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If you need a free SMS , you can use one of these ways to send it online. In this article, three ways you can send free SMS.

If you are tired of ads in Android applications, and you do not have a rooted device, then this solution is for you. It is a free application that is easy to install and use. If you want to remove ads in Android applications, you have two options: buy the full version of the application or block it with various scripts.

Google Maps has been getting more and more new and useful information lately, which I have already written about here and here , and now there is another one - wheelchair access . People with disabilities are often denied entry to a facility because there is no adequate wheelchair access. It is solved simply, but in Serbia, the mentality is such that the owners of the facilities have this problem somewhere in the sixteenth plan.

" Google Earth Timelapse " is the name of a project that Google launched in 2013 intending to show how climate change is affecting our planet. The project then included images from space from 1984 to 2012, but now they are refreshed so we can see from 1984 to 2016 !

A few days ago I wrote that Google has introduced information on Google Maps about the average retention of users in a company, and now we have real-time information! As I said, the first information was introduced on which days are the busiest , and then how many users stay on average . I presented all that on the example of queues in post offices and banks because somehow this option serves me best.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is quite popular nowadays and is being used more and more intensively. Google has, I can say, the most developed so far and is available to end-users (at least one part). We had a chance to see how it is integrated into the new Google Assistant that has replaced Google Now.

Nobody likes the order in the post office, and we always look to go to the one where there are usually fewer crowds. But how do you know which one is waiting for the least? Especially if you don’t go often, or if you’re in another city. You can find help on Google Maps!

So far, you've probably at least heard of buying from China, if not read all the articles I've written on the subject, but you may not understand why shipping is free ?  The package crosses half the world and we don't pay anything ?! How? Where are the earnings for the seller, since the price of the product is already very low? Well, for God's sake, when we send a package within Serbia, we pay for something, and it arrives from China by ship and various trucks for free .

If you have a weak WiFi signal at the other end of the house, a WiFi repeater would come in handy. If you don't have one, and you have an Android phone that you use poorly, you can use it for just that purpose.

If you’ve ever wanted to throw a spell-like Harry Potter in a movie then this is your lucky day! Google in collaboration with "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" - based on the book "Harry Potter" by J.K. Rowling - created voice commands that trigger actions on the phone.

OTG (On The Go) is a feature that allows your phone, simply put, to connects to USB devices . When the phone has an OTG (you will often come across the term "USB Host"), then it also can send electricity through a USB connector, or the ability power a USB device.

In our country, mostly paid games are downloaded for free from various Torrent sites. But it can do a lot of damage to publishers and, sometimes, your computer in the form of viruses. Of course, not to mention that when you come into conflict with the law.

Both Google and Apple have done a great job when it comes to voice commands in smartphones. Google recently introduced a completely new version called  Google Assistant (formerly Google Now), and Apple kept the name, Siri . Which of these two assistants is better now? Just to remind you, Google Now has always beaten Siri so far, will that be the case now?

A new tool based on artificial intelligence has appeared, which fixes photos in the best possible way! This tool scans the photo and adjusts the parts to get the best possible lighting, colors, and details… even adding elements that the camera did not capture.

If you buy a used phone from an unknown person, or even from a known person, you must always check the phone for any damage - visible or hidden. But what all needs to be checked? How? That is exactly what I am writing in this article!

If you happen to not turn on the phone, the screen is black and does not show any signs of functionality, try to do these five things.

If you have a black and white image, you can color it with just one click using an online tool backed by artificial intelligence. People from the University of California have developed a tool that adds color to black-and-white images to make them look convincing to the human eye. The neural network behind this tool searches the database of thousands and thousands of color images, visually compares them with the image it needs to color, and thus adds color to parts of the image.

From time to time I get the question "How to take a screenshot of the phone screen?" And I realize that I did not write an article about it at all, and I use this option every day. So I will explain that in this article for Android and iOS devices.

Much earlier, when there were no smartphones, we only had phones with the English alphabet, English keyboards and software. This meant that you could only compose an SMS from the letters of the English alphabet offered and no worries. The problem is that smartphones with various keyboards in all possible languages ​​and scripts are widely used, so the question is whether the SMS containing Cyrillic or letters with nodules is charged extra?

You must have seen the terms Water Resistance and WaterProof in the phone's specifications or advertisements and asked what the difference was. What we know for sure is that such phones are water-resistant. The only question is to what extent.

Whether you travel alone, with or without an agency, it is always advisable to equip yourself. Since smartphones are capable of many things, you can equip yourself with useful applications that will help you in a country where you have never been or have been.

