COVID19 Special: Top 5 Best Antivirus Providers of 2020

COVID19 has resulted in unprecedented challenges around the world especially with many countries implementing restrictions on movements & lockdown. Many employees, especially in IT/ITES sectors are suddenly activating BCP modes and are working from home indefinitely. Those who are self-employed and are heavily dependent on internet for their businesses are wondering how they can safeguard their system. The cybercrime in these pandemics has gone up several folds. Ensuring your devices are equipped with a trusted Antivirus is more critical than ever in 2020. Whether be it personal data security, or many viruses/trojans affecting thousands of users worldwide, it’s inevitable that you must choose the right antivirus for your system. Nothing to panic, our tips and recommendation will ensure you have the right AV to safeguard your devices.

Rank 1: TotalAV

       

•  Rated #1 Antivirus Provider 2020
•  Removes Viruses, Adware & Malware
•  Includes Safe-Browsing Tools
•  Simple-to-use Application

 

Ratings> Security: 4/5 Features: 5/5 Price: FREE

Rank 2: McAfee

• One of the most trusted around
• Includes advanced anti-spam technology
• 39-Time award winning product
• Includes internet security

Rating> Security: 3/5 Features: 5/5 Price: Rs 1,499

Rank 3: Norton by Symantec

 

• Multi-Level plans available
• Well-Known antivirus has sold millions
• Triple layer ransomware encryption
• Family browsing safety tools included

Rating> Security: 3/5 Features: 4/5 Price: Rs. 899 onwards

Rank 4: PCProtect

• Complete protection suite included in plans
• Excellent price for all features
• Includes the smartphone & tablet protection
• Trusted virus blocking technology

Rating> Security: 4/5 Features: 3/5 Price: FREE

Rank 5: Kaspersky

• More than 20 Years experience
• Superior 24/7 customer support
• Trustworthy & reputed
• Apt for home users

Rating> Security: 4/5 Features: 3/5 Price: Rs. 899 onwards 

There is a lot to choose from, however we feel these antivirus options are amongst top 5. If you have other recommendations or suggestions, drop us a quick note. 

Stay safe, fit & secured! 

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Exclusive Review: Movavi Screen Capture Studio for Mac | Quick Tips

Introduction

Are you contemplating about documenting video footage precisely from your screen, here’s the inimitable franchise: the Movavi Screen Capture Studio for Mac . This announces its ubiquity with its exclusive effervescent. It endows the final screen capture software package with an all –encompassing attributed video editor; a moderator of an export franchise. It is an exemplary contrivance for an aid to veracious transcript their computer screens and enumerates effects such as an audio commentary.

Getting to know more about Movavi Screen Capture Studio for Mac

Movavi is moreover 2-IN-1 Recording software for Mac: A Screen recorder and video editor. This is master key for all panorama lineaments like capturing screenshots, video calls, taping screencasts, and video alteration. It equips the audience with its immense delectable regime. It is an enormous way to contrive the visual tutorials with description and voiceover, seize video talks with acquaintances as it seizes the audio channel comprising of speaker and microphone, capture screenshots and cementing them into different apps.

Key Features & Offerings

Prominent features addressing theorem are as follows:

1. Apt of mounting the screen capture region to seize the integral screen.

Movavi - Screen Recorder

2. Culling the audio source inclusive of the system audio or audio from third-party input devices such as microphones or MIDI devices.

3. Dexterity to seize the keyboard and mouse behaviour by starring the mouse cursor and exhibiting keystrokes on the screen.

4. Video editing contrivances to augment the video peculiarity as well as trim, join, and reorient video segments.

5. Stylish transmutation that can be infused between scenes to jazz up your videos.

6. Embed text elements and epitomize them to conceive cordial subtitles, captions or watermarks.

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7. Chats on Skype and viewing video online without alteration.

8. The enhanced recording codec facilitates one to seize screens at 60 fps.

9. Screencasts may be excised the way one want: merge, split, rotate, and transform video files.

10. Microphone adjustments, webcam editing, etc.

11. Enumerate background music and voiceovers by summating tracks to the video.

12. Distillate audio track from captured video into isolated mp3 files.

13. Adequate of an inscription of desktop screencasts and in-game footage.

14. Protrusive with video excising tools and endeavour to amplify overall video quality.

15. Memoir reviews and demo videos.

16. Bounteous franchises to create video blog posts, tutorials, and even movies using the built-in video editor settings.

