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Do you have an iPhone with a limited data plan that always seems to run out before the end of the month? If so, you’re not alone.
With all the streaming media and other forms of data-heavy content being consumed today it’s pretty hard to avoid exceeding a modest monthly data cap.
You can always change the way you use the Internet in order to stay under your data cap, but there’s one very simple thing you can try first: Turn off Web Page Preloading in your iPhone’s Safari browser. [Read more…]
As you probably know, choosing a good web browser can make the difference between a great Internet user experience and a poor one.
If you access the Internet on a computer, you probably have a favorite browser that you prefer to use over all the others.
But that being said, there’s a good chance that you’re still using the slow, bloated stock browser that came pre-loaded on your mobile device when you’re away from your home or office.
Just as with your computer-based browser, a great mobile browser can really enhance your Internet activities by a huge margin.
If you have already selected a favorite mobile browser, you surely know exactly what I mean. If not, I’ll tell you about my favorites so you can try them out for yourself. [Read more…]
If you use the standard web browser that came pre-installed on your smart phone, you’re wasting your time. And I mean that literally. That’s why you need Opera Mini.
Opera Mini is a lean, super-fast version of the popular Opera web browser that loads web pages and photos much faster than the standard mobile web browser.
It achieves these faster speeds by compressing all the images on a web page right on a dedicated Opera server, then sends the optimized pages to your phone. When you first click a link you’ll notice a slight delay while the server is optimizing the images, but then you’ll see the page load onto your screen in a jiffy. [Read more…]
Question from Beth J.: I’ve been using the Opera Mini browser on my Android phone for a long time and I only started having this problem a few days ago.
Now every time one of my friends comments on a Facebook post of mine or sends me a message a notification from Facebook pops up on my phone. It even does it when I don’t have Facebook loaded!
I prefer to keep my Facebook activities discreet and I don’t want these notifications popping up. Can you tell me how to turn them off?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
Some computers (especially laptops) have trouble with Youtube videos because they simply don’t have the “muscle” required to display them smoothly. I’ve discovered that using a different web browser will often improve the viewing experience considerably, and the one that I recommend most often is Opera.
Thanks to the speed at which it renders video, Opera seems to work better with Youtube than any other browser that I’ve tried. If your Youtube experience is less than desirable, why not download it and give it a try? Simply visit this page and click the red Download button. [Read more…]