Your iPhone has a lot of personal information contained within it, so of course you want your device to be secure. You don't want that information getting into the wrong hands — or any hands other than your own, for that matter.
The Google Assistant is an incredibly useful tool that's now available for both Android and iOS. You can use plain English to send voice commands that range from turning off your smart lights to answering almost any question — but many of these features won't work properly if you have certain Google activity controls disabled.
Everyone loves sharing pictures and quick video clips with Snapchat, but while the service itself is tons of fun, the Android app is one of the worst on the market. For one, Snapchat takes terrible photos even on high-end Android phones. And to make matters worse, the app is a notorious data-sucking battery drainer.
If maintaining privacy is an ongoing battle, the front line is your smartphone. Apple included several new security features in iOS 10, but at the same time, some of the best new functionality comes with potential privacy trade-offs that everyone needs to understand.
If you want free Poké Balls and eggs when playing Pokémon GO, you can find them at PokéStops in variation locations around your city, which are marked with towering blue icons on your map. Once you're at Level 5, they'll also grant you Potions and Revives to help you in your battles against other trainers, so they're definitely something you should be visiting whenever you can.
Welcome back, my hacking friends. We use our smartphones every day, for business, socialization, and leisure. The number of iPhone users is increasing in dozens of millions every year, with a whopping 63.2 million users in 2014 alone. That's a lot of users.
A set of cool new Android-related Google Search functions made their debut this week, which will allow you to locate your phone, send directions to your mobile device, set alarms and reminders, and send notes from any web browser.
We live, work, and play in drastically different environments, so it only makes sense that we'd want our Nexus 5 smartphones to automatically adapt to our needs when in certain locales at certain times.
Safari has some cool new features in iOS 8, but the app that seems to have gotten the biggest update so far is Messages. A lot of the new Messages features were discussed during Apple's developers conference, but we found many others and picked out our favorite hidden ones below.
I never want to bump into my ex-girlfriend while out in the city (talk about a buzz kill), so if I could get an alert telling me that she's at Shortstops down the street, I'll avoid that area completely. This is where the new, interesting app Cloak - Incognito Mode for Real Life from dev Brian Moore comes in.
Back in college, there were many instances where I'd have to meet up with a partner that I was randomly paired with in order to work on a project or to study for an exam. Besides the awkward interactions, the most difficult part was always figuring out where we would meet off-campus. I live here and they live there, so what's reasonably halfway?
Master your tennis serve: the kick serve. Be sure to click on all the video chapters to view the entire tutorial.
World 2-2 of New Super Mario Bros Wii is a pretty standard Mario desert affair, but that doesn't make finding all three of it's hidden Star Coins any less important. Watch this video for a guide to their locations in the level.
You can set up a dynamically driven Google Map widget that can display any sort of information - such as displaying a user's location based on what they have entered into their profile. This is a useful and interactive feature for any PHP/MySQL based website.
A slingbox takes content from your TV or cable box and then 'slings' it to another location - such as your smartphone or computer. This tutorial shows you how to set up a slingbox for your home entertainment network and then start using it!
This CNET tip gives you fast and easy access to those locations you frequent most on the map, like your home or workplace. Getting instant directions to those favorite places doesn't get any easier. Navigation on your Android cell phone makes life a little easier. This video will show you how to create these map shortcuts on the Motorola Droid, but it can be used on any Android phone with 2.0 firmware and GPS.
Trapster is a cool website that works just like Google Maps or MapQuest, with a twist! In addition to turn by turn driving directions, you will also get the locations of police speed traps along your route. Stay safe and in control- and avoid a costly ticket - with this free web based service.
Love pie?! Then you'll want to pay close attention to this video. It shows you where to find the warm flaky crust that is "Pie Island" in Just Cause 2, giving out the map location and means you need to get there. Once you get there, though, there really isn't much to do, just another hidden easter egg brought to you by Geoff and Gus at Achievement Hunter.
ClearTechInfo takes you though a series of tweaks to customize Firefox in order to get maximum web browsing space. This is done by changing the default Firefox skin, installing a menu button by going to Firefox add-ons and searching for the specified add-on and installing them. Next by customizing Firefox by removing unwanted buttons and changing the locations of essential buttons, the address bar and the search bar thereby minimizing the screen space taken by the browser.
Learn the location of the I Would Have Been Your Daddy (IWHBYD) skull in Halo 3 with this voiceover walkthrough. When activated, this skull will unlock new (and often hilarious) dialogue in the game.
In this episode of The Shirtless Apprentice, Matt is on location to discuss some more tips for shooting internet video, specifically directed towards capturing B-Roll. Take a look at our links section for more shooting tips!
