How to make USB eject icon always visible on the Taskbar of Windows 10

By default Windows 10 is configured to hide some icons from the Taskbar to save space. And often people don’t know how to safely remove USB flash or correctly stop using another external storage device because they don’t see the USB eject icon. And here is our simple guide on how to make USB eject icon always visible on the Taskbar of Windows 10. 

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How to disable the Search-Copy popup on selecting text in Opera

Opera 39 brought a new feature: popup menu on selecting text suggesting to search or copy the selection.

It helps you access the most commonly used options with no need to right-click on the website content you are currently surfing through.

I must admit that this is a rather helpful feature for me in most cases and I can say without a doubt that I like it.

But someone will probably search for a tweak to turn it off. So here is how to disable the Search-Copy popup on selecting text in the Opera browser.

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How to Quickly Translate a Piece of Text in Google Chrome

We all know about Google Translate service very well. You can go to translate.google.com to translate a sentence or a single word, you can use the application for Chrome, etc.

But the thing is you have to do too many movements to translate: mark the text, right-click, copy, go to another tab, paste. It is very annoying especially when you need to know the translation of a single word on the website.

So how to speed up the process to make it quick and pleasant? Here are our tips on how to quickly translate a single word or a piece of text in Chrome.

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How to disable automatic reboot after installing updates in Windows 10

Windows 10 receives updates very often. About once a week it gets important fixes and patches requiring a system reboot to be installed. By default Windows 10 is configured to reboot automatically for the installation of important updates.

But sometimes this can cause inconveniences to you. Perhaps, you don’t want to waste your time waiting until the update installation finishes and want to work on your PC right now.

So here are all possible methods to disable automatic reboot after updates installation in Windows 10. Besides that we will show how to configure the auto-reboot without turning off this option.

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How to set up priority interruptions (do not disturb) on Android 7 Nougat

Interruptions is a very useful feature on Android. It allows you to restrict notifications such as calls, messages and reminders. You can specify which events will bother you and which ones will be muted.

The most useful thing is to learn how to set up priority interruptions only in silent mode. In other words allow vibration notifications from your most important (or priority) contacts only.

This works for Android 7 Nougat, Android 6 Marshmallow as well as for CyanogenMod 12 and 13.

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