Privacy and digital rights advocates largely prefer the approach of building a travel device from scratch, but they caution that a phone that is too squeaky clean, too much like a burner phone, can arouse suspicion. “You have to ‘seed’ the device. Use the phone for a day or even for a few hours. It…
You little anarchist. They told you to switch to airplane mode, and you just … didn’t. Maybe you were sending one last Slack; maybe you decided not to take PTO and you’re in the middle of a Zoom call; or maybe you just don’t like being told what to do. Either way, you’re not alone….
If your hard drive is full, and you’re not sure what could possibly be taking up all that space, you might think your only option is to tediously go through your file lists, one by one. Thankfully there are applications that will not only highlight where you might be able to save some space (do…
If you’re taking your laptop away from the safe environs of your home or office desk and still want to stay online, you’ve got a couple of choices (assuming it doesn’t have cellular connectivity built in): hunt around for a Wi-Fi network you can connect to or run a Wi-Fi hotspot from your phone. Running…
Have you ever needed to communicate in a language you don’t speak? Maybe it was speaking with an international client on a business call, navigating a foreign country or texting a colleague who speaks a different language. The next time that happens, Live Translate on Samsung Galaxy S25 Series can bridge the gap. One of…
Image credit: Swapnil1101, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) passport is ranked 11th on the Passport Index and 17th on the Henley Passport Index. It allows residents to travel abroad with visa-free access to several countries. Here’s a guide to understanding the application process for a Hong Kong passport…
TikTok’s app is still working for people in the US — as long as it’s already on their phone. While the service quickly returned after the brief shutdown in January, the app itself is no longer available on either Apple’s App Store or Google’s Play Store. That means that if you removed the app, never…
If you’re looking to free up some space on your phone, one of the recommendations often put forward is to uninstall the apps you’ve not making much use of. You save on the space they’re taking up and the bandwidth required to keep them updated, and you stop them from collecting data on you as…
There’s a lot that’s new in iOS 18, and with the software update now rolled out to millions of iPhones worldwide, it’s going to take you a while to check out all of the new features Apple has included. The changes are found not just in iOS itself but in the apps Apple bundles with…
play.google.com, google.com, mozilla.org, microsoft.com Let me tell you a secret: I’m all about staying tech-ahead and not trailing behind, so I’m constantly tapping into apps, programs, hardware and more before they’re released to the public. You can do the same thing in one way, even if you’re not a Digital Goddess®. Today, if you’re up for…