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If you've ever tried to delete a lot of files that take up a lot of disk space, you know how long this process can take. Classic deleting files in Windows can take time if those files are large. What is the best solution in that case?

Earlier this year, I wrote an article on how to install iGO navigation with maps on an Android phone, and in that article, you could download maps for Serbia, BiH, Croatia, and Montenegro. But, new maps have come out, so I'll leave a link here and explain how to update in iGO navigation.

I wrote an article on how to save internet traffic on an Android device and I suggested the Onavo Extend and Opera Max apps because they were the most popular back then. Meanwhile, Opera Max has been discontinued and Onavo has been completely redesigned and is now a VPN application with the option to save internet traffic. Their compression technology is probably now used by Facebook in its application because they bought Onavo - link . Google has decided to seize the opportunity and "push" with a new application called " Datally ".

The Covenant add-on has been shut down, as has the Exodus , and that's why I'm making a third instruction to install an alternative add-on, and this time it's " Fantastic ". This add-on is from Fork Covenant and is being maintained by new developers as Covenant has been completely discontinued and no longer has any support. The installation of this new add-on is very similar to the installation of the previous two, only there are other links, but I will print detailed instructions with pictures here as always. There is no difference between these add-ons, so you already know how it works, only Fantastic has a couple more novelties that the previous two add-ons did not have.

Google surprises us with new options from time to time, so we got a few in a short period regarding Google Maps: real-time location sharing information on whether the facility has wheelchair access display of crowds in buildings in real-time display graphs when the building is most crowded during the day live traffic and many others…

If you are smart and plan to leave Serbia, I believe you will travel by plane. Google has been offering search and tracking of flights for some time. Now the web part has been updated to match the design with the design on mobile devices.

If you have an Android TV Box and want to watch home channels, there are several options, and I will now show you the two best ways. If you do not have an Android TV Box, I suggest you read my instructions for buying someone up to 30 euros from China - link or look at the review of the one I bought - link . You need: Android TV Box Internet connection on the Box Some free memory in the Box

If you've ever used Street View , you've probably noticed some irregularities in the form of truncated objects. These irregularities are due to the poor merging of images produced by Google Mapping Car. This problem is solved now and you will notice the results soon.

The problem with raster images is that quality is lost when you scale them. You know that if you tried to increase the dimensions of an image, so the quality was destroyed. Some tools are trying to solve that and mitigate it, but so far no one has done the job well enough. Luckily for us, AI is becoming more common and accessible to ordinary users.

Want to get rid of Bloatware apps on your new Android phone ? Most Android phones come with a set of Bloatware applications, they are unnecessary and take up a lot of space in your phone. For example, companies, or mobile operators, often insert them for promotion. Together, they significantly complicate and slow down the work on the phone, advertisements appear, work in the background, etc. It would be good to get rid of these applications if you do not use them. In this article, you can read ways you can uninstall or disable Bloatware applications.

I have already written an article about buying an Android TV Box for up to 30 euros, and now I am writing about one such device - the X96 Mini TV Box . There is not much to say about this device, its price is around 25 euros, it is an Android TV Box like any other, which means that it is powered by an Android system. Since I wrote about it in the previous article, I will not repeat myself. These cheaper TV Box devices differ mainly only in the chip, amount of RAM, and ROM memory. In the previous article, I wrote about what to pay attention to when choosing, and I chose this device that way.

All around us we see advertisements for new smartphones, new specifications, faster processors, more RAM, various biometric sensors… and lately new types of screens. In advertisements, phone manufacturers also include information about the screen, because it is through the screen that we perform the most interactions with the device itself. And then some users find themselves confused by bombardment with various screen names. This article briefly discusses the currently available screen types for smartphones.

This year, like every previous year, Apple and Samsung introduced their new flagship phones: the Note 8 and iPhone 8 (Plus) . Since these are two rival phones this year, various comparisons follow on blogs, and Youtube channels, forums… But, the most important thing for the end-user is the speed of work . For these purposes, PhoneBuff conducts speed tests in real conditions, because specifications on paper are one thing, and work in practice is another. So they did a speed test for these two phones.

