How to save web page as PDF or print to PDF on Android phone?

Most of us might have saved web pages as PDF from our desktop browsers. Save as PDF feature is now on most of modern browsers such as Google Chrome or Opera browsers. On Firefox, we can also install and add on to save web page as PDF. On Android phones as well, we can save web pages as PDF for viewing offline without incurring any data charges.

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Workaround for Windows Explorer crashing frequently

If the Windows Explorer on your Windows computer is crashing frequently, you may check a few solutions that might work for you in this previous post - Fix: How to solve Windows Explorer frequent crashes in Windows 10 ?

If none of the solutions work, then you may apply this workaround, that is to launch folder Windows in separate process so that even if Windows Explorer crashed, the folder windows already open stays as it is.

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How useful is WordPress strong password generator, practically?

I was not using WordPress actively until today. I have a few clients I helped built websites using the WordPress CMS platform and I had to do some maintenance on them. And yes, I also had to create some new users for one of the client (non technical client is an over statement here. Never mind, why I had to do it for them. ) . Then I stumbled upon the WordPress's new "Strong password auto generator", that, as the name implies, generates a strong password for a user in WordPress. 

I googled and I came across this post on WordPress.org (Passwords in 4.3: Strong by Default) where it says:

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How to manage android phone from the computer?

Have you ever thought about managing your Android phone from a computer without using USB cables? Then this post is your you. In this post we shall see how to manage Android phone from the computer without using any cables. For this purpose, there are a few requirements as listed below:

1) Android Phone and a computer
2) ES File Manager Android app installed on the Android phone
(Download ES File Manager from Google Play)
3) Wi-Fi router to which both the Android phone and the computer can connect to. The computer may be connected to the router over Wi-Fi or connected by LAN cable.



If the above requisites are met, then we can proceed to access and manage the Android phone from the computer.

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How to auto share Blogger blog posts to Google+ Page?

If you are a blogger using the Google's Blogger platform and you have a Google+ Page, then you can automatically let Blogger share published blog posts to your Google+ Page as soon as new content is posted. This minimizes your efforts to share your blog posts to your Google+ page if you have one.

In this post we will discuss the steps on "How to auto share Blogger blog posts to Google+ Page?"

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How to export Facebook events and sync it with Google Calendar and Windows Calendar?

In this post we will see how to export Facebook Events and sync it with Google calendar and also with Windows calendar. But why Google Calendar? Why not sync it directly with Windows Calendar if that is the intent? Because by default, Windows Calendar allows us to add only the following email accounts - Microsoft Account, Outlook.com, Exchange, Google, iCloud, and Internet Email such as Yahoo. It does not include Facebook here.

Why take the trouble? Can't I simply login to Facebook and check? The need and reasons may vary from person to person but this may be handy if you are using Windows Calendar most of the time on your Windows computer to manage your events and reminders etc. It may also be useful to see all events, added to Windows Calendar and Facebook events in one single Calendar to assist in planning your activities and tasks.

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Mi PC Suite and USB connection problems: not detected and need to update your device to use Mi PC Suite

For those using Mi phones, you might as well be using Mi PC Suite to manage your phone from a computer using a USB cable. But lately, Mi PC Suite doesn't seems to be working for most people. There are a lot of threads in the Mi Forums as well complaining about issues with Mi PC Suite. While the Mi Phone is connected to computer using USB, when Mi PC Suite is opened, we get messages like:

1) Device not detected
2) You need to update your device to use Mi PC Suite
3) Can't connect to your device.

In this post, let's see the problems with Mi PC Suite and the status of this issue. If Mi PC Suite still does not work after the following troubleshooting steps, some compatible PC Suite softwares are listed at the end of this post that you can use to manage your Android Phone on computer. For this particular post, the system details of the Mi Phone, computer and Mi PC Suite are as follows.

System details:

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How to transfer files from Android Phone to computer without cables over Wi-Fi using ES File Explorer?

How to transfer files from Android Phone to computer without cables over Wi-Fi using ES File Explorer?
Wanna do more without cable? How about transferring files from Android Phone from computer without using any cables or Bluetooth or USB thumb drives? Then you should try ES File Explorer's LAN feature. In this post we will see "How to transfer files from Android Phone to computer without cables using ES File Explorer".

To transfer files from Android Phone to computer without cables using ES File Explorer, we would need:

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