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Just like desktop and laptop computers, all smartphones and tablets have a very basic clipboard that allows you to “copy” and “paste” text from one app to another.
Unfortunately, that’s about all you can do with it. Even worse, the contents of the clipboard are overwritten every time you “copy” something else.
The good news is you can download a handy third-party clipboard app that will give your phone a fully-functional clipboard. [Read more…]
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Question from Kevin: I hope you can help me with a Gmail problem, Rick.
I subscribe to several email newsletters (including yours), and almost all of them always end up in the “Promotions” tab instead of the Inbox.
That includes the newsletters I pay for, and I’m really tired of it.
I’ve selected “Not Promotions” so many times but Gmail ignores my choice and keeps on putting them in Promotions anyway.
I heard that I can disable the Promotions tab altogether so the newsletters will always go into my Inbox, but I can’t find that setting. Can you help me? [Read more…]
Do you have a large collection of irreplaceable photos stored on your phone?
Photos that you’d hate to lose if your phone should ever go belly-up, or get lost or stolen?
If so, there’s a very easy way to prevent losing your photos if something ever happens to your phone: Keep them backed up to the cloud!
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These days most everyone has an old unused Android tablet sitting on a shelf somewhere. And chances are a good number of them still work just fine.
If you happen to be one of those folks that have an old, but working tablet sitting around, why not do something productive with it instead of letting it gather dust? [Read more…]
Do you find the ads that are displayed while you’re playing free games on your smart phone to be distracting? Most people do, so you’re certainly not alone if you do as well.
There’s a simple way to block the ads on most free games.
Simply put your phone into Airplane Mode to temporarily turn off the phone’s radios and you’ll be able to play many games without getting distracted by the flashing ads.
Why does this work? It’s pretty simple, really… [Read more…]