7 Must-Add Widgets For Your iOS Device

One of the great features in iOS is widgets, which have been around since iOS 8. When a user swipes all the way to the left of their home screen or of the notification screen, they are presented with the Today View and a variety of widgets. Here are some of the best iOS widgets you definitely should have on your device.

Adding Widgets

First, you should learn how to add these widgets to your iOS device. Unlock your device, then scroll all the way to the left where you will be presented with the date, a variety of preset widgets, and an Edit option at the bottom. Tap Edit, then from there you can add, remove, ands move widgets to fit your needs.

1. Traffic Monitor

Traffic Monitor offers two widgets -- speed and usage. Speed displays the Wi-Fi network name and the current upload and download speeds. Usage, on the other hand, shows data usage on both cellular and Wi-Fi with a daily or monthly view. If you need to keep track of data usage in order to avoid overages, the Traffic Monitor app is a must-have for any device that includes cellular.

2. SurfEasy

SurfEasy is an iOS widget that allows you to easily switch your VPN on or off, as well as select your preferred region -- all without having to open the full app. Amongst all the VPN services available, SurfEasy keeps things simple.

3. Carrot Weather

Carrot gives weather updates at a glance, including an hour by hour forecast. It has a great level of simplicity and yet manages to pack a lot of useful information.

4. Go Launcher

Dock space is limited, and app folders can be pretty messy at times. Because of this, Go Launcher is developed so that users can select a series of frequently used apps, and then just tap to launch one.

5. Commit to 3

Commit to 3 is a basic iOS app where users can set three commitments daily and check them off as they are completed. The iOS home screen widget is a simple and quick way to check off these commitments, which you can do without having to open the full app. Commit to 3 offers an Apple Watch for even quicker access.

6. ESPN

Once you have added your favorite teams in the ESPN app, the ESPN widget will display upcoming matches/games and scores. Tap on Show more to bring up more matches/games and scores. If you would like even more stats, tap the widget to launch the full app experience.

7. Coinbase

Coinbase provides the current rates for both Bitcoin and Ethereum and whether or not the current value is up or down. Tapping the widget will quickly open the full Coinbase app. The app enables users to send bitcoin to friends or shop with merchants who accept bitcoin. It also enables you to access your Coinbase wallets, vaults, and transaction details even when you're on the go. You can also buy and sell bitcoin directly from your phone by connecting your bank account.

Check Out These Awesome 4k Laptops

More laptops now are coming out with 4K screens, which is the highest resolution currently available in the market. Sporting an Ultra HD panel, you can watch movies and TV shows in 4K resolution, as well as enjoy more detail when editing photos and videos. Also, there is an increasing number of games that support this resolution.

At the moment, there is only a few selection, but you'll find these super-sharp displays on premium notebooks and 2-in-1s, gaming systems and workstations. Check out some of these awesome 4K laptops.

Razer Blade Pro	Aside from its stunning 4K display with G-sync technology, the Blade Pro is the slimmest desktop replacement around. You'll be amazed by its mechanical keyboard with Chroma backlighting and tear through games with an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 GPU. Price: from $3,699.99
Asus ZenBook Pro UX501VW	This ZenBook laptop is a great value because it has a 4K display, aluminum chassis, Thunderbolt 3 and USB Type-C support and Nvidia 960M graphics for less than a competing MacBook. Creatives who are looking for a 4K laptop shouldn't look anywhere else. Price: from $1,499.00
HP Spectre x360 15-inch	Besides getting a 4K display, the HP Spectre x360 can provide a full day's charge on a battery, a premimum gray and copper chassis, Nvidia 940MX GPU, and great speakers tuned by Bang & Olufsen. If you want to use it as a tablet, just fold this 2-in-1s keyboard behind its screen. Price: from $1,279.99
Dell Precision 5510	The Dell Precision 5510's 4K display looks like it's floating in thin air, because of its InfinityEdge bezel. Not only does it look great, the Precision laptop has a blazing fast SSD and shares a premium chassis with the Dell XPS 15. Its Intel Xeon CPU and Nvidia Quadro GPU will make programs like Photoshop or AutoCAD run speedy and smooth. Price: from $1,329.00

Watch Out for These New Cool Updates Coming to Your Android Devices

This year, Google wasted no time in coming up with new features that Android users will surely enjoy. So if you're a proud owner of an Android device or are planning to get one, you might want to know these huge updates that you will soon get to experience.

Google's pace of change has always been impressive, and expect that there will always be new updates like the ones below that you can look forward to on your Android device.

No More Now Launcher

With the fancy new Pixel Launcher basically doing the same job but with a slicker look, the Now Launcher will soon be no more. This however, will be a little frustrating for non-Pixel/Nougat users in the meantime, since the Pixel Launcher isn't yet in the know of everyone, but eventually switching to it may probably makes the most sense.

Offline Reading in Chrome

From Chrome 56 onwards, you will be able to save pages for offline reading simply by tapping the Chrome's menu icon at the upper-right corner, and then tapping the down arrow button (or Download button). The page will then be saved in the Downloads section of Chrome for your offline reading enjoyment.

Useful New Tab Page on Chrome

Another new and helpful feature you will see from Chrome 56 onwards is a New Tab page, which now shows your downloads (including those pages you saved for offline reading), recent bookmarks, and favorite websites. It's a marked improvement on the pretty barebones New Tab page that existed before and makes everything on Chrome that much more interclickable.

Progressive Web Apps

Progressive Web Apps have been Chrome's useful features since 2015, which lets users to add their favorite websites to their Android homescreen, provided the site in question meets certain usability criteria.

Google is now introducing its next stage, which will integrate your favorite websites deeper into Android. If a site develops one of these web apps, and then someone adds it to their home screen, it will now also appear in the user's app drawer (with fully customizable icons) and be treated by Android just like an app. This will allow users to access its App Info page, control its permissions, and have it interact with other apps.

Update to My Apps Screen

If you've owned an Android device for years, then it's safe to assume that you've built up a pile of apps linked to your account over the years. However, the current way the My Apps section of Play Store is designed fails to reflect that, as the only limited organization in it is to toggle between lists of installed and owned apps.

That's all changed with Play Store 7.4, and Google will now have three categories in the My Apps section, namely -- Updates, Installed, and Library. The important part here is that you'll now be able to organize your lists of apps alphabetically, by size, by Last Used, and by Last Update. You will also be able to open them directly from the list, as well as see their size.