Have you ever been in a meeting or other place and forgot to silence your phone? I know I have. In some cases, this can really cause problems, but in general, it is disrespectful in most situations. The other part is, when you silence your Android phone notifications, you have to remember to turn the sound back on after the meeting.
The applications talked about below all have the same theory behind them – they allow you to schedule times where your Android phone will automatically silence or turn the notifications back on after the allotted time. Each of these applications is a free or Lite version and most of them have an inexpensive paid version if you want a few more features.
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I’ll start with the cliché that Android smart phones are currently the most popular and widely used smartphones. Built on the top of Linux kernel, Android operating system gives the user a freedom in the same sense as a Linux operating system. One of the first problem a new (or experienced as well) Android user faces is connecting the smartphone to the computer. With Windows, the connectivity is still fine. But with Linux, mostly, it is a nightmare.
If there’s one thing that bothers me about the Facebook app for iPad, it’s that I can’t add captions onto my photos. I can do that by opening Facebook in Safari, but I can’t add the photos through there, nor can I do batch photos. This means a process of constantly moving back and forth between the two apps. I knew there had to be a better, easier way.
Valentine’s Day is one of, if not the, most romantic day on the gregorian calendar. It is the day when you must impress your most loved one with a special dinner or anything that will make them feel special and loved. However, this pressure can be deemed too stressful for us guys out there who don’t want a disastrous Valentine’s Day where our loved one feels their day wasn’t the best. But when given the advantage of having our iPhones with thousands of applications that help with our daily lives, many are also available to help on this day. Today, we will look at three main situations we encounter during Valentine’s Day and an app that can help with each one of them.
One of the problems with iOS devices is that they are so universal and can do so many different things that they often aren’t used by just one person. Yet sometimes you have pictures, notes, and websites that you might not want the whole family privy to. That’s where 
People are using their phones more and more as their everything device. It does everything except gives them a bath. One of the things you may feel you have no control over is who can call or message you. Taking control of your phone is a little more than managing your contacts.
If there is one thing more disturbing on the news these days, it’s the amount of trusted adults that are being arrested for sexual offenses on kids. It makes parents lose all sense of how to keep their children safe, when they don’t even know if the child’s teacher, coach, uncle, or neighbor can be counted on as a safe haven. While the apps reviewed here will help to keep your child safe, it needs to be mentioned that true safety needs to go beyond help that you can receive from apps. It needs to come from every area of their lives.
For many consumers these days, a Mac of any type can be a really difficult purchase to make. Some individuals find the price too difficult to look past. This makes some people feel that there are no alternatives toward getting a Mac, with some refurbished models still considered quite high. However, there is a great alternative to purchasing a Mac – get an iPad. Today, we will go over the steps to make an iPad the best Mac alternative that it can possibly be. From products to applications, you can find yourself with a “Mac-Pad” in no time.
What do you do when you come across a difficult word when reading news on your iPhone? You can either go online to google the meaning of the word, or check up the physical dictionary for the word. Wouldn’t it be great if there is an app for checking up word(s)? Wait, there are indeed apps for that! The following four dictionary apps for the iPhone are free and have a large word bank that can easily fulfill your needs.
With iOS, there are choices when using a search engine. You can either use it from within Safari or another browser, just like you would in Mac OS, or you can use a separate search engine app. Which option you choose depends much on personal preference.