within the wall or object.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another way that smartphones can be used is by detecting light reflecting from a lens. While this method isn’t quite as reliable, it is still worth having such an app, if only to find small objects dropped on a carpet!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You’ll find apps for both major smartphone platforms available in the respective app stores. For iPhone, the $4.99 Hidden Camera Detector is the best option,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Download</span>: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hidden-camera-detector/id532882360?mt=8" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">Hidden Camera Detector</a> for iOS ($4.99)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Meanwhile Android users should consider Hidden Camera Detector. You can also check out Glint Finder for visible lens detection.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Remember that other options are available. If you have access to an infrared camera, for instance, this should detect a hidden camera, while low-cost devices using wireless networking may well appear in the list of nearby Wi-Fi devices in your home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you’re particularly concerned, you might also consider a $130 piece of RF detection hardware, capable of reading the signals broadcast by traditional wireless cameras, as demonstrated here:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Download</span>: <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=hiddencamdetector.futureapps.com.hiddencamdetector" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">Hidden Camera Detector</a> for Android (Free)<br /><span style="font-weight: 700;">Download</span>: <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.workshop512.glintfinder" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">Glint Finder</a> for Android (Free)<br /><span style="font-weight: 700;">Download</span>: <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.labinformatics.hiddencameradetectorspy" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">Hidden Camera Detector and Spy Cam Finder</a> for Android (Free)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Whichever app you choose, you’ll be able to detect cameras and speakers, perhaps even hidden computers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They generally work in the same way: proximity to a camera or other surveillance device is displayed, giving you an idea as to where it is.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For example, we used the Hidden Camera Detector. Ready to use when you load the app, it displays a red glow when the smartphone is in the proximity of a camera.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The scanner will also glow near other types of hardware, so watch the number displayed in the middle of the screen. This will exceed 100 when a camera is detected.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For added camera detection magic, Hidden Camera Detector also features an IR mode (limited to portrait orientation) with which you can find cameras that have so far eluded you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is done by pointing the smartphone at an area where a camera might be hidden and looking for a bright white disc. The disc indicates the presence of a hidden camera.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Note that when using these apps, you should first be sure that you know what technology is in the room. TVs, computers, smart assistants (such as the Amazon Echo) and other hardware can interfere.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However, it will also help if you hold the phone correctly. You might initially think that holding the device flat (like a remote control) will give better results. Where the sensors are placed within your phone will affect this. A bit of practice will help you get the best angle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you’re still having trouble, remove the phone from the case. Some case materials can block signals from other devices, as well as disrupt the phone’s own radiation field. Removing the phone from the case briefly should give you faster, more accurate results.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It’s all very well knowing that a hidden surveillance camera is watching you, supposedly without your knowledge. But what should you do about it? Well, you could always take it to a higher authority, but in the meantime, you might wish to act.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Note, however, that the problem with this is as soon as you do this, you may well alert the observer to your realization.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However, if you’re determined to be seen, you should employ things like masking tape or adhesive putty to cover the lens, or conduct affairs beyond the camera’s viewing angle. For cameras possibly hidden high up, in lightbulbs or smoke detectors, staying out of sight can be difficult.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Meanwhile, don’t forget that these tips are for everyone, and could be used against you. For example, you might use <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/best-hidden-cameras/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">hidden cameras to check on your babysitter</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By Rahul Saigal</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are lots of useful things online that aren’t easy to download. Photos, music, videos, maps, and other exciting content don’t come with a download button. It’s also possible they’re no longer free or they may be gone from the web altogether.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We’ll show you how to download all the stuff from the web that you thought you couldn’t for free but without breaking the law.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Google usually ban apps that are potentially malicious or deceptive but also object to apps that undermine its business model. Some apps are not available because of geo-restrictions. Also, the newer version of a particular app may not work well or has removed the features you need. You can download such apps from <a href="https://f-droid.org/" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">F-Droid</a> and <a href="https://www.apkmirror.com/" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">APKMirror</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While you should avoid installing apps from third-party app stores, these two marketplaces are an exception. They’re both community-run software projects and implement <a href="https://f-droid.org/en/docs/Security_Model/" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">strict security practices</a> to keep you safe from malicious apps.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To install the app, you’ve to enable sideloading. Read this guide on how to <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-manually-install-side-load-apps-on-your-android-device/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">manually sideload apps on your Android device</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Developers frequently update their apps to bring new features and fix bugs for modern operating systems. But sometimes upgrading to a newer version can cause problems. It may not be compatible with older OS, may get bundled with adware and nefarious APIs, and much more. You can download an older copy of the app from <a href="http://oldversion.com/" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">OldVersion</a> and <a href="http://www.oldapps.com/" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">OldApps</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These repositories offer thousands of old versions of apps for Windows, Mac, and Linux across many categories. Just click the name of the program and choose the version you want to download. Before you download, ensure that the app meets the system requirements, is free from junk, and avoid installing outdated browsers as it puts your PC at risk.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">3. Websites Taken Down From the Web</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Websites vanish from the web every day—perhaps abandoned by the creators, banned due to legal problems, or pulled down due to hacking attempts. <a href="http://web.archive.org/" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">Wayback Machine</a> stores more than 341 billion snapshots of web pages. The search bar on the homepage lets you quickly access the archived online index, and with the help of third-party apps, you can download defunct sites.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.archiveorg.download/" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">Wayback Machine Downloader</a> lets you download any website from Internet Archive. Sign up for the account and click the <span style="font-weight: 700;">Add new site</span> button. Type in the domain name, specify the level of site pages you want to save and choose a snapshot date from the dropdown menu.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then click the <span style="font-weight: 700;">Save</span> button to start converting the site and download it as a zip file. While you can save a copy of the old site to your machine, there are <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-types-free-content-riches-can-dig-Internet-archive/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">many other types of content for you to download at Internet Archive</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Default ringtones that come pre-installed with your device are boring. Personalized tones are popular, but you may have to pay for them. To make your phone sound more interesting, try these apps.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.zedge.net/" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">Zedge</a> has more than million free ringtones to download via its website or the app. It comes with built-in tools to save favorite ringtones in personal lists and access them from any device. Once you download your ringtone, tap the <span style="font-weight: 700;">Set</span> button to set it as a ringtone, notification sounds, and individual contact ringtones.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Download:</span> <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.zedge.android" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">Zedge for Android</a> | <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1086101495?mt=8" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">Zedge for iOS</a> (Free, premium version available)</span></div>
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<figure style="clear: left; float: left; margin: 0px 13.390625px 1em 0px; max-width: 100%; width: 328.296875px;"><a class="gallery-item norewrite" data-lightbox="download-anything-free" href="https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/audiko-featured-ringtones.png" style="color: #e22524; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img src="https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/audiko-featured-ringtones-335x652.png" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%;" /></span></a></figure><figure style="float: left; margin: 0px 0px 1em; max-width: 100%; width: 328.296875px;"><a class="gallery-item norewrite" data-lightbox="download-anything-free" href="https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/create-personalized-ringtone-in-audiko.png" style="color: #e22524; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img src="https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/create-personalized-ringtone-in-audiko-335x650.png" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%;" /></span></a></figure></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://audiko.net/" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">Audiko</a> has an impressive collection of nearly 2 million top and fresh ringtones from every genre. You can download the ringtone either from the website or the app. But Audiko also lets you upload your favorite track, cut your segment, and download it to your phone. You don’t need third-party apps or music editing skills to create your personalized ringtone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Download:</span> <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.audiko2.pro" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">Audiko for Android</a> (Free, subscription available)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">5. Audiobooks of Classic Literature</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you’re fond of classic literature, then you can get ebooks for free, but the audiobooks version is still pricey. To get free audiobooks, try the LibriVox site and its app.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://librivox.org/" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">LibriVox</a> provides free audiobooks for books that are in the public domain. The books are read by volunteers and you download it for free without registering for the site. The site gives you many options to browse the catalog by author, title, genre, and subject.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The free Android app lets you browse catalogs by favorite lists. Try the “Best of Sherlock Holmes”, “National Geographic’s” archived articles, sci-fi novels, and much more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Download:</span> <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.librivox.android" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">LibriVox for Android</a> | <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/librivox-audio-books/id596159212" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">LibriVox for iOS</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">6. Paid Software for Free</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sometimes a paid version of the software offers more features and power with no ads or bundled junk. You can download paid software for free every day with the help of these sites.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://giveawayoftheday.com/" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">Giveaway of the Day</a> and <a href="https://www.giveaway-club.com/" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">Giveaway Club</a> offer free licensed software for Windows, Mac, and games you’d have to buy otherwise every day. The software is available for 24 hours or more. The vendor gives you the license keys and is completely legal without any limitations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just sign up for the newsletter or follow them on Twitter or Facebook for regular updates. Although some of the apps and games are obscure, you’ll occasionally find great apps. Then if you’re hungry for more free apps, try these <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/mac-iphone-app-store-discounts/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">tips and tricks to find Mac and iOS App Store discounts</a>.</span></div>
<span class="link-callout visible" style="background-color: #fff8f8; border-left-color: rgb(226, 37, 36); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 5px; clear: both; display: block; margin: 34px 0px; padding: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="link-callout-image" style="background-image: url(https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/themes/makeuseof2016/components/icons/no-image.png); background-position: 50% 50%; background-size: cover; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; max-height: 120px; overflow: hidden; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 157.25px;"><span class="link-callout-image-container" style="background-image: url(https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/appstore-discounts-297x141.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%; background-size: cover; display: block; height: 0px; padding-bottom: 117.9375px; position: relative; transform: scale(1); transition: transform 0.4s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94), transform 0.4s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94); width: 157.25px;"><a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/mac-iphone-app-store-discounts/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; display: block; height: 117.9375px; left: 0px; position: absolute; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9999em; top: 0px; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94); width: 157.25px;">6 Ways to Find Mac and iPhone App Store Discounts</a></span></span> <span class="link-callout-info" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 471.75px;"><span class="link-callout-title" style="color: #432d2d; display: block; font-style: initial; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.2;"><a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/mac-iphone-app-store-discounts/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; font-style: initial; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">6 Ways to Find Mac and iPhone App Store Discounts</a></span><span class="link-callout-excerpt" style="color: #69656e; display: block; font-style: initial; line-height: 1.7; margin: 8px 0px 10px;">Want to get Mac and iPhone apps on sale and track the best discounts on the App Store? These tips, tricks, and services can provide big savings.</span><a class="link-callout-link" href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/mac-iphone-app-store-discounts/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; display: block; font-style: initial; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 1px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">READ MORE</a></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">7. Full Commercial Games for Free</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Popular games for Windows and Mac sometimes cost a lot of money. But there’s always a chance you can get fantastic game titles for free. Visit this dedicated Wikipedia <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commercial_video_games_released_as_freeware" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">list of commercial games released as freeware</a>. You’ll see dozens and more titles listed with the download links in the footnote at the bottom.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We also recommend <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/freegames/" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">/r/FreeGames</a> and <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/FreeGamesOnSteam/" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">/r/FreeGamesOnSteam</a> on Reddit for all kinds of freebie offers and deals. Often, big game publishers like Steam, GOG also release free titles to attract customers. To know more, read <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/4-places-where-you-can-download-premium-pc-games-free-legally/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">how to download premium games for free with these sites</a>.</span></div>
<span class="link-callout visible" style="background-color: #fff8f8; border-left-color: rgb(226, 37, 36); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 5px; clear: both; display: block; margin: 34px 0px; padding: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="link-callout-image" style="background-image: url(https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/themes/makeuseof2016/components/icons/no-image.png); background-position: 50% 50%; background-size: cover; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; max-height: 120px; overflow: hidden; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 157.25px;"><span class="link-callout-image-container" style="background-image: url(https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Play-PS2-Games-on-PC-Featured-297x141.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%; background-size: cover; display: block; height: 0px; padding-bottom: 117.9375px; position: relative; transform: scale(1); transition: transform 0.4s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94), transform 0.4s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94); width: 157.25px;"><a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/4-places-where-you-can-download-premium-pc-games-free-legally/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; display: block; height: 117.9375px; left: 0px; position: absolute; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9999em; top: 0px; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94); width: 157.25px;">How to Get Free PC Games: 4 Sites to Download Premium Games</a></span></span> <span class="link-callout-info" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 471.75px;"><span class="link-callout-title" style="color: #432d2d; display: block; font-style: initial; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.2;"><a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/4-places-where-you-can-download-premium-pc-games-free-legally/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; font-style: initial; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">How to Get Free PC Games: 4 Sites to Download Premium Games</a></span><span class="link-callout-excerpt" style="color: #69656e; display: block; font-style: initial; line-height: 1.7; margin: 8px 0px 10px;">Want great games, but don't want to pay? Here are the best sites to download premium games for free.</span><a class="link-callout-link" href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/4-places-where-you-can-download-premium-pc-games-free-legally/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; display: block; font-style: initial; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 1px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">READ MORE</a></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">How to Download Without a Download Button</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">8. Entire Wikipedia and TED Talks</span></h3>
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<img alt="offline wikitionary in kiwix app" class="aligncenter lazy-load" data-loaded="true" data-src="//static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/offline-wikitionary-in-kiwix.png" src="https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/offline-wikitionary-in-kiwix.png" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: center;" /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Saving an individual article from Wikipedia is simple. Just click the <span style="font-weight: 700;">Download as PDF</span> on the left-hand side of the page. But having complete offline access to Wikipedia is helpful in situations when there is poor internet connectivity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.kiwix.org/" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">Kiwix</a> is a free app that lets you search and read the whole encyclopedia. The app is available for every desktop and mobile operating systems. Navigate to <a href="http://wiki.kiwix.org/wiki/Content" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">Kiwix Internal wiki library</a> and download the ZIM file. Then browse the articles from within the app. The wiki library also lets you download popular TED talks, StackExchange sites, Wikipedia sister sites, and more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Download:</span> <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kiwix.kiwixmobile" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">Kiwix for Android</a> | <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/kiwix/id997079563" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">Kiwix for iOS</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">9. Images From a Web Page</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you want to save multiple pictures from a web page in one go, then the process of saving every file becomes tedious. You can use these extensions to save time and hassle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/imageye-image-downloader/agionbommeaifngbhincahgmoflcikhm?hl=en" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">Imageye Image downloader</a> for Chrome lets you find and download all images on a web page with a single click. The extension has a built-in filter to select criteria for image size, URL, and dimensions. It also supports Facebook, Twitter, Google Images, and more.</span></div>
