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Just as with a traditional laptop or desktop computer, it’s important to always have a current backup on hand for your mobile devices in case you ever have to restore your files.
Thanks to Apple’s popular cloud storage service known as iCloud, keeping your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch backed up is as easy as 1-2-3. And trust me, there will come a time when you will need it.
Here’s how to enable automatic iCloud backups on your Apple device: [Read more…]
Have you ever lost a court case or had people believing you said something you didn’t say simply because someone else just flat-out lied or became confused about what they heard or saw?
Or have you ever forgotten critical details of an important discussion or meeting and had that fuzzy memory come back to bite you at a later date?
Well, unfortunately these things happen all the time.
But now there is a simple way to ensure that you always have a “witness” to back up your side of the story whenever you happen to need one. Simply install a wonderful free app called Alibi on your Android phone and keep it running in the background. [Read more…]
Do you have a favorite app that you’ve been using on your iPhone or other iOS device for years?
If so, there’s a chance that it might stop working after you update your device to iOS 11 after it’s released this fall.
Apple is planning to end support for legacy 32 bit apps beginning with the release of iOS 11. That means any 32 bit apps that you’re currently using will stop working on your devices after you update them to iOS 11. [Read more…]
If you’re like me you probably hate calling someone who doesn’t answer, especially if you need to leave a message.
Before you get to that magic beep, you first have to wait while the voice mail system plays the recipient’s personal greeting, and then you have to listen for another eternity while it tells you how to leave a message.
If you’re wondering why all the major cell carriers require us to listen to the same boring voice mail instructions over and over again before allowing us to leave a simple message, it’s because it makes them a ton of money! [Read more…]
The most recent iPhones are notorious for taking outstanding photos that rival those taken by expensive point-and-shoot cameras. And I must say that I have seen some pretty spectacular images that were captured with them.
But as most any professional photographer will tell you, it’s difficult to take professional quality photos in low-light situations using just the camera’s built-in flash unit. To get a truly magnificent image under those conditions, one must use an off-camera flash.
Photographers have been using off-camera flash units with their expensive DSLR and high-end point and shoot cameras for years, and now iPhone users have that option as well.
The awesome Nova Off-Camera Wireless Flash for iPhone will provide that all-important flash of supplemental light to give your iPhone photos a crisp and bright professional look. [Read more…]