Smartphone Tips


How To Kid-Proof Your Android Mobile Device
Via Android features or kid-proof apps
As an Internet device, your Android smartphone or tablet, just like the family PC, allows access to all sorts of things your children don’t need to see or participate in. […]

How To Boost The WiFi Signal On Android For Faster Internet
Don't give up quite just yet
What use is a smartphone that can barely stay connected to the Internet? There are a lot of factors in play that can cause your WiFi strength on an Android […]

Top Android Q Features to Look Forward To
Live captioning, dark modes and more
Every year, Google updates their Android operating system and pushes their new Google Pixel handsets alongside it. This year, we’re expecting a full launch for Android Q in October. For […]

How to Backup Your Android Phone
Save gallons of teardrops with a few taps
The modern world has grown a second brain and keeps it in their pocket. We have so much of ourselves and our lives on our phones that the thought of […]

Extracting Features from Android Apps for Faster Access
Oreo upgrade is a real time saver
Sometimes, getting to a specific feature or function, such as, say, locking my car remotely from the myBuick app or getting to the Selling section on eBay to check my […]

The Five Best Android Antivirus and Security Apps
And most of these are free to boot!
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 […]

How to Password Protect an App on Android Devices
Save seconds of time, boatloads of annoyance
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 […]

10 Best Free Calendar Apps for Android
No more excuses not to be organized
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 […]

How to Track Family and Friends From Your Phone
For fun as well as security
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 […]

Navigate Easier with Android’s Smart Text Selection and Selected Text Magnification
Helps to alleviate some of the tedium
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 […]

How to Calibrate the Battery of Android Phones for Accurate Power Readings
Plus the truth about draining your battery
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 […]

How to Configure Do Not Disturb Settings on Android
Only get the alerts you need
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 […]

Anyone Can Build an App with Glide Apps
5-10 minutes using Google Sheets
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 […]

Increase Convenience and Productivity with Android’s Picture-in-Picture Mode
Watch videos while checking email and more
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 […]

Three Keyboard Apps Worth Using Over Your Smartphone’s Default
Improve quality, efficiency and speed with communications
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 […]

How to Record Internal Audio and Video on an Android Smartphone
There's pros and cons for each method
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 […]

The Best Camera Attachments for Smartphones
Fit in your pocket and snap onto your phone
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 […]