The hard drive on your Windows PC is a lot like a big closet, filled with all your digital stuff. Of course, the more cluttered a closet gets, the longer it takes to find that one specific thing you need—and the same goes for your hard drive. Over time, your...
Had enough of fielding Facebook friend requests from total strangers? Don’t want the world thumbing through your photo albums? Leery of oversharing Facebook apps? Read on for 10 ways to put a lid on your Facebook account. 1. Shield your personal info Facebook...
Annoyed by Apple’s new, infamously spotty Maps app for the iPhone and iPad? Sure, you can still access Google Maps on the mobile web with Safari, but the mobile version of Google Maps lacked a key feature: Street View, a swipeable, sidewalk-level 360-degree...
Allan writes: I connected my iPad to an iMac just after I bought it and put lots of songs on it. Now I need to connect it to my own laptop but I don’t want to lose the music or photos I already have on it. How can I stop it from automatically syncing? Hi Allan!...
Had it up to here with the ticker? Want to delete all those nosy apps? Wish it were easier to post photos from your phone? Ready to zap your Facebook account once and for all? Help is here! 1. Completely hide the Facebook ticker Tired of that relentless, real-time...
So, I was poking around my online Verizon Wireless account for my new iPhone 5 recently when I noticed something odd: lots and lots of little cellular data charges, even when my iPhone was connected to my home Wi-Fi network. The 4G data usage noted on my account...
Irene writes: I’m new to mobile hotspots and I have a question as to how data usage is determined. If I leave the hotspot on but I’m not logged on to the Internet, I am assuming I am not using data, correct? If my hotspot is connected and my Internet is...
“What’s so special about the new iPhone?” I’ve been hearing that question over and over in the past few days, and here’s my stock answer: it’s thinner, lighter, faster … and wait ’till you’ve seen the bigger screen....
When she isn’t kicking contentedly in her ladybug chair or tossing pacifiers out of her crib, my six-month-old daughter loves swiping my iPhone’s touchscreen with her pudgy little fingers. Specifically, she’s enamoured of Koi Pond, an app that turns...
Thea writes: Can the Notification Center be temporarily disabled on iPad like it can on Mac? Notifications kept popping up while I was watching a movie. Hi Thea! So, the just-released iOS 6 update for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch comes with a new “Do Not...
