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Technology has become omnipresent in our daily lives. It makes things more convenient for us as well as allows us to work from any place at any time. There are huge numbers of tech-related tips and tricks out there that simplify our daily routine and make life much easier. These hacks enhance user experience. Certain tech hacks can be used online while others can be used while offline. These hacks are guaranteed to bail anyone out when needed.

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Hack 1: Everyone knows how difficult It can be to transfer contacts from your old phone to the new one. Once you learn this trick, it will be easier for you to transfer contacts. First, Go to the Contact Manager page on the dialer of your old phone. The next thing to click on is the Import/Export option. Here you will be given two options which are ‘Import from. vcl file’ or  ‘Export to. vcf file’. Click on the export and transfer all your contacts to the internal storage. This new file will have all your contacts. All you have to do now is send this file to your new phone and follow the same steps to import the contacts from the contact manager.

Hack 2: If you are working and the laptop is overheating, place two forks underneath to reduce the heat.

Hack 3: If you accidentally closed an important tab while browsing, you can easily re-open it by pressing command+shift+t on a MacBook or control+shift+t on Windows PC. This can be used multiple times too, so keep pressing to open all the tabs you’ve closed recently. It works even after you have entirely closed and re-opened your browser too. 

Hack 4: Privacy tips and security tips are always important to note, especially when it comes to Facebook, considering everyone uses the network. Due to the increased hacking of Facebook accounts, this tip will bail you out if you logged into Facebook on another device and then forgot to log out. you can still log out although, remotely. The first thing to do is to go to the “settings” drop-down menu on your Facebook, then select “security”, and navigate to “when you’re logged in”.From there, you can see all open sessions and close any of them.

Hack 5: If you want to proofread a long essay, paste your article in Google Translate and listen to it. This makes it easier to pick up mistakes, and the tool itself can help you pick up minor typographical errors.

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Hack 6: If you are using an iPhone and Someone needs to use your iPhone to make a call. Use Siri from the lock screen to make the call. The person will have not have any access to any other app on your phone this way.

Hack 7: The easiest way to increase your smartphone’s speaker volume is by placing it in an empty cup. lol!

Hack 8: To make sure someone isn’t giving you a fake number, read the number back to them incorrectly and see if they correct you. If they do correct you, then it’s the right number.

Hack 9: If you own an iPhone or iPad, you can enable a handy accessibility feature called Speak Screen. The first thing to do is go to Settings, click on accessibility, then Spoken Content, and switch on Speak Screen. With this tool turned on, swipe down from the very top of the screen with two fingers, on any page, and the device will read the on-screen text to you. With the same steps, you can turn e-books into audiobooks and enjoy them while driving, doing house chores, or taking a walk. Speak Screen also works with any written matter on your devices such as articles, notes, or emails.

Hack 10: When looking for information on Google or another online search engine, use a minus (-) sign to exclude words you don’t want to be searched for. This refines the results to filter out things you don’t need. For example, type “rice recipe – milk ” to find versions of making rice without any form of milk, or “best movies -horror” to omit movies from that genre. Another search trick: Put phrases in quotes to help the search engine find exactly what you’re looking for. Say you’re shopping for sanitisers. You’ll get better results searching for “Sanitizers” than the one excluding the quotation marks, the search engine will look for any of those three words, in any order.

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This article was first published on 22nd March 2022

eyimegwu-ekene

I am an accomplished content creator and recently delved into technical writing. I enjoy using my skills to contribute to the exciting technological advances and create awareness of evolving technological trends in Nigeria.

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