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<img alt="imageye downloader for chrome" class="aligncenter lazy-load" data-loaded="true" data-src="//static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/imageye-downloader-for-chrome.png" src="https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/imageye-downloader-for-chrome.png" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: center;" /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/save-all-images-webextension/" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">Download all Images</a> for Firefox allows you to find, filter, and save all images in the opened tab. The filtering tool is powerful. You can limit pictures based on their dimension, size, and image type. But you can also use custom regular expression filter to filter images based on the URL.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">10. Capture Audio From Any Website</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We all want to own copies of cool stuff you hear every day. While downloading audio from the browser is simple, capturing live radio shows, web-based voice calls, or podcasts is not easy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chrome-audio-capture/kfokdmfpdnokpmpbjhjbcabgligoelgp" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">Chrome Audio Capture</a> lets you record any audio that’s playing in the opened tab, and save it to your computer in MP3 or WAV file format. Click the <span style="font-weight: 700;">Start Capture</span> button to start recording. You can save or cancel recording at any time and also mute tabs to avoid audio spoilers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The maximum capture time is 20 minutes. If you have longer duration audio, you can either continue the recording and sacrifice audio quality or stop and restart the capture.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">11. Photos and Videos From Instagram</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Instagram lets you request a file containing every photo and video you’ve shared on the site.</span></div>
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<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On the desktop, click the <span style="font-weight: 700;">Profile</span> icon in the upper right corner of the screen.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Click the <span style="font-weight: 700;">Settings</span> gear next to the <span style="font-weight: 700;">Edit Profile</span> button.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From the menu, choose <span style="font-weight: 700;">Privacy and Security</span>.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Scroll down to the <span style="font-weight: 700;">Data Download</span> button header and click <span style="font-weight: 700;">Request Download</span>.</span></li>
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<img alt="download data from instagram" class="aligncenter lazy-load" data-loaded="true" data-src="//static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/download-data-from-instagram.png" src="https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/download-data-from-instagram.png" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: center;" /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://downloadgram.com/" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">DownloadGram</a> allows you to download your own/someone else photos on mobile and web. If the photo is yours, tap the <span style="font-weight: 700;">three-dot</span> button above the post and choose <span style="font-weight: 700;">Share > Copy Link</span>. To download someone else’s photos, tap the <span style="font-weight: 700;">three-dot</span> button again and select <span style="font-weight: 700;">Copy Link</span>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Open the browser and paste the link to save the image. If you want to download videos, then read this article on <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/4-ways-download-videos-instagram/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">how to download videos from Instagram</a>.</span></div>
<span class="link-callout visible" style="background-color: #fff8f8; border-left-color: rgb(226, 37, 36); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 5px; clear: both; display: block; margin: 34px 0px; padding: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="link-callout-image" style="background-image: url(https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/themes/makeuseof2016/components/icons/no-image.png); background-position: 50% 50%; background-size: cover; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; max-height: 120px; overflow: hidden; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 157.25px;"><span class="link-callout-image-container" style="background-image: url(https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/download-insta-video-297x141.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%; background-size: cover; display: block; height: 0px; padding-bottom: 117.9375px; position: relative; transform: scale(1); transition: transform 0.4s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94), transform 0.4s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94); width: 157.25px;"><a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/4-ways-download-videos-instagram/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; display: block; height: 117.9375px; left: 0px; position: absolute; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9999em; top: 0px; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94); width: 157.25px;">7 Ways to Download Videos From Instagram</a></span></span> <span class="link-callout-info" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 471.75px;"><span class="link-callout-title" style="color: #432d2d; display: block; font-style: initial; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.2;"><a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/4-ways-download-videos-instagram/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; font-style: initial; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">7 Ways to Download Videos From Instagram</a></span><span class="link-callout-excerpt" style="color: #69656e; display: block; font-style: initial; line-height: 1.7; margin: 8px 0px 10px;">There are multiple ways of downloading videos from Instagram, and in this article we detail some of the best Instagram video downloaders.</span><a class="link-callout-link" href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/4-ways-download-videos-instagram/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; display: block; font-style: initial; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 1px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">READ MORE</a></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">12. Photo Albums From Flickr</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Flickr is still a popular service for saving and sharing photos online. In the <a href="https://blog.flickr.net/en/2018/11/01/changing-flickr-free-accounts-1000-photos/" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">recent update by Flickr</a>, they decided to limit new members to store up to 1000 photos of 200MB each. Free users storing more than 1000 pictures have a deadline till February 2019. Remember to respect copyright before downloading other’s photo albums.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To download a bunch of pictures of another Flickr member, click their username, then choose <span style="font-weight: 700;">Albums</span>. Hover your mouse or click the album thumbnail to make a download icon appear. Click this, then select <span style="font-weight: 700;">Create zip</span> file. A download link will appear after some time.</span></div>
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<img alt="batch download photos from flickr" class="aligncenter lazy-load" data-loaded="true" data-src="//static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/batch-download-photos-from-flickr.png" src="https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/batch-download-photos-from-flickr.png" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: center;" /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">You Can Download (Almost) Anything Online</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With so much stuff online, you can download virtually anything from the web. But the internet is much deeper. Search engines serve only 1% of the crawlable content. There are lots of valuable information buried inside online databases and dynamically generated pages.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They include patents, census data, climate data, academic data with scientific papers in every category, space exploration data, and secret onion websites accessible through Tor software. If this interests you, we have a complete guide on the <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/journey-into-the-hidden-web-a-guide-for-new-researchers/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">journey into the hidden web for new researchers</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By Andy Betts,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You try to install a new app and the <span style="font-weight: 700;">Not Enough Space</span> warning pops up. All those games, photos, and 4K videos have finally taken their toll.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If your phone has a memory card slot, then the solution is easy. A microSD card is a cheap way of expanding your phone’s storage, and you can move apps to an SD card on Android to free up space.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How you do it depends on what Android version you’re using. We’ll take a look at them all in this guide.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Using a microSD Card on Android</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Before you get started, consider a few points.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Memory cards are slower than internal storage, so you may notice slightly worse performance for more resource-intensive apps. When picking a card, go for the fastest and largest one your phone can support—check your phone’s specifications to <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/pick-buy-best-sd-card-needs/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">see what cards it’s compatible with</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It isn’t possible to move preinstalled apps without rooting, and even some third-party apps may not support it. Also, on older versions of Android, you might not be able to use widgets associated with apps you’ve moved to your memory card.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With all this in mind, let’s see how to move apps to a microSD card.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Use a microSD Card as Internal Storage</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Android Marshmallow introduced changes to the way <a class="no-callout" href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/more-storage-android-microsd-card/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">phones can handle memory cards</a>, and these changes continued into the later versions of Android.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can now set microSD cards to work as internal storage. Instead of having internal and external storage existing as separate spaces, Android views the card as an extension of the built-in memory.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Data and apps can write to either as needed, and it all happens seamlessly. As a result, you don’t need to worry about where your apps are stored.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You have to set it up first. Your card will be wiped in the process, so make sure you’ve backed up any data you need:</span></div>
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<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Insert the card into your phone. When the <span style="font-weight: 700;">New SD Card</span> notification appears, tap <span style="font-weight: 700;">Set Up</span>.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next, you need to choose how your phone should use the card. Select <span style="font-weight: 700;">Phone Storage</span>on Android 9, or <span style="font-weight: 700;">Use as Internal Storage</span> on older versions. Alternatively, go to <span style="font-weight: 700;">Settings > Storage</span>, tap the card, tap the menu button, and select <span style="font-weight: 700;">Storage Settings</span>. Tap <span style="font-weight: 700;">Format as internal</span>.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the next screen tap <span style="font-weight: 700;">Format SD Card</span>, or <span style="font-weight: 700;">Erase & Format</span>. This will wipe your card.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On Android 9 you’re offered the chance to move your content—including apps—onto the card. It also shows you how much space you’ll save. Hit <span style="font-weight: 700;">Move Content</span> to complete.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This feature is called <span style="font-weight: 700;">Adoptable Storage</span>, and it requires you to keep your card in your phone permanently. The card is also encrypted, so you cannot put it in another device to copy the data.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The big downside to adoptable storage is that <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/android-differs-hardware-manufacturer/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">some manufacturers choose not to offer it</a>on their devices. If you don’t have it, then you’ll have to continue moving your apps to your SD card manually.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Move Apps to an SD Card on Android 9.0 Pie</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If your phone doesn’t support adoptable storage, it’s quick and easy to transfer apps to an SD card on Android Pie manually. Just remember that you can’t do it for every app, and not at all for the pre-installed apps.</span></div>
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<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Go to <span style="font-weight: 700;">Settings > Apps & notifications > App info</span>.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Find the app you want to move in the list and tap it.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Select <span style="font-weight: 700;">Storage</span>. If the app supports being moved to a card, you’ll see a button here labeled <span style="font-weight: 700;">Change</span>. Tap this.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Select the <span style="font-weight: 700;">SD Card</span> in the <span style="font-weight: 700;">Change storage</span> dialog box. This brings up a confirmation screen. Tap <span style="font-weight: 700;">Move</span> to begin.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To move the app back to internal storage, repeat the steps above but select <span style="font-weight: 700;">Internal shared storage</span> in the final step. <span style="font-weight: 700;">You should always do this when you want to change or remove your memory card.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The process for moving an app to the SD card on Android 8 is basically the same as for Android 9:</span></div>
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<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Scroll down to find the app you want to move to the card and tap on it.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Select <span style="font-weight: 700;">Storage</span>. If the app supports being moved to a card, you’ll see a section labeled <span style="font-weight: 700;">Storage used</span>. Hit the button marked <span style="font-weight: 700;">Change</span>.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Select the card you want to move the app to, followed by <span style="font-weight: 700;">Move</span>.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Move Apps to an SD Card on Android 7.0 Nougat</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can move apps to a memory card on Android 7.0 Nougat through <span style="font-weight: 700;">Settings</span>. However, you can’t move all apps, and where they don’t support it, you won’t see the <span style="font-weight: 700;">Change</span> button in Step 3.</span></div>
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<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Go to <span style="font-weight: 700;">Settings > Apps</span>.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Locate the app you want to move to your microSD Card and tap on it.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Go to <span style="font-weight: 700;">Storage > Change</span> and choose your card from the prompt box that opens.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tap <span style="font-weight: 700;">Move</span> to complete the process.</span></li>
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<figure style="float: left; margin: 0px 13.390625px 1em 0px; max-width: 100%; width: 214.390625px;"><a class="gallery-item norewrite" data-lightbox="move-android-apps-sd-card" href="https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/7-choose-app.png" style="color: #e22524; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img src="https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/7-choose-app-335x596.png" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%;" /></span></a></figure><figure style="float: left; margin: 0px 13.390625px 1em 0px; max-width: 100%; width: 214.390625px;"><a class="gallery-item norewrite" data-lightbox="move-android-apps-sd-card" href="https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/7-change.png" style="color: #e22524; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img src="https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/7-change-335x596.png" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%;" /></span></a></figure><figure style="float: left; margin: 0px 0px 1em; max-width: 100%; width: 214.390625px;"><a class="gallery-item norewrite" data-lightbox="move-android-apps-sd-card" href="https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/7-select-sd-card.png" style="color: #e22524; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img src="https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/7-select-sd-card-335x596.png" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%;" /></span></a></figure></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Depending on the size of the app, it may take a few moments to complete (especially in the case of large games), so don’t touch your phone until it’s done. To move the app back, repeat the steps and choose <span style="font-weight: 700;">Internal shared storage</span> in Step 3.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Move Apps to an SD Card on Android 6.0 Marshmallow</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Moving apps to a microSD card is the same on Marshmallow as it is on Nougat.</span></div>
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<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Go to <span style="font-weight: 700;">Settings > Apps</span> then tap on your chosen app.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tap <span style="font-weight: 700;">Storage > Change</span> then choose the card when prompted.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hit <span style="font-weight: 700;">Move</span> to complete the process.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Move Apps to an SD Card on Android 5.0 Lollipop</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lollipop has less robust support for memory cards than later versions of Android, but you can still move apps from within <span style="font-weight: 700;">Settings</span>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You’re limited in which apps you can place in your external storage; it depends on the developer supporting the option. Also, the entire app doesn’t move across to the card either—only part of it does.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can see which apps you’ve got on your card by swiping to the right hand tab in the <span style="font-weight: 700;">App</span>screen, labeled <span style="font-weight: 700;">On SD Card</span>. This makes it easy to identify any that you may wish to move back in the future.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To move apps:</span></div>
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<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Go to <span style="font-weight: 700;">Settings > Apps</span> and tap the app you want to move to your SD card.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next, under the <span style="font-weight: 700;">Storage</span> section, tap <span style="font-weight: 700;">Move to SD Card</span>. The button will be grayed out while the app moves, so don’t interfere until it’s done.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If there’s no <span style="font-weight: 700;">Move to SD Card</span> option, the app cannot be moved.</span></li>
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<figure style="float: left; margin: 0px 13.390625px 1em 0px; max-width: 100%; width: 214.390625px;"><a class="gallery-item norewrite" data-lightbox="move-android-apps-sd-card" href="https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/5-settings-apps.png" style="color: #e22524; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img src="https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/5-settings-apps-335x559.png" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%;" /></span></a></figure><figure style="float: left; margin: 0px 13.390625px 1em 0px; max-width: 100%; width: 214.390625px;"><a class="gallery-item norewrite" data-lightbox="move-android-apps-sd-card" href="https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/5-choose-app.png" style="color: #e22524; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img src="https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/5-choose-app-335x559.png" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%;" /></span></a></figure><figure style="float: left; margin: 0px 0px 1em; max-width: 100%; width: 214.390625px;"><a class="gallery-item norewrite" data-lightbox="move-android-apps-sd-card" href="https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/5-move-to-sd-card.png" style="color: #e22524; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img src="https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/5-move-to-sd-card-335x559.png" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%;" /></span></a></figure></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once it’s done, the <span style="font-weight: 700;">Storage</span> section will update to show how much of the app is now stored on the card (and how much is still in internal storage). The Move button will now read <span style="font-weight: 700;">Move to Phone</span> or <span style="font-weight: 700;">Move to Device Storage</span>. Tapping on this enables you to remove the app from the card.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Move Apps to an SD Card on Android 4.x and Earlier</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Support for microSD cards was extremely limited in all Android 4.x versions (including KitKat, Jelly Bean, and Ice Cream Sandwich). Stock Android didn’t support the ability to move apps to an external card at all, as Google seemed intent on phasing cards out entirely. However, some manufacturers did opt to include the feature in their own versions of the operating system.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If your older device supports it, the process is straightforward:</span></div>
