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It seems like every other time we turn on our computers and mobile devices these days there are updates waiting to be installed.
This seemingly endless stream of updates can be annoying, especially when you’re needing to get something done in a hurry, but I strongly recommend installing security updates right away, before you do anything else.
Do you have a favorite website that you visit on a regular basis with a browser on your smartphone?
If so, you probably have that site bookmarked in your browser so you can quickly launch it whenever you want to visit it.
But did you know you can actually place an icon for your favorite site(s) right on your phone’s Home screen?
Question from Keisha: I love your tips, Rick. They’ve helped me so much since I started reading your blog.
I especially like the way you answer people’s questions, and now I have a problem of my own that I hope you can help me with.
I use Siri for various things when I’m in meetings, but her voice is disruptive to the others in the room. I’m tired of getting evil stares when Siri answers me lol.
How can I disable Siri’s voice so she’ll answer my queries with text only? Thanks. [Read more…]
Question from Elizabeth: I have a question for you, Rick.
I bought my daughter her first phone (it’s an iPhone) and she loves watching videos on it.
The problem is she’s hearing impaired and she cannot make out a lot of the dialog that’s spoken in the videos.
I know that lots of the videos available online are closed captioned, but I don’t know how to turn “Closed Captioning” on.
Can you tell me how to do it? [Read more…]
If you use Facebook you’ve probably been seeing posts warning you about NameDrop, a new iPhone feature included with iOS 17 that allows two iPhone users to exchange contact information just by bringing their iPhones into very close proximity to one another.
These dire-sounding posts tend to vary a bit, but most of them read something like this: [Read more…]