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...
Update [12/13/12]: Great news: Google Maps with Street View is now available in the App Store. Wondering what happened to Google Maps and those tremendous “Street View” panoramas now that you’ve installed iOS 6 on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch?...
Even if you’re not trading up for the iPhone 5, you can still make your old iPhone (or iPad, for that matter) new again by installing Apple’s iOS 6 software update onto your handset. Update: Looking for tips on installing iOS 7 to your iPhone, iPad, or...
Kim writes: Hi Ben! We got an Android phone a few days ago and it’s proving really tricky. The problem is that I had an iPhone and am now trying to transfer music and contacts to Android. My contacts were on the iPhone only and not iTunes. We tried transferring...
Want a little alert to pop up on your desktop whenever a new Gmail message arrives? Easily done, but you’ll need the right browser first. Gmail’s built-in desktop notifications are fairly unobtrusive. There aren’t any startling pings or buzzes, and...
Got an e-mail with a link you simply must click (hopefully not a spammy link, of course), but not quite ready to leave your inbox? Good news: there’s an easy way to sneak a peek at a web link without leaving your Mac’s Mail application. Just hover over the...
The latest 4G-enabled Android phones may be blazingly fast, but they’re also notorious mobile data hogs. Indeed, you could blow through your entire monthly data allowance in a matter of days or even hours by watching too many Netflix videos or streaming too much...
So, you’re composing an email on your iPhone and you decide that you’d rather CC your boss than put her name in the “To” field—or, even better, you want to put her name first in the “CC” line. Well, you could always select her name,...
Anne writes: I know a budding photographer who posts the most beautiful photos to her Facebook page. How do I download high-quality versions so I can frame them for her as a present? Hi Anne! So, first the good news: downloading photos from Facebook is incredibly...
Sure, it’s handy that your smartphone can remember and fill in usernames and passwords for your various web accounts. But it also means anyone else with access to your handset can log in to your most sensitive accounts, too. Indeed, the more often you tap...
