A lot of the changes that app updates include are meant to improve the way the app performs. Often these are not very noticeable to the app users. One recent update to Pokemon Go added an option that lets you enable the native refresh rate. Depending on your device, this can be a pretty nice … Read more
When you purchase an iPhone and activate it with s mobile or cellular provider, an important part of the plan that you select involves mobile data. This is the feature that lets you use most apps, services, and device features when you are away from home. But you may need to know how to turn … Read more
When I was previously using an iPhone 5, I found that most of my device usage was in the landscape orientation. It was difficult to type in portrait orientation, and reading Web pages was often difficult if the text was too small. These problems are mostly gone, however, with the iPhone 6 Plus. The screen … Read more
Do you have an email account on your iPhone that only receives junk mail or spam? You could delete the account from your iPhone if you aren’t using it, but you may simply prefer to turn off mail for the account instead. It’s entirely possible that you have more than one email account that you … Read more
Text messaging has become a very common method of communication for many smartphone owners. It’s so simple to create a new text message conversation and send information to someone that you may discover that you are making far fewer phone calls. The standard way to send a text message is to simply tap inside the … Read more
Your iPhone Home screen can display a number of different types of notifications whether the device is locked on unlocked. If you also have an Apple Watch, then that can be customized to display activity notifications, calendar notifications, and other notifications on the watch face as well. But if you use your calendar a lot … Read more
Keeping track of all of your electronic devices can be difficult, especially if you have multiple devices with you when you leave home. This is especially true for smaller items like Airpods, which are very compact, even when they are in the charging case. Plus you may be taking your Airpods in and out of … Read more
Attempting to conserve battery life on an iPhone has been a goal for many iPhone users since the device became popular. Suggestions have always included things like reducing screen brightness, turning off background app refresh, and enabling a setting called “Reduce Motion.” Now you also have the option of enabling a “Low Power Mode” setting … Read more
Mobile website browsing has increased at an incredible rate since smartphones become popular. Whether you have an iPhone or an Android device you will typically have a way (often multiple ways) to visit Web pages from your mobile device. Mobile browsing is the preferred method of browsing for many Internet users, so website owners need … Read more
The iPhone has long included a number of default apps that let you use the basic functionality of the device. This includes things like a Settings app, Phone app, Camera app, Messages, Mail, and Safari, the Apple default Web browser. For a while, you weren’t able to hide or delete these default apps at all, … Read more