One thing in particular that I’m constantly doing with my device is emailing photos (like screenshots) to my own email address. You could say it’s because I’m lazy, but I don’t like transferring photos by physically plugging my de...
One maintenance task you should always perform is a regular backup of your most important data. Hardware failures are not a possibility, they are a certainty. As hardware degrades over time, the likelihood of a complete failure in...
While it’s pretty obvious that there are plenty of other mobile operating systems out there like Ubuntu Touch, iOS, Firefox and more it’s not so obvious that Android can be tweaked to include the best features from some of those o...
Have a personal website or blog that needs some spiffing up with a nice image slider? Don’t know how to code or implement such a feature using JQuery? No problem. Hi Slider is a Windows application that will help you produce a JQu...
When you think of a computer or laptop, the first thought that comes to mind generally has nothing to do with children. After all, it’s not the first piece of equipment you would allow a child to play or entertain themself with. S...
Every once in a while you come across a situation where you could really use a flashlight, or at the very least a little bit of illumination to see what you’re doing. For some reason, I always tend to take my trash out later in th...
Pocket is a wonderful application for mobile devices. If you like reading text content or blogs, you can save anything to your Pocket for reading later even while offline. The service is available cross-platform meaning you can sa...
One of the best things to do when you’re on vacation, on a road trip or just relaxing at home is to kick back and watch some good ol’ TV. Netflix and Hulu are great ways to watch movies and shows on your mobile devices no ma...
The Android market is completely saturated with launchers, sidebar apps and more. It’s no secret, but Android users love to customize their devices, so no one is complaining. While there are a lot of mini launchers and sidebar app...
One of the most important features of social media networks like Facebook, Google Plus and LinkedIn is that you can customize privacy settings so that outsiders see only what you want them to. Of course, each network is different ...
One quite annoying aspect of mobile devices is that you have to persistently manage network connections and radios during use. For example, if you use Wi-Fi while you’re at home you need to disable said radio when you venture out ...
Windows allows you to download and configure your own screensavers, but have you ever wanted to package them up and offer them to others? If you have more than one PC in your household, wouldn’t it be nice to sync the experience b...
If you have children you’re probably guilty of this practice, letting them use your smartphone or tablet for entertainment. I don’t have children, yet I’m still guilty of the act. Whenever I visit my niece I often allow her to pla...
Every once in a while it’s possible for your system to get out of hand. What I mean by that is, sometimes when you’re trying to access or delete a file the system will return an error that the related file has been locked. I’m sur...
Most of us write down our grocery list on a piece of paper or a note. It’s a great way to remember what items we need to pick up. There are a ton of note and reminder apps available in the Google Play store. That being said, just ...
