How To Set a Do Not Disturb Schedule on iPhone and Android.

It is sometimes very annoying when you sit to concentrate on some important work and your smartphone starts sending notifications and calls which are not so important for that time. The Do Not Disturb (DND) feature made smartphones bearable. With one tap of the DND icon, incoming calls and notifications are silenced, and only alarms are allowed.

But silence isn’t always golden. You could miss an important call if you forget to switch off DND in the morning. So it’s worth knowing how to set your device to mute automatically every night then find its voice again the next morning.

Here in this post, I am going to explain how you can set a Do Not Disturb Schedule and other basic settings so you can enjoy this feature in a more efficient way.  

How To Set Do Not Disturb Schedule on iPhone.

On iOS 12 (and higher), set your schedule under Bedtime in the Do Not Disturb settings. At bedtime each day the screen will dim, calls will go to voicemail, and notifications will be filed under During Bedtime in the Notification Center. The feature is similar to the Do Not Disturb While Driving setting, which arrived in iOS 11. To turn on Do Not Disturb:

1. Open Settings.
2. Tap on Do Not Disturb to turn it ON.

You can also Turn On DND by launching Control Center and tap Do Not Disturb button which looks like a crescent moon.

To schedule the Do Not Disturb, click on the ‘Scheduled’ option and set the time for which you want to enable this feature.

Warning: By turning on this feature, you may miss important calls and notifications.

If you don’t want to miss any important calls then you can use the ‘Allow Calls From’ option in which you can choose your favorites or specific contact groups. You can also turn on ‘Repeated Calls’ in which you will hear call ringtone if someone tries to call you twice within the last three minutes. Your iPhone treats those calls as important calls even if you have turned on Do Not Disturb mode.

Also read: How To Silence Unknown Calls and Spam from the people you don't know on iPhone.

How To Set Do Not Disturb Schedule on Android.

You’ll need a smartphone running Android 8.1 or above to enjoy this feature. To enable Do Not Disturb on Android:

1. Open Phone Settings and click on 'Sound & Vibration'.
2. Tap on 'Silent/DND' inside the Sound section and select DND.

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Note: You can also turn on this feature directly from the Settings panel by tap and hold of Do Not Disturb (DND) icon. 

Do Not Disturb allow you to create your own schedule time for which you want to enable this feature and it will automatically turn off after the scheduled time. To set schedule time:

1. Click on 'Schedule turn-on time’ inside Silent/DND settings.
2. Click on Add + button shown below and set the Time and Day of the week for which you want to use this feature.  
3. At last, click on the tick mark shown in the upper right corner.  

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You can also tweak other additional settings like if you want to receive calls then you can turn on ‘Allow incoming calls’ and set the contacts list from whom you want to receive calls.

If you want to receive only important calls then you can turn on ‘Notify about repeated calls’ and this feature allow sound for the calls repeated within 15 minutes in Silent mode.

Once you have set up all these settings and schedule the time and day, Do Not Disturb automatically turn on according to the scheduled time day. And all other additional settings help you to use this feature in the best way. You can use Do Not Disturb feature on the phone while driving, sleeping, meditating, or any other important work. 

How To Hide Cookie Notification on a website.

When you visit a new website, the first thing they ask you to “Accept Cookie” notification and to be honest how many of you actually read the information in a cookie warning, rather than just click Agree or Accept to make it go away.

Getting this Cookies pop-up on websites is fine if you are working on a big screen but these notifications become annoying on your phone where they take up the whole screen and at that time few questions may come to your mind that:

What are Cookie on a website?

Since 2011, all websites accessed in the EU are required to tell their visitors that they’re using cookies, explain what those cookies are being used for and get those visitors’ consent to place cookies on their devices.

The main purpose of a cookie on a website is to identify users and to save information about the users for later use. It helps the website to create a customized web page for every user. Cookies are also used to show you personalize ads based on your past behavior on the website.   

Hide Cookie Notification on a website.

