So, what’s the big deal about Instagram, you ask? Well, it’s not just a smartphone app for adding eye-popping color filters and blur effects to your photos. Above all, Instagram is about sharing your latest snapshots with friends, other Instagram users, and yes, the...
Ever use the pull-down Notification Center to check your email? It’s an easy way to peek at your inbox, and you can always tap a message to open it within the Mail app. Nice, but here’s the thing: you can also delete specific email messages directly from...
Wondering where Amazon hid the Kindle store on its Kindle app for the iPhone and iPad? Nope, you’re not missing anything—it simply isn’t there. The good news, though, is that you still can buy Kindle books directly on your iOS device. Read on to learn how to buy...
The unfailingly polite Siri will, by default, address you with whatever first name you entered on your contact card. But in addition to being polite, Siri is also obedient—and that means she’ll call you anything you want. All you have to do is ask. Related: 5...
(Updated on 11-16-2017) Robyn writes: Is it possible to put some email folders on the iPad so that I can keep the same subjects in the same place, e.g. boating club emails, news clips, etc.? Thanks. Hi Robyn! Yep, you can indeed create new mail folders—or mailboxes...
Ever wish you could put icons for your favorite contacts directly on your phone’s home screen—you know, so that the smiling faces of your friends and loved ones would appear right next to your Gmail, Chrome, and Phone icons? Well, you can if you have an Android...
Dick writes: Am I the only one whose past calendar entries have been wiped clear from their iPhone? Is it the fault of the much-touted iCloud? So much for trying to use it as a sort of diary of events. Hi Dick! Nope, you’re not the only one with an iPhone that seems...
Peter writes: When using Calendar in iOS 8, is there a way of setting repeat for a specific day of the week, or month, or year? Like: the first Thursday of each month, or the third Wednesday? Hi Peter! So, I was all set to explain that creating recurring Calendar...
Sure, you can zoom your iPhone or iPad’s entire display with your fingertips, switch the screen to “low light” or even a grayscale mode, and more—but you’ll have to dig deep into iOS’s display settings to do so. As I recently discovered,...
I’m a huge fan of “Do Not Disturb,” a handy iOS feature that silences your iPhone or iPad’s ring tones, alerts, and other notifications whenever you need a little peace and quiet. But here’s the thing: even with Do Not Disturb mode...
