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...
Sue writes: Currently I have AT&T but due to all the problems will be switching to Verizon in the very near future. I was told by Verizon that while using the iPhone as a hotspot that you are not able to use the phone, i.e.: make or receive calls. Is this really...
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...
So, annoyed that your good-as-new iPhone already looks obsolete next to the just-announced iPhone 5 and its jumbo-sized touchscreen? Well, good news: your old iPhone is about to get a fresh coat of paint. Besides the iPhone 5 and its snazzy four-inch display, Apple...
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,...
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...
