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Year in tech: The 5 “improvements” you hated the most

Year in tech: The 5 “improvements” you hated the most

by ben patterson | Dec 22, 2011 | news

From the redesigned Gmail to the stubborn Newsstand on the iPhone, here’s 5 new and “improved” features on your favorite products that you wanted undone, pronto. How did I pick the most hated new features of the year? Well, I didn’t pick them;...
Why can’t I put all my newspapers and magazines in iOS 5’s Newsstand? (reader mail)

Why can’t I put all my newspapers and magazines in iOS 5’s Newsstand? (reader mail)

by ben patterson | Oct 18, 2011 | how-tos, phones, tablets

Steven writes: Okay, so I can’t get rid of Newsstand. I’ll accept that. How come I can’t put my other newspapers in it? The L.A. Times, Huffington Post, etc. sit in their own folder, yet my New York Times app was automatically moved to Newsstand....
Why can’t I move the iOS 5 “Newsstand” into a folder? (reader mail)

Why can’t I move the iOS 5 “Newsstand” into a folder? (reader mail)

by ben patterson | Oct 13, 2011 | how-tos, phones, tablets

JohnS writes: I have absolutely no use for the new Newsstand thing in iOS 5, and I want to dump it into a folder of apps I never use. But my iPad won’t let me! Greetings, John. Newsstand, which is new for the iOS 5 system software for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod...

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