Transfer Songs From iPod to iPad
A woman called and wanted me to transfer all her songs from an iPod to an iPad. I thought it would be straight forward but in my case, no such luck. At first I figured it would just be a matter of backing up the […]
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How To Capture Screenshots On Your Smartphone
A screenshot, screen capture (or screen-cap), screen dump or screengrab is an image taken by a person to record the visible items displayed on the monitor, television, or other visual output device in use. Usually, this is a digital image using the operating system or software
How To Speed Up Your Cell Phone
Physician, heal thyself Writing how-to pieces isn’t exactly my forte and I don’t profess to be an expert in any particular field of computing, except maybe building gaming machines and shooting zombies, so passing on personal experience is a great way to relate how we
Using Online Text Messaging
A friend of mine recently told me about online text messaging – sending and receiving texts using your phone company’s website. At first I thought, why in the Heck would I want/need to do that? Well, a case in point came up today and I’m
How to Rescue a Bricked Tablet
Is it a brick? It’s been a bit slack in the shop recently, which is an understatement, as during January and February, Buenos Aires resembles a ghost town, much like Paris in August. Fortunately for me, there are still a few souls left in town
Amazon Prime Video Subscriptions Explained
Amazon Prime Video – another way of cutting the cord? It seems like Amazon frequently tweaks its Amazon Prime benefits. What started off as a way to get free 2-day shipping has evolved into a wide range of benefits, including: Prime Instant Video – This
GPS Tracking in Real Time
Real time GPS tracking in action Last year the owner of Jawa Argentina completed a timed ‘raid’ on a motorcycle, joining the most northern and southern points of Argentina, that is to say, La Quiaca, Jujuy to Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, a distance of
Remix OS Puts Android On Your PC
For years, an open source project has been working on porting the Android operating system to the x86 platform… meaning, it can be run on PC hardware with an Intel or AMD processor. The project is called, not surprisingly, the Android x86 project. Jide, a
Amazon Echo Getting A Smaller, Portable Version
For those of you who missed the opportunity to get the Amazon Echo for its launch price of $99, you may be able to get one in the coming weeks for less than the current $180 price tag. That is, as long as you don’t
Android Apps That Slow Performance and Eat Your Data
AVG report lists apps that have the most impact on smartphone performance, battery life and mobile data. In their report titled “Android App Performance Trends,” online security company AVG identifies the Android apps people use on their smartphones and tablets that are the biggest hogs
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SmartPhones: What the DCT Team Uses and Why
Here’s another combined article from our team of expert tech writers. This time we asked them to let us know what type of smartphone (or cell phone) they use and why – credit: this was actually suggested by Karen Homan: Karen Homan – Currently owns
Yahoo Messenger 11.5 allows you to unsend messages… kinda
There’s a ton of hype today about the new Yahoo Messenger app. Remember Yahoo Messenger? There’s a chance it was popular and then nonexistent before you were even born. I personally remember wondering if Y2K would affect Yahoo Messenger (then known as Yahoo Chat). Here
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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.
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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