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Hide notification content in Android lock screen for Messages, email, whatsapp and selected apps.

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 Notification in lock screen is helpful to get an idea about the content. But for sensitive information like OTP it will be disastrous.  The feature to selectively hide content in the notification is available in Android. This example is based on Android v.13 and Samsung One UI v.5.0 Follow the steps to selectively disable notification content in the lock screen.

Extend the life of Dell laptop battery massively by customizing charging

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The battery is one of the component that gets degraded very quickly in the electronic devices. Some of the mobile phones are providing the battery protection which limits the charging once the battery reaches 85%. This is because the last 15% takes more effort to charge and will reduce the battery life. When coming to the case of laptop, if you usually plug it in while working, then the battery will tend to reach 100% and then stop the charging. So, if the battery charge is 90% and then you plug in, it will charge to 100%. If you don't usually need to work on a battery, we can avoid this charging by limiting the charging until the battery is discharged to a particular level. In the Dell Laptop, the Dell Power app helps in achieving this.

UX issues in the NextGen mParivahan app

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 The NextGen mParivahan app by NIC is a great companion so we don't need to carry the Registration Certificate and Driving License with us. In addition, we can share the RC that we own to another user for a period of time. A user can add a Virtual Driving License and can use it as a valid document. But the usability issue is when trying to add a Virtual Driving License. The Date of Birth needs to be selected. Clicking on this field brings up a calendar in which a date can be selected.  This is a great inconvenience and this can be improved if the developers have considered the following points. Nobody can get a driving license in India before the age of 18. So, there is no need to default to the current date. There are still lot of citizens who are born before 1960 and does have a valid DL. These old people will need to scroll all the way back to 60 years (60 x 12 = 720 clicks!) to reach at their DOB. Instead of this calendar, they must have chosen a calendar which can select the