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Several people have asked me how to delete an email account from the Gmail app on a Nexus 10 tablet, so I thought it might be a good idea to put the answer in a tip. I hope some of you find it useful.
This is actually a relatively easy task to complete, but as with many things Android, it isn’t so easy if you don’t know how to go about it.
Follow these steps to remove an email account from the Nexus 10 Gmail app: [Read more…]
Thanks to a new feature in iOS 7, iPhone users can now turn on the camera’s flash and use it as a flashlight without having to install a third-party app.
In my opinion, this is a feature that should have been included in the operating system of every smart phone for years.
There are several flashlight apps available for the iPhone, but now we don’t have to use them on phones running iOS 7.
It’s easy to turn on the new Flashlight feature. Here’s how: [Read more…]
If you use the popular Snapchat messaging app there’s a good chance that your username and phone number could be in the hands of criminals right now.
Snapchat has announced that a recent security breach has allowed the usernames and phone numbers of 4.6 million registered users to be stolen by hackers.
While this breach isn’t anywhere near as serious as most of the ones that have been in the news lately, it could still cause problems for the unlucky victims. [Read more…]
Important update: The NoBars app is no longer supported and it doesn’t work with the latest versions of Android.
Have you ever noticed how quickly your Android phone’s battery gets depleted when you’re in an area where there’s either a very weak cell signal or no signal at all? This happens because the phone’s radio will go into overdrive while trying to locate any trace of a usable signal.
An easy way to prevent this from happening is to simply place your phone into “Airplane Mode” whenever you enter an area where you know there won’t be a usable cell signal. But if you do that, you’ll have to remember to take the phone back out of Airplane Mode later or else you won’t be able to receive any calls or text messages. [Read more…]
Have you ever been playing a game or using an app in iOS 7 and had the Control Center pop up at a very inconvenient time? I’m guessing that you probably have.
Unfortunately, it’s very easy to cause the iOS 7 Control Center to pop up when you don’t mean for it to simply by swiping up from the bottom of the screen. And usually when it does happen, it interrupts the flow of your game and/or breaks your concentration.
If you find this behavior irritating, here’s how to prevent it from happening again: [Read more…]