Best Android Keyboards for Every Need: Level Up Your Texting
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Finding the perfect Android keyboard can make using your phone a better experience, whether texting friends or composing emails. While your phone’s default keyboard gets the job done, switching to a specialized keyboard can make typing faster, easier, and more enjoyable. Today’s keyboards offer much more than basic typing, with features like gesture typing, voice […]
Rain or Shine: The 5 Best Weather Apps for Your iPhone
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The iPad doesn’t come a with native iOS weather app like the iPhone does, so this list will be useful for iPad owners. And for those looking for apps that have more detailed weather information check out the 5 iOS weather apps below. Yahoo! Weather Utilising beautiful photos from Flickr, the Yahoo! Weather app is […]
The 5 Best Dating Apps for iPhone & Android
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Jon Stone
Meeting people online is no longer a new and revolutionary thing. With the hectic schedules of modern life, mobile dating apps help you discover people and opportunities around you without the crowds of the bar or awkward blind dates from friends. If you’re someone who’s had trouble finding that potential date the old fashioned way, […]
How to Hide Photos on Your iPhone or Android Device
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Jon Stone
In addition to hiding certain text messages, we all have those private shots and embarrassing photos we’d also like to hide away. The thing is that we often don’t want to delete those photos. They provide personal entertainment and great or not so great memories of some interesting times. So what can we do with photos […]
How To Pair a Bluetooth Headset With Your Phone (2026 Guide)
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Bluetooth headsets and earbuds are supposed to make life easier—but only once they’re actually connected. If yours is sitting in the box because you’re not sure how to get it talking to your phone, this guide walks you through the whole process in about five minutes. The short version: put the headset into pairing mode, […]
The Best To-Do List Apps (for Android & iPhone)
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We’re not robots. We forget birthdays and anniversaries, we miss deadlines and goals, and we even forget how old we are sometimes. That’s why we need tools, in the form of productivity apps, that will help us get through each passing day. Today, we bring to you the best to-do list apps available for Android and […]
The Best Rugged Phones
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Jon Stone
Today’s mobile phones are feature-packed and stylish. But for all that power and flair, they’re shockingly fragile. Whether you’re especially clumsy or need a phone built to handle harsh work environments — such as construction yards or outdoor environments — rugged phones won’t turn into a paperweight if you drop them on the ground or […]
Back to Basics: The Best Non-Smartphones
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Jon Stone
While smartphones rule the market, they’re not without their downsides. Between the cost of data packages and the price of the phones themselves, staying up to date isn’t exactly cheap. That’s not to mention the indirect costs — the endless distractions, annoying notifications, or the fact that many of the big tech companies allegedly monitor nearly everything you […]
The Best Cell Phones for Kids
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Jon Stone
From kid-friendly designs and parental controls to budget-friendly options for teens, we’re covering everything you need to consider when picking out a phone for the kids in your life. For some parents, the absolute best phone for kids is no phone at all. For others, it’s the one you’re comfortable with them having. One they can use […]
The Best Voice Recorder Apps
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Jon Stone
Whether you’re looking to record a podcast, capture a lecture at school, dictate notes, or capture a conversation for later reference, voice recording apps are the perfect tool for the job. We think Rev Audio & Voice Recorder covers the needs of most people. But there are audio recording apps designed for different uses. In this roundup, […]
Getting Things Done: The Best Productivity Apps
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Jon Stone
Whether you’re organizing your home life or your work life, these apps offer effective ways to boost productivity and get more done with your day While our smartphones might be a distraction, they can also be a powerful tool for keeping our lives organized and our work on track. Whether you’re looking for a way […]
The Brief, Remarkable History of Cell Phones
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While it seems like everywhere you look today there is someone staring at their phone, the creation of consumer-friendly mobile phones wasn’t that long ago. In less than a century, mobile phones have gone from hardwired devices tied to vehicles and limited to a few callers at a time to pocket-friendly computers that can place a video call […]
What’s Draining Your Phone’s Battery? 14 Tips to Make it Last Longer
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Jon Stone
Despite rapid advancements in mobile technology in the past decade, there’s a good chance you’ve been caught in a situation where you wish you had a little extra battery life. That’s not to say batteries haven’t improved. But as technology improves, it demands more of batteries and as a result, battery life has stayed mostly […]
Looking for an iPhone Killer? Here are the Best iPhone Alternatives
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Jon Stone
Apple’s latest iPhones continue to push the boundaries of performance, features, and design just as the original iPhone did back in 2007. However, unlike the original iPhone, today’s releases are no longer the only smartphone option on the market. If you’re looking for all of the style, performance, and dependability of an iPhone without the Apple brand, consider […]
Cell Phone Etiquette: 13 Tips for Minding Your Mobile Manners
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Phones… We use them for pretty much everything. But how can we use them respectfully and responsibly to avoid being a jerk — or worse still, putting ourselves and others in danger? Even if you’re familiar with cellphone etiquette and social manners, the following guidelines can serve as a refresher. Mobile Rules to Live By […]
Cell Phone & Wireless Glossary
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