If you're planning to upgrade your computer and don't know exactly what to do, consider an SSD. Why? Because HDD is a bottleneck in most cases ( check it out for yourself ) when it comes to performance. By investing in an SSD, you will get the biggest increase in performance in the least amount of money , and you only need to change one component, and that is very easy and fast.

It happens to all of us that we forget where we left our phone, and when we try to call it, we remember that the sound remains muted. What then? Don't worry, if you have Android then no problem. There are two methods to solve this problem: Offline option (requires phone preparation) Online option (requires internet connection)

UPDATE : Covenant has also been shut down and the alternative is the "FANTASTIC" add-on! I wrote a detailed installation guide with pictures - INSTRUCTIONS . Old text: In one of the previous texts, I wrote about the Koda add-on for movies and series called "Exodus", but many have problems with installing it. Exodus has problems in general, he changed Repo, so I decided to make instructions for his replacement - Covenant .

Not all mobile phones come with a memory card slot, and some find it very annoying. Even the most expensive and best phones that a company offers - Flagship - sometimes do not have that slot, although it is logical that they have it considering their price.

Yesterday, I wrote a detailed article about Android TV Box devices up to 30 euros and it is intended for those who do not understand much about technology. This article is intended for those who do not want to buy this Box because they already have a Raspberry Pi (which normally costs around 30 euros) and would like to use it to watch IPTV channels, movie series, listen to music, watch pictures, and the like. Note : I will use the LibreElec system for RPi and it contains only Kodi, while Android Box has many other applications, including Kodi. This is an advantage of the Android TV Box, and the advantage, if you have an RPi, is that you can use it for anything else, just insert another system.

What is Android TV Box? This is a great solution if you want to add a " Smart " function to an existing TV . With this device, you can watch live TV online for free (later on), play games, upload all kinds of files, watch movies (from USB, over the internet, phone…), listen to songs, surf the internet, use social networks… or everything you can on your Android phone. It is usually a cube-shaped device (but it doesn't have to be) and has various inputs and outputs. It connects to the TV via an HDMI cable , but some also have an AV output over 3.5mm that goes to the familiar 3 cinches, so you can also connect to an older TV (even to SCART if you have an adapter). It is also standard for these devices to have WiFi , LAN port (RJ45), IR Remote , at least 2 USB ports , support for high definition video formats (these cheap ones often have 4K support), and usually come with a remote .

Recovering lost files is a frequently searched term in Google search because everyone wants to recover those important files that were accidentally deleted, for who knows what reason. Recovering deleted files requires software created for that purpose, and the chance of recovering decreases as time goes on. That is why it is important to be ready and have a solution if file loss occurs.

If you are going to sign or renew a contract with a mobile operator to take a phone, first read this text, recalculate and think twice! Although, I'm not going to reveal anything new here, just draw attention if you forgot, or maybe you didn't know. It is very clear that if you take the phone through a mobile operator, it will be much more expensive than buying the same phone in cash. But here's a specific example.

While Apple is struggling to catch up with its rivals in innovation and implement all those, now, old but interesting technologies, Samsung is certainly one step ahead, as always. Namely, so far there have been only speculations about when Samsung will present a flexible phone (because they have already introduced a flexible screen), and now we have this information from the executive director of the mobile sector in that company - DJ Koch.

If you are buying SSDs you have probably heard/read that they last shorter than HDDs, but should this be the deciding factor whether to buy or not? And how long can an SSD really last for one average user, and how long in general? To get answers to these questions one has to perform tests on several units and under different conditions. Several good studies give us interesting results, and these are some of them.

Maybe you've heard from someone, or maybe just on this blog, about the word "Flagship" (in Serbian: flagship) phone, and you don't quite understand what that means. I searched 1200+ posts on this blog and realized that I did not write an article about what Flagship phones are, and I mention them in the texts .

