9 of the Best DLNA Streaming Apps for Android

DLNA is a convenient moniker for something altogether more scary sounding – Digital Living Network Alliance. What it does, however, is anything but scary, allowing you to connect DLNA-compatible devices to each other and seamlessly stream data between them over the air – photos, videos, your Android homescreen, you name it. It’s a pretty old format, but it’s still going strong, proven by the fact that both Microsoft and Sony tried omitting it from their Xbox One and PS4 respectively, but both ended up adding it back in due to popular demand. Long live DLNA! We’ve sifted through the good and the bad of DLNA… Read more

7 Free Excel Templates to Help Manage Your Budget

At the heart of every financial plan lies one of the biggest keys to money management: budgeting. Whether you’re earning six figures a year or live from paycheck to paycheck, you want to have a handle on your finances, so it’s important to know where your money is going. But just how do you take what seems an arduous task and make it a regular habit that helps you fulfill your daily tasks while meeting your goals? Thanks to ready-to-use budget spreadsheets, you can not only manage your budget but simplify the tasks involved further with some handy Excel templates. Check out our list of… Read more

Audio Wars: Digital (S/PDIF) vs. HDMI vs. Analog

The saying “classics never die” isn’t something applied often to electronic cabling. Sure, golden oldies like the Figure 8 cable and the Kettle Lead stick around forever, but with cabling where modernization gives big boosts in quality or speed, such as video and USB cabling most notably, things depreciate much faster. That hasn’t quite happened with audio cables, where seemingly ancient formats like 3.5mm and optical audio continue to kick around even in modern devices. But given the option, should you use one of these or the newer HDMI audio formats? We’ll explain all formats here so that you can make an educated choice. Analog… Read more

How to Sync Microsoft OneDrive with Linux

Sometimes lately it can be necessary to use propriety products. Open source enthusiasts would love to have a cloud-based storage facility, but the fact remains that companies like Google, Amazon, Dropbox and Microsoft have cornered the cloud storage market. They offer reliable products for free, and this means that yes, they will scan or read your files in order to comply with legal requests or to serve adverts. It is a fact of life, but this doesn’t mean you shouldn’t use them. OneDrive is Microsoft’s cloud-based storage offering, and even though it is naturally suited to the Windows platform, it will connect with Linux-based machines… Read more

Recovery Toolbox for Word: An Easy Way to Repair Corrupt Word Files

This is a sponsored article and was made possible by Recovery Toolbox. The actual contents and opinions are the sole views of the author who maintains editorial independence, even when a post is sponsored. Just like any other program files, Microsoft Word files too can get corrupted due to different reasons. When that happens, your first thought would be to try the built-in repair tool for Word. But as we all know, the probability of recovering data from a corrupted file using the built-in Office repair tools is always next to nil. While this may seem rather frustrating, it’s not the end of the road…. Read more