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Does it seem like it takes forever for your phone’s battery to fully charge when it’s plugged into your PC?
Well, it isn’t your imagination. If you have an older computer it probably has the older USB 2.0 ports, and USB 2.0 supplies a paltry amount of current to devices that are connected to it.
If you like the convenience of charging your phone by plugging it in to your PC, you can easily add several USB 3.0 ports to your existing PC and your phone will charge a lot faster. [Read more…]
If you’re expecting a federal tax refund this year, there’s a free app from the IRS that will let you track your refund right from your smart phone or tablet.
The IRS2Go app will keep you up-to-date regarding the status of your tax refund. You can also use the app to make a payment to the IRS, and a whole lot more.
We all know that wondering when your refund check is going to arrive or when the direct deposit is going to hit your bank account is about as much fun as waiting for test results from the doctor.
Now you can avoid that suspense [Read more…]
As you might recall, back in December 2017 Apple admitted that they have been intentionally causing older iPhones to run slower.
Their stated reason for this “throttling” is to prevent iPhones with older batteries from shutting down during periods of heavy use.
Needless to say, once the word got out that Apple was intentionally making their phones run slower than they were capable of running, the backlash among iPhone users was both immediate and intense.
Personally, I think having the option to throttle your iPhone to keep it from shutting down on you is a good thing.
The problem is how Apple chose to execute the throttling. [Read more…]
Modern smartphones and tablets make it easy to document the world around us by taking photos and capturing video with just a couple of taps on the screen.
We can then easily (and instantly) share those photos and videos with others by posting them on Facebook.
Well, the folks at Facebook have taken the ability to share our videos to an entirely new level with an awesome feature called Facebook Live.
In a nutshell, Facebook Live lets you record live audio and video of virtually any event in real time and share it on your Facebook Timeline so your Facebook friends can witness the event as it unfolds. [Read more…]
A few days ago I wrote a post explaining how it came to light that Apple has been intentionally causing older iPhones to run slower via software updates.
As you might expect, the company was quickly hit with a couple of class-action lawsuits over the practice.
Well, it seems they’ve now come to their senses because they’ve published a blog post apologizing for the way they handled the situation. [Read more…]