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iPhone tip: Can you get separate badges for different email accounts?

iPhone tip: Can you get separate badges for different email accounts?

by ben patterson | Nov 27, 2012 | how-tos, phones

Sheri writes: I now have three Gmail accounts set up on my iPhone: personal, work, and school. It’s convenient to be able to check all of the accounts on my phone, but it’s annoying that the mail app’s badge shows the total number of unread messages...
iPhone camera tip: What are the green and blue boxes for? (reader mail)

iPhone camera tip: What are the green and blue boxes for? (reader mail)

by ben patterson | Nov 1, 2012 | digital cameras, how-tos, phones

Terri writes: Whenever I go to take a photo on my iPhone, little green and blue squares start popping up on the screen. What’s going on? Am I supposed to do anything? Hi Terri! Yep, those pulsing green and blue boxes that appear in the iPhone’s camera...
Digital photo tip: Can’t get the shot? Take a screen capture of a video instead

Digital photo tip: Can’t get the shot? Take a screen capture of a video instead

by ben patterson | Oct 15, 2012 | digital cameras, how-tos, phones

Snapping photos of my little girl at the precise moment when she’s a) sitting still, b) smiling and c) looking directly into the camera is more a matter of luck than skill—and indeed, I’ve got hundreds of blurry, scrunchy-faced outtakes to prove it. Having...
iOS 6 tip: How to launch iPhone-friendly Street View in Google Maps for Safari

iOS 6 tip: How to launch iPhone-friendly Street View in Google Maps for Safari

by ben patterson | Oct 4, 2012 | how-tos, phones, tablets

Annoyed by Apple’s new, infamously spotty Maps app for the iPhone and iPad? Sure, you can still access Google Maps on the mobile web with Safari, but the mobile version of Google Maps lacked a key feature: Street View, a swipeable, sidewalk-level 360-degree...
How do I keep my iPad from syncing automatically with iTunes? (reader mail)

How do I keep my iPad from syncing automatically with iTunes? (reader mail)

by ben patterson | Oct 3, 2012 | how-tos, music, tablets

Allan writes: I connected my iPad to an iMac just after I bought it and put lots of songs on it. Now I need to connect it to my own laptop but I don’t want to lose the music or photos I already have on it. How can I stop it from automatically syncing? Hi Allan!...
Is your Verizon iPhone 5 leaking cellular data while connected to Wi-Fi? Here’s a fix

Is your Verizon iPhone 5 leaking cellular data while connected to Wi-Fi? Here’s a fix

by ben patterson | Oct 1, 2012 | how-tos, phones

So, I was poking around my online Verizon Wireless account for my new iPhone 5 recently when I noticed something odd: lots and lots of little cellular data charges, even when my iPhone was connected to my home Wi-Fi network. The 4G data usage noted on my account...
7 fabulous free apps for showing off your iPhone 5

7 fabulous free apps for showing off your iPhone 5

by ben patterson | Sep 25, 2012 | apps, phones

“What’s so special about the new iPhone?” I’ve been hearing that question over and over in the past few days, and here’s my stock answer: it’s thinner, lighter, faster … and wait ’till you’ve seen the bigger screen....
iOS 6 tip: How to baby-proof an iPhone app with Guided Access mode

iOS 6 tip: How to baby-proof an iPhone app with Guided Access mode

by ben patterson | Sep 24, 2012 | how-tos, phones, tablets

When she isn’t kicking contentedly in her ladybug chair or tossing pacifiers out of her crib, my six-month-old daughter loves swiping my iPhone’s touchscreen with her pudgy little fingers. Specifically, she’s enamoured of Koi Pond, an app that turns...
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