Notifications are an incredibly useful part of mobile phones. They let you know when you’ve received a message, or something important has happened. However, you don’t necessarily want to always be able to see them immediately. For privacy reasons, you may not want your notifications to be visible straight away, as other people could read your messages if they show up on your lo … [Read more...] about iPhone: How to Disable Notification Previews
iPhone: Disable iMessage
iMessage is an Apple-specific messaging protocol. It’s designed to essentially replace text messages to other Apple users. Instead of sending an SMS message, if the sender and recipient both have iMessage enabled, any texts between them will be sent as an iMessage. iMessage uses mobile data to send messages over the internet, this stops the message from eating into limited m … [Read more...] about iPhone: Disable iMessage
iPhone: How to Enable Dark mode
For years, most apps and websites defaulted to a white, or at least brightly coloured background. Recently however developers have started to design separate colour schemes that use darker colours. These colour schemes are generally known as a "dark mode". A lot of users find dark modes less glaring in the dark, where a white background can be blinding even on minimum … [Read more...] about iPhone: How to Enable Dark mode
Samsung Galaxy s10: How to Enable Dark Mode
Dark or Night Mode is a useful feature that sets most of your phone’s colours to dark – so the backgrounds of browsers, apps, and menu screens default to dark. Of course, this will be overridden by unique web pages, for example, but it still radically changes the look of your phone – and for users that use their phone in the dark, a game changer. … [Read more...] about Samsung Galaxy s10: How to Enable Dark Mode
How to Remotely Control Android Device
Remotely controlling a device allows you to provide technical support and guidance without needing to be physically present. A screenshot or even a screen-sharing session can only be used to provide instructions as to what to do. However, when helping those that struggle with technology, it's normally much easier to help if you can control the device yourself. This guide will … [Read more...] about How to Remotely Control Android Device
Windows 10: Add Support for HEIC to Photos App
HEIC is a compressed image format developed by MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group). The format is designed as a potential replacement for the JPEG standard. One of the main advantages of HEIC is that it uses about half the file size to store the same quality image as a JPEG. Unfortunately, Windows 10 doesn’t support displaying photos in the HEIC format by default in the Photos … [Read more...] about Windows 10: Add Support for HEIC to Photos App
Google Duo Tips and Tricks You’re Missing Out On
You've decided to ditch Zoom and give Google Duo a try. You've figured out how to use it, but you may feel like you're missing out on something. You know there are tips and tricks more experienced users are using, but once you get through this list, you'll using them too. You'll master Google Duo and be able to do things such as turn on low light mode, Change your phone … [Read more...] about Google Duo Tips and Tricks You’re Missing Out On
iPhone: How to Turn Off Mobile Data
Mobile data is a really useful way to stay online while out and about. However, if you’ve got a limited amount of data left on your contract, you’ll probably want to be careful with it. Turning off your mobile data will stop apps from using your data in the background, saving it for when you really need to be online. This guide will cover how to disable your mobile data. … [Read more...] about iPhone: How to Turn Off Mobile Data
How To Setup Facebook Messenger For Kids
Unless you are one of the very few parents who don’t allow their kids access to technology, your child probably has a phone or a tablet that they use to play, watch videos, and communicate with their peers. With technology being everywhere, it can be tough to take away our children’s phones and make them feel left out. So, for the safest experience for your kids, social media co … [Read more...] about How To Setup Facebook Messenger For Kids
Adding Apple Calendar to Google Chrome
Many people often find themselves in need of syncing the programs that they use across various devices and operating systems. Calendars especially are useful to sync and connect, so they can work fluidly and manage all of your events at once. Your Apple Calendar (also called iCal) is able to sync with other calendars, including your Google account. Connecting these accounts c … [Read more...] about Adding Apple Calendar to Google Chrome