How to search text in a webpage with Safari web browser on iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch

iOS has a feature that allows you to search for a particular word in the text of a webpage using the Safari browser on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch. To search for a word on a webpage on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch, tap on the address bar at the top of the screen. (Quick Tip: tap on the clock at the top  of your iOS device screen to quickly navigate to the top of the screen – for more iOS Quick Tips like this, click here: iOS Quick Tips) Once your cursor is in the address bar, type in Continue Reading →

How to use Reading List on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch

Reading List is a way to save webpages and articles that you want to read at a later time. It even includes a handy offline reading function so that you can preload a bunch of articles and webpages on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch before you jump on the plane and access all of them even though your iOS device is in airplane mode. Here is how to use Offline Reading List: 1. Open up a webpage on your iOS device in Safari that you want to add to Reading List for later reading. 2. Once the page has loaded, tap Continue Reading →

Quick Tip: Use “Reader” function in Safari to focus in on a webpage article on your iPhone or iPad

Safari’s Reader view on iOS can be a very useful way to cut down on distractions when viewing a webpage on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch. When you load a page that has a large block of text on it, including most blogs and news sites, a small button will appear on the left side of your web address bar at the top of the screen. Tapping this will activate the Reader view which extracts the article’s text and images and presents them in a clean, attractive manner. “Reader” mode will cut out sidebars, ads, headers, and any other, sometimes, distracting components Continue Reading →

New Features in iOS 8 – What to Expect

Apple has announced iOS 8, the next version of its mobile operating system which will be released in the fall. In this post we’ll talk about what to expect. A few weeks back, Apple gave the public a preview of iOS 8 at its World Wide Developer’s Conference (WWDC). There are a ton of new features that will be coming this fall to an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch near you. In this post, we’ll run down and explain the most exciting new features that you can expect to see in iOS 8.   New Stock Keyboard with QuickType – Compared Continue Reading →

iOS 7 Tips: How to close Safari Tabs on iPhone and iPod Touch

iOS 7 Tips: How to close Safari Tabs on iPhone

iOS 7 includes a completely redesigned Safari App including a new and simple way for how to close Safari tabs on the iPhone. Overall, the app is more immersive, minimizing the URL at the top of the screen and fading the navigation controls as you scroll down. You can also have an unlimited number of tabs open at the same time. There is an easy way to close tabs. Here is how: 1. Tap the bottom right button in Safari to reveal all your open tabs. 2. Once the tabs are visible, simply swipe the tab off to the left. Continue Reading →

Hands on with iOS 7 beta for iPhone and iPod Touch

Apple 2013 WWDC Keynote Summary (iOS 7 Features with Photos)

Hands on with iOS 7 beta for iPhone and iPod Touch First Impressions of iOS7 As soon as the WWDC concluded I quickly jumped on Apple’s Developer site to see if I could get my iPhone 5 setup to test the iOS 7 Beta. With my phone added to the developers portal, I made quick work of downloading the beta software for my phone and a fresh update to Xcode to do the install. After a little trouble shooting (couldn’t get my phone to activate without actually installing iTunes instead of Xcode) I was finally up and rolling. Responsive Display Continue Reading →

Access navigation history in Safari browser on iPhone, iPad (Mini), and iPod Touch

Access navigation history in Safari browser on iPhone, iPad (Mini), and iPod Touch

This is a quick tip that will show you how to access navigation history when using the Safari browser on your iPhone, iPad (Mini), and iPod Touch. This is another one of those features that is really simple to access but somewhat hidden if you don’t know how to activate it. To access the navigation history all you need to do is tap and hold on the forward or backward navigation arrows at the bottom left corner of the screen in the Safari browser. Tapping and holding for 2 seconds on the navigation arrows will pull up the site history for Continue Reading →

3 Best Alternative Web Browsers for iPhone, iPad (Mini), and iPod Touch

Best web browser alternatives to Safari on iOS

This article recommends the best 3 web browsers that can be used instead of the built-in Safari web browser. Each offers unique features that Safari does not. The Safari browser on the iPhone, iPad (Mini) and iPod Touch offers a great web browsing experience. And, at this point, there is still no way to set another browser as the default browser. However, some of the features on 3rd party web browser apps are superior to what Safari offers. Because of this (and because all 3 of these alternative browsers are free), it is worth trying each of these 3rd party apps Continue Reading →

How to quickly add .edu and .org to web addresses in Safari on iPhone, iPad (Mini), and iPod Touch

The iOS virtual keyboard on the iPhone, iPad (Mini), and iPod Touch has multiple characters hidden beneath each letter and number. To activate these characters, just tap and hold on any letter. For example, if you want an “ñ” all you need to do is tap and hold on the “n” key and the “ñ” option will appear. This also works to add accents to words like on resumé. Whenever you are entering a web address in an app, the keyboard switches to an internet specific keyboard where the space bar is replaced with “.” “/” and “.com”. This makes Continue Reading →