17. Ameliorated capture space selection: enlargement, regulations, and automatic choice.

Effective Tips for Users

1. Extricate the results in MOV, AVI, and MP4 form.

2. Confiscate webinars, live streaming, speed painting from your computer’s pedantry.

3. Simultaneously record the screen and consolidate footage of webcam.

4. Elucidate screenshots: highlight vital components, frames, and wordings.

5. Procreate video blog posts.

6. Conceive an exquisite slideshow from your pictures or affix images with fades.

7. Increment the peculiarity of the videos and plight colloquial concerns like blurry and interweave footage.

8. Ambiance the speed of video processing on AMD or Intel multi-core processors as well as accelerated file processing.

9. Liberate music and online streams in HD.

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Tips & Tricks: Troubleshooting BSNL Broadband 2022 (FTTH) - No Internet

Introduction

For many years we have used, Tata Photon, Airtel Dongle, Act Fiber, Hathway in Hyderabad. We were very pleased with Hathway services in Hyderabad since we had zero connectivity issue. Since we had to change our apartment to outskirts of Hyderabad, none of the private players were offering their services. Hence we had to migrate to BSNL FTTH Broadband plan. Gradually we moved to higher plans thanks to OTT usage & COVID19 work from home requirements.

So far the experience with BSNL has been good. BSNL technicians installed the connection in less than 24 hours and this definitely reinstated faith in govt. entity like BSNL. Due to monsoon rains, connectivity problem is quite common. We recently an issue where we got in touch with BSNL spoc for our township. He helped us with the steps despite being on a Sunday holiday over call. We would like to share those troubleshooting steps with you all.

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Step by Step Guide to make BSNL Broadband work:

Step 1: Check the lights of your router. See if the data light is blinking.

BSNL ONT - Usually placed outside your premises

Step 2: If the data light is not blinking, check the main board (BSNL ONT box) to see if the data light is on or not? If the data light is not blinking – there could be two scenarios i.e. backend connectivity issue or the fiber connection has been ruptured somewhere (i.e. may be a pole is broken etc.). In either situation of no data lights – simply raise a ticket with BSNL customer care. Also check if the data lights on your  home router is blinking or not.

Very important check: See if Data Light is blinking

Step 3: If the Data light is blinking – but you are still not able to connect to the internet, that means some of the network setting has been refreshed and you need to reconfigure the BSNL ONT. 

Step 4: Refreshing Settings of BSNL ONT

a. Connect your laptop/tablet to your home wifi

b. Type http://192.168.1.251

c. Pop Window appears asking for username and password

        Username: root

        Password: admin

d. Click on Network Setting and then click WAN

e. Check internet connection type as PPPoE (Status: connecting) – allow 60 sec and the username and password window will get activated

f. In Username (your BSNL username): jc402988XXXX_sid@ffth.bsnl.in

        Note: 2988XXXX is your landline number, 40 is STD code

In Password field type: password

g. Click on apply and refresh

Step 5: Disconnect and restart your home router.

Step 6: You are now connected to internet

In case these steps doesn't fix your problem, it's most likely that the link is down from the backend (from BSNL side).You will have to flag it with BSNL Customercare.

You can immediately flag a ticket on following link:
https://selfcare.bsnl.co.in/tungsten/UI/facelets/login.xhtml

Or you can tweet to BSNL team, they are quite efficient in their response:

Telangana: twitter.com/bsnl_tt
Corporate: twitter.com/BSNLCorporate 

We look forward for your feedback. Stay tuned to tips, tricks and utility hacks on ReviewsToday. 

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Tips & Tricks: How to change/ create Facetime ID on Mac OS High Sierra

Introduction:

With massive sales of Mac OS Notebooks around the world in recent times, many of the new users find it relatively confusing on how to navigate on this new OS especially if you were a hard core Window's OS user. This video tutorial specially focuses on changing the existing login ID on the Facetime for Mac, creating a new one or logging in with another ID.

