Wish you could send a text message in ALL CAPS? Can’t find the em dash key? Tired of your iPhone or iPad constantly fixing your typing, even when it doesn’t need to be fixed? Read on for eight iOS typing tips you need to know. 1. Turn on caps lock Sending a text...
So, say you just typed a lengthy text message on your iPhone (or iPad, or iPod Touch), but you’ve had a change of heart and want to start over. You could delete what you typed by tapping the backspace key a few dozen times, or you could select the text with your...
Fritz writes: Hi, thank you for the tip (on how to delete an email in iOS 7). On my Gmail account, I’m only seeing the “More” and “Archive” prompts. I do not see a delete or “Trash” option. The closest thing is a junk mail...
You can pinch and swipe your way to all kinds of nifty features in Google Maps for Android, from 3D buildings and “Street View” to traffic conditions and restaurant reviews—once you know what you’re doing, that is. Read on for six Google Maps...
Angela writes: How do you keep a text message from automatically popping up on the iPhone Lock Screen before you even have a chance to check the actual text message—so that if you are at a table with other people, they couldn’t just look over and see? Hi Angela!...
Running out of storage space on your Android phone? Well, there’s a wide range of space-hogging suspects, from massive video and photo files to apps that are hoarding far too much data. The good news is that you won’t have to go sleuthing on your own. The...
Just getting started with Apple’s radically reveamped iOS 7 update for iPhone and iPad? Get your bearings with these 10 tips and tricks, from blocking calls and closing apps to securing the new “lock” screen and monitoring your cellular data usage....
Peter writes: I like the list view for my calendar. Have we lost this with iOS 7? Hi Peter! So, short answer: no, the old “list” view is still there in the new iOS 7 Calendar app, provided you know where to look. Indeed, the Calendar app got one of the...
Switching tabs and fiddling with menus just got a bit easier thanks to a trio of new gestures in Google’s Chrome browser for Android. Version 30 of Chrome (or version 30.0.1599.82, if you want to get specific about it) is live in Google’s Play store, and...
Lew writes: In iOS 6 on iPhone you could clear all messages from a conversation. Can’t find a way of doing that short of deleting the person in the first screen of messaging. I like to keep my wife there since she is the one I need to text most often and...