Now, you all the why you receive Cookies notifications but the main purpose of you to visit post is how to get rid of these notifications.

On Computer: 

To hide Cookie Notification on your computer, you can use I Don’t Care About Cookies. This excellent extension for Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Pale Moon, and the new Edge automatically hides cookies warnings on almost any site you visit in your desktop browser. Alternatively, you can add its filter list to your ad blocker, though this isn’t as effective as the browser add-on.  

On Phone:

If you want to hide Cookie Notification on your Android phone or tablet, you’ll need to use a mobile browser that supports extensions, such as Firefox, or use Opera, which lets you block cookie notices by going to Setting, ‘Ad blocking’ and choosing ‘Block cookie dialogs’. On an iPhone or iPad, your best option is to install AdGuard for Safari and select a cookie-blocking filter such as I Don’t Care About Cookies or Prebake.  

How To Skip Image CAPTCHAs when Sign In into a website.

Whenever you try to sign into a new website, it asks you to prove that you are not a robot by solving CAPTCHAs. However, there are different types of CAPTCHAs given by different websites like some are just one click work, some ask you to fill the letters in the box and some ask you to select all the squares containing traffic lights/cars/bridges/trees/street signs and so on.

Which CAPTCHA is the most difficult to solve and Why?

The image captchas are more difficult to solve and sometimes it irritates the most. To solve this image captchas you have to select square boxes containing traffic lights/cars/vehicle/bridges/trees/street signs and so on.

However, the small and indistinct photos they use can leave you baffled. Is that a vehicle in the distance or house? Does the corner of a signed count as being an image of one? Ultimately, CAPTCHAs are there to help Google (which sources the photos from Street View) improve its own Al but, for the rest of us, they’re a tiresome obstruction.

Why Image CAPTCHAs is used?

These picture-based CAPTCHAs (which stand for ‘Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart’) are an increasingly common security measure, now that artificial intelligence (AI) bots are able to defeat most text-based ones.

How To Bypass the Image CAPTCHAs?

There are a few methods by which you can try to solve different Image CAPTCHAs more easily.

1. By solving Audio CAPTCHAs.

One way to bypass these square-selecting challenges is to choose an audio CAPTCHA instead, by clicking the headphones button at the bottom of the CAPTCHA widget. Audio CAPTCHAs are fast and easy to solve. Press Play and type the words you hear-you can keep refreshing if you can’t decipher it-then click Verify. It hardly takes ten seconds to solve an Audio CAPTCHA.

2. By using a browser extension.

If you are still finding difficulty in solving Audio CAPTCHAs then you can install the browser extension Buster, click its button in the widget and it will switch to an audio CAPTCHA and solve it for you. Buster is available for Chrome, Firefox, and Opera.

Conclusion

CAPTCHAs are for security purpose but no one like spending their time-solving Image CAPTCHAs. Thankfully, Google analyzes the problems users are facing with Image CAPTCHAs and comes up with reCAPTCHA v3. In this version, the user doesn’t have to select images or type anything inbox, their actions and behavior on a website determine whether they are humans or robots. In this version, there is no human interaction with CAPTCHAs, not even a single click. 

Facebook getting ‘Quiet Mode’ option to turn off push notifications.

Facebook launch a “Quiet Mode” option for its app to turn off all push notifications. According to the company, the feature “Quiet Mode” will remind users that they set this time aside to limit your time in the app.

Facebook launch this feature at a time when most of the people are staying at the home for maintaining the social distance to curb the spread of novel coronavirus. The main aim of Facebook behind launching this app is to bring the right balance while using the app. The feature is now available only for iOS user but the iPhone user in India is yet to receive the update for this new feature. Most probably the Android user will get “Quiet Mode” in May.

However, Facebook has not clearly explained the “Quiet Mode” feature and what type of push notification they are going to turn off. According to the Verge media report, Quiet Mode can be manually activated/deactivated in addition to bringing scheduled. The few claims were made related to the “Quiet Mode” feature is that if the user will try to open the Facebook app while activating the mode, a message will appear reminding them about the mode. It is also claimed that users will not get to see the badges that frequently appear over the Facebook Watch icon inside the app.

