Mobile phones, cells – Android, Samsung, LG, Apple, iPhone, Blackberry, Windows Phone 7 (and 8) BES, and BIS news and how tos
Because one of our clients wanted us to source new cells to replace their Samsung Galaxy S8’s and S9’s we created the following specification grid. As you can see, the Samsung S20 FE (aka the Fan Edition or Lite model) is the natural replacement for the S9 and that is Read more…
A few days ago Apple released its delayed 5G lineup of cell phones and while many other companies have had 5G devices for more than a year, the Apple announcement did create a buzz. This is because now there is a full spectrum of choices as all major device manufacturers, Read more…
There is soooo much talk of 5G cellular technology today we decided to put together a simple infographic and chart explaining the differences. Click to Expand Graphic This information was gathered from many different sources and people will argue over the details presented here. For instance AT&T has what they Read more…
Put simply, a Permanent Denial of Service (aka PDoS) attack is a hack that intentionally causes physical damage to a device. WHY WOULD SOMEONE PDoS? DoS stands for “Denial of Service” and usually that means an attacker wants to temporarily block access to your system so they can extract Read more…
Put in its simplest terms, a Progressive Web App (PWA) is just a web site that can function offline. The idea is that modern web browsers like Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome now have built in enough functionality that “real” apps you would previously have downloaded and installed from the Read more…
Android cell phones, tablets and Chromebooks are now fully featured devices and they have a substantial number of sometimes confusing notification icons. We regularly receive requests from visitors about what the icons on their various Android devices mean so we invested a day researching all of the current Android icons Read more…
In this short video we explain that your Android cell may have contacts stored in several locations including your SIM card and if you change cell phones, you are likely to loose contacts unless you migrate them first.
In this short video we explain that your Android cell may have contacts stored in several locations and if you change cell phones, you are likely to loose contacts unless you migrate them first. Open CONTACTS Click the SETTING icon (top left 3 bars) Click MOVE CONTACTS Select the FROM Read more…
After unboxing the Oculus Go, we explain the competitors of the Go as the Samsung Gear VR, Oculus Quest, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and more. We then: set it up show how to create the Oculus account mirror the Go onto a PC using TeamViewer and Oculus app on a Read more…
If you schedule a YouTube Live Stream on your PC and then start the Live Stream from your cell, your cell will NOT show the scheduled event. This means if you plan to use your cell phone to livestream a future event, but need to set up links to it Read more…
If you are setting your Office 365 email on a tablet, iphone, Android cell or any device that is not part of your corporate network you may see: “Need admin approval Email Email needs permission to access resources in your organization that only an admin can grant. Please ask an Read more…
If you have an Android cell phone or more specifically and Samsung cell phone, you will likely see an white ‘N’ in an Orange circle on the 3 dot settings icon of your MESSAGES app. The ‘N’ is an indication there is something NEW for you to look at. Today Read more…
In the most direct terms, Rich Communications Services (RCS) is a Google developed, global standard for enhanced texting. We were recently asked “What is RCS Rich Communication Services” so we decided to write up this very quick ‘top 10’ of what everyone should know about it: RCS is designed to Read more…
As of spring 2018, the following telco’s has signed on to support RCS (Rich Communication Service). If you want to very quickly get up to speed on RCS, click HERE for our Top 10 Things Everyone Should Know About RCS. Advanced Info Service (AIS) – Thailand Airtel – India América Read more…
If you have not heard of Harmony it is a renaming of Huawei’s Linux based operating system that will replace Android on Chinese made products to comply with both the Chinese Government demands and US President Trumps banning of the export of Android. In previous internal iterations Harmony was named Read more…
A recent update to Google Widget search bar changes the voice search mic icon to a Google Lens four cornerned icon. When you click that icon, Google Lens appears instead of the expected voice search. Google Lens (which turns your camera on and performs searches for things it sees) is Read more…