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How to Add Exceptions to Your Phone’s ‘Do Not Disturb’ Mode (and Why You Absolutely Should)
Putting your phone out of reach or, heaven forbid, turning it off entirely, can be an unreasonable option for minimising screen time. What if there’s an emergency? What if someone actually does need to get in touch with you? Fortunately, you don’t actually have to go all or nothing — an alternative is to turn…
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What Is Facebook’s New ‘Quiet Mode’ And How Does It Work?
Facebook is rolling out a new “Quiet Mode” feature for its iOS and Android apps, and it couldn’t have come at a better time. A lot of us are glued to our phones even more than usual right now—thanks, quarantine!—and while apps like Facebook help us stay in touch, there is such a thing as…
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How To Prevent Robocalls And Minimise Phone Spam
3Photo: Tom Holmes (Unsplash) It’s the Year of the Robocall, it seems. I haven’t noticed this directly, but a number of friends, colleagues, and internet posters seem to be inundated with bullshit phone calls now more than ever before. What great times we live in, where anyone with an auto-dialer can blast out millions of…