Facebook is testing a new “Your Time on Facebook”

adding:

- Quiet Mode for a specific amount of time
- Scheduled Quiet Mode

Facebook told me (via @alexvoica) that they’ve been testing it for a few months and will continue to test and iterate pic.twitter.com/7sPDuP4mrL

— Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) March 16, 2020

Facebook explained that they bring this Quiet Mode feature during this Coronavirus pandemic as all are trying to adjust themselves to new daily routines due to the lockdown announced in most of the country.

The feature is going to help the users to spend more time with family and friends and they can focus on other different activities and can get a good sleep without any distraction. It is going to help the user to find the right balance with the time they spend on Facebook and other important activities.  

You can find the “Quiet Mode options by the name “Your Time on Facebook” under the settings & Privacy section. 

How To Enable New Dark Mode in Google Chrome.

The dark mode is considered as good for your eyes if you work in a low light environment. However, now every application is trying to add a dark mode feature to their theme settings option so you can choose accordingly which one is good for your working environment.

Now your favorite web browser Google Chrome is also available dark mode option for both PC and Smartphone. Dark mode settings for Google Chrome is quite simple for Android but to enable it on your Windows Chrome browser, you have to go through flags settings.

How To Enable Dark Mode in Chrome Windows PC.

To enable Dark mode in Chrome browser in PC, open Chrome browser on Window’s PC and type chrome://flags in the search bar and press Enter.

Inside Chrome flags settings search of an option “Force Dark Mode for Web Contents” by using the flags search box.

Enable “Force Dark Mode for Web Contents” and Relaunch the Chrome browser.

Now your Chrome web browser is ready to use in dark mode and you can also go through the same settings to disable it.

How To Enable Dark Mode in Chrome Android.

Enabling the Dark Mode of Chrome browser Android app is quite simple and easy than the desktop setting for dark mode.

Open your Google Chrome app on your Android smartphone and click on the three dots in the upper right corner to open Chrome "Settings".

Inside Chrome Settings, select "Themes" and choose "Dark" from the three options given in the theme section. You are done!

You can also select “System default” which will turn on a dark theme when your device’s Battery Saver is on”.

So these are the two methods by which you can enable the Dark Mode of Google Chrome browser on a computer and smartphone. If you find any difficulty while going through the settings, please let me know through the comment section given below. 

7 Best Free Wi-Fi Network Scanners.

Network scanners help you check which devices are connected to your router and find out if anyone is hijacking your internet. It helps you in checking the network for which devices are connected to it, the strength of the channel, and the IP address of the devices. It also helps you to know how much secure a network is.

Here is the list of the best seven free Wi-Fi network scanners that are going to help you in scanning your network. 

1. Advanced IP Scanner. 

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Key Features:

• Easy access to network shares.
• Remote control via RDP and Radmin.
• Mac Addresses Detection.
• Switching on/off computers remotely.
• Export scan result to CSV.
• No installation required.

Despite billing itself as an ‘advanced’ tool, Advanced IP Scanner (AIS) doesn’t try to reinvent the wheel. The best thing about Advanced IP Scanner is that it is not loaded with unnecessary options that most users will never use, but focuses instead on scanning your network for any connected devices. It’s fairly quick, especially compared with rival Windows programs, and its interface is clear and easy to understand, making it as suitable for beginners as it is for advanced network administrators.

Advanced IP Scanner is “the first choice for every network admin”, this tool is easy to use and an excellent option for anyone who’s curious about the devices that connect to their Wi-Fi. When it works, the remote access feature is exceptional, and there’s a portable version of AIS, too.

2. Fing.

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Key Features:

• Fast and accurate identification of all devices connected to any network.
• Find intruders, Wi-Fi thieves, and unknown devices on your network.
• Run speed tests, rate ISPs, and find the best providers in your area.
• Recognize all devices, get an IP address, MAC address, device name, model vendor.
• Port scanning, device ping, traceroute, and DNS lookup.

