Did you know that data connections use up to four times as much power as phone calls? No wonder your smartphone bleeds power! If you want to make sure your smartphone has enough power left to actually make a call, here are nine super-simple battery-saving tips to keep you hopping along … longer: 1. Turn …
You know your smartphone can do everything from check email to scan barcodes to play (addictive) games involving angry birds — sometimes it’s even more fun than your date! But did you know it can also give criminals access to your personal information? And even be enlisted to spy on you? You may have heard …
Did you know that some of the materials used to make your favorite tech equipment can wreak havoc on the human body? Electronics contain heavy metals like lead, mercury and cadmium, and also toxic chemicals like hexavalent chromium and brominated flame retardants. When discarded in dumps, the poisons end up in people’s bodies through ground …
If you want to find things on your computer at a glance, try organizing by color. It saves you the hassle of reading through a bunch of file names and increases the odds that you’ll click the right thing the first time. Studies show color-coding reduces misreads by as much as 75-90%. Microsoft Outlook lets …
New Verizon iPhones are just the beginning. Mega-partnerships are shaking up the market and taking competition to the next level. This summer, Nokia + Microsoft will roll out its new line of smartphones — a major event for the team that pairs Asia’s largest smartphone manufacturer with Windows 7 Mobile’s dashboard. Meanwhile, new Droid phones …
Does it seem like your home computer just keeps getting slower? Could be it’s time for some TLCC (tender loving computer care). Just like everything else you own, your computer needs maintenance to operate at peak performance. So here are five fixes — most of them quick — to get you hopping as close to …
Chances are when you think about someone stealing your credit card, password or identity, you imagine this person then pilfers your accounts or sets up fake ones using your information. Not likely. Instead, the thief — who is more often than not connected to organized crime — probably sells your confidential data on the black …
If you use a Mac, you pretty much float along unscathed by the swath of nasty viruses, worms, Trojan horses, spyware and other malware that regularly attack Windows machines. But since Windows viruses can live on Macs even though they don’t affect them, you’ll be doing your friends, family and colleagues a favor if you …
Unleash the power of the word processing program you use all the time. And remember: if you want to speed through Word, use the control key!
Did you go to the world’s largest electronics show in Vegas last month to look for tools to help you at work? No? No worries. We’ve saved you the airfare, plus all those things that happen in Vegas that have to stay in Vegas. Here are our top 11 picks in four categories: tablets, smartphone …