In this post, you can find several ways to watch  RTS 2 live if the first way (online stream) does not work. Read the text at the end, in which I wrote what to check if you have problems with the Internet, or if the stream “cuts”.

You’ve probably heard of the terms WiFi Hotspot and Tethering , and I believe you have used them. Mobile internet sharing is becoming more common today because operators give us a lot of gigabytes of bandwidth. It's a very convenient way to share the internet with people who don't have WiFi nearby, mobile internet, or your tablet that doesn't have a SIM card.

GearBest is another Chinese site where you can find various products such as smart devices, electronics, parts, and accessories for computers, mobile phones, electrical materials, etc. The company is headquartered in Shenzhen, China, and has more than 2,000 employees. Located in the heart of the world's largest manufacturing region, GearBest offers innovative products at extremely affordable prices often even before they hit the market.

Samsung today officially unveiled the Galaxy Note 7 , the latest flagship model with great specs and an s-pen. The Galaxy Note 7 is a fusion of Note 5 and Galaxy S7 phones, all the best of both models in one. However, what many are interested in are the specifications of this phone, and they are slightly better than the Galaxy S6 Edge + model. If we compare the Galaxy S7 and Note 7, the specifications are almost identical. So the question is whether to switch to Note 7? We will find out the answer to that question at the end of the article.

The eternal question that plagues smart device users: should I leave my phone/tablet on the charger overnight? The short answer would be - yes, feel free . And here's why! Almost all of today's devices use Lithium-Ion (Li-ion) batteries, which is a much better option than those older Nickel batteries with the so-called. memory effect. If you do not fill them to the brim, they "forget" their true capacity and "remember" the new limit to which you filled the last time. Li-ions don’t have that problem and that’s why you don’t have to worry about how much you’ll charge them.

I received a lot of requests to find an OBN live channel to watch online, and I found a satisfactory one. It happens that sometimes the image is blocked, but that is probably only for the moment, maybe the server is loaded and the like. And maybe your internet is slower at the moment. At the end of this article, you have a brief guide on how to check your internet speed.

I received a lot of requests to write an article about TV Pink , so I decided to find the links and publish them here. Also instructions on how to watch Pink live via these links. I keep articles about online TV channels as much as I can because the links change often, ie. become unavailable after some time. By the way, watching the show Zadruga uživo Pink is the most sought after, so I hope that this article will serve most people.

Pokemon Go is a game similar to Ingress that attracted a lot of attention and received a lot of positive comments even before it appeared. Ever since the appearance of the first pictures and the video, Pokemon Go has become a game that has been eagerly awaited, and now it is finally here!

UPDATED : see the updated article at this link: The best Android navigation without the Internet in Serbian There is a lot of Android navigation, but more and more people are asked to work without the Internet, ie. in the so-called offline mode. Why? Because every phone has GPS (and some Glonass ) that is always available to us, but not the Internet. For example, if you are abroad and do not have internet, the only solution is GPS. Do you need internet for maps , how do solve it? Easy - offline navigation.

There are various fonts, but you can create your own unique font printed on your hand. You can use such a font anywhere, even on an Android phone.

Most of the sites for watching RTS 1 live channels have a lot of ads that cover the video itself, and also on many sites, the links are not updated, especially when there are sports competitions . That's why I decided to regularly update the links for RTS 1 live here.

We can watch TV on Android devices (Android TV) in several ways. The first way is without the internet using a digital TV signal, and the second way is using the internet. Choose the one that suits you best and enjoy TV channels, watch sports events on the go, favorite series, TV shows, and other TV content on your favorite Android device!

Want to find out if malware is using your camera? Or do you want to know which program prevents you from using the camera while, say, talking via Skype? Here are instructions on how to find out exactly which process is using the camera and how to turn it off.

The 2016 Olympics are getting closer, the only question is where to watch the broadcast online? For all those who were not able to go to Rio, it remains to watch from home via TV or online. Since I don't watch TV, I'm always looking for an online alternative, even now.

Surely in some movies, you have seen navigation, speed, mileage and other information drawn directly on the windshield and thought it was cool but also useful. Well, from now on you can have it in your car for free! All you need is an Android device and one application.

DVB-T2 receivers have become mandatory in Serbia if you continue to watch TV via the antenna unless your TV does not already have one built-in. For users of Android phones and tablets, this is good news because they can watch TV without the internet on their Android device with maximum picture quality. But, for something like that, you need a DVB-T2 receiver for the phone , just as there are various ones for the TV.