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<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Go to <span style="font-weight: 700;">Settings > Apps</span>.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next, locate and tap the app you want to move to the card.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Select <span style="font-weight: 700;">Move to SD card</span>. If this button isn’t available, you can’t move the app (or your phone doesn’t support doing so).</span></li>
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<figure style="float: left; margin: 0px 13.390625px 1em 0px; max-width: 100%; width: 214.390625px;"><a class="gallery-item norewrite" data-lightbox="move-android-apps-sd-card" href="https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/4-settings-apps.png" style="color: #e22524; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img src="https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/4-settings-apps-335x558.png" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%;" /></span></a></figure><figure style="float: left; margin: 0px 13.390625px 1em 0px; max-width: 100%; width: 214.390625px;"><a class="gallery-item norewrite" data-lightbox="move-android-apps-sd-card" href="https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/4-select-app.png" style="color: #e22524; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img src="https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/4-select-app-335x558.png" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%;" /></span></a></figure><figure style="float: left; margin: 0px 0px 1em; max-width: 100%; width: 214.390625px;"><a class="gallery-item norewrite" data-lightbox="move-android-apps-sd-card" href="https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/4-move-to-sd-card.png" style="color: #e22524; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img src="https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/4-move-to-sd-card-335x558.png" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%;" /></span></a></figure></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the unlikely event that you’re still using an Android 2.x device, these steps are roughly the same ones you’ll encounter. Home screen widgets are not supported in these old versions—you’ll need to keep an app in internal storage if you want to use a widget.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you don’t have the option on your phone, then you’ll need to look into a third-party app.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Move Apps to an SD Card Using Link2SD</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If your phone doesn’t support moving apps to the SD card, or if you want to move an app that doesn’t support it individually, there are a few third-party apps that can help you out. <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.co.pricealert.apps2sd" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">Apps2SD</a> is a popular option, as is <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.devasque.fmount" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">FolderMount</a>. Both <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/take-control-android-rooting-guide/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">require a rooted Android phone</a>.</span></div>
<span class="link-callout visible" style="background-color: #fff8f8; border-left-color: rgb(226, 37, 36); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 5px; clear: both; display: block; margin: 34px 0px; padding: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="link-callout-image" style="background-image: url(https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/themes/makeuseof2016/components/icons/no-image.png); background-position: 50% 50%; background-size: cover; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; max-height: 120px; overflow: hidden; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 157.25px;"><span class="link-callout-image-container" style="background-image: url(https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Root-Android-Featured-297x141.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%; background-size: cover; display: block; height: 0px; padding-bottom: 117.9375px; position: relative; transform: scale(1); transition: transform 0.4s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94), transform 0.4s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94); width: 157.25px;"><a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/take-control-android-rooting-guide/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; display: block; height: 117.9375px; left: 0px; position: absolute; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9999em; top: 0px; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94); width: 157.25px;">The Complete Guide to Rooting Your Android Phone or Tablet</a></span></span> <span class="link-callout-info" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 471.75px;"><span class="link-callout-title" style="color: #432d2d; display: block; font-style: initial; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.2;"><a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/take-control-android-rooting-guide/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; font-style: initial; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">The Complete Guide to Rooting Your Android Phone or Tablet</a></span><span class="link-callout-excerpt" style="color: #69656e; display: block; font-style: initial; line-height: 1.7; margin: 8px 0px 10px;">So, you want to root your Android device? Here's everything you need to know.</span><a class="link-callout-link" href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/take-control-android-rooting-guide/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; display: block; font-style: initial; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 1px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">READ MORE</a></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We’re going to look at another choice, <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.buak.Link2SD" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">Link2SD</a>, which has both root and non-root features. You can use it to move apps to your card in bulk, to “force-move” apps that don’t normally allow it, and to offload data folders for larger apps and games to your external storage.</span></div>
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<figure style="float: left; margin: 0px 13.390625px 1em 0px; max-width: 100%; width: 214.390625px;"><a class="gallery-item norewrite" data-lightbox="move-android-apps-sd-card" href="https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/links2sd-app-details.png" style="color: #e22524; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img src="https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/links2sd-app-details-335x596.png" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%;" /></span></a></figure><figure style="float: left; margin: 0px 13.390625px 1em 0px; max-width: 100%; width: 214.390625px;"><a class="gallery-item norewrite" data-lightbox="move-android-apps-sd-card" href="https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/links2sd-multi-select.png" style="color: #e22524; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img src="https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/links2sd-multi-select-335x596.png" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%;" /></span></a></figure><figure style="float: left; margin: 0px 0px 1em; max-width: 100%; width: 214.390625px;"><a class="gallery-item norewrite" data-lightbox="move-android-apps-sd-card" href="https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/links2sd-move.png" style="color: #e22524; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img src="https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/links2sd-move-335x596.png" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%;" /></span></a></figure></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First, launch the app and grant root permissions if your phone is rooted. Then tap the app you want to move and select an option:</span></div>
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<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Link to SD Card.</span> This requires root and moves the entire app and its data to your card.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Move to SD Card.</span> This doesn’t require root and only works if your phone supports moving apps to external storage. If you do have root, you can also force-move apps that don’t otherwise support it..</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Link to SD Card (Data and Cache).</span> Moves data files, and requires root.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To move more than one app at a time, tap the <span style="font-weight: 700;">menu</span> button in the top right-corner and choose <span style="font-weight: 700;">Multi-select</span>. Now tap all the apps you want to move, hit the <span style="font-weight: 700;">menu</span> button again, and choose either <span style="font-weight: 700;">Link to SD card</span> or <span style="font-weight: 700;">Move to SD card</span>. These are the same options as described above.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Link2SD is free, with a paid upgrade. It works on Android 2.3 and up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Download:</span> <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.buak.Link2SD" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">Link2SD</a> (Free) | <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.buak.link2sdplus" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">Link2SD Plus</a> ($2)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The Best Way to Move Apps on Android</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The best way to install apps on your microSD card depends on what version of Android you’re using, whether your phone’s manufacturer has implemented all the features, and what app you want to move.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In summary:</span></div>
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<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For phones that support moving apps to the card manually, that method is best and cleanest.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If your phone doesn’t support any of this, or if you have specific requirements, consider rooting and using Link2SD.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If your apps are taking up too much space, another good solution is to use the new range of <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/lightweight-android-go-apps/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">Android Go apps</a> instead. Not only are they smaller and take up less space, but they run faster on older or less powerful phones too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By Philip Bates,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How can you tell if your phone is tapped? Like it or not, most of us have grown used to our phones being spied upon—not at least by governments!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But other parties can tap into your smartphone. This includes hackers, your employer, an ex-partner, or the press! They might be listening in to your calls, reading and sending texts and emails, or altering information on your interface.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here’s how to tell if your cell phone has been tapped.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">1. Incessant Battery Problems</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Before iOS and Android caught on, battery troubles were a sign of a phone tap. Hot batteries remain a concern when it comes to smartphones.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You’re probably very familiar with an overheating battery anyway. You might have even visited a phone store and inquired about the issue. In most cases, you’ll simply be told it’s standard for smartphones. Apple, for example, typically only worries if your device has got so hot, it’s shut itself down.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Why does your smartphone get so hot? Using numerous apps and consuming endless media will make your handset warmer, though this shouldn’t be enough to cause any damage to you or itself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However, a hot battery can also be a sign of cell phone tapping. Uninvited software could be running in the background, allowing someone else to listen in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Furthermore, be suspicious if your phone simply isn’t holding charge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Monitor your phone: remember which apps you’ve used and how they affect your battery. If it consistently runs low on battery, despite you not using it that frequently, that’s too strange to ignore.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Older handsets don’t hold charge as well as newer models, however, so you need to eliminate other possibilities before looking for nefarious purposes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Equally, you need to take note of other reasons your handset might be hot. Have you been sunbathing with it nearby? Have you been using lots of apps consecutively? Is a phone case locking heat in? Is another device connected via Bluetooth?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">High temperatures and low power can nonetheless be indicative of malicious software. You then need to look out for other signs your phone is tapped…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">2. Increased Mobile Data Usage</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Keeping a close eye on your phone bills can save you a lot of cash. But it can also help you spot spyware.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Countless apps vacuum up huge amounts of data, especially if you don’t connect to free Wi-Fi offered by many stores (because <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-ways-hackers-can-use-public-wi-fi-steal-identity/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">this can be a security concern too</a>). It’s even worse if you let your kids use your device while away from home. Still, you should know roughly how much data you use each month.</span></div>
<span class="link-callout visible" style="background-color: #fff8f8; border-left-color: rgb(226, 37, 36); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 5px; clear: both; display: block; margin: 34px 0px; padding: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="link-callout-image" style="background-image: url(https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/themes/makeuseof2016/components/icons/no-image.png); background-position: 50% 50%; background-size: cover; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; max-height: 120px; overflow: hidden; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 157.25px;"><span class="link-callout-image-container" style="background-image: url(https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/wifi-hackers-297x141.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%; background-size: cover; display: block; height: 0px; padding-bottom: 117.9375px; position: relative; transform: scale(1); transition: transform 0.4s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94), transform 0.4s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94); width: 157.25px;"><a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-ways-hackers-can-use-public-wi-fi-steal-identity/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; display: block; height: 117.9375px; left: 0px; position: absolute; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9999em; top: 0px; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94); width: 157.25px;">5 Ways Hackers Can Use Public Wi-Fi to Steal Your Identity</a></span></span> <span class="link-callout-info" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 471.75px;"><span class="link-callout-title" style="color: #432d2d; display: block; font-style: initial; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.2;"><a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-ways-hackers-can-use-public-wi-fi-steal-identity/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; font-style: initial; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">5 Ways Hackers Can Use Public Wi-Fi to Steal Your Identity</a></span><span class="link-callout-excerpt" style="color: #69656e; display: block; font-style: initial; line-height: 1.7; margin: 8px 0px 10px;">You might love using public Wi-Fi -- but so do hackers. Here are five ways cybercriminals can access your private data and steal your identity, while you're enjoying a latte and a bagel.</span><a class="link-callout-link" href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-ways-hackers-can-use-public-wi-fi-steal-identity/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; display: block; font-style: initial; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 1px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">READ MORE</a></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If this amount increases dramatically, you need to narrow down exactly why that’s happening—and if you can’t find the reason, it might that a third party is intercepting your messages.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Malicious software uses your data allowance to send information it’s collected to an outside source. That means it’s not solely relying on your home Wi-Fi: it’ll be consuming data wherever you are.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">3. Unwanted Ads and Apps</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You know your phone like the back of your hand—which is to say, not very well. You become overly familiar with your operating system, meaning you forget half the apps on there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But it’s imperative that you know exactly what’s on your phone, especially the apps running in the background. If you’ve not installed them, they could be malicious.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One such piece of malware that tampers with your cell is Hummer. This Trojan infected about 1.4 million Android devices per day in early 2016. First spotted in 2014, it was most prevalent in countries like India, Russia, and the Philippines.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It’s estimated that, if the virus creators (likely based in China) got just $0.50 per infection, they could have made a profit of over $500,000 in just 24 hours.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Victims will see intrusive ads too because malicious software doesn’t always hide itself. Once installed, Hummer aims to obtain root access—i.e. administrative rights—to your device. This allows it to download unwanted content, and makes it incredibly difficult to get rid of. Even initiating a factory reset doesn’t work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Malware can generate a lot of ad traffic, and thus increase data usage further.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">4. General Performance Issues</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It’s only natural that, the more data being used, the slower your device will be.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">HummingBad is similar to Hummer, a Trojan with an estimated 10 million victims. It finds its way onto a device when a user accidentally downloads a fraudulent app. Fake versions of YouTube or WhatsApp, for instance, <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/avoid-fake-mobile-apps/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">can still be found on the App Store</a>.</span></div>
<span class="link-callout visible" style="background-color: #fff8f8; border-left-color: rgb(226, 37, 36); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 5px; clear: both; display: block; margin: 34px 0px; padding: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="link-callout-image" style="background-image: url(https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/themes/makeuseof2016/components/icons/no-image.png); background-position: 50% 50%; background-size: cover; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; max-height: 120px; overflow: hidden; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 157.25px;"><span class="link-callout-image-container" style="background-image: url(https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/fake-apps-mobile-store-297x141.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%; background-size: cover; display: block; height: 0px; padding-bottom: 117.9375px; position: relative; transform: scale(1); transition: transform 0.4s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94), transform 0.4s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94); width: 157.25px;"><a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/avoid-fake-mobile-apps/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; display: block; height: 117.9375px; left: 0px; position: absolute; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9999em; top: 0px; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94); width: 157.25px;">7 Tips for Avoiding Fake Apps on Mobile App Stores</a></span></span> <span class="link-callout-info" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 471.75px;"><span class="link-callout-title" style="color: #432d2d; display: block; font-style: initial; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.2;"><a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/avoid-fake-mobile-apps/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; font-style: initial; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">7 Tips for Avoiding Fake Apps on Mobile App Stores</a></span><span class="link-callout-excerpt" style="color: #69656e; display: block; font-style: initial; line-height: 1.7; margin: 8px 0px 10px;">Concerned about fake mobile apps hiding malware? Here's how to spot fake apps on your phone's app store.</span><a class="link-callout-link" href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/avoid-fake-mobile-apps/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; display: block; font-style: initial; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 1px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">READ MORE</a></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cybercriminals made $300,000 a month from HummingBad, notably in 2016—though it’s since enjoyed a resurgence.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The malware also gets root access, or, in some cases, tricks you into downloading a fake systems update for complete domination over your activities. It then promotes pop-up advertisements, and transmits information to a server controlled by Yingmob, a group of Chinese hackers. In addition to so-called “click-fraud”, HummingBad could intercept all your messages.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Think of all that information being transmitted to and from your smartphone or tablet! This will slow down your device, and you might think it’s simply that your handset is getting old…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It’s not isolated to HummingBad. You’ll suffer performance lags whatever method a cybercriminal uses to bug your phone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Of course, real apps will take up power, but they shouldn’t noticeably affect your device’s reaction time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can check which apps are using the most RAM. On iOS, you just need to go on <span style="font-weight: 700;">Settings > General > iPhone Storage</span>. On Android, click <span style="font-weight: 700;">Settings > Apps</span> and swipe over to <span style="font-weight: 700;">Running</span>. You’ll probably see <span style="font-weight: 700;">Photos </span>and <span style="font-weight: 700;">Music</span> near the top of the list. From here, you can properly assess your app usage, and check for anything that doesn’t ring true.