Smartphone Tips

When you’re at the top of the heap, a big fish in a big pond, or however you’d describe the largest operating system in the world, you’re a target for […]

Protecting your phone with a password is genius! It’s a way of safeguarding personal and sensitive data. If you have top-secret information on your device, you don’t want just anyone […]

One of the most common uses for an Android phone is time management. There’s no more convenient place to keep your calendar than on your phone. It’s where you can […]

Location tracking apps let you track anyone’s phone. That is, if they install the same app you do and give you permission to see their location. There are lots of […]

For some, especially those of us in the approaching-the-over-the-hill gang, working with text on our phones can be cumbersome. Because smartphone text itself, context menu entries, and all the other […]

Your phone battery degrades over time. And when it does, you’ll find your phone shutting off even if the battery indicator says you still have plenty of juice left. If […]

By default, Android’s Do Not Disturb (DND) does exactly what you’d expect the so-named feature to do—no matter what app, call, email, or text message tries to find you, the […]

Have you ever wished you could create your own app? But you thought learning programming was just too much effort or beyond your capabilities? The people at Glide Apps have […]

While Android operating system (OS) advocates have, for the past couple years now, been touting picture-in-picture (PiP) as a new and exciting feature, the idea and the application itself was […]

Smartphone technology has advanced rapidly since the dawn of the iPhone in 2007, but that doesn’t mean companies like Apple or Samsung are always capable of delivering the best user […]

Since Android 7.0 Nougat, Google disabled the ability for apps to record your internal audio, which means there’s no base level method to record the sounds from your apps and […]

In the early days of cellphones, no one needed a case—the phones themselves could withstand nearly anything short of a stick of dynamite. But with new phones and more sensitive […]

Smart phones today have cameras that rival all but the most high-end DSLR cameras. With a bit of practice, even an amateur photographer can take professional-grade pictures with just their […]

Beta software for Android and iOS are operating system releases that are still in the testing phase. It’s free for anyone to download and install to their devices. You can […]

There are several security functions on the average smartphone intended to protect your data from the outside world. Devices have always had several options for users to employ, but as […]

Since most Android smartphone makers, especially the leading manufacturers, update their wears annually and at varying times throughout the year, writing an up-to-date comparison of the top models is a […]

Did you accidentally delete a whole folder of photos from your Android phone? Are you looking for a way to undo it all? Well, you’re in luck. Follow the steps […]