Summary of the hottest technology news in August 3

Swing Copter is available on Android and iOS, how to check which computer is connected to any website, how to protect smartphones when going to sea, prevent FireFox from transferring downloaded file information to Google, set back the default application on Windows already to fix Windows 8 with a black screen error, disable auto-video feature on facebook, hide files and folders on all operating systems, . are the most interesting news this week!

1- Swing Copters is officially available on Android and iOS

Swing Copters has officially appeared on 2 popular app stores and is considered to be more difficult to play than Flappy Bird due to more impact factors.

You can download Swing Copters for Android here , iOS here !

On August 20, Nguyen Ha Dong brought new games to the App Store and Google. It is still too early to tell whether Swing Copters has caused a fever like Flappy Bird or not. However, the game also quickly attracted attention, even appeared some fake games with character images, obstructions and identical gameplay. Therefore, users need to find the correct game with the author's name is Dong Nguyen or .Gears on 2 app stores. See details !

2- How to protect smartphones when going to sea

Most smartphones on the market today are not equipped with water-resistant features. So when you go to the beach, you know how to protect your smartphone, please use some ways: See details !

1. Note the outdoor temperature : the temperature is too hot to affect the battery life, it can also damage the screen of the device.

1. Screen protector of the device: the sand particles at sea are very small but if not careful, it will cause strong scratches on the screen of the phone.

1. Avoid completely seawater: salty seawater often leaves a lot of mineral residue after it dries. Increasing the corrosion rate of this mineral will cause a lot of damage to the components inside your device.

3- Prevent Firefox from transferring download file information to Google

If you've used Google Chrome for a while, you may have noticed that sometimes it will stop downloading files and mark them as malware. This happens because the downloaded file information will be sent to Google's servers, where Google maintains a remote list of malware and websites. You can change a value inside the FireFox configuration setting or disable the feature on FireFox.See details !

4- Small tricks to use Windows 8.1 tablet better

Windows touch screen computers in general and Windows tablet in particular now appear quite a lot in the market. Thanks to the large screen plus the Modern interface designed to optimize the use of fingers, we have a very new experience with our computer. You can try tricks such as familiarizing with other touch operations, screen rotation lock, screen capture, screen split, resetting the default search engine for Internet Explorer Modern, using pen to manipulate on desktop, share content quickly, disable touch screen, use desktop wallpaper for Start Screen, use tablet to secure, choose different keyboard types, . View details !

5- Set the default for the application on Windows

If a program does not work, the simplest user only needs to reinstall it, it will not necessarily need to be edited. Below we have listed some ways to reset the default for Windows applications.See details !

1. Delete options set up in the VLC app: reset the app's custom settings by uninstalling and checking ' Delete preferences- delete options ' or ' Delete settings- delete settings ' in the dialog box.

1. Use the Reset Option - Reset option: some programs allow Reset option - Reset is built-in.

1. Locate and delete application settings: Before you delete anything manually, you should also be careful. If you mistakenly delete the directory or lock the data-registry key, or delete other program settings, it causes problems with the system configuration. In the operating system, there is a place to save the application's settings.

1. Testing Program With Process Monitor: Process Monitor can show you where to store the installation program. Run Process Monitor , and then open the application you want to reset.

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6- Fix Windows 8 error when encountering a black screen

Windows 8 is preferred because of its smooth interface and features that catch up with the new trend, but Windows 8 users often encounter a black screen error on startup without understanding why and how to fix it.

Black screen error when booting is not caused by virus but due to the fast Startup feature of Windows 8. With activating F ast Startup feature, Windows 8 will boot up faster. The principle is that every time you turn off your system, your system does not turn off completely, but the drivers and kernel are automatically stored in memory (the task that people call 'shutdown', or Hybrid Shutdown. ), thereby making the machine start faster. See details

7- How to disable automatic video playback on Facebook

You are disturbed by Facebook's auto-run feature on both mobile devices and computers. The following is a guide to turn off this feature.See details !

Automating the launch of Facebook videos will consume network connection data, while increasing user network service fees. Many Facebook users have complained about this feature and you want to guide how to turn it off.

8- Hide files and folders on all operating systems

Hiding a file or folder is a simple trick to hide files that you don't want to share when you have to share a computer with others. Although the security effectiveness of this trick is not high, it is also an elementary protection class for documents that we do not want to share.See details !

9- How to check which computer is secretly connected to the website

When you find that your Internet connection is slower than usual, it's possible that your personal computer has been infected with malware, spyware or adware. You should check which website the computer is secretly connecting to in order to take further measures to improve it.See details !

10- Instructions on how to block calls on iPhone running iOS 7

IOS 7 and above started to support users to block calls on iPhone and naturally block messages from phone numbers that bother without jailbreak .

The need to block incoming calls from phone numbers or disturb or block sources of spam messages is actually very plausible to any phone user, not just iPhone users. However, in the past, iPhone users who want to block calls must jailbreak iOS and use Cydia applications such as iBlacklist.See details !