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How do you know if your phone is tapped or being spied on? You might be ignoring the signs already!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What you might pass off as spam, a nuisance, or a wrong number can be an alert that something’s wrong.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Suspicious SMS will be a seemingly-randomized series of digits, characters, and symbols, which will immediately strike you as odd but perhaps not especially malicious.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do not ignore them.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The most likely cause of this is a fault in spyware used by cybercriminals. If it hasn’t installed properly, coded messages will appear in your inbox that would otherwise have gone unnoticed. These random data sets are instructions sent from the servers of a hacker to tamper with the fraudulent application. Alternatively, it could be the app trying to contact its creator.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Likewise, if any family or friends say you’re sending them bizarre texts or emails, this is a sign that your phone is compromised. This could mean your infected phone is trying to install malware on the devices of your loved ones.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Keep an eye out for any activity you don’t recognize. Look at messaging chains, social media profiles, and <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/7-important-email-security-tips-you-should-know-about/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">check your sent folder and outbox</a>. If you can’t remember sending something, be suspicious.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is a tricky one, but staying vigilant could save you getting ripped off.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It’s a scam we’re all familiar with, but no one’s infallible. We all forget advice, and make mistakes. If that mistake is clicking on a URL in a text or email, it can cost you big bucks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However, you don’t even have to be redirected to a fraudulent link through a message. If there’s a malicious app on your phone, it could alter the appearance of websites you frequent.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The malware acts as a proxy, intercepting communications between you and the site you’re trying to visit. It might be presenting a false page to you, or simply keeping track of anything you type. And no, it doesn’t matter if you’re on Private Browsing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This really becomes a problem if you’re using a site that requires personal details. That could be a password, financial details, or mere Personally Identifiable Information (PII), which is <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/heres-much-identity-worth-dark-web/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">a major currency on the Dark Web</a>. PayPal, for example, is a worry; so too is mobile or online banking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You might not notice any differences. They could solely be minor changes, like pixelated logos. And even if you do see something strange, it could just be the website experimenting with a new interface. Compare the mobile version with that displayed on a PC, bearing in mind responsive themes will look slightly different.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Don’t be overly paranoid—most of us won’t be victims to a phone tap. Nonetheless, it’s worth brushing up on some security measures.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Reduce risk of infection by only downloading from official app stores; Apple and Google screen apps and games before letting them become available to the masses. Knowing <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/secure-mobile-operating-system/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">which is the most secure mobile operating system</a> can be helpful, and keep your eyes peeled for <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/has-your-android-phone-been-infected-with-malware/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">signs that your phone has malware</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">1. Use Office Online</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Microsoft itself offers a substantial collection of free Microsoft Office utilities. Office Online is essentially a browser-based version of the latest Microsoft Office suite.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It currently includes:</span></div>
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<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Word</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Excel</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">PowerPoint</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">OneNote</span></li>
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<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mail</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">People</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Calendar</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">OneDrive</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Docs.com</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There is a catch, however. The online versions only provide a limited Microsoft Office experience. Word Online, for example, does not include text boxes, WordArt, equations, charts, and more. You can still write a term paper, but you won’t be able to compile a company report. Similarly, you’ll be able to open and view your Excel spreadsheet, but your custom macros won’t load.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While Office Online does lack some functionality, it is a versatile <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/dont-pay-word-5-reasons-use-office-online/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">free alternative to a fully paid license</a>. The free versions will happily open your files, allow editing, and importantly, keep your document formatting in place at all times.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">2. Microsoft Office Mobile Apps</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Office Mobile is exactly as it sounds: Microsoft Office, in mobile form. It is an extremely similar experience to Office Online. The functionality is there, and editing and creating documents on the go is easy — but it is extremely screen size dependent.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For instance, editing a Word document on my Samsung Galaxy S8 is <em>reasonable</em>, but attempting to navigate an Excel spreadsheet is fiddly and frustrating. Conversely, editing a Word or Excel document on a larger, tablet-sized screen is actually quite enjoyable. I’m still not convinced you’ll be running your company accounts from Office Mobile, but it’ll certainly do in a pinch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I’ll clear up some confusion for you surrounding the multiple Microsoft Office Mobile apps.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Android <span style="font-weight: 700;">4.4 users and before</span> should download the <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.office.officehub&hl=en_US" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">Microsoft Office Mobile</a> app. The app is specifically designed for those using older Android versions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Android users post-4.4 should download the newer, individual apps:</span></div>
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<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.office.word" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Word</span></a></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.office.excel" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Excel</span></a></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.office.powerpoint" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">PowerPoint</span></a></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.skydrive" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">OneDrive</span></a></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.office.outlook" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Outlook</span></a></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.office.onenote" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">OneNote</span></a></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.sharepoint&hl=en" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">SharePoint</span></a></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">iOS</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Luckily, things are a little simpler for iOS users. The Microsoft Office Mobile bundle was gradually phased out in favor of individual apps. However, there is no legacy version of the app, like Android.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I’m not going to list the individual apps, like I have done for Android as there are differences between iPad and iPhone versions. But you can find the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/developer/microsoft-corporation/id298856275" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">Microsoft Corporation App Store page here</a>, and that contains the individual download links.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Note</span>: iPad Pro users need a qualifying <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/introduction-office-365-buy-new-office-business-model/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">Office 365 subscription</a> to create and edit documents.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">3. Sign Up for the Office 365 Trial</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Office 2016 <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/11-frequently-asked-office-2016-questions-answered/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">introduced numerous changes across the suite</a>. If you haven’t already used Office 2016 elsewhere, you might want to give it a try before dipping into your pocket.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As such, you can take <a href="https://products.office.com/en-gb/try" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">a free one-month Office 365 trial</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The trial will grant you access to the full Office 2016 suite, as well as 1 TB of OneDrive cloud storage. Now, Microsoft isn’t throwing Office away. No, you’ll have to provide a valid credit or debit card (or PayPal account) during the sign-up process. When the trial ends, your account is automatically charged, so set a reminder on your desktop!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">4. How About the Office 365 ProPlus Trial?</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once your 30 days comes to an end you’ll be either sold or ready to try something different. Alternatively, why not try <em>another</em> trial? This time using the <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-GB/evalcenter/evaluate-office-365-proplus#description_11711" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus trial</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You’ll get another 30 days (unfortunately down from the 60 given with Microsoft Office 2013), and access to the same range of fully-featured Microsoft Office programs as before.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">5. Buy Hardware With Office Bundled</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Microsoft Office rarely comes bundled with a new desktop or laptop. Unless it is a specific introductory deal, you’ll be purchasing Microsoft Office as an add-on. And if you’re building your own PC, well, you’re straight out of luck.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That said, these types of deals aren’t impossible — you just have to strike while the iron is hot. Unfortunately, that means you need a circumstantial trifecta: new hardware with a bundle deal, the money to take advantage of said deal, and the need to actually upgrade your hardware.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One option is the Acer Aspire One Cloudbook series. The majority of these laptops come with a Microsoft Office 365 Personal 1-Year Subscription. While this is handy, you’ll have to keep up the subscription to continue accessing Microsoft Office.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Similarly, there are some Dell Inspiron 2-in-1 Laptops that come with a full Microsoft Office 2016 installation, without a subscription.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Everything we’ve covered so far allows you to grab Microsoft Office for free, but also comes with limitations: availability, functionality, hardware. This final option, however, offers some of you a very good chance of acquiring a full version of Microsoft Office 2016 completely free.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First, you’ll have to check in with your employer, or if you’re a student, your school. Many companies and schools can offer either a free or extremely low-cost Microsoft Office license for one reason: the people working or studying there <em>need</em> it. Businesses will have to pay, but bulk licenses may mean your employer can provide a free or cheap option.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Furthermore, Microsoft has long supported schools with <a href="https://products.office.com/en-gb/academic/compare-office-365-education-plans" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">free Office 365 Education packages</a>. It might be that you simply have to directly ask.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The Best Things in Life Are Free</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Grabbing a full version of Microsoft Office for free isn’t possible for everyone. But you’ve got some excellent options, nonetheless. The combination of free Office 365 and Office 365 ProPlus trials grants you 60 days of Microsoft Office.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After that, the choice is yours. I think 60 days is actually an excellent amount of time to <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/13-reasons-upgrade-microsoft-office-2016/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">decide whether you need the entire Microsoft Office spectrum</a>, or whether a free option like Office Online will suffice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The need for secure, anonymous connections to the internet has increased considerably in the past few years, as more and more users come to realize the importance of not being seen and followed online.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We’ve compiled a list of what we consider to be the best Virtual Private Network service providers — grouped by premium, free, and torrent-friendly. We’ll be updating the list regularly, so leave your feedback in the comments for services we should add (or even remove).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These VPNs offer solutions that will mask your online presence to keep you safe. But remember, <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-ways-vpn-not-secure-think/" sl-processed="1" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">VPNs might not be as private as you think</a>.</span></div>
<span class="link-callout visible" style="background-color: #fff8f8; border-left-color: rgb(226, 37, 36); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 5px; clear: both; display: block; margin: 34px 0px; padding: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="link-callout-image" style="background-image: url(https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/themes/makeuseof2016/components/icons/no-image.png); background-position: 50% 50%; background-size: cover; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; max-height: 120px; overflow: hidden; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 157.25px;"><span class="link-callout-image-container" style="background-image: url(https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/vpn-security-297x141.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%; background-size: cover; display: block; height: 0px; padding-bottom: 117.9375px; position: relative; transform: scale(1); transition: transform 0.4s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94), transform 0.4s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94); width: 157.25px;"><a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-ways-vpn-not-secure-think/" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; display: block; height: 117.9375px; left: 0px; position: absolute; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9999em; top: 0px; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94); width: 157.25px;">5 Ways Your VPN Is Not as Private as You Think It Is</a></span></span> <span class="link-callout-info" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 471.75px;"><span class="link-callout-title" style="color: #432d2d; display: block; font-style: initial; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.2;"><a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-ways-vpn-not-secure-think/" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; font-style: initial; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">5 Ways Your VPN Is Not as Private as You Think It Is</a></span><span class="link-callout-excerpt" style="color: #69656e; display: block; font-style: initial; line-height: 1.7; margin: 8px 0px 10px;">Your VPN is not as secure or private as you think it is. We explain why you and your browsing history might not be anonymous after all.</span><a class="link-callout-link" href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-ways-vpn-not-secure-think/" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; display: block; font-style: initial; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 1px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">READ MORE</a></span></span></span><h2 style="border-bottom-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 3px; color: #432d2d;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Premium VPNs</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Intended for the heavy user, these professional VPN services offer the basic required privacy alongside a range of additional features, from increased encryption and mobile support to unlimited bandwidth and “zero records” keeping a log of what you’re browsing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The following VPN services offer these features and others besides.</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.linkev.com/order?offer=3monthsfree&a_fid=makeuseof" rel="nofollow noopener" sl-processed="1" style="color: #e22524; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">ExpressVPN</span></a></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With 1,000 physical servers in 136 geographical locations across 87 countries, ExpressVPN’s focus is on speed. You don’t want a slow VPN when you can have a fast one, and ExpressVPN offers privacy on top of this with PTP, L2TP, and OpenVPN protocol support. For $6.67/month on a 12-month plan with 3 months free, you get a wide range of top VPN features, no logging, and Tor support (ExpressVPN has a <em>.onion</em> website, too).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It’s also great for Netflix!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.linkev.com/order?offer=3monthsfree&a_fid=makeuseof" rel="nofollow noopener" sl-processed="1" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">Sign up for a 12-month plan</a> and get 3 months free.</span></div>
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<a href="https://cybershield.cc/muo_gen_t0jcfle4p.html" rel="nofollow noopener" sl-processed="1" style="color: #e22524; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">CyberGhost</span></a></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With a monthly subscription of $2.75/month on a three-year plan, CyberGhost will give you a very easy to use VPN service. With apps for Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android, CyberGhost VPN’s user interface is broken up into six VPN uses.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For instance, if you want to Torrent Anonymously, simply select the corresponding option. Trying to evade the watchful eye of an oppressive government? Select Unblock Basic Websites. If you’re new to VPNs, CyberGhost might just be the introduction you need to understand the benefits.</span></div>
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<a href="http://click.tunnelbear.com/aff_c?offer_id=32&aff_id=3122" rel="nofollow noopener" sl-processed="1" style="color: #e22524; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">TunnelBear</span></a></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For Android, iOS, Windows and macOS, pricing is reasonable at $49.88/year, an annual charge that works out at $4.99/month. With unlimited tunneling and a mobile-only plan, note that TunnelBear is offering 256-bit encryption.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As we discussed previously <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/access-usonly-websites-internationally-free-tunnelbear/" sl-processed="1" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">TunnelBear is a particularly good way to enjoy US-only web content</a>, including video and audio. Easy to use, there’s also a $9.99/month option, if an annual subscription is out of your budget range. A free version is also available, detailed below. Check our full <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/tunnelbear-the-easiest-vpn-for-protecting-your-privacy/" sl-processed="1" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">review of TunnelBear</a> for more details.</span></div>
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<a href="https://nordvpn.com/" rel="noopener" sl-processed="1" style="color: #e22524; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">NordVPN</span></a></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">NordVPN has numerous servers across the US, Europe, and Australia that are dedicated to ultra-fast streaming, Tor privacy, anti-DDOS, and more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Most locations support the PPTP, L2TP, and OpenVPN protocols and all data is encrypted twice for tighter security. All of this is available for $11.95/month, though discounts are available for 6-month plans at $7/month and annual plans at $5.75/month. These prices are higher than they were in 2016.</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.goldenfrog.com/vyprvpn/buy-vpn/referral?offer_id=131&aff_id=2629" rel="nofollow noopener" sl-processed="1" style="color: #e22524; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">VyprVPN</span></a></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cross platform device support is on offer from VyprVPN, along with a free trial and affordable monthly tariff ($5) for unlimited data and three concurrent connections. Or you might upgrade to their VyprVPN Premium service, at $12.95/month, which offers five simultaneous connections. With desktop and mobile apps, VyprVPN might prove particularly useful to you used in conjunction with OpenELEC/Kodi powered media centers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/vyprvpn-minimal-logging-cross-platform-vpn-for-everybody/" sl-processed="1" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">review of VyprVPN</a> tells you more.</span></div>
