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 | Apple Changes Stance On Cleaning iPhone's Display - Coronavirus Remember when Apple used to tell us that it was not safe to clean your iPhone's display? The company used to say it was unsafe to use disinfecting wipes or sprays because it might damage the the coating on the touchscreen displays. Apple's suggestion was to use a cloth dampened with water to clean their phon....more |
03/12/2020 |
 | iOS Contacts App Keeps Crashing - Fixed! Does the Contacts app on your iPhone crash every time you launch it? It's a frustrating problem that many have reported after upgrading to iOS 11. Many suggest toggling Airplane Mode or turning off WiFi and Cellular Data ON and OFF, but I found those solutions to be unhelpful. What worked for me was a simp....more |
06/01/2018 |
 | Google removes porn malware apps from the Play Store Google has removed more than 60 gaming apps from the Google Play Store that contained malware. The malware, named AdultSwine, was discovered by a security firm, Check Point. It contained "highly pornographic" material that infected the games, many of which were aimed at kids. The apps were downloaded more ....more |
01/12/2018 |
 | iTunes Playlists not syncing with iOS 11 - FIXED iCloud Music Library is not working in iOS 11 and it’s annoying. iTunes Match / iCloud Music Library is very buggy in iOS 11. Here is how I solved my problem. I created a new playlist in iTunes on my Mac, but it would not sync to my iPhone X. I soon realized, the playlists were syncing to all of m....more |
01/06/2018 |
 | WhatsApp ends support for BlackBerry and Windows Phone WhatsApp is moving on from BlackBerry and Windows Phone. The company announced it will no longer support the older platforms, including BlackBerry OS, BlackBerry 10, and Windows Phone 8. The world has largely moved on from these platforms and WhatsApp finally cut them off. The company released the n....more |
01/03/2018 |
 | Apple issues statement on serious Keychain zero day bug A very serious security bug was discovered in the Apple MacOS Keychain. It makes it possible for an attacker to get every password in the Keychain without requiring your password. Patrick Wardle, Synack’s head of research, was able to write some code that extracts passwords from the Keychain. He posted a vi....more |
09/26/2017 |
 | Deleted Podcasts still show up in Apple TV - SOLVED Do you use Home Sharing to stream Podcasts to your Apple TV? If you do, you may have noticed that very old podcasts stay in the Apple TV even if you think you have deleted them in iTunes. This issue should be embarrassing for Apple, but Apple isn’t great at services. They’re just not. Anyway, the fix is ....more |
07/08/2017 |
 | How to stop autoplay HTML 5 videos in Safari HTML 5 videos set to autoplay are so annoying. There are extensions for browsers like Chrome and Firefox that will stop the problem, but Apple has not released anything for Safari yet. Unfortunately, even ClickToPlugin does not help. Fortunately, there is a way to stop these annoying videos from autoplayin....more |
04/12/2017 |
 | BlackBerry escaped death and is confident of survival BlackBerry is still alive even though it's a completely different company now. CEO John Chen has performed an incredible feat of keeping the company alive when everyone said it was dead. BlackBerry will no longer be a top smartphone maker, but they will live to perhaps see a second act. The company....more |
02/03/2017 |
 | BlackBerry looking to autonomous cars for its future Remember when BlackBerry was the dominant smartphone maker? It has been a long decade of decline for BlackBerry, but the company is not quite done yet. BlackBerry is looking to autonomous cars to fuel its future. BlackBerry owns the QNX operating system. QNX is a powerful system that already run....more |
01/16/2017 |
 | iTunes 12 for Mac won't remember window size or position - FIXED My installation of iTunes 12 would not remember my window size or position, and a splash screen would flash when the app was launching. I tried everything and could not get it to work correctly. Apple won't allow you to remove iTunes as the OS requires it, so I was left floundering. I found the f....more |
11/29/2016 |
 | Verizon updating BlackBerry Priv with Marshmallow? Verizon could be updating the BlackBerry Prv with Android Marshmallow very soon. At least one user posted a screen cap in the CrackBerry Forums claiming to have been updated. Verizon hasn't announced an update, so nobody knows if this is a public update or just a test. It definitely appears that they are wo....more |
11/05/2016 |