Please drop us a note if you would like a personalized help. Don't forget to share your comments and feedback.

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'Jarvis' Software Butler by Zuckerberg - Decoded

Introduction

Founder of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg had earlier revolutionized social media and is now taking artificial intelligence domain by storm with his new – AI instilled software "butler" - named Jarvis. The AI Software is now in service, and even plays with his family.

10 Key Things to Know About Jarvis 

a) This is Mark’s personal project for which he had devoted about 100 hours to build this system.

b) Jarvis is inspired by the "Iron Man" film character Jarvis as a virtual assistant to help manage the household.

c) Jarvis is not a physical robot, but an App which Mark Zuckerberg is able to access through his phone or computer to control lights, temperature, music, security, appliances and more.

d) Since this is an AI Smart App, hence the software learns Mark’s tastes and patterns, as well as new words or concepts, and can even entertain his one-year-old daughter.

e) Natural language processing & facial recognition capabilities were built into Jarvis, enabling it to understand spoken or texted commands and recognize who is issuing them.

Also Read - Review of Tizen 2.3 - A new mobile OS from Samsung

f) The AI software can determine when a guest at the door is expected and let them into the home, while notifying the family that someone has arrived.

g) Mark plans to text his Jarvis using a 'bot' he’d built for the Facebook Messenger service instead of speaking to it, mostly not to disturb people around him.

h) Future plan for Mark is to explore teaching Jarvis how to learn new skills itself rather than him having to teach it how to perform specific tasks.

i) AI is getting a lot of traction in people's homes, with devices such as Amazon Echo and Google Home speakers which links to personal assistants to answer questions and control connected devices.

j) AI technology would improve greatly in the coming five to 10 years.

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10 Reasons to update to iOS 10 Beta on your iPhone/ iPad without Jailbreaking

Introduction:

iOS 10 will be releasing this fall. This does not mean you cannot have your hands on it early. The beta 2 release is out and is quite promising. We have updated 3 devices to iOS 10 and using it for a week now. 5S and iPad mini 4 were running smoothly without any evident bugs. In 5C,  8GB variant, we ran of storage and there was  slight lag while hovering over to the notifications section.

Nonetheless iOS 10 Beta is something worth trying. iOS 10 has a big visual design change as compared to earlier releases.

Also Read: iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus (Leaked Details) - See what to expect

Build & Quality:

1. Apple says they have “redesigned the experience of the lock screen". This a single biggest design change we have seen to the notifications and lock screen.

2. The widgets now appear on the lock screen as cards. You can tap on the widget to open it. iPhone 6s and 6s plus have 3D touch options now.

3. The notification screen just like the lock-screen has a light crisp feel. You can feel the notifications floating rather than it being published on the wall.

4. The Photos app has an overhaul with a Memories section which picks the best of your clicks.

5. The much needed upgrade is in the mail app. The mail's default mode is now oldest on top. Mail chains are easy to handle with mails not merging and cramping. The mail appears as cards and looks quite sleek. You can just swipe each reply to the left to archive it.

6. The clock has a new feature which alerts you when its time for you to sleep and wake up. It monitors your sleep pattern and provides you with analysis.

7. You can just let your feeling show just by tapping back message with the feelings responses. You can send messages in your handwriting and this would not appear as an image to your friend. It would rather animate how you write it on your paper.

8. Tired of looking for an emoji. Just type in the emoji and tap to send it.

9. The music app is redefined and has a quite a fresh and light feel.

10. iOS 10 beta 2 is released for download. This means iOS 10 beta 2 is a version or two behind the main iOS 10 release. This OS is stable and no bugs encountered in this release so far in 5S and iPad Mini 4.

General Observation & Verdict:

iOS 10 is a refreshing OS  and people would love it. Apart from above listed key highlights, there are two underrated features which may turn major USP of iOS 10.

a) Unsecured Wi-Fi Network Warning-

b) Wet Lightning Cable Charger Warning-

To install iOS 10 beta use the link below:

https://beta.apple.com/sp/betaprogram

Still not convinced ? Look out for our short videos on the features soon.