<span class="link-callout visible" style="background-color: #fff8f8; border-left-color: rgb(226, 37, 36); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 5px; clear: both; display: block; margin: 34px 0px; padding: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="link-callout-image" style="background-image: url(https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/themes/makeuseof2016/components/icons/no-image.png); background-position: 50% 50%; background-size: cover; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; max-height: 120px; overflow: hidden; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 157.25px;"><span class="link-callout-image-container" style="background-image: url(https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/vyprvpn-297x141.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%; background-size: cover; display: block; height: 0px; padding-bottom: 117.9375px; position: relative; transform: scale(1); transition: transform 0.4s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94), transform 0.4s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94); width: 157.25px;"><a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/vyprvpn-minimal-logging-cross-platform-vpn-for-everybody/" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; display: block; height: 117.9375px; left: 0px; position: absolute; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9999em; top: 0px; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94); width: 157.25px;">VyprVPN: Minimal Logging, Cross Platform VPN for Everybody</a></span></span> <span class="link-callout-info" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 471.75px;"><span class="link-callout-title" style="color: #432d2d; display: block; font-style: initial; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.2;"><a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/vyprvpn-minimal-logging-cross-platform-vpn-for-everybody/" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; font-style: initial; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">VyprVPN: Minimal Logging, Cross Platform VPN for Everybody</a></span><span class="link-callout-excerpt" style="color: #69656e; display: block; font-style: initial; line-height: 1.7; margin: 8px 0px 10px;">VyprVPN is great a VPN service, with the unified desktop and mobile approach. coupled with the refreshingly honest and open approach to logging being the main reasons why you should choose VyprVPN.</span><a class="link-callout-link" href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/vyprvpn-minimal-logging-cross-platform-vpn-for-everybody/" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; display: block; font-style: initial; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 1px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">READ MORE</a></span></span></span><h3 style="color: #432d2d;">
<a href="https://deals.makeuseof.com/sales/windscribe-vpn?utm_source=makeuseof.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=windscribe-vpn_061418&utm_term=scsf-291521&utm_content=a0x1a000003nco7&scsonar=1" rel="nofollow noopener" sl-processed="1" style="color: #e22524; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Windscribe</span></a></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Available for $90/year (or monthly for $9.00), Windscribe offers unlimited bandwidth, unlimited devices, and servers in 45 locations. you can pay using standard methods as well as Bitcoin.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Windscribe offers apps for Windows, Mac, Chrome and iPhone. Meanwhile, its support for the OpenVPN protocol means that you can use Windscribe with Linux, Android, routers, and more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A free, limited Windscribe account is also available.</span></div>
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<a href="https://protonvpn.com/pricing" rel="noopener" sl-processed="1" style="color: #e22524; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">ProtonVPN</span></a></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From the same team who brought you the ProtonMail encrypted email account comes this new virtual private network.></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Taking an unusual approach to pricing, ProtonVPN has a low-speed, free service, as well as a trio of premium options. The Basic package is $5/month; the Plus package $10/month, and adds dedicated servers, added security, and Tor servers to the mix. Finally, the Visionary package costs $30 monthly, features the additional servers mentioned, and adds ProtonMail.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Torrent-Friendly VPNs</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Useful for encryption, anonymity, and reliability when downloading and sharing on P2P networks, torrent-friendly VPNs are slightly more expensive than the premium options, offering as they do a specialized service for a narrow group of users.</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/pages/buy-vpn/MAKEUSE" rel="nofollow noopener" sl-processed="1" style="color: #e22524; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Private Internet Access</span></a></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Costing $6.95/month or $39.95/year (Bitcoin accepted), this secure VPN service offers P2P and VOIP support, as well as the ability to use 5 devices simultaneously and unlimited bandwidth!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A popular choice and recommended by PCMag.com, the fact that it provides VPN for torrenters makes Private Internet Access a particularly attractive choice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Available for Windows and macOS, our evaluation of Private Internet Access <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/hotspot-shield-a-solid-vpn-thats-available-free-of-charge/" sl-processed="1" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">revealed some good features</a>. In short, it is a popular VPN service that offers the best value for money.</span></div>
<span class="link-callout visible" style="background-color: #fff8f8; border-left-color: rgb(226, 37, 36); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 5px; clear: both; display: block; margin: 34px 0px; padding: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="link-callout-image" style="background-image: url(https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/themes/makeuseof2016/components/icons/no-image.png); background-position: 50% 50%; background-size: cover; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; max-height: 120px; overflow: hidden; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 157.25px;"><span class="link-callout-image-container" style="background-image: url(https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-includes/images/media/default.png); background-position: 50% 50%; background-size: cover; display: block; height: 0px; padding-bottom: 117.9375px; position: relative; transform: scale(1); transition: transform 0.4s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94), transform 0.4s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94); width: 157.25px;"><a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/hotspot-shield-a-solid-vpn-thats-available-free-of-charge/" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; display: block; height: 117.9375px; left: 0px; position: absolute; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9999em; top: 0px; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94); width: 157.25px;">Hotspot Shield: A Solid VPN That's Available Free Of Charge</a></span></span> <span class="link-callout-info" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 471.75px;"><span class="link-callout-title" style="color: #432d2d; display: block; font-style: initial; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.2;"><a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/hotspot-shield-a-solid-vpn-thats-available-free-of-charge/" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; font-style: initial; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">Hotspot Shield: A Solid VPN That's Available Free Of Charge</a></span><span class="link-callout-excerpt" style="color: #69656e; display: block; font-style: initial; line-height: 1.7; margin: 8px 0px 10px;"></span><a class="link-callout-link" href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/hotspot-shield-a-solid-vpn-thats-available-free-of-charge/" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; display: block; font-style: initial; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 1px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">READ MORE</a></span></span></span><h3 style="color: #432d2d;">
<a href="https://www.ivacy.com/" rel="noopener" sl-processed="1" style="color: #e22524; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Ivacy</span></a></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ivacy VPN highlights its use as a torrent-friendly VPN, and is available for non-throttled, P2P-optimized file sharing for $9.95/month (or $40/year, or $44.95 for six months). Other features include the usual circumvention of region-blocking, the ability to stream anything from anywhere, and 256-bit encryption.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also on offer from Ivacy is a “strict ZERO LOG policy” which should prevent your activity from being tracked or observed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Claiming to be the fastest VPN in the world, Ivacy is ideal for torrenting and media-based streaming.</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.surfeasy.com/" rel="noopener" sl-processed="1" style="color: #e22524; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">SurfEasy</span></a></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For just $6.49, SurfEasy Total gives monthly access to its VPN service with unlimited data and ad tracker blocking to users of Android, iOS, macOS and Windows. A subscription gives you support for up to five devices, unlimited bandwidth and torrenting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our review of SurfEasy Total <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/protect-your-mobile-data-and-network-usage-with-surfeasy-vpn-giveaway/" sl-processed="1" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">explains these features in more detail</a>. Note that there is also a lower-cost subscription at $3.99/month, for torrent-free VPN use.</span></div>
<span class="link-callout visible" style="background-color: #fff8f8; border-left-color: rgb(226, 37, 36); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 5px; clear: both; display: block; margin: 34px 0px; padding: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="link-callout-image" style="background-image: url(https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/themes/makeuseof2016/components/icons/no-image.png); background-position: 50% 50%; background-size: cover; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; max-height: 120px; overflow: hidden; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 157.25px;"><span class="link-callout-image-container" style="background-image: url(https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/surfeasy-297x141.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%; background-size: cover; display: block; height: 0px; padding-bottom: 117.9375px; position: relative; transform: scale(1); transition: transform 0.4s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94), transform 0.4s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94); width: 157.25px;"><a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/protect-your-mobile-data-and-network-usage-with-surfeasy-vpn-giveaway/" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; display: block; height: 117.9375px; left: 0px; position: absolute; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9999em; top: 0px; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94); width: 157.25px;">Protect Your Mobile Data and Network Usage With SurfEasy VPN [Giveaway]</a></span></span> <span class="link-callout-info" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 471.75px;"><span class="link-callout-title" style="color: #432d2d; display: block; font-style: initial; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.2;"><a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/protect-your-mobile-data-and-network-usage-with-surfeasy-vpn-giveaway/" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; font-style: initial; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">Protect Your Mobile Data and Network Usage With SurfEasy VPN [Giveaway]</a></span><span class="link-callout-excerpt" style="color: #69656e; display: block; font-style: initial; line-height: 1.7; margin: 8px 0px 10px;">In the Google Play Store, you'll find a whole lot of VPN clients for Android devices, but few of them are as up-to-date and robust as SurfEasy. SurfEasy offers a 3-tier account structure: Free, Mobile...</span><a class="link-callout-link" href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/protect-your-mobile-data-and-network-usage-with-surfeasy-vpn-giveaway/" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; display: block; font-style: initial; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 1px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">READ MORE</a></span></span></span><h3 style="color: #432d2d;">
<a href="http://btguard.com/?a=makeuseof" rel="nofollow noopener" sl-processed="1" style="color: #e22524; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">BTGuard</span></a></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For $9.95 a month you can sign up to BTGuard, whose 10 GBit servers offer unlimited download speeds and anonymous P2P torrent traffic. BTGuard runs with Windows, macOS and Linux, and accepts Bitcoin.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Meanwhile, if you don’t want the full VPN experience but want to protect your torrenting activity, BTGuard offers a $6.95/month BitTorrent Proxy service.</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.ipvanish.com/" rel="noopener" sl-processed="1" style="color: #e22524; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">IPVanish</span></a></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our final recommendation for a torrent-friendly VPN comes in the shape of IPVanish, available for as little as $6.49/month with annual billing ($10/month for monthly billing).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With over 500 VPN servers spread across 60+ countries, you get unlimited P2P traffic and unlimited bandwidth regardless. Claiming to be the world’s fastest VPN, IPVanish is available for Windows, Windows Phone, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, Chromebook and even routers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not all VPNs are paid services. If you have only an occasional need to access the web or other online service via a VPN, then signing up with a free service makes sense, especially if you’re concerned about payment privacy and don’t have a Bitcoin wallet.</span></div>
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<a href="https://cyberghostvpn.com/" rel="noopener" sl-processed="1" style="color: #e22524; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">CyberGhost Free</span></a></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Unlike the premium service, free access to <a href="https://cybershield.cc/muo_gen_t0jcfle4p.html" rel="nofollow noopener" sl-processed="1" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">CyberGhost</a> is ad-supported and works only with Windows, macOS and Android. Speed is capped.</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.tunnelbear.com/" rel="noopener" sl-processed="1" style="color: #e22524; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">TunnelBear Free</span></a></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With a monthly allowance of 500 MB a month, TunnelBear’s free option is potentially limiting to your VPN requirements. However, you can get a bonus 1 GB of data by taking part in the company’s Twitter promotion. TunnelBear Free is compatible with Windows, macOS, iOS and Android.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For more details, have a look at our <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/cyberghost-vs-tunnelbear-vpn/" sl-processed="1" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">TunnelBear vs. CyberGhost comparison</a>.</span></div>
<span class="link-callout visible" style="background-color: #fff8f8; border-left-color: rgb(226, 37, 36); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 5px; clear: both; display: block; margin: 34px 0px; padding: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="link-callout-image" style="background-image: url(https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/themes/makeuseof2016/components/icons/no-image.png); background-position: 50% 50%; background-size: cover; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; max-height: 120px; overflow: hidden; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 157.25px;"><span class="link-callout-image-container" style="background-image: url(https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/cyberghost-vs-tunnelbear-297x141.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%; background-size: cover; display: block; height: 0px; padding-bottom: 117.9375px; position: relative; transform: scale(1); transition: transform 0.4s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94), transform 0.4s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94); width: 157.25px;"><a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/cyberghost-vs-tunnelbear-vpn/" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; display: block; height: 117.9375px; left: 0px; position: absolute; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9999em; top: 0px; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94); width: 157.25px;">CyberGhost vs. TunnelBear: Which VPN Is Better for You?</a></span></span> <span class="link-callout-info" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 471.75px;"><span class="link-callout-title" style="color: #432d2d; display: block; font-style: initial; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.2;"><a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/cyberghost-vs-tunnelbear-vpn/" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; font-style: initial; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">CyberGhost vs. TunnelBear: Which VPN Is Better for You?</a></span><span class="link-callout-excerpt" style="color: #69656e; display: block; font-style: initial; line-height: 1.7; margin: 8px 0px 10px;">Which VPN service is right for you? Here's our side-by-side comparison of CyberGhost and TunnelBear to help you decide.</span><a class="link-callout-link" href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/cyberghost-vs-tunnelbear-vpn/" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; display: block; font-style: initial; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 1px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">READ MORE</a></span></span></span><h3 style="color: #432d2d;">
<a href="https://www.okayfreedom.com/" rel="noopener" sl-processed="1" style="color: #e22524; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">OkayFreedom</span></a></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Like TunnelBear’s free service, OkayFreedom caps your VPN allowance at 500 MB a month, which means you will need to use it sparingly in most cases, even with an extra 100 MB available per referral. This free service is ad-supported, but can be slow at times.</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.opera.com/computer/features/free-vpn" rel="noopener" sl-processed="1" style="color: #e22524; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Opera VPN</span></a></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you’re not so keen to download a dedicated free VPN app, why not try the Opera browser? Since mid-2016 it has shipped with its own VPN, enabling users to easily bypass region blocking and keep their online transactions secure. It may not be the fastest VPN — and it’s unsuitable for streaming Netflix or torrenting — but Opera VPN is a very popular free choice. Indeed, we’re expecting other browsers to follow suit quite soon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There’s even a <a href="https://www.operavpn.com/" rel="noopener" sl-processed="1" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">free VPN app</a> for Android and iOS!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Find out more in our <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/get-free-unlimited-vpn-on-the-new-opera-desktop-browser/" sl-processed="1" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">in-depth look at Opera VPN</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You may be reviewing this list to find a VPN solution that is going to work as a Netflix region blocking bypass. While Netflix has asserted that it will be blocking VPNs to prevent this from happening in the future, some services seem to have found away around this, such as ExpressVPN.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our dedicated look at <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/vpns-still-work-netflix/" sl-processed="1" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">VPNs you can use with Netflix</a> lists the available options. But you should certainly take a look at TorGuard and <a href="https://www.linkev.com/order?offer=3monthsfree&a_fid=makeuseof" rel="nofollow noopener" sl-processed="1" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">ExpressVPN</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Several services are available from TorGuard, including anonymous email, an anonymous proxy, and their Anonymous VPN package. Available for $9.99 a month, they offer 3000+ servers in 55+ countries, unlimited speeds and unlimited bandwidth. You’ll also get five connections, which can be used on Windows, macOS, Linux (specifically Ubuntu), Android, and iOS, and TorGuard accepts payment in BitCoin and LiteCoin.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Meanwhile, if the anonymous proxy interests you, both this and the VPN can be bought together for $11.54 a month.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Our Top VPNs – What Are Yours?</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We’ve compiled this list over the course or several years. This means two things: one, that we’re satisfied that the services we’ve included are worthy of their continued presence on the list, and two, that we might have missed a VPN service that you think should be included.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you’re looking for mobile solutions, check out the <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/best-android-vpn/" sl-processed="1" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">best Android VPNs</a> and the <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/best-vpn-iphone/" sl-processed="1" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">best iPhone VPNs</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By Ben Stegner </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a class="no-callout" href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/buy-wearable-4-reasons-need-smartwatch/" sl-processed="1" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">Smartwatches have plenty of perks</a> and offer a convenient companion to your smartphone. But what if you want to use your smartwatch throughout the day <span style="font-weight: 700;">without</span>carrying your phone?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While early smartwatches required a connection to your phone, you’ll find modern smartwatches that can operate independently of one. A watch can’t fully replace your phone, but they’re great for those always on-the-go and can reduce the temptation to use your phone too often.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here are smartwatches you can use standalone, and some information on why good smartwatch phones are so rare.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Apple’s premiere smartwatch has gone through a few iterations, and <a class="no-callout" href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/whats-new-apple-watch-series-3/" sl-processed="1" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">the newest adds LTE support</a>. This allows you to send and receive calls and text messages, stream from Apple Music, get directions, receive notifications, and more—all without your phone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Of course, you also get all the features of the Apple Watch, with a growing list of compatible apps, customizable watch faces, Apple Pay, and much more. This is the best standalone smartwatch for Apple fans, though of course Android users should look elsewhere.