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  • 10 May 2012

  • How-Tos: 6 Ways to Use Multiple Displays With Your Laptop

    Dual monitors improve productivity, but it can be hard to get laptops to use multiple displays. It's not impossible, though. Check out these six tips for connecting laptops to external monitors.

  • 09 May 2012

  • How-Tos: Taking the iPhone abroad? Avoid data roaming charges

    It's time to pack your suitcase and go on vacation, or away on business. Don't forget your iPhone or Android phone - but do read our Top 10 tips for saving money on smartphone data-roaming charges.

  • 08 May 2012

  • How-Tos: How to Edit Office Documents on Your Smartphone

    Although office suites have been available on mobile phones for more than a decade, touch interfaces have made them much simpler and more efficient than before. Now, iPhone and Android users wanting to work with office documents while on the go have at least three great options each, and two of them in common. This guide will walk you through the process of choosing an editor and getting started in editing documents on your smartphone.

  • 07 May 2012

  • How-Tos: Remotely transfer iPhoto images to iPhone

    Reader Robert Zavod would like greater access to his photos from his iPhone. He writes:

  • 04 May 2012

  • How-Tos: How to Stop Your Social Networks From Distracting You

    Facebook, Google+, Twitter, and other social networks help you stay connected with friends and family, but it's easy to overdo the connecting and end up distracted and unproductive. Worse, many social networks notify you every time someone tries to interact with you, making it even harder to concentrate on productive tasks. Turning these helpful reminders off can be tricky in some instances, but setting up a way to tune out mobile and e-mail notifications is well worthwhile. Here's how to stop your social networks from distracting you, so you can get your working life back on track. And don't worry--you can still peek at your Twitter page once in a while.

  • 03 May 2012

  • How-Tos: How to protect your iPhone from theft

    Anti-theft iPhone advice, and top tips to stop thieves disabling Find My iPhone

  • 01 May 2012

  • How-Tos: How Switching to VoIP Can Save You Money

    You probably can't turn a corner in the office without hearing about Voice over IP--a popular, cheap, and effective way to provide telephony to businesses. The premise is simple: Instead of using the existing telephone lines in your building, or having new ones installed, you push all of your voice, teleconferencing, and video traffic through the Internet.

  • 19 April 2012

  • Video: Video: Why cloud printing is the next big thing

    Cloud Print lets you print emails and photos from your phone and tablet. Here's how to print on the move

  • 18 April 2012

  • How-Tos: How to Connect Your HDTV and Smartphone With MHL

    Are you wondering what it means to own a smartphone, tablet, or HDTV that's MHL-certified? Here's how MHL works, and how it can benefit you.

  • 13 April 2012

  • How-Tos: Create custom iPhone vibrations

    Did you know your iPhone can vibrate differently depending on who's calling or texting? Now that you do, here's how to set up custom vibration patterns.

  • 10 April 2012

  • How-Tos: How to Root Your Verizon Galaxy Nexus

    If you're anything like me, you always have to have the latest and greatest piece of technology. Unlike me, though, you may not be eager take that shiny new gadget and unlock, root, install a custom OS, or brick it in the name of progress.

  • 06 April 2012

  • How-Tos: How to Buy a Smartphone for Your Business

    Shopping for a new smartphone is tough: With so many phones out there, finding the best one for your work life and your personal life can be headache-inducing. This guide highlights business features among the different operating systems, explains the best specs for business, and offers advice on the apps you should download once you purchase your smartphone.

  • 05 April 2012

  • How-Tos: How to use Brushes in iPhoto for iOS

    iPhoto for iOS is not only a joy to use, it's easy to learn—even if you've never used the desktop verion of iPhoto '11.

  • 03 April 2012

  • How-Tos: How to make a stylus

    Want to boost your Draw Something skills? Here's how to make a stylus for a capacitive touchscreen in four easy DIY steps.

  • 30 March 2012

  • How-Tos: Bugs & Fixes: Problems pairing iPhones to Bluetooth audio systems

    If you have an iPhone, but your car's audio system doesn't have Bluetooth support, stop reading now and go update your system. The technology is that good. By pairing your iPhone with your car, you have the absolute best, most convenient way for hands-free talking on a phone while driving. There's no need for a headset of any kind. Nor is there any need to fumble with your iPhone when you want to make or answer a call. It can all be done from the dashboard controls or (in some cars) entirely by voice. As a bonus, the sound is typically louder and clearer than from a headset, allowing you to more easily overcome road noise.

  • How-Tos: Install Siri on an iPhone 4 or 3GS

    Want the Siri voice assistant, but can't justify the upgrade to an iPhone 4S? We've found a working solution with a working business search. UPDATED 30th March 2012

  • 29 March 2012

  • How-Tos: How to manually upgrade an Android smartphone or tablet

    We all want the most up-to-date gadgets and therefore the most recent versions of the software that is available for them. Upgrading an Android device might take you to a newer version of the operating system like 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich or bring new features or enhancements for your smartphone or tablet.

  • 27 March 2012

  • How-Tos: Install and configure iCloud Control Panel for Windows

    iCloud works seamlessly if you own a Mac, but it's a little more complicated for Windows users. Here's how to install and configure it so photos from your iPhone or iPad appear automatically on your PC, and your device is backed up and synched to Apple's servers.

  • 26 March 2012

  • How-Tos: How to browse recipes on an Android tablet

    Every high-tech kitchen should have a tablet on which budding chefs can quickly pull up their favourite recipes, whether they're stored on the web, jotted down from memory, or recommended by others. ChefTap for Android does exactly this; here, we show you how to use it, making your cooking instructions easily accessible, and your time in the kitchen far less stressful.

  • How-Tos: Make basic edits in iPhoto for iOS

    Half the fun of iPhone photography is editing and altering your photos in various photo apps. And now that Apple has introduced its iPhoto app for the iPhone and iPad, bringing its desktop photo management and editing software to the touchscreen interface, users have a great, all-in-one photo-editing tool at their fingertips.

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