"Recycle bin" is well known to all Windows users, and sometimes real salvation if we delete the file accidentally so we can restore it in a few clicks. However, Android crossovers are deprived of these possibilities, so once we delete a file, there is no return (ie there is through the Recovery tool, but success is not 100% guaranteed, and often complicated for some users).

I’ve installed a bunch of apps on my Android devices over the years, however, I’ve only kept a few all this time. I will single out two that are the most useful of all, and below I will list a few other useful ones that I always install on a new device or when I change the system.

Galaxy S7 Edge This is the latest phone from Samsung, it appeared on the market last month and in a very short time, it recorded a big growth in sales. It really has a lot of features, strong hardware, and a great screen… The Galaxy S7 Edge has a 5.5-inch Super AMOLED screen that is, of course, curved on the right and left. It also features the  ForceTouch pressure sensor and the  AlwaysOn option and is protected by fourth-generation Gorilla Glass . Above the screen are a speakerphone, light and proximity sensors, and a 5 Mpx front camera that can take HDR images.

Live results are much requested by visitors, so I get questions to recommend a site, application… I believe that everyone has their own site where they check live results, but I am writing this article so I do not have to constantly write answers but just send a link to this article. So, here are a few sites where you can follow the live results

IMEI is an abbreviation of "international mobile equipment identity" and each mobile phone should have a unique IMEI number. You cannot change this number with the operator, but you can temporarily change it on your device. It allows the operator to accurately identify your device and thus enable/disable network services. Also, you can use the possibility of changing the IMEI number, at least for a short time, if you know exactly what you want, but I leave those ideas to you because this is an educational article.

This is currently one of the most popular flagship models that Samsung presented this year, and it is characterized by phenomenal specifications, workmanship, design, camera, and various software and hardware capabilities.

If you didn't know, when you reset your phone to factory settings and think that all the data was destroyed that way, you're wrong! Restoring the phone to factory settings works like classic deleting files, which means that the files are still in the phone but the information about their existence is deleted so that other content can pass over them. Only when some other content is written over old data, do they disappear forever. I've already written about this, so take a look:

We see the label " OIS " more and more often in the specifications of smartphones, so some people don't really understand what it is, what it does, and what does it mean to the end-user? OIS is an abbreviation of " Optical Image Stabilization ", which in translation would mean "Optical Image Stabilization", and what it does - stabilizes the image from the camera.

Many know what they want to do right away with their brand new Android phone, but most don’t know what not to do. In this text, I will give advice on what is not the best thing to do based on the personal experience of many Android users.

Already after you decide to buy something on the Aliexpress site, instead of in local stores, you have achieved great savings. However, on Aliexpress itself, you can save even more if you are careful. Here are some tips based on my experience so far. If you haven't already, take a look at the article in which I explained in detail how to shop on Chinese sites -  https://do-you-know-tech.blogspot.com/2014/09/how-to-buy-from-chinese-sites.html

The Galaxy Note 5 is certainly one of the main favorites in the smartphone market right now. A large Super AMOLED screen with excellent resolution, phenomenal camera, strong battery, strong processor, and Stylus pen … are just some of the features of this phone, and there are a bunch of other features and interesting options.

Today, Samsung is one of the leading companies in the world when it comes to electronics and electronic devices: chips, TVs, monitors, smart devices, white goods, cameras, memory devices… We know what Samsung is, what it offers, and what they do, but there are many a fact you may have known nothing about that company. 1. Samsung is destined for great things from day one According to the company's founder,  Lee Byung-Chul , Samsung was created to be something big, as evidenced by the name of the company. The name Samsung consists of "Sam" meaning "three" and "Sung" meaning "Stars" - three stars (三星), a cultural representation of something "big, numerous and powerful".

The Piano Tiles 2 game has become very popular around the world, which is confirmed by the fact that Google declared it one of the most popular games in 2015 on the Play Store. As much as it is fun, it can also be irritating, especially if you don't have more life in the game, that is. those hearts, for playing. But you can hack them very easily and quickly, all you need is a Root Android phone and a Game Killer app.

Viber Stickers are certainly popular with users, so there is a site where all Viber stickers are in one place and can be downloaded for free in the form of a simple thumbnail.

More and more people are deciding to buy goods from Chinese sites that are much cheaper than in our country. However, many who order for the first time do not know how to check where the package is currently, since it takes a long time to arrive. Tracking shipments is an important phase in online shopping, especially since the package arrives from other parts of the world. If you have not ordered anything so far, and you would like to know how to read the detailed instructions I wrote:  https://do-you-know-tech.blogspot.com/2014/09/how-to-buy-from-chinese-sites.html