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Many electronic reader apps such as iBooks, Kindle, and Instapaper offer a night-time reading mode that allows easier reading in low-light conditions. The night mode simply reverses the default white background and black text to a black background with white text. This creates less strain on your eyes when reading in a dark or dimly

Emergency Alerts on the iPhone If you hear a loud, unfamiliar, sound on your iPhone, don’t panic.  The iPhone and other smartphones are capable of broadcasting emergency alerts, AMBER Alerts, and other national emergency information. We are all familiar with the emergency broadcast system, which interrupts television and radio broadcasts whenever there is a public safety announcement.

It’s no secret that kids love their iPods – sometimes a little too much. With Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and all sorts of other Internet-based activities, there are lots of ways kids can spend their time online. As parents, we try to encourage our kids to take a break from the Internet. It may seem to

The row of apps at the bottom of the iPhone or iPad Home screen is called the dock. Apple has placed some popular apps in the dock for quick and easy access. If there are other apps you would rather have in the dock, it is easy to change the apps to suit your needs.

For a large majority users, iOS 9 is working fine. However, I have received an increased number of questions related to odd behavior with various iPhone apps after a user has upgraded to iOS 9. The issues appear to be somewhat random and affect different apps in different ways. One person experienced a problem where

Apple released the iOS 9 software for their mobile devices on 09 September 2015. It contains many new features and performance improvements from iOS 8. Many of these features will be discussed in future articles, but for now, we will focus on how to upgrade your device to iOS 9. The iOS 9 software is

Battery life has always been a concern for smartphone users. While the iPhone provides a decent battery life, users typically try to optimize their setting to get the most out of each charge. With iOS 8, Apple has added a setting to monitor battery usage for each app. This is helpful to see which apps

We have all heard some funny stories of people accidentally dropping their phones in various bodies of water. Whether it is a pool, a lake, a bathtub, a bird bath, or the dreaded toilet, someone somewhere has dropped a phone into it. If you’re the one that has dropped your phone in water, the story

In iOS 8, Apple introduced a new feature called Handoff, which allows you to start a task on one device and seamlessly switch to another device to continue working. For example, you can start composing an email on your iPhone and if you decide you would rather use a bigger keyboard, simply grab your iPad