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Apple Watch Series 3 with cellular starts at $399. These watches include a SIM card, which you must activate with your carrier (at an additional cost). You’ll need an iPhone 6 or newer to set it up, which you can do with <a href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/ht207578" rel="noopener" sl-processed="1" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">Apple’s help page</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Buy Now:</span> <a href="https://www.apple.com/apple-watch-series-3/" rel="noopener" sl-processed="1" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">Apple Watch Series 3</a> from Apple</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Samsung is one of the most popular Android manufacturers, so it’s no surprise that the company offers a standalone Android smartwatch too. The Gear S3 is available in Classic and Frontier flavors, both with an LTE option.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On Samsung’s purchase page, you’ll see options for the standalone Gear S3 on Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T. The Gear S3 costs $349 for AT&T and $399 for other carriers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Gear S3 lets you text, email, <a class="no-callout" href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/everything-you-need-to-know-about-apple-pay-samsung-pay-android-pay/" sl-processed="1" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">pay with Samsung Pay</a>, and more without a connection to your phone. It also runs Samsung’s Tizen OS, which is great if you don’t prefer Android Wear.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Buy Now:</span> <a href="https://www.samsung.com/us/explore/gear-s3/" rel="noopener" sl-processed="1" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">Samsung Gear S3</a> from Samsung</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">3. LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">LG is another big player in the Android market, and it too offers a smartwatch with LTE connectivity. The Watch Urbane features a classy design complete full a full-circle P-OLED display for a crisp display.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Unlike Samsung’s offering, LG’s smartwatch includes the standard Android Wear OS. It’s water and dust resistant, and lets you stream music stored on the phone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And thanks to the LTE connectivity, you can call and text without your phone. It’s available from both Verizon and AT&T, with pricing depending on carrier.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Buy Now:</span> <a href="http://www.lg.com/us/smart-watches" rel="noopener" sl-processed="1" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">LG Watch Urbane 2</a> from LG</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another offering from LG, the Watch Sport was one of the first smartwatches with Android Wear 2.0 and LTE connectivity. It has a crisp screen optimized for bright light outside, and features the power of Android Wear including Google Assistant support.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Watch Support works with Android Pay, so you can make payments at participating locations with just your watch. Unfortunately, it’s on the bulkier side and only available on AT&T. But if those don’t bother you, this is a solid all-around standalone smartwatch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Buy Now:</span> <a href="http://www.lg.com/us/smart-watches/lg-W280A-sport" rel="noopener" sl-processed="1" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">LG Watch Sport</a> from LG</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We looked at some other smartwatches for this list, but unfortunately the market is pretty slim and these didn’t make the list for various reasons.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The <a href="https://consumer.huawei.com/us/wearables/watch2/" rel="noopener" sl-processed="1" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">Huawei Watch 2</a> is a slick device, but it’s not available with LTE in the US. <a href="https://www.zteusa.com/zte-quartz" rel="noopener" sl-processed="1" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">ZTE’s Quartz watch</a> was a great introductory model, but it’s no longer available. And the <a href="https://www.omate.com/o5/" rel="noopener" sl-processed="1" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">Omate O5</a> looks feature-rich, but there’s no way to order on its website.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Why is the market for LTE-enabled standalone smartwatches so thin? There are two main reasons:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Carriers Charge Too Much</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Because standalone smartwatches require LTE to connect anywhere, you have to set them up with a carrier like AT&T, Verizon, or T-Mobile. Unfortunately, this leads to a costly barrier to entry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Most carriers charge at least $10/month simply for the privilege of having an LTE smartwatch on your plan. Plus, carriers charge you an activation fee of up to $30 when you add the smartwatch to your plan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Carriers thus treat smartwatches as if they were tablets. Adding a tablet to your data plan can us several gigabytes per month from streaming Netflix, music, and similar while on-the-go. But for a minor device that doesn’t use much data, this pricing feels like overkill.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Battery Life Is Unacceptable</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fitness trackers without smartwatch capabilities, like the Fitbit Charge 2, last a few days on a charge. <a class="no-callout" href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/everything-apple-watch-better-fitbit-charge/" sl-processed="1" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">But smartwatches do more</a>—with fairly large screens and more ways to connect which sucks up battery quickly, most need charged every night. This gets even worse with LTE connectivity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Apple Watch 3 lasts just an hour when making a call on LTE. This means even a 15-minute call would drain 25 percent of its battery. That’s not enough juice for you to go out all day with just your watch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Unfortunately, current battery limitations keep smartwatches from being standalone power devices most of the time. Being able to respond to a text during a run with just your watch is nice, but you can’t expect to use it all the time in place of your phone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Watches aren’t quite the futuristic devices we hoped they’d be yet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We’ve seen the best LTE-enabled watches on the market today. While there are a few worth your time, they come with some big drawbacks. Adding a smartwatch to your data plan costs too much, and you can’t use them for long without draining the battery.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But if you don’t mind the cost and often need to get in touch without your phone nearby, it might be worth dealing with the annoyances. Hopefully, smartwatch technology improves in the near future so we can enjoy a better standalone experience.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While it’s important to read over important emails before sending them, that doesn’t always happen when you’re in a rush. That’s doubly true when you send an email from your phone instead of a desktop computer. But <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/write-perfect-professional-email-backed-data/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">double-checking emails for professionalism</a> is essential.</span></div>
<span class="link-callout visible" style="background-color: #fff8f8; border-left-color: rgb(226, 37, 36); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 5px; clear: both; display: block; margin: 34px 0px; padding: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="link-callout-image" style="background-image: url(https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/themes/makeuseof2016/components/icons/no-image.png); background-position: 50% 50%; background-size: cover; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; max-height: 120px; overflow: hidden; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 157.25px;"><span class="link-callout-image-container" style="background-image: url(https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/perfect-email-297x141.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%; background-size: cover; display: block; height: 0px; padding-bottom: 117.9375px; position: relative; transform: scale(1); transition: transform 0.4s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94), transform 0.4s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94); width: 157.25px;"><a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/write-perfect-professional-email-backed-data/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; display: block; height: 117.9375px; left: 0px; position: absolute; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9999em; top: 0px; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94); width: 157.25px;">How to Write the Perfect Professional Email (Backed by Data)</a></span></span> <span class="link-callout-info" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 471.75px;"><span class="link-callout-title" style="color: #432d2d; display: block; font-style: initial; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.2;"><a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/write-perfect-professional-email-backed-data/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; font-style: initial; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">How to Write the Perfect Professional Email (Backed by Data)</a></span><span class="link-callout-excerpt" style="color: #69656e; display: block; font-style: initial; line-height: 1.7; margin: 8px 0px 10px;">Email remains the main form of communication in business. To succeed in that environment, you should learn how to compose effective professional emails. We show you 9 simple tricks that have been proven to work.</span><a class="link-callout-link" href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/write-perfect-professional-email-backed-data/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; display: block; font-style: initial; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 1px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">READ MORE</a></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One unique problem when emailing someone who’s not in your contacts is typos in the address. You might fire off an email and not even realize that the recipient won’t get it because you spelled their domain name wrong.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thankfully, iOS mail has a handy trick to help prevent this.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">How to Never Mistype Email Addresses on iPhone</span></h2>
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<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Open <span style="font-weight: 700;">Settings</span> and select <span style="font-weight: 700;">Mail</span> from the list.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Scroll down to the bottom of this page, and tap <span style="font-weight: 700;">Mark addresses</span>.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You’ll see a text field. Here, you can enter email address domains that you commonly contact.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Add any email domains here that you like, such as <span style="font-weight: 700;">@gmail.com</span>, <span style="font-weight: 700;">@mycompany.com</span>, or <span style="font-weight: 700;">@makeuseof.com</span>.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now, when you create a new message in Mail, the app will mark all other domains in red so you know they’re invalid.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Note that <span style="font-weight: 700;">any</span> domain you don’t specify in that menu will appear in red, even legitimate ones. So if you don’t add <span style="font-weight: 700;">@yahoo.com</span>, <span style="font-weight: 700;">@aol.com</span>, or other real domains, they’ll still appear in red.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thus, it’s best to specify the domains you email most often or those you’re likely to mistype. The red doesn’t mean that you can’t send the email, but signifies that you should double-check it when it appears.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Of course, make sure you add important people to your contacts to avoid entering their addresses manually. You might also want to add <a class="no-callout" href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/8-important-email-addresses-add-contacts-list/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">other handy addresses to your contacts list</a> that are too long to type out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By Ryan Dube </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes, that little smartphone you keep in your pocket has the potential to burst—and it’s not limited to <a class="no-callout" href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/smartphone-batteries-how-they-work-why-explode/" sl-processed="1" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">exploding Samsung batteries</a>. A lithium-ion battery is the same no matter what device it’s in, and they all carry identical risks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What are these risks? And how can you reduce them with your phone? That’s what we’re going to explore in this article.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We don’t have a bunch of doom-and-gloom fear-mongering stories for you. Yes, your phone can explode. But no, it’s isn’t likely to happen at all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Modern lithium-ion batteries—today’s preferred rechargeable batteries for everything from smartphones to Tesla vehicles—have the capacity to be highly explosive.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Have a look at this thermal video of a lithium-ion battery cell under “heat abuse” for two minutes:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The point of explosion is sudden and extremely hot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But outside of a lab where people apply an extremely hot source to the battery, how do these batteries explode in the real world?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is the sequence of events that happen inside a lithium-ion battery before and during an explosion:</span></div>
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<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One area of the battery starts getting too hot due to a short-circuit in the charging circuit, or some other external cause.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The chemical reaction inside the hot area begins generating its own heat as well, which spreads to other areas in a process known as electrolyte overheat.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Eventually, this building heat causes the electrolyte to give off stream, which bursts the battery casing.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Very flammable, hot liquid (not unlike napalm) escapes and usually burns or melts the surrounding phone casing and whatever the phone is next to.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This reaction, known as “thermal runaway,” does sound pretty horrendous, but there’s one fact that should set your mind at ease: manufacturers are constantly <a href="https://www.cpsc.gov/Regulations-Laws--Standards/Voluntary-Standards/Topics/Batteries" rel="noopener" sl-processed="1" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">implementing new safety features</a> in lithium-ion batteries that reduce the likelihood of this happening, or at least reduce the damage caused when it does.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some of these safety features include:</span></div>
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<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Non-flammable additives added to the electrolyte and battery coatings.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Built-in circuitry that protects against current surges.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Circuit interrupt devices that open the circuit if the cell pressure exceeds safe limits.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fail-safe safety vents that release gases if the cell expands beyond a higher safety limit.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thermal fuses that break the circuit when temperatures reach a safety limit.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So for a healthy battery installed inside the average phone, the worse-case scenario before the battery ever reaches this nightmare “thermal runaway” scenario is a message that the phone needs to shut down. Or the battery may simply stop working.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Still, there are situations that could still cause a battery to explode.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">1. Dropping and Damaging the Battery</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As mentioned above, everything will work fine so long as you are dealing with a healthy battery. One problem that can negatively affect a battery’s health is physical damage from drops.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Most people will rush to a local repair center to get their screen repaired when this happens. If the phone still works, they don’t even give a second thought to what damage the battery might have sustained.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Unfortunately, a drop can alter the internal mechanical or chemical structure of the battery. These changes could cause any of the fail-safe circuitry to fail in extreme stress conditions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How can you tell if a battery might be damaged? Open up the case and take a look at the battery. If any of the following conditions exist, consider replacing it immediately:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In many situations, you can avoid explosive battery failure by paying close attention to signs of existing battery damage. For a smartphone battery to be safe, all its built-in safety features need to function properly. So it’s important to never use a battery that has visible signs of damage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">2. Hot Temperatures and Environments</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While there may be safeguards built into your battery to ensure that it sheds excessive heat, or shuts down when too hot, it’s important to keep the battery away from those temperature limits in the first place.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Many elements contribute to your phone naturally heating up. Those include:</span></div>
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<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Running intensive graphics that put a heavy load on the GPU</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Using apps that <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/android-phone-specs/" sl-processed="1" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">put too much demand on the CPU</a></span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Widgets that run constantly while you’re multitasking with the phone</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Regularly connectivity checks when your cellular or Wi-Fi connection is spotty</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Long phone calls</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Normally any of these uses are fine, but if you’re doing them in an environment that’s extra hot, you could run into trouble. For example, using a phone in direct sunlight at the pool, while listening to Spotify and browsing the web, makes an already straining smartphone struggle to cool itself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Even if this doesn’t cause the battery to explode, it can contribute to the aging process and make <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-advanced-ways-improve-battery-life-android/" sl-processed="1" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">getting long battery life</a> a challenge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Charging your phone under these conditions can contribute to overheating even further. The phone naturally builds heat during charging.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are many ways to keep your phone cool and avoid these problems:</span></div>
