Stacey writes: I’m overwhelmed by the current cell phone/PDA market and can’t decide. iPhone? Android? String and tin cans? Nokia (do those even exist anymore?) Mostly, I just need the cell capabilities, but would not reject a multitude of uses like IM,...
Don’t be alarmed Wednesday afternoon (or morning, on the West Coast) if your favorite show is abruptly interrupted by a blaring tone and a crawl at the bottom of the screen that reads, “A Primary Entry Point station has issued an Emergency Action...
Looks like Amazon’s upcoming Kindle Fire tablet will have some stiff competition during the holiday shopping season. Get ready for the Barnes & Noble Nook tablet, which boasts a color screen, a massive book store, HD video playback, and a souped-up processor...
Why settle for a Kindle with a black-and-white display that turns pages at a snail’s pace, when you could snag an iPad with a color screen that lets you browse the web, watch movies, and read books? And what’s the difference between a Kindle screen and an...
Google began rolling out its new, modern makeover for Gmail earlier this week—and before long, users were scrambling for ways to keep the old look. The good news: there’s an easy way to revert to the “classic” Gmail look. The bad news? Well, read on....
Celia writes: I’ve been making notes on the things that mystify me re: my new iPhone 4s. My last phone was a Blackberry Curve, which had very little memory, and required text messages (and other things) to be deleted when it ran out of space. Should I delete...
Caitlin writes: I’m okay with Facebook automatically sharing my gender, location and profile picture (among other things) but I want to make sure that “everyone” does not have access to my personal photos. From what I can tell (and according to one...
Rick wrote (in response to “How to turn off your iPhone’s unread email badge”): Unfortunately, there still doesn’t seem to be a way to turn off the actual notification [for new email messages] itself. Even if you switch everything to off, the...
Own a Kindle? If so, you can now borrow Kindle e-books from Amazon for free—one at a time, and up to one a month. But there is a catch, or three. Catch No. 1: You must own an actual Kindle e-reader to borrow a book from Amazon’s Kindle store—not a Kindle...
Jean writes: I tried the new modern look for Gmail and it’s too modern for me. How can I get the old look back? Hi Jean! First, the bad news: like it or not, it sounds like Google will be rolling out the new Gmail makeover (which I quite like, actually) for...