The JET Programme is a teaching exchange program between the USA and Japan. If you are accepted into this program, you will get the exciting opportunity to travel, teach and live in Japan. This is a dream come true for a lot of people, and applying to this program is similar to applying for college or a job.
First of all you have to start by terracing all the lands. Now select the varieties of trees that you want and start planting them in your garden. These trees shall help you in checking soil erosion. You may also use rocks fro land scalping and also checking soil erosion. Now you can plant ‘daisies’ all around the garden. These grow very fast and then they help to bind all the soil together. However you have to check their growth because they compete with other plants for the nutrients. They ...
Watch this video to learn how to use Terrafirma to make a map of your Terraria world. If you've got designs for a constructions project but not a location, or you really need a certain resource, having a map will really come in handy.
Learn how to set your camera to automatically record the location to the pictures you take. Also learn how to edit the pictures you have just taken. It's easy and this clip will teach you everything you need to know. For all of the details, including complete, step-by-step instructions, watch this brief, official C6-01 owner's guide from the folks at Nokia!
Learn how to find different places with Ovi Maps and save your favourite ones. It's easy and this clip will teach you everything you need to know. For all of the details, including complete, step-by-step instructions, watch this brief, official C6-01 owner's guide from the folks at Nokia!
Sniping is a good skill to pick up when playing war games, since it allows you to kill enemies with great accuracy at long range. You'll need to find good spots with decent cover that give you access to enemy targets without revealing your own location.
To start with, this tutorial shows you how to make a compass in Minecraft that will always point towards your spawn location. It also demonstrates how you can safely mine for obsidian from lava pits, and how to build portals into the Nether.
Want to find out where all the radios can be found on the Der Reise maps in Call of Duty: Black Ops? This tutorial shows you where each radio can be found... so you can shoot all of them to bits.
This video shows you how you can earn the Treasure Hunter Achievement for the game Trine by finding all the secret locations for the treasures. There are about two per level, and this video shows you how to get even the trickiest ones.
The blistering suns of the Mojave Wasteland beat down on your brow, wouldn't you love it to be in a big hulking suit of Power Armor instead? It's off to find the Brotherhood of Steel then! Joining their ranks is the only way to learn how to wear it! In this video you'll get the location of Hidden Valley and where
If you had the chance to pick up the Collectors edition of Fallout: New Vegas, you received a beautiful hardcover graphic novel of some of the events leading up to your eventual stroke of bad luck. If you read it, it follows the Great Khans as they travel with Benny to your location, and talks about Chance, the blonde haired, Conan-Like, Great Khan, killed by- hey wait, no spoilers! Anyway, if you'd like to find his grave and his equipment, check out this video! In it you will get the locatio...
Early in the game, you'll have to fight off the crazy mailman Carl in order to get a large supply of Zombrex. This tutorial shows you a few good strategies to dodge Carl's exploding packages and shotgun shells, as well as a few locations for powerups.
In this clip, you'll learn how to search for places nearby a given address when using the MapQuest Maps web app. It's easy. So easy, in fact, that this home-computing how-to can present a complete, step-by-step overview of the process in about two minutes. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, take a look.
When you film at home with just a regular camera using the built-in microphone, the quality can be bad to worse at best. If you are looking to improve the sound the best that you can with low budget solutions, check out this video. You will get tips on how to secure your locations and also how to monitor the sound going into your camera.
Exhaust leaks are usually easy to find, but if you encounter one that defies location and you don't want to take the manifold off to check, watch this video. It will teach you how to use a sound amplifier to diagnose the problem.
In this clip, you'll learn how to change the location of an audio track within an Audacity session with the Audacity Time Shift Tool. Whether you're new to the Audacity DAW (digital audio workstation) or are simply looking to pick up a few new and useful tips and tricks, you're sure to be well served by this video tutorial. For more information, including step-by-step instructions, take a look.
There a ways to personalize your Gmail experience, and one of those is picking personalized Gmail themes which make emailing funner. But if you're not sure what kind of theme you want to use from all the available Gmail theme choices, there's an option called "Random" which provides you a random theme based on your geographical location, and will change when in a different location.
If you've been playing the Minerva's Den DLC for any period of time, you may have noticed that there is one secret achievement in your list that doesn't really make sense. But, if you've been scanning the forums, you will have noticed some people talking about a secret arcade game called Spitfire. In this video you will discover its location and also watch how to play the game and how the achievement works.
New to Microsoft Excel? Looking for a tip? How about a tip so mind-blowingly useful as to qualify as a magic trick? You're in luck. In this MS Excel tutorial from ExcelIsFun, the 703rd installment in their series of digital spreadsheet magic tricks, you'll learn how to filter with 6 criteria then extract records to a new location.