Also Read: 9 Best Features of iOS 9

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Review: Amazon Prime Now in India

INTRODUCTION

 What is Amazon Prime? Well this reward program from Amazon is well known to US population but relatively a new concept for India. Amazon Prime has been officially launched in India. Amazon Prime is a membership program that gives customers access to streaming video, music, e-books, free shipping and a variety of other Amazon-specific services and deals. Amazon Prime is a no-brainer for those heavily invested in the Amazon ecosystem.

GETTING TO KNOW ABOUT AMAZON PRIME for INDIA

Amazon Prime now in India

• It guarantees One-Day and Two-Day delivery with no minimum order size : Being an Amazon Prime Customer allows free express delivery from Amazon at no additional costs.
• For those who want to get on the items before any one else, Amazon Prime is the way out for you. 
• Grab the best deals first and shop exclusive offers with  30-minute Early Access to Lightning Deals, and member-only exclusives

Also Read: Guide on Buying Bike Accessories in Delhi

HOW TO ENROL FOR AMAZON PRIME in INDIA

• The best part is it is free for 1st 60 days.
• Thereafter you can choose to sign-up for Prime at a special introductory price of ₹ 999 ₹ 499 a year.
• You can register for free 60 days here.

Also Read: Review of new WorkMail from Amazon

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Review: 'See First' feature of Facebook | How to set it on your device

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Introduction

Facebook is world’s largest Social Media Platform without a second thought. What you share on your timeline is viewed instantaneously by all your followers who are active on their wall while you had posted your content in same time-line. FB keeps itself reinventing by smarter-than-you algorithms and this time by determining the need of being important, regardless of when it was posted.

Getting to know about “See First”

FB in desktop mode do allow an option to rearrange your News Feed by most recent posts. However on mobile device this option is just tricky & cumbersome to access.

From today, “See First” feature by Facebook is going to address the above mentioned issue to enable you control your posts/feeds in a much better way.

See First features label which of your Facebook friends' posts you want to see at the top of your feed at any given time. For now this feature had been rolled only to iOS devices, with subsequent launches planned for Android, Windowsand the desktop access.

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How to use/set  “See First" feature:

Step 1: Set your See First friends list.

Step 2: Launch the Facebook app on your iOS device, then tap on the More button in the bottom-right corner.

Step 3: Scroll to the bottom of the menu, where you'll find News Feed Preferences; tap on it

Step 4: Click on ‘Prioritize who to see first” – select your friends & click on DONE

General Observation & Verdict

A great feature indeed from Facebook which eliminates reckless scrolling to check feed of your most favorite people on Facebook. Its quite like ring fencing the people you want updates from first.

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Review: 9 Best Features of iOS 9

Introduction

One of the most anticipated launch of the year is going to be Apple's iOS 9 for its mobile devices like iPhone & iPad. Apple engineers are believed to have done a major overhaul to the new OS & is expected to take Apple loyalists by a storm. In this post we shall give you a quick summary of what are the top 9 (official) features one can expect from iOS 9.

Getting to know about iOS 9

In iOS9 while some new features are up-gradation of existing apps like Siri, Pass-book, Notes while there are some new features altogether like Gestures, App-thinning technology, Transit etc.

Lets look into its hood for broader overview of these features:

UPBEAT SIRI

Siri is going to undergo major revamp in iOS9. Its going to be more predictive i.e. it will forecast what you want to know even before asking, a feature similar to Google Now or Cortana.
Siri will display pertinent info based on ones’ location, emails, calendar, search history and habits.

NEWS

The iOS9 will also showcase Apple's new Flipboard-like personalized news reader called News app aiming to replace Newsstand store.
News will be driven by 20 publishers and 50 titles with visually rich layout of a magazine with the immediacy and customization of digital media as stated by Apple spokesperson.

TRANSIT

Public transit information was deficient in Apple Maps so far. Now Transit directions will make it’s debut to the Apple Maps app with iOS9. As a kick-off it will start in 12 cities & will expand to other cities in next few months.

