New phone: who dis? Better yet, who’s going to upgrade? Anytime a new iPhone is announced, millions of current iPhone owners wonder: “should I trade in my old one for the latest?” The new operating system is packed with features that will impress some users and frustrate others. The answer depends less on Apple’s…
LONDON — The summer holidays are here and many of us will heading off on trips to hot and sunny destinations, and bringing our electronic devices along. But don’t forget that phones, tablets and other electronics are vulnerable to extreme heat. Southern European nations like Spain, Italy and Greece have been baking under the sun,…
Your smartphone can do much more than text, take photos, and check the weather. In an emergency, it can call 911, notify your family, and share your location, even if you cannot press a single button. But these features must be turned on ahead of time. Here is how to set up Emergency SOS, medical…
The average person stores roughly 2,800 photos on their smartphones and the number is only growing. We use our smartphone camera to take hundreds of photos throughout the year. The process of deleting photos we don’t want or need is a huge undertaking so the temptation is just to keep them on the phone. But…
This is the time of year we typically spend a couple of weekends tidying up storage closets, sweeping out from underneath furniture, and cleaning windows. Another type of spring cleaning can be done while resting in your favorite chair with your feet up. Are you tired of your smartphone being more cluttered than your grandma’s…
There have been many questions this spring about plant applications for your phone, so this week we will revisit the most popular options available to you. Ever looked in a garden, yard, or park and had no idea what the plant is in front of you? Fortunately, there are plenty of great plant identification apps…
A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association reveals that high school students spend about 90 minutes of their school day on their phones. This finding supports efforts by lawmakers to ban smartphones in schools. UNITED STATES – A new study published in the Journal of the American…
Do you ever find yourself struggling to read text on your smartphone? Maybe you’ve forgotten your glasses, or you’re in a situation where fishing them out of your bag is impractical. While increasing the text size is an option, it can make the screen look cluttered and require excessive scrolling. But there’s a better way!…
Photo: Bradley Brownell Technically mobile phones have had applications installed since the 1980s with simple calendar, clock and calculator inclusions, but it took until the iPhone’s arrival in 2007 for the apps we know to be apps today. I am of the age that I came up learning how to get from one place to…