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Amazon Prime Video Enables Subscribers Facing Lockdown to Organize Watch Parties

 In a time when the economy of the country has come to a halting grind because of Covid-19 pandemic, Amazon Prime Video has introduced a feature which allows subscribers to arrange Twitch watch parties. With a vast majority of the population being asked to stay indoors because of a lockdown, this is a novel way to keep people entertained together. If you do not know how to use this feature, you can  call Amazon Prime Video  and learn how to organize Twitch watch parties with your friends. At the moment, this facility is available only to the subscribers of Amazon Prime Video in the U.S.  Twitch is now a subsidiary of Amazon. It has introduced a feature that allows users to watch and share Amazon content with their friends on internet. It is called Watch Parties and it has become popular among the subscribers instantly. If you are a Twitch user, you can now use this feature to stream your favorite movie or TV show on your channel. Any of your friends having subscripti...

Google Meet Vs. Zoom: Which One is a Better Option?

 Google Meet and Zoom are two of the most popular video conferencing apps available today. In a time when Covid-19 pandemic has forced employees and students inside their homes, these two apps are proving invaluable in attending online classes and business conferences. It becomes confusing for many people to choose between these two wonderful apps. This article aims to throw light on the pros and cons of both these apps (free versions) to let you choose the app that better suits your requirements. Limitation on meet timing At present, Google Meet has a huge meet time limit of 24 hours though they are planning to cut it short to just 1 hour from 1 st  of October. If you are thinking of using Zoom, you will be disappointed to know that it allows a meet time of 40 minutes. This means if your sessions are going to be long, you would need to stop and start a new session which could be very irritating.  Number of participants  You can choose either of the two video conf...

Microsoft Warns but Windows 7 Loyalists Refuse to Budge

 Windows 7 has to be the most popular operating system launched by Microsoft ever. Despite company having moved up first to Windows 8 and now to Windows 10, loyal Windows 7 users continue to refuse to leave their loved operating system. It is really surprising for experts, especially when Microsoft has officially withdrawn its  Windows help and support  to Windows 7.  According to analytics firm Net Market Share, the market share of Windows 7 in January 2020 has fallen only slightly from 29.57% in December 19 to 25.56%. Ironically, Microsoft officially withdrew its support to Windows 7 in January 2020 that is reflected in the data released by Net Market Share. In fact, even Microsoft is disappointed by this small decline in market share of Windows 7 as it was expecting a much bigger decline in market share of Windows 7. But what comes as a shock for the company is the fact that the numbers are literally unchanged in terms of market share of Windows 7 in February 2020...

Google Chrome Remove Extensions Believed to Be Loaded With Spyware

 Google Chrome is undoubtedly the most popular browser used by not millions but billions of individuals around the world. It is a very fast browser packed with interesting features. One can judge its popularity by the fact that users download and install it in their devices where Chrome is not provided as a default browser. Users freely added browser extensions to their Chrome having blind faith on its security features. These millions of individuals have received a rude jolt by a recent news report about a spyware ring associated with Google Chrome.  Google Chrome support  has reacted to the development and taken down many such extensions. ‘Awake Security’ researchers have busted a ring of hackers that created extensions for Google Chrome loaded with spyware. This organized crime was going on for a very long time with the ringmasters easily distributing spyware through distribution of seemingly innocuous browser extensions. No one knows for sure how much damage has been ...

Quickbooks Support Readies Latest Product to Lessen Impact of Covid-19

 Quickbooks is the most popular online accounting program introduced by Intuit, a U.K based company. It is being used by thousands of small and medium sized businesses for bookkeeping and overall financial management.  Quickbooks support  has now decided to add new innovative features to its product as part of its summer release to help its customers in recovering from the negative impacts of Covid-19.  The most important of these features are as follows. An improved planner for cash flow  Integration of PayPal into the program A payroll feature to calculate the wages of employees on prolonged leave New improved features for small and medium sized businesses in the fields of construction and accounting. It is a known fact that over half of all small businesses fail within the first year of their launch. This is a figure before the arrival of corona virus pandemic. One can easily assume how many more businesses are going to fail because of negative impacts ...

Quickbooks Online: Complete Financial Solution for Small Businesses

 Quickbooks Online is a product from Intuit that has helped thousands of proprietors and small business owners greatly in financial management. They can access this program anytime and anywhere from a digital device as it is web based. Realizing its growing demand among users, Intuit has made Quickbooks Online more powerful with addition and improvement in features and functionalities.  Quickbooks support  has turned this program into a complete package useful even for growing businesses. One reason why growing businesses are getting attracted to Quickbooks Online is because it is scalable. It can be customized to suit the requirements as a company increases its customer base and area of operations. There are as many as 5 versions of this program that a customer can choose from according to his present and future requirements. For a growing business, there is an advanced Quickbooks Online that can be used by up to 25 employees at the same time. Also, there is an internati...

Quickbooks Desktop is Moving Towards Higher Automation

 Intuit is a company that doesn’t want to sit upon its laurels. This is why it keeps improving its products every year. All products whether it is Quickbooks online, Quickbooks Desktop, or Quickbooks Pro get regular updates that are taking them towards higher levels of automation. According to  Quickbooks customer service , the main objective behind these updates is to make these products more efficient than before. With cloud hosting being the norm these days, there is no doubt that consumer loves this approach of the company. This approach also helps in increasing the revenues from the business. Here is how Quickbooks Desktop is inching towards higher automation.   Speedier transfer of money Quickbooks desktop now comes with an inbuilt powerful feature of reminder emails for payments. As these are template based emails, it is possible to standardize them and use for different customers. This means you can now expect your accounting software to also work for increasing ...