Fing is a rare beast: a mobile app that outperforms equivalent desktop programs. Available for Android and iOS, it’s a smart tool with a clean look that’s perfectly suited to mobile use. When we connected two mobile phones, a smart speaker, a games console, and a computer to a network, Fing instantly recognized each device, giving its name and allocating it an appropriate icon.

Fing is the perfect mobile network scanner. It lacks a few of the extra features you find in some desktop PC tools, but it gives you everything you need to perform a quick, thorough network check without having to boot up your computer.  

3. Wireless Network Watcher. 

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Key Features:

• Wireless Network Watcher scans your wireless network and displays the list of all computers and devices that are connected to your network.
• The following information is displayed: IP address, MAC address, the company that manufactured the network card, and optionally the computer name.

Wireless Network Watcher keeps things very simple, and that’s fine with us. Clicking the Play the play button to run a scan and see every device that’s connected to your network, along with the usual information such as its IP and MAC address.

The ace up its sleeve, however, is that it notes the first and last time a device was detected and keeps an overall Detection Count, which is sure to please anyone who worries about unauthorized devices using their internet connection.

Wireless Network Watcher is a simple utility that’s ideally suited to the casual user, but it lacks power for those who need advanced features. It’s a great tool for checking what, and who, is connected to your network, but that’s about its limit.

4. Angry IP Scanner. 

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Key Features:

• It scans local networks as well as the Internet.
• IP Range, Random or file in any format.
• Exports results in many formats.
• Extensible with many data fetches.
• It provides a command-line interface.
• It runs on Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X, possibly supporting other platforms as well.

Angry IP Scanner is an open-source and cross-platform network scanner designed to be fast and simple to use.

We’re not sure what has made Angry IP Scanner so cross, but during the time we spent with them, we found it to be thoroughly pleased. The scanning network is quick and the results page is fairly clear when the results are in, the tool even tells you how long it took and how many hosts are ‘alive’. Elsewhere it’s less intuitive, but it’s unlikely to put off advanced users, for whom we’d suggest the tool is really designed.  

5. Dipiscan. 

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Key Features:

• Dipiscan lets you save a text file of the results.
• It has an easy to use interface.

Dipiscan is another streamlined network scanner in the same vein as Wireless Network Watcher. Its attractive layout feels a lot more modern, and we like the dedicated Export button, which lets you save a text file of the results.

Performance is excellent, and you won’t struggle to find your way around the tool-although some of the tabs gathered along the top border on the advanced.

Dipiscan is a fast and capable network scanner, but if you’re already using something like Angry IP Scanner then it is better to stay with those network scanner.

6. SoftPerfect Network Scanner.

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Key Features:

• Fully supports both IPv4 and IPv6 discovery.
• Performs a ping sweep and displays live devices.
• Detects hardware MAC addresses, even across routers.
• Discovers writable and hidden shared folders.
• Detects internal and external IP addresses.

SoftPerfect is a fast, highly configurable IPv4/IPv6 scanner that can streamline many of your network support procedures. It has a well-designed interface, lightweight and portability coupled with an extensive range of options and advanced features make SoftPerfect Network Scanner an invaluable tool, whether you are a professional, or a general user interested in computer security.

SoftPerfect Network Scanner can ping computers, scan ports, discover shared folders, and retrieve practically any information about network devices via WMI SNMP, HTTP, SSH, and PowerShell.

  

7. NetSpot.

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Key Features:

• Collect live Wi-Fi data from all surrounding networks.
• See channel info, transmit rate, vendor, security type, band, etc.
• Customizable signal levels and noise charts display changes in real-time.
• Discover mode is ideal to locate Wi-Fi issues in a specific area.
• Save historical data per each AP for the latest review.
• Create any number of snapshots within each zone to quickly compare Wi-Fi configurations.

