Whether you’re flipping channels at home or watching one of those mounted TVs in a waiting room, your Android phone can tell you everything you want to know about the show that’s on—what it’s called, who’s in it, what it’s about, you name...
Barbara writes: How do I get my iPhone to “text” rather than “iMessage?” The phone seems to have automatically started “messaging” to other iPhones when I try to text, but the delivery of iMessages has not been nearly as reliable as...
So, did you just delete an app from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch that you wish you hadn’t? Don’t panic. Thanks to iCloud and iOS 7, you can get that missing app—or purchased song, TV episode or movie—back in just a few clicks, for free. Related: Hide unwanted apps...
Having a hard time reading the tiny type on your iPad or iPhone screen? Believe me, you’re not the only one. Indeed, after a long day of iPhone swiping, my aching eyes feel like they might get stuck in a perpetual squint. Related: How to zoom the entire display...
Your iPhone and/or iPad has several different ways of notifying you about a new text message, calendar event, a friend’s Facebook update … well, the list goes on. Sometimes, you’ll get a little iPhone alert and a banner appears briefly at the top of...
Ray writes: Hi Ben—just bought a Samsung Galaxy Golden phone, do you know what version of Android it uses? Thanks and regards. Hi Ray! A quick Google search reveals that the new Galaxy Golden (a flip-style Android phone on sale now in South Korea, but apparently not...
So, you know all the pictures and video clips sitting in the various text-message threads on your iPhone and/or iPad? Well, for one thing, they’re probably (and quietly) gobbling up a lot of precious storage space. And here’s another thing: The snapshots...
The much-maligned “Newsstand”—you know, the home for various magazines and newspapers sold through Apple’s App Store—is a bit like a party crasher who plunks down on your sofa and refuses to budge. Debuting on the home screens of iPhone and iPad more...
[Updated 3/8/2018] I’m sure you already know all about pinching and swiping on your iPad, but have you tried a four-finger swipe yet—or a five-finger pinch, for that matter? Zoom around your iPad apps and home screen with help from these three handy single- and...
Don writes: I have an Apple iPhone 5. I recently updated the iOS to iOS 7.0.4 I foolishly gave it a passcode, because no one said you didn’t have to have one, if you didn’t want one. It is a giant pain in the patootie. Is there anyway I can get rid of it?...
