How to Add a Mailbox Folder to your iPhone
I get a lot of email. More than I would like to but it all serves a purpose. When I look at my email on my iPhone or iPad, I don’t want to see my ‘old’ email that I’ve already read, just my unread email. …
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Wunderlist: Making To-Do Lists that Work for You
I’m a list maker. I may not be a mover or a shaker but, Dang it, I always have things to do and I like making To-Do lists (I may not even complete all those tasks, but that’s another story!). While I don’t mind using …
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The App Store Has Been Hacked!
The Apple community has long bragged about how it is seemingly immune to hackers. Not so anymore. Hundreds of apps are plagued with a serious security flaw. The hackers duped Chinese developers into using a counterfeit version of Xcode, Apple’s official development tool. WeChat, a …
What Are The Best Apps For Kids?
If you have kids you know you do not want them vegging out just playing mind numbing games, why not look for an app that teaches them something at the same time? This is the thinking that led me to this article. I have 3 …
Nine Great Reasons To Use ‘Flipboard’
Nine Great Reasons There are many reasons for using an app like Flipboard, nine great ones are: It’s Free, you can’t beat the price. It’s Fast, Flipboard gets its name from the way the page flips. Very similar to turning a page in a book …
The Ups and Downs of Dropbox
Dropbox offers a cloud repository for your files. Its basic subscription is free. I use it sparingly, but I always recommend it to people who need this kind of service. Still, I like to make folks aware of my pros and cons with it. Pros: It’s …
TypeMail: Great Mobile App for Mail
Sometimes, in this wango fango world of technology and viruses, and fails and computer snafus – things just work and work well. TypeMail is one of those things. I have more than one email account, as I think you should too – for personal, business, …
Pocket: Save Anything from the Web Quickly & Easily
So, I was happily browsing away this morning, as is my usual crack-of-dawn practice, and came across a web page that I wanted to bookmark, opened up the Bookmarks menu in Firefox and noticed this: I’m not the most observant of people so this item …
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Smartphone ‘Bluetooth Finder’ App Plays Hide and Seek
You’re getting warm, warmer, you’re getting hot, you are sweating … BINGO there it is! I own a Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone. There have been times when I have set it down for it’s own protection and later when I remembered about it, the phone …
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How to Create Custom Text Replies for Your Apple Watch
I find texting with my Apple Watch to be pretty handy. You can either reply with one of the default or contextual replies or dictate your reply. Dictating is not always practical and I find some of the default replies not particularly useful. The default text …
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iOS 8.3 – Another Attempt to Fix iOS Issues
So what’s going on with iOS? I long for the good old days when it was a no-brainer to download the latest version because it may fix a problem or two and would also provide some new features. The last few iOS releases have seen …
How To Block and Unblock Callers on Your iPhone
Are there just some callers that you don’t want to bother with? Unsolicited sales calls, drama queens, ex-significant others? Blocking these calls on your iPhone is very easy. Once blocked, you will not receive phone calls, messages or FaceTime from the blocked number. There are …
11 Hot Apple Topics – From Apple Watch to Apple Car & More
While Apple is always a news staple, it seems like they have been in the news even more than usual lately. While some of the news has been actual “news” (as in factual), some has been rumors. I don’t typically feed the rumor mill but …
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NameTag: A SmartPhone App for Stalkers?
Another new SmartPhone app out there that is getting mixed reviews…. a look at NameTag: http://www.nametag.ws/ Picture this… You are walking your dog at a local park on a Saturday morning, minding your own business and waiting for your dog to do their business. All of …