NetSpot is a perfect helper for network security specialists in location and eliminating rogue access points, detecting unauthorized workstations, avoiding cross-channel interference, and getting rid of false-positive intrusion alerts. With NetSpot one can also check the security settings (Open, WEP, WPA/WPA2 Personal/Enterprise), non-broadcasting SSIDs, and WiFi signal strength. With all this work done well the wireless signal is less likely to spill outside, where a war drive can get their hands on it.

With its advanced collection and visualization of data, NetSpot provides its users with a comprehensive and complete WiFi site survey solution.  

How To Remove Preinstalled Software With AdwCleaner.

When you get a new computer or clean your PC by returning it to its factory settings, you may find much additional software that you don’t even need. AdwCleaner software can help you in removing these potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) and can remove them. When downloading AdwCleaner, click the blue Free Download button. Click on the download button given below.

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Remove preinstalled software with AdwCleaner.

#Step 1

Download AdwCleaner and run it as an administrator. Click Scan Now to get results in just a few minutes. You can also check that it ran properly by clicking the LogFile button to open a more detailed breakdown.

#Step 2

When Scanning gets completed, you can see the ‘Scan Results’ area. The first page lists ‘PUPs and Adware’. If you have any on your PC, tick all the checkboxes and click on ‘Quarantine’ and then click on continue. After the cleaning process is complete you have to restart the computer.

Click on View Log File for the complete detail of the cleaning process to take place.

#Step 3

Click on Quarantine from the left panel to see the ‘Preinstalled software’ section. This lists software that may appear on a new PC but doesn’t come with Windows, so it is installed by manufacturers. Some of it may be useful, so check the list carefully for the software you think you might need. Tick any software you want to remove.

#Step 4

Save your work in any other programs you have open, then click the Quarantine button and the Continue button in the window that pops up. The software creates a system restore point, removes the unwanted software, and reboots your PC.

#Step 5

Your PC should be performing better than it was before. However, if you’ve accidentally removed something that you suspect you need, after all, click the Quarantine button. It’s likely to be a ‘Preinstalled software’ option, so click that tab to see what you’ve removed.

#Step 6

To reinstate something you’ve quarantined, tick its box and click the Restore button. If you’re happy that everything is working as it should (we’d advise giving it a bit of time before making this decision), you can permanently remove items by clicking the Delete button.

AdwCleaner is the best software for removing preinstalled software and it doesn’t even require any high processing power or huge RAM. You can also choose your specific language from Settings > Application > Display Language. Below these settings, you can also click on ‘Remove’ to remove all traces of AdwCleaner from your computer. This will also delete Quarantine.  

How To Install and Manage Google Chrome Extension.

Managing your Chrome extensions is not so big deal as there is a fairly straightforward menu for this in Chrome browser, but you can make it even quicker and easier by adding a button to the toolbar.

Install and Add Chrome Extension.

Before going through these settings let us learn how to install and add an extension to your Chrome browser. Open your Chrome browser and open the Chrome Web Store. Now search for the extension you want to add.

Select the Extension and click ‘Add to Chrome’. Some of the extensions required certain permissions or data, check it before and click 'add extension'.

Note: You cannot add extensions when you are browsing in Incognito mode.     

Manage Google Chrome Extensions.

To manage all your Chrome browser by using the default menu or you can add a button to the toolbar which is a quicker and easier way to manage Chrome Extensions.

Open chrome://flags, enable 'Extensions Toolbar Menu' and relaunch Chrome.

The new toolbar icon looks like a jigsaw piece and opens a new menu when you click it. From here you can enable or disable extensions and go to the extensions manager.

The Extensions Toolbar Menu button lists every extension that’s enabled in your browser, and clicking the three dots beside each one opens a menu for that extension. One option lets you unpin the extension from the toolbar.

This removes the toolbar icon but leaves the extension running, so it’s a good way to clean up the browser interface if it starts getting cluttered.

The new menu also running but hidden, and you can add their icon to the toolbar. It’s a good way to find out if you have any hidden extensions running in your browser.