I have already written a detailed article , with installation instructions, about one domestic IPTV Kodi add-on for watching ex-yu channels online , and in this article, I will present a few more similar ones. For those unfamiliar, Kodi is a program available for many operating systems and platforms (such as Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS, Raspberry Pi i) and with which you can watch movies, series, pictures, listen to music… there are add-ons for him and among other things extras for watching TV channels online.

According to measurements from the second quarter of 2017, Netflix has 103.95 million subscribed users worldwide - is it small? Of that, 51.92 million users are from the USA. During peak traffic, Netflix generates a third of all incoming traffic in the United States . How does Netflix provide all of these users with high-definition video content at all times without traffic congestion and image "braking"?

If you often go to bed at night with the phone, would you like to read an article from the Do You Know Tech Blog for the last time that day, I suggest you apply the advice from this text. Just like computer monitors, phone screens emit artificial blue light that bothers our eyes, especially at night when that screen is the only source of light.

If you have heard of Viber and it offers free messages and calls over the Internet, and you do not know much about new technologies, in this article I will show you how to install Viber on all possible platforms .

Have you ever had the Google Play Store not working or downloading apps? Or did you get the message "Google Play Services has stopped"? Or maybe some error code, such as error 491, 492, 420, 944, 110…, etc.? There is a solution to each of these problems. In this article, I will write about the most common possible mistakes and how to solve them.

Since the purchasing power in Serbia is as it is (read: desperate), and phones cost more than in a country where the average salary is 10 times higher, I believe that not everyone has the opportunity to change their phone every or every other year. That is why in this article I will write about how to use the phone to make it last as long as possible. I am writing after many years of experience and using the Galaxy S2 phone for more than 5 years.

There are a lot of launchers for Android, and that is something that sets the OS apart from the competition, among other things. You can completely change the look with just one application, and even more manually. However, there are only a few really good Launchers, and these are mostly the ones that most users have installed. Among them is the Nova Launcher which I have used for quite some time.

Free games are always tempting for gamers, but there are often fake sites that promise free games and you just need to do some simple steps, which usually leads to a virus or some other online scam. Let's be clear, you can't get anything for free, you have to invest something, at least time and/or energy. In this article, under "free", I mean that you do not have to pay anything with money, but you will need time. Not much time, but little yes.

With the advent of various malicious smartphone apps in recent times, users have begun to worry about their security more than ever. Especially when the information appeared in the public that the Facebook mobile application will use the front camera of the phone to "read" the facial expressions of the user and thus personalize the content (read: advertisements). I already wrote about it recently - link .

If you bought a phone and got a bunch of pre-installed applications with it and you can't remove them because they are installed as a system, don't worry, there is a solution! No, you don't need Root if you thought because it's a system application, just ADB .

Secret Codes are an integral part of all smartphones, and they are used mainly to test the functions of the phone. With them, you can find out what your phone is hiding or what it can do, what it has from the sensors, whether everything works from the hardware, etc.

The content: Introduction Division of LCD screen according to backlight technology TFT Principle of operation of TFT TN IPS VA LED Edge LED and Full LED The basic principle of operation of LED LCD monitors Comparison of TN, IPS, and VA LCD monitors TFT LCD monitor components Advantages and disadvantages of LCD monitors Comparison of CRT and LCD monitors Conclusion 1. Introduction The main output peripheral for personal computers is a monitor that has the task of displaying graphic elements and allows us to use computers more easily. The first computers had monitors with a cathode ray tube in them, better known as CRT monitors. They were large, looked like TVs, and worked on the principle of television.

Smart TVs are slowly becoming the standard in our country as well. More and more customers are deciding to buy a TV like this because, simply, a smart TV complements the enjoyment while using it with various useful functions and applications. In this article, I briefly write the basics of smart TVs in addition to the previous article - Tips for buying a TV (2017).

As I am always careful when buying appliances, I believe that a few tips will mean something to you if you decide to buy a new TV. Buying a TV is no more complicated than buying a phone, it is even easier because you have less choice and the TVs have fewer details that you have to pay attention to. Since I am aware that the purchasing power in Serbia is not great, I will immediately suggest the domestic brand Tesla .

