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For nine years now iOS has unlocked in the same way: Press a button to wake the phone up, "Slide To Unlock" by swiping your finger across the screen, and then type in your passcode. iOS 10 which is coming out tomorrow is making a rather big change to this process, and though I do like the
No doubt that over the past couple of years you've heard about Apple Pay. But if you haven't used it yet you might not know what you're missing. It's amazingly fast, easy, and most of all secure. What is Apple Pay? ApplePay is Apple's mobile payment system that allows you to: pay at thousands
On my home visits, one problem I frequently encounter are customers who have dead WiFi zones. Verizon FiOS is a proprietary system, meaning you are required to use Verizon's hardware. In the past one of the only solutions was to add your own good router in addition to the one that Verizon provides
When editing text on an iPhone 6s/6s Plus, you can enable mouse-like controls to quickly move your cursor with precision. Simply hard press on your keyboard. When the letters disappear start dragging like you're using a trackpad on a laptop computer. Lift your finger and your cursor drops at that lo
Studies have shown that limiting blue light from screens before bed might help you sleep better. The theory is that blue light tricks your body into thinking the sun is up. iOS 9.3 added a new feature called Night Shift that gives your screen an orange hue during set hours
Paying with Apple Pay is easy because you can simply touch your iPhone to a pay terminal and your iPhone wakes up, presenting your default card. If you wanted to open another Passbook item on iOS 8 or prior such as a boarding pass, Starbucks card, or LevelUp card, you would have to locate your Passb
With the impending 2016 blizzard in the mid-atlantic region, many of you have already stocked up on canned goods and toilet paper. But as technology plays an increasingly important role in our lives it's a good idea to make sure your electronic devices are ready for the storm. Charge your devices
With today's season 2 debut of Serial , the most popular podcast ever, I want to share with you the setting you should turn on for that podcast: Play Oldest to Newest. With the Podcasts app settings at their default, podcasts will start playing with the newest episode first and when the episode is
I really enjoy using the 3D Touch features on my iPhone 6s Plus, but if you're not a power user or if you have a difficult time with the subtle dexterity 3D Touch requires, you may find yourself frustrated when you accidentally press the screen too hard. It's especially apparent when typing or rearr
Apple claims that iOS 9 gives you an extra hour of battery life, but you can eek out even more using the new "low power mode", which can temporarily disable a lot of power hungry features such as email fetching, background app refresh, automatic downloads, and it even slows down the proces
For some time now T-Mobile and Sprint users have had the option to make calls over Wi-Fi. But beginning with iOS 9 AT&T users have this ability too. Essentially, this uses your Wi-Fi internet connection to connect into your provider's system rather than connecting via the cellular tower, all
Widgets on your Today panel were introduced in iOS 8. But with the recent iOS 9 there is a new very useful widget built-in. Now you can easily see battery levels of your phone and connected Bluetooth devices such as Apple Watch and Bluetooth headphones and speakers.To turn the widget on: Swipe th
Apple Maps has been improving greatly over the past few years. Especially since we can now report errors. The recent iOS 9 and El Capitan upgrades expand Maps with not only transit directions for many major cities, but with a fantastic transit view that shows train lines and even shows maps of stati
iOS 9 improved the battery consumption reporting significantly, now showing you how much screen time each app is getting and how much apps are running in the background. Head over to Settings > Battery. Scroll down to the list and tap the clock icon to the right to see details of how much tim
As expected, today Apple released OS X 10.11 El Capitan for free on the Mac App Store . This release is largely a refinement of last year's 10.10 Yosemite. 10.11 is named for the El Capitan mountain in Yosemite National Park , joining Mavericks in Apple's new naming scheme of places in Califor
After being delayed nearly a week to fix a bug that was discovered at the last minute, Apple today released watchOS 2. It is a free upgrade for all Apple Watch users and it's a pretty serious upgrade, making the previous watchOS 1 feel like a beta release. Most significantly, apps can run reduced de
Last year iOS 8 introduced iCloud Drive, which works very similarly to Dropbox without the file sharing function. In other words, it allows you to easily sync all of your files to all of the devices you own but doesn't facilitate sharing them with third parties. But in order to manipulate the files
Today Apple released their annual software upgrade for iOS devices. The upgrade is free for all users.iOS 9 will run on any device that supports iOS 8, as far back as the iPhone 4s and iPad 2. This year's update has few new features, instead focusing on performance, reliability, battery life, and sl
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