WALLET

Apple's Wallet is the new app which is a re-modification of its Passbook app. In iOS 9, Wallet will hold securely the information on discover credit cards, loyalty cards & store credit cards in addition to the MasterCard, Visa and American Express cards, Apple Pay.

QUICK TYPE

Turning the keyboard into a trackpad? That’s right, the new iOS9 will introduce gestures for the iPad by using two fingers to select text and move the cursor like a mouse.

MULTITASKING

With the new iOS9, iPad users will be able to run two apps at the same time on the same screen via a split-screen function. It will also include new app switcher, picture-in-picture video and keyboard shortcuts enabling word-processing much easier.

NOTES

The new Notes app will now let you drop in photos, draw sketches, maps & links and add items from other apps.
You could also now create an instant checklists and take photos from within the app.

BETTER BATTERY LIFE

Expect an hour more battery life every day with new iOS9 by virtue of adding a low-power mode to squeeze out three extra hours by App-Thinning mechanism.

COMPATIBLE WITH MOST OF THE iPHONE/iPAD MODELS

iOS9 is compatible with all iPhone 4S and above models. This is a significant move as the penetration of this OS will be widely felt. This also exempts existing iPhone/iPad users from upgrading their phone by simply free upgrade of OS.

General Observation & Verdict

iOS 9 is definitely aimed to take on Android & Windows 10. Apple OS is well regarded in the market for very stable & subtle operating system which hardly crashes compared to Android & Windows. The display & sound quality is simply incredible in all iOS devices.

Stay tuned to RT for upcoming reviews on Apple Devices.

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Guide to extract iPhone data from iTunes backup

Introduction

The data on the mobile is ever growing. There was a time when all the important information was hard written and stored safely on the physical files. With the changing times the information managed to be stored on the hard drive of the desktop. But today all the important information is stored on our cellphones. The magnitude and sensitivity of the data is such that we cannot afford to lose it any cost. And the data is not just limited to sensitive information but the
golden memories of pictures clicked, phone number of a college friend, classic favourites and the list may go on to be endless. Yet in the certain necessity we tend to overlook the possibility of recovering the data when the information gets deleted by mistake or gets corrupted. The things get challenging when you have an upscale iOS on you iphone or an ipad. The problem with iOS backup is it is not a common stored file  but an SQlitedb file which is encrypted and certainly not readable.

Also read about : Data Recovery and Formatting Memory Card

Getting to know about Coolmuster iPhone Backup Extractor

Coolmuster iPhone Backup Extractor is the World's 1st standalone iPhone Extractor program, which is dedicated to help you extract iPhone backup from iTunes on Windows easily. And it also allows iPhone users to restore specific files with one simple click.

Coolmuster works with almost all the type of data stored on your iphone/ipad. You can in one-Click recover your entire contacts, SMS, notes, calendar events, call records etc. with zero quality loss. You can choose to Recover files one at a time or in a batch according to your own specific needs. The best part is  you can run it successfully without launching iTunes or plugging your iPhone into PC.

You can get the detailed steps to recover the photos from the backup here.

System Requirements

Supported OS: Windows 8/Windows 7/Vista/Windows XP (64&32 bits)
Processor: Intel Pentium 1000MHz and above
CPU: 1GHz (32 bit or 64 bit)
RAM: 256 MB or more of RAM (1028MB Recommended)
Hard Disk Space: 200 MB and above free space
Other Requirements: iTunes installed in the computer already

iOS Devices Supported
iPhone	iPhone 6/6 Plus, iPhone 5S/5C, iPhone 5, iPhone 4s, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G
iPad	iPad 4, iPad mini, The New iPad, iPad 2, iPad
iPod	iPod, iPod Touch 4, iPod mini, iPod nano, iPod shuffle, iPod classic

File Format Supported

Call History, Contacts, Messages, Notes, Safari, Calendar, Reminders, Voice memos, Camera Roll, Photos

General Observation & Verdict

This is a must have tool to keep your data and important information intact so that you can be stress free, be it while lending your phone to your young kids or any catastrophe that may occur. The interface is easy to use and is quite intuitive. There is no harm in spending on something that safeguards your important things in life. A big and rare 4 out of 5 for Coolmuster Backup Extractor.

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