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‘Find My Device’ lets you locate and control a lost or stolen phone or tablet from another Android device

Posted on August 4, 2019

Google has updated their awesome “Android Device Manager” app and given it a new name.

It’s now called the more intuitive Find My Device, and it works even better than ever.

In a nutshell, this fantastic app helps you locate and control a lost or stolen Android phone or tablet using another Android device.

With all the personal information that’s stored on smart phones these days, it makes sense to do whatever we can to keep that data out of the hands of would-be scammers and identity thieves.

This app is a great tool for accomplishing that if your Android device ever gets lost or stolen.

Find My Device lets you use another Android device to:  [Read more…]

Clean out and speed up your Android device with CCleaner for Android

Posted on July 24, 2019

ccleaner-for-androidCCleaner has been the preferred system cleanup utility for millions of PC and Mac users for quite some time.

Now you can get many of the same benefits of the PC and Mac versions of CCleaner on your Android phone or tablet.

CCleaner for Android will clean the junk out of your device and make it run faster and with fewer hang-ups and glitches. I’ve been using it on my phones and tablet for a while now, and I love it.

Here are a few of the ways CCleaner for Android can help optimize and speed up your Android device:  [Read more…]

Turn your old unused smartphone into a free ‘landline’ with Viber

Posted on July 2, 2019

viberIf you’re like most people these days, you probably have a perfectly good smart phone sitting in a drawer collecting dust after falling victim to the endless cell phone upgrade cycle.

That unused phone has some pretty sophisticated electronics inside it, so why not put it to good use?

You can turn your “old” smart phone into a landline replacement by installing a wonderful free app called Viber.

And regardless of which brand and model of phone you have, there is probably a version of Viber to run on it! [Read more…]

Did you know you can redial the last number you called with a single tap?

Posted on April 24, 2019

Have you ever called someone only to have the call go straight to voice mail? If so, you probably tried placing the call again later.

Or perhaps there are occasions when you need to speak to the last person you called once again?

There are several ways to redial the last number you called, and I’m sure you have your favorite method of doing it.  [Read more…]

Remotely control when and how your children can use their mobile phones

Posted on March 28, 2019

Do you wish you could control when your children can use their mobile phones and which apps they can use at what times, even when you aren’t with them?

Well, thanks to a great app called DinnertTime Plus, you can. Simpy install the app on both your child’s phone and your own phone, then link the two phones via a text message.  [Read more…]

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