As Ransomware viruses began to appear rapidly and spread, such as WannaCry recently, Microsoft decided to take Windows PC protection to a whole new level. They plan to do that by upgrading the Windows Defender antivirus, which comes with Windows, by adding artificial intelligence that uses 400 million computers to protect against viruses!

One Facebook patent clearly shows how Facebook will use the front camera on phones to record users' facial expressions . This is not new since Facebook developed this patent in 2014 and published it in 2015. The idea is to record the expressions of the user's leaves - emotions - during their various activities on that social network, for example, while the user likes a post. In this way, Facebook can determine (understand) even more precisely what the user likes and does not like. For some, this is a great option because they will get more relevant information on the wall, but some are also worried and wonder where privacy is ?

The taskbar holds several essential components of the Windows user interface: Start button, recorded applications, open windows, System Tray, clock, and possibly a quick desktop view. An additional option is custom Toolbars that are placed between open windows and the System Tray section.

If you want to watch EXYU IPTV channels with always updated links, an add-on called " Live TV Serbia " will help you. This plugin offers a lot of channels from EXYU countries and is constantly updated.

Ransomware Wana Decryp0r , also known as WCry , WannaCry , and WannaCrypt , is a virus that has traveled the world and infected hundreds of thousands of computers in 99 countries. This virus is known to us before, but it was not so widespread. During the weekend, the virus broke out and infected many computers, including the computers of health institutions in the UK, which made it impossible for their systems to function properly.

The Facebook app uses a lot of internet traffic and you are probably wondering if there is a way to save. There is, and that option was integrated by Facebook itself into its smartphone app. There are applications to save internet traffic, such as Onavo Extend and Opera Max , but they work on the principle of compressing content through their VPN. The problem is that they can't compress the traffic that takes place in the Facebook application, so Facebook has introduced this option.

Tracking shipments over the Internet has become standard in Serbia. You can track shipments over the Internet of all major courier services with us and it is not difficult. However, many of them do not know that they can track the shipment at all, and many do not know where to find the tracking form on the courier service's website. Therefore, in this article, I am writing about how to follow the shipment at the five most famous courier services in Serbia. I don't know if there are any more, I only know about these and I only had experiences with them. If you know of any more, feel free to write in the comments. The list is not sorted in any order.

If you like watching movies like me, you've probably seen a lot of them and have trouble finding new ones to your liking. Don't worry, artificial intelligence is used everywhere, even for these purposes - look for movies for you.

Are you planning to travel? As smartphones today are equipped with more than good hardware, we can turn them into real mini-trip computers. Therefore, add these tips to your travel plans, because you need to get the most out of your phone to make it easier for you to stay and find your way around another country or city.

UPDATE :  Exodus has been shut down and the alternative is the "FANTASTIC" add-on! I wrote a detailed installation guide with pictures - INSTRUCTIONS . Old text: You may have heard of a program called Kodi , ie. the former XBMC , and thought that with it you could watch movies and series only from your computer. Of course, that is not all that this program can do, on the contrary, there are many options. In this article, I will show you how to set up Kodi to watch any series and movies online with subtitles with minimal effort around choosing a link and translation - everything works automatically !

Don't have a talent for drawing? Does each of your drawings look like random lines written on paper that do not end up with the result you wanted? Don't worry, Google has created an application that will turn all your drawings into works of art.

If you want to download a Facebook video, but do not want to install various add-ons and programs, then just follow the steps that follow.

April 1st is the day when even the biggest IT companies make jokes. So Google made a mini-game this year as well and put it in Google Maps. As you read in the title, this is a popular Pac-Man game. If you thought the game would only be available in larger states, you were wrong because it is available to everyone! Also for every city so you can play it on your own, even next to your house. Note : the game will not work in parts of the city where there are not enough roads.

Real-time location sharing is another novelty of its kind created by Google for its Maps application. What this option essentially offers is sharing the location with friends in real-time. This means that you can, for a certain period, share your location with all those to whom you have sent a specially created link.