smartphones
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Security Keys Are Now the Best Way to Protect Your Apple ID
If you have an iPhone, iPad, or Mac, your Apple ID is among your most important digital accounts. If it is compromised, bad actors can access your iCloud information, see your location, or outright steal your devices from you. Keeping your Apple ID safe is obviously paramount. While code-based two-factor authentication (2FA) has been Apple’s…
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Seven iPhone Automations You Deserve to Make Life Easier
We spend a lot of time on our iPhones doing simple, repetitive tasks we shouldn’t have to do. In fact, those simple, repetitive tasks can and should be handed over to your iPhone, so you can get back to tasks you really want to do, like scroll Instagram and TikTok. If you’re willing to spend…
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You Can Hide Your iPhone’s Dynamic Island While Screen Recording
The Dynamic Island on the iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max might not be reason enough to drop $US1,000 ($1,388) on a new phone, but it’s a cool feature nonetheless. What’s not cool about it is its presence in all your screen recordings. Unlike the “notch” on older iPhones, the Dynamic Island doesn’t disappear when…
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When to Update a Tech Present Before Gifting It
It’s a classic holiday scene: You unwrap a brand new game console, complete with all the games on your wishlist. After weeks of waiting, it’s time to sit back, cocoa in-hand, fire up the machine, and…wait for all of the updates to load. Manoeuvring through setup screens and software updates is the worst part of…