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Does your smartphone seem sluggish and slow compared to the way it ran when you first got it?
If so, there is one hugely popular, but quite unnecessary app that could be slowing your phone down to a crawl.
Chances are you use this app every single day, even though you don’t really need it and you’ll give up absolutely nothing by removing it.
Question from Celeste: I hope you can help me solve an irritating problem.
Every time I open my Facebook app on my phone there’s a little icon at the top with a number on it indicating there are updates for me to read.
When I tap that icon it displays a “News” page with several news stories on it. I always tap it just to clear away the number because I find it very distracting.
I don’t want to get my “news” from Facebook because I don’t trust it. Besides, I watch the news on TV and listen to it on the radio so I don’t need to get it from Facebook too.
Is there any way to remove that irritating “News” icon from the top of the Facebook app?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
If you use the Facebook App on your mobile device (which I don’t recommend as explained in this post), you have probably noticed that a recent update has caused it to start chirping and making other weird noises when you take certain actions.
If you’re one of the many users who find these new sound effects irritating, you can easily turn them off with just a few taps.
Follow the directions below to disable sounds in your Facebook App: [Read more…]
Do you use Facebook’s mobile app to send and receive messages via your Android or iOS device? If so, you won’t be able to do it much longer.
Facebook has announced that they are now in the process of rolling out a new version of the Facebook app that doesn’t include the messaging feature. That means if you want keep on sending and receiving Facebook messages while on the go, you’ll need to download the stand-alone Facebook Messenger app. [Read more…]
Well, Facebook is at it again. They’ve made yet another change in their mobile app that makes “Top Stories” the default option for the news feed instead of “Most Recent”.
And not only did they make “Top Stories” the default, they also hid the setting that switches it back to “Most Recent”. But don’t worry, you can switch the new feed in your Facebook app back to displaying the most recent posts. Here’s how: [Read more…]