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How to Add Smiley Face Icons with Emoji Keyboard Toggle on iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch

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Have you ever wondered how to send emoji from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch? Over the years, more and more of these colorful little symbols have been added to Apple’s devices. In fact, there are so many icons now that you might even be able to carry on an entire conversation with no text and just icons! With some basic setup, you can have easy access to the Emoji Icons Keyboard by using the keyboard toggle. You can even add additional keyboards beyond the default and the Emoji Keyboard. It is quite simple to add a second (or third or fourth) keyboard Continue Reading →

Tap to focus when taking a picture with Camera app

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Whenever you are taking a picture of something with your iPhone, iPad, iPad Mini, or iPod Touch you can simply tap on the screen to refocus the image. A little box will appear on the screen and the image will refocus. This is especially helpful in a couple different scenarios. 1. Close up photos: Whenever you take a close up photo of a flower, a person, or anything else, you can get an impressive quality photo by making sure you have the lens focused in the right spot. You do this by tapping on the specific location on the screen Continue Reading →

Jawbone UP Review – Two months wearing a fitness tracker

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For the last two months I’ve been wearing the Jawbone UP, a fitness tracker. Let’s see what this experience can tell us about using the Apple Watch. The dawn of the Apple Watch is upon us. It remains to be seen if Apple’s latest new product will redefine the industry like the Mac, iPod, iPhone, and iPad did. That said, I’m looking forward to trying out the Apple Watch for myself and will be part of the dedicated (and/or crazy) crowd of people that stay up late and pre-order the watch on April 10th. It will be interesting to see Continue Reading →

How to fix Stock Apps when they are crashing on iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch

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How to fix Stock Apps when they are crashing on iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch

This article explains how to fix stock apps when they are crashing on iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. Unfortunately, with every operating system out there, you will find bugs and those bugs often cause apps to crash. There is an easy way to fix 3rd party apps (the apps that you install) when they are crashing. I have previously written an article about this and you can find it here: How to fix a crashing app. However, it gets a little more tricky when you are dealing with a Stock App (the apps that come preinstalled on your iOS Device Continue Reading →

1Password adds new features for iOS 8 and Mac OS X Yosemite

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1Password, the best password manager for your Mac, iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch, just got even better! In this post, check out 1Password’s new features on iOS 8 and Mac OS X Yosemite.   I’ve always been pretty confident that the passwords that I use to log in online were pretty secure. Until recently. Lately it seems like companies and websites are being hacked more and more frequently. With this apparent increase in malicious attacks, the system I’ve always used to secure myself online began to seem pretty flimsy to me. I realized that, though I used different passwords for Continue Reading →

Add Music to Your Shower with this Affordable and Waterproof Bluetooth Speaker

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Add Music to Your Shower with this Affordable and Waterproof Bluetooth Speaker

Add Music to Your Shower with this Affordable and Waterproof Bluetooth Speaker. If you have ever wanted to add music to your shower routine, this is the speaker for you. It is wireless and waterproof. It is easy to connect to almost any iOS device and it sticks to the side of your shower. What’s more, this speaker has buttons to let you control your music, activate Siri, and adjust the volume. Best of all, this waterproof bluetooth speaker costs less than $20!!! You can get it on Amazon by following this link: Kinglake Waterproof Bluetooth Speaker I have one Continue Reading →

iOS 8.1 Quick Tip: How to send a video or audio message using the new Messages app

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This is an iOS 8.1 quick tip on how to send a video or audio message using the new Messages app. With iOS 8, Apple introduced a new way to quickly and easily send audio and video messages to others who have an iOS device and the Messages app. It is fairly obvious how to send an audio message. All you need to do is open the Messages app and create a new message or tap on an existing one. You will notice a little Microphone symbol on the bottom left of the screen next to the area where you Continue Reading →

How to Set Up and Use Handoff in OS X Yosemite and iOS 8

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How to Set Up and Use Handoff in OS X Yosemite and iOS 8

This article will tell you all about how set up and use Handoff in OS X Yosemite and iOS 8 with your Mac and iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. With the release of OS X Yosemite (10.10), Apple has enabled Handoff across their entire lineup of compatible devices. Handoff is a feature that was released with iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite that allows you to start a project on one device and seamlessly continue it on another device that is logged in to the same iCloud ID. Handoff is a feature of Continuity that also allows you to make Continue Reading →

Review: Best Affordable Bluetooth Headphones for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch

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Review: Best Affordable Bluetooth Headphones for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch

This is a review on some of the best affordable bluetooth headphones for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. These are headphones that I have personally used and continue to use on a daily basis. When it comes to bluetooth headphones, there are several considerations. First, you want to make sure that they are comfortable. Secondly, you want to make sure they have decent battery life. Third, you want to make sure that the sound quality is good (there are some bluetooth headphones that do not have very good sound quality). And lastly, you want to make sure that bluetooth headphones Continue Reading →

Quick Tip: How to set songs from your music library to be your iPhone, iPad (Mini), or iPod Touch Alarm Clock Sound

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Quick Tip: How to set songs from your music library to be your iPhone, iPad (Mini), or iPod Touch Alarm Clock Sound

This is a Quick Tip on how to set songs from your music library to be your iPhone, iPad (Mini), or iPod Touch Alarm Clock Sound. In iOS 6, Apple enabled a feature in the Clock app that allows you to set a song from your music library as your alarm clock tone so you can wake up to beautiful music rather than the built in sounds. This works in iOS 6, iOS 7, and iOS 8 for the iPhone, iPad (Mini), and iPod Touch. It is quite easy to set this up. Here are the steps: 1. Launch the Clock Continue Reading →