 | BlackBerry will stop making its own devices The end of an era is definitely upon us. Actually, BlackBerry's dominance and even relevance in smartphones has been over for some time, but the company finally announced it will no longer make its own devices. From now on, BlackBerry will outsource the production of hardware and focus more on software. The....more |
09/29/2016 |
 | Apple has gone too far! I love Apple and its products. I have so many Apple products at this point my apartment looks like the Apple Store. I'm usually a big fan, but recent iterations of Apple products make me think they are choosing design over function, and I think that goes too far. As I do every year, I ordered the i....more |
09/21/2016 |
 | Apple’s 2 factor authentication prompts for 4 digit code on Apple TV - Solved My Apple TV prompted me for a 4 digit verification code instead of a 6 digit code. What? If you have 2 factor authentication turned on for your Apple ID account, you are familiar with receiving prompts on all of your Apple devices to ALLOW entry into your account. After you choose ALLOW, you receive....more |
09/04/2016 |
 | Samsung Pay has a serious vulnerability Samsung has a payment platform for their Android phones that is supposed to rival ApplePay. It looks like Samsung needs to do more work because their service definitely is not bulletproof. Samsung Pay works by issuing a "token" that the merchant receives instead of your credit card number. This pr....more |
08/08/2016 |
 | BlackBerry finally kills the BlackBerry Classic BlackBerry is moving on from the phone that made it an iconic brand. Almost a decade after Apple disrupted BlackBerry's dominance in the smartphone market with the launch of the iPhone, BlackBerry is throwing in the towel on its most famous handset. BlackBerry announced today it will no longer mak....more |
07/05/2016 |
 | Will Apple kill the MacBook Air? Apple's WWDC conference is coming up next month, and the rumors are already flying. On June 13, developers will get to see Tim Cook and team on stage announce the new products for 2016. Most people believe the MacBook Air will get a refresh as they are still running older Broadwell processors. Other rumors....more |
05/15/2016 |
 | Opera launches free VPN iOS app Opera has launched a new VPN app for iOS that is free to use with unlimited data. The company bought SurfEasy VPN last March, and their new app runs on that service. Opera, the browser, has been around for years even though they never really got a lot of mainstream adoption. With all the privacy concerns i....more |
05/15/2016 |
 | Facebook dumps BlackBerry A few weeks ago we heard WhatsApp would no longer support the BlackBerry 10 OS. That was a pretty big disappointment to BlackBerry fans, but nobody knew there was even worse news coming down the pike. Facebook has now announced it is dropping support for BlackBerry 10 in 2016. Facebook's decision will no d....more |
03/25/2016 |
 | Tim Cook opens up about FBI fight in new interview Tim Cook is not taking this fight with the FBI laying down. After a fairly long interview on ABC recently, he has now been interviewed by TIME magazine. Cook is obviously bothered by the government's use of the courts to try and force Apple to create a special version of its operating system that will allow....more |
03/17/2016 |
 | Hillary Clinton was denied a secure BlackBerry by the NSA in 2009 When Hillary Clinton became Secretary of State in 2009, she requested a secure, BlackBerry-like device from the government. The NSA said, "no." Apparently, Hillary had been using a BlackBerry during the 2008 campaign and had come to rely on it. Emails recently released by Judicial Watch, a conserv....more |
03/17/2016 |
 | Is BlackBerry pivoting to the Internet of Thins? We all know the history of BlackBerry's dramatic fall from the top of the smartphone market. CEO John Chen was brought on to turn the company around. He had moderate success in cutting expenses and releasing new hardware to give the company a boost. Things have continued to be challenging for BlackBerry, a....more |
03/02/2016 |
 | WhatsApp ending support for BlackBerry WhatsApp will end support for BlackBerry 10 by the end of the year. The company says it will focus says its messenger service will not work on BlackBerry platforms by the end of this year. BlackBerry is not alone however. WhatsApp will also dump support for Nokia S40, Nokia Symbian S60, Android 2.1 and 2.2....more |
03/02/2016 |
 | Tim Cook rejects FBI request for back door into iPhone A California judge ordered Apple to help the FBI unlock the phone of one of the terrorists involved in the San Bernardino attacks. Following the order, Tim Cook says Apple will resist the order and appeal. The FBI wants Apple to create a new version of iOS that will ignore some of the security features so t....more |
02/17/2016 |
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