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How To Decommission BYOD Mobile Devices
Employees with smartphones and tablets used in a BYOD scenario often leave confidential data on them when they replace them with new devices. This is a big mistake and exposes the company to great risk. Here's how to establish a policy for securely moving forward with a new BYOD device. Read More >>
Category: Smartphones
How Online Video Works: Flash Very Much Alive
HTML5 video and Apple's refusal to allow Adobe Flash Player on iOS didn't kill Flash, it just changed the way people use it. Flash still offers so many features unavailable in HTML5 -- such as a variety of streaming modes, multicasting, DRM and closed captioning -- that it's still widely used, both on mobile through AIR apps and on the desktop through the browser plugin. Read More >>
Category: Video Tech
Drop Your Cell Plan And Still Use Your Phone
Here's how to hack a free mobile phone plan. The downsides include having to change your number and not being able to make 911 calls. Read More >>
10 Ways To Feel Smarter At Work
Startup Lumosity designs games to boost brain function. VP Joe Hardy shares his top 10 list of what you can do to be feel smarter and more productive. Read More >>
Top iOS6 Problems And How To Fix Them
Have you bought an iPhone 5 or upgraded your iPhone 4 or 4S or iPad to iOS 6? Many users have experienced problems with the new operating system version. We went through Apple's community discussions forum looking for common problems and solutions that users have found. Here are some of the most common having to do with Wi-Fi failures, missing music, failure to connect to iTunes, high cellular bills and, of course, the infamous Apple Maps. Read More >>
How To Get Google Maps Back On Your iPhone
So you've installed iOS 6 or bought an iPhone 5, and Apple Maps is making you miserable? Join the club. While we wait for Google to release a Google Maps app for iOS 6, here's a simple workaround: Put a browser link to Google Maps on the Home page. Read More >>
Implement Malware Savvy Mobile App Policy
Mobile application policy can be tricky when there are rogue apps that can threaten your company's security. Here's how to create a corporate policy for the bring-your-own-device crowd, according to MobileIron. Read More >>
How To Create An OS X Mountain Lion Install USB Drive
Here's how to use a free utility, Lion Disk Maker, to create a boot drive for clean installations or emergency use on your Lion- or Mountain Lion-compatible Mac. Create a bootable USB thumb drive like we did, or a bootable DVD. Read More >>
Category: Operating systems
BYOD Warrior? Have Contingency Plans For Disaster
Smartphones fail. tablets get damaged, and Internet services go down. Knowing that you have a backup plan and that it works brings peace-of-mind. In this article we tell you how to keep yourself protected. Read More >>
Category: Smartphones
How To Prevent Malware on Lion & Snow Leopard Macs
The myth that Macs are immune to viruses was put to rest once and for all by Flashback, a malware program that infected hundreds of thousands of Macs. As a result of that attack, Apple was forced to respond with a removal tool. Don't wait for the next big Mac breach--there are five simple things you can do now to keep your Mac safe from infection. Here they are. Read More >>
Category: Operating systems
Tip: Why Are People Not Getting My iMessages?
Do you find that messages sent through the Messages app on iOS are unreliable? If all you want to do is send an SMS text message, you can make it work better with a Settings change.
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How To Create Personalized Dashboards With Android Tablet Widgets
Android, unlike iOS, can display on home screens widgets that update live data. The Evernote, Google Voice, Twitter, and Facebook widgets can tell you a lot without you ever having to touch the screen. Read More >>
Category: Tablets
How To Unlock Your AT&T iPhone - With AT&T's Blessing
AT&T will now allow you to unlock your iPhone if it's off-contract or you have paid an early termination fee. Here's what to do. Read More >>
Category: Smartphones
Write To NTFS Drives With OS X Lion
After upgrading my Mac from OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard to OS X 10.7.3 Lion, I discovered I could no longer write files to external NTFS-formatted drives. The problem is MacFUSE which, I found out, does not support the new 64-bit kernel. If this is happening to you, you must remove the old MacFUSE and install the newer version, which does support the 64-bit kernel. Here's how. Read More >>
Category: Operating systems
How To Dry Out A Wet Phone
Have you ever dropped your cell phone in the sink (or worse, the toilet)? Don't panic. Here's how you just might save it. Read More >>
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