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<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Remove the phone from its case when you’re charging it.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Keep the phone out of direct sunlight whenever possible.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Don’t leave your phone in a hot car for extended periods.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Don’t charge the phone while it’s in a pocket or inside a bag, or any other place that can trap heat.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We’ve offered many <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/prevent-android-phone-overheating/" sl-processed="1" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">ways to avoid overheating an Android phone</a>, and <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/iphone-ipad-getting-hot-heres-fix/" sl-processed="1" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">tips to keep your iPhone cool</a>. Following these is an important part of being a wise smartphone user.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I purchased a first-generation Google Pixel when it launched. Not knowing that the Pixel requires a cable with a built-in 56k Ohm resistor <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/buy-usb-c-cable-wont-destroy-devices/" sl-processed="1" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">conforming to Type C specifications</a>, I grabbed a cheap cable in the checkout line at Walmart to charge it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I incorrectly assumed all USB-C cables are manufactured the same. The reality is that manufacturers of cheap chargers produce cables that do not always meet specifications required by USB-C devices.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After some time using it, I started noticing my phone became especially hot during charging.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One day when I went to charge my phone in my car, the phone became extremely hot and the charger actually became stuck in the charger port. As I was trying to pull it out, a small puff of smoke came out of the charger port.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I’m lucky I didn’t experience a smartphone exploding in my face.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thankfully, Verizon replaced the phone under the manufacturer’s warranty. But the lesson I learned was an important one: <span style="font-weight: 700;">Buy brand-name chargers from reputable retailers!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can buy non-OEM chargers, but you need to make sure they meet all specifications required by your phone. Cheap knockoff chargers like these use materials with sub-standard quality or an incorrect gauge of wire that lacks appropriate overcurrent protection.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you don’t invest in a quality charger, you can <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/phone-charging-slow/" sl-processed="1" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">run into charging problems</a> at best. At worst, you’re risking not only the destruction of your expensive phone, but possible injury to yourself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">4. Getting Your Phone Wet</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lithium will ignite and burn when in contact with water or water vapor. Batteries come well-sealed, so that kind of contact shouldn’t happen normally.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Many modern phones are <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/makes-device-waterproof-water-resistant/" sl-processed="1" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">waterproof or water-resistant</a>. However, combine a cheap smartphone with a punctured battery, and you’ve got a recipe for disaster.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lithium reacts to both water and oxygen, so puncturing a lithium-ion battery will produce a reaction. This could be anything from a little bit of smoke and a terrible smell to a full-on explosion.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And the reaction is rapid.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Obviously, this means there’s always a danger if a smartphone gets punctured during an accident or any other violent situation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It’s important to keep in mind that the battery inside your smartphone has the capacity to become a dangerous hazard under extreme conditions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So the idea is to avoid those extreme conditions. Store, charge, and treat your smartphone in a way so that should anything ever happen, you are protected from serious injury.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To learn more, check out some <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/8-common-misconceptions-about-mobile-device-batteries-you-need-to-know/" sl-processed="1" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">common misconceptions about smartphone batteries</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 2015, <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/whatsapp-voice-call-everything-you-need-to-know/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">WhatsApp introduced voice calling</a>, enabling users to voice call other WhatsApp users. Then, in 2016, <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/whatsapp-video-calling-everything-you-need-to-know/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">WhatsApp introduced video calling</a>, enabling users to video call other WhatsApp users. Now, WhatsApp is introducing <a href="https://blog.whatsapp.com/10000646/Group-Calling-for-Voice-and-Video-Is-Here" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">group calling for voice and video</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At the Facebook F8 2018 conference back in May, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that group calling would be coming to WhatsApp in the not-too-distant future. Two months later, and WhatsApp (owned entirely by Facebook) is rolling out the feature.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Other messaging apps have offered group voice calls and videos chats for a while now. Even <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/snapchat-group-video-chats-voice-calls/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">Snapchat joined the party in April 2018</a>, with support for voice calls for up to 32 people, and video calls for up to 16 people. But it’s better late than never for WhatsApp.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">WhatsApp’s group calling for voice and video supports up to four people in total. All you need to do is start a one-on-one voice or video call with someone, and then tap the “Add participant” button in the top right corner to invite someone else to the conversation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Two things separate WhatsApp’s group calls from the competition. First, all group calls are end-to-end encrypted. Which is probably why they’re limited to just four people. Secondly, WhatsApp has designed group calls to work under a variety of network conditions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">WhatsApp is currently rolling out group calling to its Android and iOS apps. So, be sure to keep your WhatsApp updated to the latest version in order to gain access to the feature. With more than 1.5 billion people using WhatsApp, that’s a lot of people to group call.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By Nancy Messieh,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you have the Facebook mobile app installed on your phone, chances are it’s storing a lot more of your location history than you realize. While this data is private and only you can see it, in light of <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/facebook-security-privacy-nightmare/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">Facebook’s recent privacy woes</a>, it can be a little unsettling to see how much location data the social network is saving.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So how does it work? Facebook explains that if you have Location History turned on in the app, they will periodically log your precise location to your history, even when you aren’t using the app. Fortunately, you can wipe your entire location history, wipe specific instances, and can also disable the feature entirely.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To view your location history in a browser:</span></div>
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<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Go to <span style="font-weight: 700;">Settings</span> > <span style="font-weight: 700;">Location</span>.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Click <span style="font-weight: 700;">View your location history</span>.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You’ll be prompted to enter your password.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To view your location history on your phone:</span></div>
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<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Go to <span style="font-weight: 700;">Settings</span> > <span style="font-weight: 700;">Account Settings</span> > <span style="font-weight: 700;">Location</span>.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tap <span style="font-weight: 700;">View your location history</span>.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You’ll be prompted to enter your password.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You’ll now be able to see the remarkable amount of location history Facebook has stored due to your use of the Facebook mobile app.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This information includes specific locations you’ve been, as well as data tracking when you’re on the move and saving points along your journey.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can see your location history listed by date, and can browse the information on a map as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you’re understandably weirded out by just how much location information Facebook has on you, you can delete it all in one go.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To do that, just click the menu button in the top right corner, and click <span style="font-weight: 700;">Delete all location history</span>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can also delete location history for specific days. To do this, click the menu button next to the date you want to erase and click <span style="font-weight: 700;">Delete this day</span>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">How to Turn Off Facebook Location History</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you want to turn this feature off entirely, you’ll need to do it on the Facebook app.</span></div>
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<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Go to <span style="font-weight: 700;">Settings</span> > <span style="font-weight: 700;">Account Settings</span> > <span style="font-weight: 700;">Location</span>.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Under Your Facebook Settings, toggle off <span style="font-weight: 700;">Location History</span>.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By turning location history off, that means you won’t be able to use certain Facebook features like Find Wi-Fi and Nearby Friends. Facebook also says that your location history allows them to deliver “relevant ads and helps improve Facebook.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Facebook isn’t the only social platform that may be hanging on to your location history. Just as is the case with Facebook, you can also <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/view-delete-location-history-google-maps/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">view and delete your Google Maps location history</a> that, depending on your settings, might be stored by Google.</span></div>
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<span class="article-endpoint" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></span><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></span><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></span>Balunywa Blogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06577369850726267203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403621170816914567.post-51253766238620592122018-06-08T21:01:00.001-07:002018-06-08T21:01:33.011-07:00Facebook Privacy Tip: How to Limit Your Data Being Shared With Third Parties <div style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.7;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By now you’ve probably heard that UK-based company Cambridge Analytica reportedly <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/mar/17/cambridge-analytica-facebook-influence-us-election" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">harvested 50 million Facebook profiles</a> and used that data to build software that targets and influences voters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cambridge Analytica was able to access the data of millions of users through an app that was used by just a few hundred thousand people. Because Facebook allows apps to access the data of not only those who <em>grant</em> access, but also data <em>shared</em> by their friends, Cambridge Analytica was able to harvest so much more information than they normally would’ve been able to.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/download-the-very-unofficial-facebook-privacy-guide/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">privacy settings</a> you should consider changing (to prevent apps from sharing your data in the future) are all found on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=applications" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">App Settings page</a>.</span></div>
<span class="link-callout visible" style="background-color: #fff8f8; border-left-color: rgb(226, 37, 36); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 5px; clear: both; display: block; margin: 34px 0px; padding: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="link-callout-image" style="background-image: url(https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/themes/makeuseof2016/components/icons/no-image.png); background-position: 50% 50%; background-size: cover; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; max-height: 120px; overflow: hidden; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 157.25px;"><span class="link-callout-image-container" style="background-image: url(https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Facebook-Privacy-Guide-Featured-297x141.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%; background-size: cover; display: block; height: 0px; padding-bottom: 117.9375px; position: relative; transform: scale(1); transition: transform 0.4s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94), transform 0.4s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94); width: 157.25px;"><a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/download-the-very-unofficial-facebook-privacy-guide/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; display: block; height: 117.9375px; left: 0px; position: absolute; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9999em; top: 0px; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94); width: 157.25px;">The Complete Facebook Privacy Guide</a></span></span> <span class="link-callout-info" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 471.75px;"><span class="link-callout-title" style="color: #432d2d; display: block; font-style: initial; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.2;"><a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/download-the-very-unofficial-facebook-privacy-guide/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; font-style: initial; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">The Complete Facebook Privacy Guide</a></span><span class="link-callout-excerpt" style="color: #69656e; display: block; font-style: initial; line-height: 1.7; margin: 8px 0px 10px;">Privacy on Facebook is a complex beast. Many important settings are hidden out of sight. Here's a complete look at every Facebook privacy setting you need to know about.</span><a class="link-callout-link" href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/download-the-very-unofficial-facebook-privacy-guide/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; display: block; font-style: initial; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 1px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">READ MORE</a></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">1. Kill Switch for Facebook App Permissions</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This kill switch feature allows you automatically remove all apps that have access to your account in one easy step. It will also completely disable future logins on third-party sites using Facebook.</span></div>
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<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Go to <span style="font-weight: 700;">Settings</span> > <span style="font-weight: 700;">Apps</span> > <span style="font-weight: 700;">Apps, Websites and Plugins</span>. </span><img alt="Facebook Privacy Tip: How to Limit Your Data Being Shared With Third Parties FB Platform 1" class="aligncenter" height="266" src="https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/FB-Platform-1.png" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: center;" width="391" /></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Click the <span style="font-weight: 700;">Edit</span> button.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Click <span style="font-weight: 700;">Disable platform</span>.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Changing this setting means:</span></div>
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<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You will not be able to log into websites, mobile games, or applications using Facebook. (If you try to, Facebook will prompt you to re-enable Platform.)</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Your friends won’t be able to interact and share with you using apps and websites.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Instant personalization will be turned off.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Apps you’ve logged into (with Facebook or Anonymously) will be removed.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Posts by apps will be removed from your profile.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So for example, if you’ve posted to Facebook automatically using Instagram, those posts will disappear from your profile.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Facebook also points out that apps you’ve previously installed will still have information you have shared with them, and recommends contacting them directly for details on how to remove this data.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">2. Revoke or Edit Individual Facebook App Access</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you prefer a selective approach, you can pick and choose which apps have access to your profile, as well as choosing what kind of information you share with them. (If you’ve already disabled Facebook Platform, you won’t see these settings.)</span></div>
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<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Go to <span style="font-weight: 700;">Settings</span> > <span style="font-weight: 700;">Apps</span>.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the list of apps, click the <span style="font-weight: 700;">Edit Settings</span> (pencil) button.</span><img alt="Facebook Privacy Tip: How to Limit Your Data Being Shared With Third Parties Facebook Edit App Settings" class="aligncenter" height="103" src="https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Facebook-Edit-App-Settings.png" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: center;" width="299" /></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the popup window that opens, you can uncheck specific items that are being shared. This may include your friend list, email address, and who can see items shared on your Facebook profile through this app.</span><img alt="Facebook Privacy Tip: How to Limit Your Data Being Shared With Third Parties Facebook App Settings" class="aligncenter" height="618" src="https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Facebook-App-Settings.png" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: center;" width="546" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />You will find that with some apps, there are certain items that can’t be unchecked including name, age, profile picture, and any other public information.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To completely remove the app, click the <span style="font-weight: 700;">X</span> button associated with each app.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">3. Prevent Your Friends From Sharing Your Data</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you’ve disabled Facebook’s Platform setting, this feature will already be turned off. But if you choose to keep Platform enabled, at least disable this setting that was integral to Cambridge Analytica’s software.</span></div>
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<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Go to <span style="font-weight: 700;">Settings</span> > <span style="font-weight: 700;">Apps</span> > <span style="font-weight: 700;">Apps others use</span>. </span><img alt="Facebook Privacy Tip: How to Limit Your Data Being Shared With Third Parties FB Apps Others Use1" class="aligncenter" height="241" src="https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/FB-Apps-Others-Use1.png" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: center;" width="394" /></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Click the <span style="font-weight: 700;">Edit</span> button.</span></li>
<li style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.6; list-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 10px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Uncheck all the items that friends could be unknowingly be sharing from your profile.</span><img alt="Facebook Privacy Tip: How to Limit Your Data Being Shared With Third Parties FB Apps Others Use 2" class="aligncenter" height="478" src="https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/FB-Apps-Others-Use-2.png" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: center;" width="481" /></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In addition to adjusting your Facebook privacy settings, you’ll probably also want to take precautions to <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/stop-facebook-selling-browsing-data-weekly-facebook-tips/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">prevent Facebook from selling your browsing data</a> to advertisers.</span></div>
<span class="link-callout visible" style="background-color: #fff8f8; border-left-color: rgb(226, 37, 36); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 5px; clear: both; display: block; margin: 34px 0px; padding: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="link-callout-image" style="background-image: url(https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/themes/makeuseof2016/components/icons/no-image.png); background-position: 50% 50%; background-size: cover; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; max-height: 120px; overflow: hidden; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 157.25px;"><span class="link-callout-image-container" style="background-image: url(https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/facebook-update-297x141.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%; background-size: cover; display: block; height: 0px; padding-bottom: 117.9375px; position: relative; transform: scale(1); transition: transform 0.4s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94), transform 0.4s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94); width: 157.25px;"><a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/stop-facebook-selling-browsing-data-weekly-facebook-tips/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; display: block; height: 117.9375px; left: 0px; position: absolute; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9999em; top: 0px; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94); width: 157.25px;">How to Stop Facebook From Selling Your Browsing Data</a></span></span> <span class="link-callout-info" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 471.75px;"><span class="link-callout-title" style="color: #432d2d; display: block; font-style: initial; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.2;"><a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/stop-facebook-selling-browsing-data-weekly-facebook-tips/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; font-style: initial; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">How to Stop Facebook From Selling Your Browsing Data</a></span><span class="link-callout-excerpt" style="color: #69656e; display: block; font-style: initial; line-height: 1.7; margin: 8px 0px 10px;">Did you plan on sharing your browser history with advertisers? Because if you have been sharing your browsing history with Facebook then that's exactly what's going to happen.</span><a class="link-callout-link" href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/stop-facebook-selling-browsing-data-weekly-facebook-tips/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; display: block; font-style: initial; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 1px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">READ MORE </a><a class="link-callout-link" href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/stop-facebook-selling-browsing-data-weekly-facebook-tips/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; display: block; font-style: initial; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 1px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);"><br /></a><a class="link-callout-link" href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/stop-facebook-selling-browsing-data-weekly-facebook-tips/" style="background-color: transparent; display: block; letter-spacing: 1px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);"><span style="color: black;"><u><b>Source: www.makeuseof.com</b></u></span></a></span></span></span>Balunywa Blogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06577369850726267203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403621170816914567.post-64826926798756850922018-06-08T20:57:00.002-07:002018-06-08T20:57:28.630-07:00The Best Camera Apps for Android and iOS <div style="color: #432d2d; line-height: 1.7;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By Christine Chan </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Most modern smartphones come with powerful camera features that most of us haven’t given a second thought about. Chances are we probably just fire up the default camera apps on our phones for quick snapshots that we don’t want to miss.