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If you’re ever in an accident, the aftermath is a lot to deal with. You might be hurt, or you might have to deal with law enforcement. In either case, you should have a quick way to let an emergency contact know that you’ve been in an accident. A Siri …

The greatest benefit of owning a smartphone is you can get  constant, live updates for just about anything. It can be a sports event, traffic, or just the weather. Weather reports could arguably be the most advantageous aspect of owning a device. If you’re constantly on the move, you can …

Do you fall asleep watching Netflix on your phone? Unlike its web version, the Netflix apps don’t ask if you’re still watching. As long as the Netflix app is playing on your phone, the screen won’t sleep. If you do fall asleep with the app playing, your phone’s battery will …

Facebook ads have been under a lot of criticism as of late. It’s come to light that Facebook hasn’t been very selective, careful, or conscientious about the kinds of ads that are displayed on its network. Its targeting of these ads is also being heavily criticized and rightly so. That …

Siri Shortcuts have proven to be fairly useful. Although limited, they are still a great way to automate tasks. With Siri Shortcuts, you can record an audio phrase which, when spoken to Siri, will run the shortcut. This allows you to run shortcuts without opening the Shortcuts app first. The …

Google Maps is the go-to app for getting directions. It’s more than just a navigation app though. The app can tell you if a specific place is open or not, what’s the best time to visit if you want to avoid crowds, and if a place has parking or not. …

The Touch Bar is touch enabled input panel added to the latest line of MacBooks. It was met with a mixed response. As with everything that Apple releases, developers quickly got on board with it. Several apps have been developed for the Touch Bar but that still doesn’t make it …

A video is basically a series of frames repeating in quick succession, accompanied by sound. We covered how you can extract a frame from a video a while ago. There are several solutions listed there that work exceptionally well. Those solutions are of course for the Windows 10 desktop. If …

The Cambridge Analytica scandal made a lot of people think about deleting Facebook. Since then, Facebook has vowed to improve how it protects its users data. It’s also made it possible for users that use other apps that it owns to download their personal data. A lot of other apps …

For some reason, almost every social media app has decided auto playing videos is a great feature. The latest entry in this foray is LinkedIn, the supposedly professional networking app that now automatically plays videos in your feed. Surprisingly, the videos don’t auto-play if you’re on LinkedIn for web. It …

iPhones are generally very secure. If your iPhone were to be stolen, cracking the password wouldn’t be easy. Your phone might be wiped and sold but the data is mostly safe. If you haven’t used any form of security, or whoever has your phone might be able to guess the …

Instagram has a new photo capture mode called Focus mode. It works with the story camera and is available on both Android and iOS users. There’s just one catch though; there are device limitations. What this means is, Focus mode isn’t going to be available on all devices. Focus Mode …

If you find an interesting post in your Instagram feed, you can share it with your followers in one of two ways; the Repost app, or by sharing it to your story. The Repost app fills a gap that Instagram refuses to address; resharing posts. Instagram doesn’t let users share …

Smartphone apps are all screen, or mostly screen. Buttons have all but disappeared from them and navigation is done through swipe gestures. In a complex app, you will find there are a lot of gestures that do a lot of different things. Tinder is an app that inspired gestures in …

Photo albums have become a staple feature on smartphones. They’re not a way to organize photos. If you look at iOS, they’ve taken on a more nostalgic function in the form of Memories. Facebook is home to one of the largest online photo collections. Unlike Flickr, the photos on Facebook …

Your location can be tracked through your phone’s GPS data. GPS i.e. global positioning system can identify where you are, and what time you were in a particular location. It’s very privileged information and it makes sense that users would have the option to turn off GPS on their phones. …

You can rotate photos pretty easily on a basic image editing app. This holds true for both desktops and smartphones. The basic photos app on both Android and iOS can rotate photos however, the same feature isn’t available if you’re dealing with videos. If you want to rotate videos on …

YouTube has more content than a person can watch in a single lifetime and we’re not even taking into account the boring, uninteresting stuff. Just the stuff that’s gone viral and is mildly popular is too much for one person’s lifetime. That said, we definitely try to watch as many …

Apple consistently makes improvements to its camera app every year. New features are added and the Photos app gets a boost to incorporate them. The improvements never go beyond what’s needed to view photos and perform basic edits. Your camera roll isn’t really sophisticated even though iOS itself is. If …

Mobile websites are websites that are optimized for viewing on a mobile device. Some websites optimize only the look while others will also serve up special content that isn’t data heavy. A good mobile site is one that can give you access to everything the desktop site can but the …