Your daily dose of practical, easy to follow tech tips!
Do you frequently find yourself using Google Maps to navigate to the same destinations?
If so, you probably go through the normal routine of entering the destination and then telling the Maps app to use the same route you always use.
Well, I’m going to tell you about a little shortcut that will let you open the Maps app with the route to any frequently visited destination already displayed on the screen, ready for you to start driving. [Read more…]
Question from Carmen: I just got a new Android phone and I hate how it vibrates every time someone calls or when I get a notification of some kind.
I don’t want my phone vibrating, ever.
I looked for a way to turn the vibrating off but I couldn’t find it. Surely there’s a way to do it.
Can you tell me what I need to do? [Read more…]
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Question from Dorenda: Hi, Rick. I have a question about charging my phone.
I lead walking tours through the streets of my historic home town and I only have a few minutes here and there when I can plug my iPhone in for a quick charge.
Someone told me my phone will charge faster if I turn it off before I plug it in. Is that true? [Read more…]
Have you ever received a telephone call with your own number showing up on the Caller ID?
Yeah, me too. And it’s quite frustrating to say the least.
When that happens the natural instinct is to answer the call and give the scammer a piece of your mind, but that’s a very bad idea.
If you use Microsoft’s Bing search engine you’ve surely noticed the gorgeous photos they display every day on the site’s home page.
In my humble opinion, all of those photos are beautiful and intriguing, and some of them are absolutely stunning.
Have you ever seen one of them and thought “I’d love to have those daily pics as the wallpaper on my phone!“?
Well, as luck would have it you can easily use Bing’s daily photos as the wallpaper image on your Android phone and/or tablet. [Read more…]