With its uncanny ability to guess your next word before you even type it, SwiftKey makes for an impressive iOS typing app. On Android, though, SwiftKey is even better—much better, actually. For one thing, SwiftKey’s word-predicting keypad can be used anywhere...
One of the more intriguing new iOS 8 goodies coming to iPhones and iPads this fall is QuickType, a “predictive” typing feature that pops up a trio of buttons above the standard keyboard with suggestions for your next word. Nice, but here’s the thing:...
Did you know you can set an “out of office” message for Gmail directly from your Android phone, or that you can silence an annoying Gmail thread? Read on for six nifty Gmail tricks that your Android phone can do, from an easier way to sift through recent...
From its distraction-free “dark mode” to the (hopefully) hassle-free “Instant Hotspot,” the upcoming “Yosemite” update for iMac and MacBook users boasts a bevy clever, time-saving features. Read on for eight of Yosemite’s most...
Coming this fall to your iPhone or iPad: another new version of iOS, complete with features like a “Tap to Talk” button for group text messages and a keyboard that’ll guess your next word before you’ve even started typing it. Read on for eight...
It’s a well-known—and highly annoying—fact that you can’t buy Kindle books directly from the iOS Kindle app. Sure, there is a way to buy Kindle books on an iPhone or iPad by navigating to the Kindle store from the Safari web browser, but it’s a...
You don’t want to be one of those people who comments on articles posted on Facebook without actually reading the articles, right? Well, to be honest, it’s easy to understand why it happens. Tapping on a link in the Facebook for Android app means watching...
I’ve written before about how easily data use on a mobile Wi-Fi hotspot can creep up on you, particularly when you’re out and about with a laptop. The culprits, of course, can be many—anything from system updates quietly downloading in the background to...
So, the battery in my Android phone was sitting at a decent 59-percent capacity, but it was draining at a steady clip; indeed, I had less than 12 hours left before it went kaput. In a few taps, though, I learned that I could squeeze another two hours of life out of...
OK, I admit it: I used to roll my eyes whenever the subject of Siri came up. Sure, it’s neat that Siri can answer questions like “Do I need an umbrella today?” and “Who was Benjamin Franklin?”, but that gets old pretty fast. And no way am...