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But what if you want to get more out of your device’s camera hardware? Fortunately, there are some great third-party options on both Android and iOS that can bring out the best in our smartphone cameras.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In this article, we list the best camera apps for <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/10-simple-tricks-boost-smartphone-photography/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">keen smartphone photographers everywhere</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Camera+ has been available for years now, but it’s still one of the best options out there for native iOS camera replacements.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With Camera+, users will find a fast and responsive interface that is fun to use and still manages to pack in a ton of powerful features. You can have separate focus and exposure points, enable Portrait Mode, go into Macro mode, and more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The app comes with some basic photo adjustment tools, a wide variety of filters and scene modes for different landscapes, borders, frames, crops, and the cool Clarity HDR setting. With Clarity, Camera+ makes intelligent adjustments to your image that can reveal hidden details and make your photos pop.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There’s also the Lightbox, which is where you review all shots taken in Camera+ and save only the good ones. This also uses iCloud sync, so your Lightbox photos go with you regardless of device.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Camera+ may be long in the tooth, but it continues to make impressive improvements each time Apple adds new features to the iPhone’s camera.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Download</span>: Camera+ Lite for <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/US/app/id934516489?mt=8" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">iOS</a> (Free)<br /><span style="font-weight: 700;">Download</span>: Camera+ for <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/US/app/id329670577?mt=8" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">iOS</a> ($2.99)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You have to be fast to capture the perfect moment, and that’s what Camera ZOOM FX offers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Camera ZOOM FX claims to be the fastest camera on Android, and it surely lives up to this bold claim. In fact, Camera ZOOM FX is great for its killer speed burst mode that shoots at up to 50 frames per second, which is fantastic for action shots. It also has an image stabilizer to ensure you don’t end up with a blurry photo.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Keeping up with the speedy theme, Camera ZOOM FX has a fast and responsive material interface. There are full manual controls, the ability to combine multiple shooting modes, RAW capture, photo editing tools, tilt-shift, collage-maker, and much more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Download</span>: Camera ZOOM FX for <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=slide.camZoomFree&hl=en" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">Android</a> (Free)<br /><span style="font-weight: 700;">Download</span>: Camera Zoom FX Premium for <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=slide.cameraZoom&hl=en" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">Android</a> ($3.99)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">3. Manual – RAW Custom Exposure Camera</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Minimalists can also get pro-level features without sacrifices, thanks to Manual.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In Manual, photographers can manually (hence the name) adjust settings that aren’t accessible normally: shutter speed, ISO, white balance, focus, and exposure. You can tweak each of these to your liking to deliver outstanding results in the final image. It also means you’re in full control of the photo’s outcome.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Download</span>: Manual for <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/US/app/id917146276?mt=8" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">iOS</a> ($3.99)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Extra details that Manual provides include basic histograms and photo maps integrated right into the viewfinder as you compose your shots. A rule-of-thirds grid overlay helps you <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/compose-photograph-rules/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">get the perfect composition</a> every time you shoot.</span></div>
<span class="link-callout visible" style="background-color: #fff8f8; border-left-color: rgb(226, 37, 36); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 5px; clear: both; display: block; margin: 34px 0px; padding: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="link-callout-image" style="background-image: url(https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/themes/makeuseof2016/components/icons/no-image.png); background-position: 50% 50%; background-size: cover; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; max-height: 120px; overflow: hidden; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 157.25px;"><span class="link-callout-image-container" style="background-image: url(https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/compose-photograph-297x141.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%; background-size: cover; display: block; height: 0px; padding-bottom: 117.9375px; position: relative; transform: scale(1); transition: transform 0.4s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94), transform 0.4s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94); width: 157.25px;"><a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/compose-photograph-rules/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; display: block; height: 117.9375px; left: 0px; position: absolute; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9999em; top: 0px; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94); width: 157.25px;">How to Compose a Photograph: 5 Essential Rules to Follow</a></span></span> <span class="link-callout-info" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 471.75px;"><span class="link-callout-title" style="color: #432d2d; display: block; font-style: initial; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.2;"><a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/compose-photograph-rules/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; font-style: initial; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">How to Compose a Photograph: 5 Essential Rules to Follow</a></span><span class="link-callout-excerpt" style="color: #69656e; display: block; font-style: initial; line-height: 1.7; margin: 8px 0px 10px;">If you want to get really good at photography, there are some vital rules around image composition that you should consider. Here are five of the most important.</span><a class="link-callout-link" href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/compose-photograph-rules/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; display: block; font-style: initial; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 1px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">READ MORE</a></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">4. Camera FV-5</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you’re looking for a professional-level app to replace your Android camera, then look no further than Camera FV-5.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With Camera FV-5, photographers have DSLR-like manual controls at their fingertips. Any photographic parameter in Camera FV-5 is adjustable, including exposure, ISO, light metering, white balance, shutter speed, and even the program mode. The viewfinder also displays useful EXIF data, such as exposure time, aperture, and f-stop.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When you want to take incredible nightlife shots, there’s a long exposure mode in Camera FV-5 that makes it possible. You can even take timelapse videos. All photos taken with Camera FV-5 can be saved as JPG, true 16-bit RAW DNG, or lossless PNG formats.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Download</span>: Camera FV-5 Lite for <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flavionet.android.camera.lite&hl=en" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">Android</a> (Free)<br /><span style="font-weight: 700;">Download</span>: Camera FV-5 for <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flavionet.android.camera.pro&hl=en" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">Android</a> ($3.95)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">5. Halide – RAW Manual Camera</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you’re seeking power, functionality, and intuitiveness, then Halide is one to check out. Halide is the brainchild of a former Apple designer and Twitter developer, so the end result is a work of genius.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Halide focuses on gesture control, which feel natural and instinctual on iOS. Just swipe to change exposure and manual focus. There’s also focus peaking, allowing you to see what’s in focus instantaneously. There’s a fully automatic shooting mode, but you can also manually change the shutter speed, ISO, and white balance too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For those with Portrait Mode devices (<a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/apps-portrait-mode-iphone/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">recreate Portrait Mode on any iPhone</a>), Halide’s Depth mode gives you the fastest Portrait shots ever. There’s no waiting, Depth Peeking, and even a live depth map view. The custom interface for Halide on an iPhone X (<a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/iphone-x-review/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">read our review of the iPhone X</a>) also makes it possible to use the app with just one hand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Other cool things about Halide include the live histogram, grid overlay to compose shots, and the ability to <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/shoot-raw-photos-iphone/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">shoot in RAW</a>. It gives you everything you need to create perfect shots quickly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Download</span>: Halide for <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/US/app/id885697368?mt=8" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">iOS</a> ($4.99)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">6. VSCO Cam</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Visual Supply Company is well-known for its community and tools for creators, by creators. And VSCO is an excellent camera and all-in-one photo editor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">VSCO has a minimalist camera mode, but it’s packed with powerful features. Smartphone photographers can shoot in RAW mode with a simple toggle, manually adjust white balance, ISO, exposure, and enable to grid overlay and lever for perfectly composed photos.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once the moment’s caught, just hop on over to VSCO’s powerful Studio. From here, you can apply expertly crafted filters and make fine adjustments to the image for a professional and unique perspective. Then make sure to upload it and share with the rest of the VSCO community.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Download</span>: VSCO Cam for <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/US/app/id588013838?mt=8" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">iOS</a> | <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vsco.cam&hl=en" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">Android</a> (Free)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">7. ProCam 5</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Looking for a camera app that does it all, including video? Then ProCam 5 is your best bet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ProCam 5 is the Swiss Army knife of iOS camera apps. It manages to include everything you need for still photo shooting, such as night and burst modes, slow shutter tools, Portrait Mode, and even 3D photos. But on top of it all, ProCam 5 does video (<a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/10-simple-tips-to-record-great-looking-home-videos/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">tips for professional looking videos</a>), which is missing from most camera apps.</span></div>
<span class="link-callout visible" style="background-color: #fff8f8; border-left-color: rgb(226, 37, 36); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 5px; clear: both; display: block; margin: 34px 0px; padding: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="link-callout-image" style="background-image: url(https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/themes/makeuseof2016/components/icons/no-image.png); background-position: 50% 50%; background-size: cover; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; max-height: 120px; overflow: hidden; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 157.25px;"><span class="link-callout-image-container" style="background-image: url(https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Home-Video-Professional-Featured-297x141.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%; background-size: cover; display: block; height: 0px; padding-bottom: 117.9375px; position: relative; transform: scale(1); transition: transform 0.4s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94), transform 0.4s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94); width: 157.25px;"><a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/10-simple-tips-to-record-great-looking-home-videos/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; display: block; height: 117.9375px; left: 0px; position: absolute; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9999em; top: 0px; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94); width: 157.25px;">10 Simple Tips To Make Home Videos Look Professional</a></span></span> <span class="link-callout-info" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 471.75px;"><span class="link-callout-title" style="color: #432d2d; display: block; font-style: initial; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.2;"><a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/10-simple-tips-to-record-great-looking-home-videos/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; font-style: initial; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">10 Simple Tips To Make Home Videos Look Professional</a></span><span class="link-callout-excerpt" style="color: #69656e; display: block; font-style: initial; line-height: 1.7; margin: 8px 0px 10px;">As mobile phone cameras have gotten progressively better, they've become reliable tools for recording videos on the go. Here are 10 tips for making your videos look professional.</span><a class="link-callout-link" href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/10-simple-tips-to-record-great-looking-home-videos/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; display: block; font-style: initial; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 1px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">READ MORE</a></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With ProCam 5, photographers can shoot high-resolution video up to 4K Ultra HD quality, and edit them right in the app itself. It’s even possible to do timelapse videos. Either way, you’ll have full access to the manual controls ProCam 5 offers, so both video and photos will look amazing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You don’t even need a separate photo editing app with ProCam 5, as it comes with a full photo editing suite. You get nondestructive editing with gorgeous filters, lenses, basic and pro-level adjustment tools, perspective correction, background music for videos, and much more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Download</span>: ProCam 5 for <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/US/app/id730712409?mt=8" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">iOS</a> ($5.99)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do you want quality for the low price of free? Then give Camera MX a try.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Camera MX has a super simple and clean interface that is fast and gets out of the way, so you can focus on your photos. It’s capable of both still photos and video recording, and even has the ability to “Live Photos,” like the ones on iOS that move when you press on them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The “Shoot-the-Past” Burst Mode lets you check out captured sequence shots that took place before you even pressed the shutter button, so you never miss the moment. You can pause video recordings to apply cuts in real time, and preview filters and effects as you shoot. Or you can capture now and do edits later with Camera MX’s photo editing tools.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Download</span>: Camera MX for <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.magix.camera_mx&hl=en" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">Android</a> (Free)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">9. ProShot – RAW, DSLR Controls & Video</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ProShot turns your iPhone or Android smartphone into a DSLR, but at a fraction of the cost.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just like a real DSLR, ProShot gives users Auto, Program, Manual, and two configurable Custom modes. No matter which mode you shoot with, you’re in control of exposure, focus, ISO, shutter speed, white balance, torch intensity, and more, complete with dials that replicate the DSLR experience. ProShot captures in RAW format (<a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/shoot-process-raw-photos-android-youd-want/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">more Android apps for shooting RAW</a>), so all data is intact for post-processing.</span></div>
<span class="link-callout visible" style="background-color: #fff8f8; border-left-color: rgb(226, 37, 36); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 5px; clear: both; display: block; margin: 34px 0px; padding: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="link-callout-image" style="background-image: url(https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/themes/makeuseof2016/components/icons/no-image.png); background-position: 50% 50%; background-size: cover; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; max-height: 120px; overflow: hidden; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 157.25px;"><span class="link-callout-image-container" style="background-image: url(https://static.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/raw-photos-android-297x141.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%; background-size: cover; display: block; height: 0px; padding-bottom: 117.9375px; position: relative; transform: scale(1); transition: transform 0.4s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94), transform 0.4s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94); width: 157.25px;"><a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/shoot-process-raw-photos-android-youd-want/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; display: block; height: 117.9375px; left: 0px; position: absolute; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9999em; top: 0px; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94); width: 157.25px;">How and Why to Shoot RAW Photos on Android</a></span></span> <span class="link-callout-info" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 471.75px;"><span class="link-callout-title" style="color: #432d2d; display: block; font-style: initial; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.2;"><a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/shoot-process-raw-photos-android-youd-want/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; font-style: initial; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">How and Why to Shoot RAW Photos on Android</a></span><span class="link-callout-excerpt" style="color: #69656e; display: block; font-style: initial; line-height: 1.7; margin: 8px 0px 10px;">If you really want the best quality smartphone photos, you'll want to shoot in RAW.</span><a class="link-callout-link" href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/shoot-process-raw-photos-android-youd-want/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e22524; display: block; font-style: initial; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 1px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">READ MORE</a></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Video recording is possible with ProShot as well, up to 4K resolution, so it’s a full replacement. Burst mode and time lapse deliver high quality results, so each moment gets captured as it happens. For distinctive experimentation, the Light Painting mode (in beta) lets you easily paint with light.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Download</span>: ProShot for <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/US/app/id924438909?mt=8" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">iOS</a> | <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.riseupgames.proshot2&hl=en" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">Android</a> ($3.99)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">10. Open Camera</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do you support <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/12-best-free-open-source-android-apps/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">open source apps on Android</a>? Then Open Camera is a must. This open source camera app is completely free and has no in-app purchases, unlike Camera MX. And since it’s open source, it’ll keep getting support over time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Open Camera allows smartphone photographers to take better photos with manual controls, auto-stabilization, remote controls and voice commands, grid overlays, cropping guides, HDR, and more. You can even record video, and it’s completely customizable, from the volume keys to optimizing GUI for left- or right-handed users.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Download</span>: Open Camera for <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.sourceforge.opencamera&hl=en" rel="noopener" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);" target="_blank">Android</a> (Free)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Making You a Better Smartphone Photographer</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While there are many camera apps available to replace your smartphone’s default option, these are some of the best out there. Some are free, while some cost a few dollars, but we think they’re well worth the money.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It’s important to remember that while these camera apps provide you with powerful tools and full control, you’ll still need to know <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-photography-tips-for-beginners/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">how to take a good photo</a> and be open to <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-simple-ways-improve-photography/" style="color: #e22524; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94);">advice on improving your photography</a>.</span></div>
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