Mobile phones, cells – Android, Samsung, LG, Apple, iPhone, Blackberry, Windows Phone 7 (and 8) BES, and BIS news and how tos
We often need the SMTP email configuration for different services and are tired of searching all over the internet for them. Here is a list of email server configurations from services you might use (in alphabetic order) APPLE MAIL SERVER SETTINGS Incoming Server: imap.mail.me.com Incoming Port: IMAP 993 Outgoing Server: Read more…
About a year ago we started a list of Android Icons and their meaning which we have expanded several times as people like you report new icons. However we recently had a few we could not figure out so we think they are app related and not part of the Read more…
We explain Googles new RCS (Rich Communication System) and Samsung Link Sharing, both of which will save your mobile phones data plan because they transfer their data through WiFi when it is available. We explain how to turn off link sharing on Samsung phones and we also demonstrate how to Read more…
Over the years we have created several articles explaining how to figure out what is causing your inbound calls to go directly to voicemail. I have seen these problems on Apple iPhone but most of our experience is with Android devices as that is our standard. We have seen LG, Read more…
If you are using communication services from Shaw you might not want the free voice mail service they offer. Here is how you turn off Shaw Voicemail: How To Disable Shaw Mobile VoiceMail on You Cell: To disable voicemail on your Shaw Mobile account, you have to either: use a Read more…
If you don’t have a mobile phone, or like in my case, you need your cell for something else (like shooting a video) at the same time you need to send a text, you are in luck. There are 3 simply ways to send a text without using a cell Read more…
If you have an android device you have likely noticed that new inbound text messages have a round head icon appear on top of any program you are currently running, and that when you click that head icon it pops up a small texting window. Here is a video explanation Read more…
If you have an Android device, you likely have notice the enhanced texting capabilities that were widely released in 2020. These new features, like: deliver confirmation attachments sending/receiving through WiFi larger attachment sizes (i.e. 10MB!) … are named Rich Communication Settings (RCS) and detailed in our article: The Top 10 Read more…
What Is YouTube Shorts? YouTube Shorts is a new service from YouTube, launched in September 2020, that is intended to compete with TikTok. They are just short videos that viewers can endlessly scroll through in a feed. Where Are YouTube Shorts Available? If you are in most parts of the Read more…
Does your voice to text not work like it used to? We found that recent updates to our Samsung Galaxy S9 S10 S20 and S20FE‘s are switched to the Samsung voice keyboard. Typing with your voice used to be easy, accurate, fast and used to learn from its mistakes. The Read more…
This is part of a larger series on the Amazfit Band 5 . In this video we explain how to change the order of the icons and shortcuts on an AmazFit Band 5. These are the same instructions as for a Mi Band 5 or an Honor Band because they Read more…
We needed by corporate Christmas presents and decided that it was enough of the chocolate and wine baskets. It is time to encourage some healthly living. Given the currently work-at-home requirements many of us have, our staff decided that a fitness bands / watches would be the best category. After Read more…
If you are a Microsoft 365 user you know there has been an explosion of new apps including three that plan things todo in lists (see what I did there!). There are definitely similarities between the products but they each have different use cases. Lets start with the similarities. What Read more…
If you have an AmazFit Band 5, there are several buried settings you are likely to want to change. Here are the top 10 advanced setting we think most consumers will want to modify: 1 – How To Change Watch Faces on AmazFit 5 Swipe up or down on the Read more…
We unbox, setup and provide complete review of the AmazFit Band 5. We discuss everything from Alexa, to AI used for heart heath monitoring, to the parent company (Huami) privacy risks
We were interested in sourcing a few fitness tracking bands for staff Christmas presents, corporate client give-aways and our personal use. Nearly all of our staff have used some sort of tracker in the past so we had some considerable experience with them but no one had bought a new Read more…