Google on Monday unveiled its new kid-friendly YouTube app, the company’s first product built exclusively in-house with children in mind. As CNET first reported last week, the YouTube Kids app for Android devices is now available for free in the Google Play marketplace. At the same time, Google launched the app for iOS devices in …
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Organize and file your taxes with your smartphone
Few of us like to do our taxes. Entering numbers over and over, lengthy questionnaires and looming fearing of a large tax payment all make the yearly process feel tedious and exhausting. Luckily, in recent years our smartphones have become great tools to manage your taxes from start to finish. With an army of apps, you can take the sting …
Read More »How to get started with Apple Pay
Apple Pay is Apple’s payment system that stores your credit card information on your compatible device so you can pay for things without having to whip out that plastic card you keep in your wallet. Compatibility The Apple Pay system is two-fold; it lets you pay for things using your device in stores and in apps. The most recent iPhones …
Read More »Five ways I survived the switch from iPhone to Android
Although there’s growing evidence that Apple will introduce larger iPhones sometime this year, I’m keeping the promise I made last year. I need and want a phone with a larger screen — now, not later — and for me, that means an Android model. (No offense, Windows Phone fans: I simply don’t like the hardware and especially don’t like the …
Read More »Getting to know AirDrop on iOS 7
We’ve all seen the Samsung commercials wherein iOS users are constantly made fun of for buying into Apple products. One of the features often shown off in those commercials has been NFC sharing of documents and photos when two users bump the backs of the their latest Galaxy devices — something everyone knows iOS devices can’t do. Apple took note …
Read More »How to turn off emergency alerts on your phone
Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) are designed to alert mobile users in the United States about missing children (also known as Amber Alerts), severe weather, and presidential announcements for national emergencies. Alerts are geographically targeted, meaning you won’t receive a notification for a missing child in San Francisco if you live in New York, and vice versa. The system has proven …
Read More »You can now record your iOS device’s screen with Display Recorder
Ever wanted to send more than just a screenshot to a friend or family member, showing them how to do something on their iOS device? The ability to record your iPhone’s screen has only been possible for users who jailbreak, until now. A new app, Display Recorder, is now available in the App Store. Display Recorder will record a video …
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