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5 Essential Jailbreak Tweaks for Your New Jailbroken iOS Device

With so many apps in Cydia, which are the one you really need? Here are the top 5 tweaks for your new jailbroken iOS device.

Make Your iPhone More Useful. Turn it Into A Virtual USB Drive

iPhone doesn’t not have feature to connect as a USB drive, but the solutions here can let you use your iOS device as a virtual USB/external hard drive.

How to Use Unofficial Lightning Cables for the iPhone and iPad

Apple put a restriction on using unofficial lightning cables to charge iPhones and iPads, but you can use this tweak to enable the use of unofficial lightning cables.

Modular Smartphones: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly

Motorola and ZTE both announced that they will be developing phones with interchangeable parts. Will modular smartphones become a force to be reckoned with, or end up a novelty that won’t make it very far?

5 Apps For Making Collages Using Your Android Device

Making collages isn’t for everyone, but if this activity is a hobby of yours, Here are five Android collages apps to get you started.

How to Sync Google Calendar With iPad

Google provides one of the best calendar service and it is available for almost every device. Here is how you can sync google calendar with iPad.

6 Augmented Reality Apps You Need to Have On Your Android Phone

Augmented reality apps is a a pretty cool thing. You can get tons of real-time information on these apps without wearing a Google Glasses. Here are 6 useful ones for you.

Windows Phone: Is There a Pulse?

Windows phone will still be here to stay in 2014. As 2014 approaches, it’s a good a time as any to assess Microsoft’s success with mobile platforms.

10 Ways To Make Good Use Of Your Smartphone Camera

You got a new phone with a more powerful camera than last year’s model. Here are 10 ways to make good use of the smartphone camera, other than taking selfie.

PhoneClean Review and Christmas Giveaway

PhoneClean is one great application that allows you to clean up your iPhone/iPod Touch and iPad. And since Christmas is coming, we have some free licenses to give away too.

Customize and Select Which Notifications You Want To See In Android

The Android notification area can be too messy at times. NotifyClean allows you to customize and select which notifications you want to see.

What Is The Xposed Framework And How Can It Benefit You [Android]

Instead of switching to a custom ROM, you can make use of Xposed Framework to add additional features to your Android phone. And it doesn’t require you to be technically competent.

What Is the Deciding Factor For Choosing a New smartphone? [Poll]

When you’re in the market for a new smartphone, what are the main points of interest to you? Less us know in the poll what’s most important to you.

Visual Notes – 6 Apps to Organize Thoughts on iPad

The iPad can do more than just allow you to view plain text. The following apps will help you organize your thoughts with visual notes on an iPad.

How to Take The Perfect Panoramic Picture on Your Phone

Angry that your panoramic picture doesn’t turn out well as you expected? Here are a few steps that I use to create beautiful panoramic pictures.

Plex for Android: Watch Your Media While Mobile

If you are already using Plex media server in your computer, you might be interested in the Plex for Android for your mobile devices as well. Let’s check it out.

A Quirky Android Keyboard For Every Type of Typist

Looking for something different than the traditional keyboard on your Android phone? Here a few quirky Android keyboards for you.

Manage Your Podcasts With Feedly and BeyondPod [Android]

Podcasting has become a popular means for consuming media. In Android, BeyondPod can works in conjunction with Feedly to help you manage your shows.

Use Keepass2Android to Auto Fill Password in Android Browsers

If you are using Keepass2 password manager, here’s how you can access your password database in Android and get it to auto fill password in Android browser.

How To Protect Your Mobile Phone From Snoopers

We keep all our personal data on our smartphones, but are you doing enough to protect your mobile phone from snoopers? How do you protect your privacy?

Quickly Access Your History in Mobile Firefox For Android

If you are using mobile Firefox in your Android devices, here is one neat trick that you can use to quickly access your browsing history.

Use Slide Launcher to Quickly Access Your Favorite Apps in Android

If you need an app that allows you to quickly access your favorite apps and doesn’t drain battery and memory resources, Slide Launcher is the one for you.

Make Mobile Firefox Always Runs in Desktop Mode

If you are using Firefox on a tablet, you may want to switch it to run in Desktop mode by default so websites will always load the desktop version.

How to Create WiFi Speakers to Stream Music with Your Android phones

If you have got your music all over the place, you can convert any “dumb” speakers into wifi speakers and stream your music remotely. Here is the full details.

Knock – Unlock Your Mac By Tapping On Your iPhone’s Back

For all of you lazy bums, Knock allows you to unlock your Mac by knocking twice on a paired iPhone. Will this make you more productive? Read on to find out.

4 Ways You Can Automate Your Home With Smartphone

In addition to making phone calls, a smartphone can also be used to control your home. Here are multiple ways to automate your home using your phone.

Do you Prefer Paid Apps or Free Apps with In-App Purchases? [Poll]

Sometimes, you download a free app only to find that it contains in-app purchases to unlock certain features. What is your thoughts on this?

How To Use Airplay Mirroring From iPhone/iPad To Apple TV, Mac or Windows PC

Airplay Mirroring lets you mirror your iOS screen’s to an Apple TV or a Mac. This turns out to be a incredibly useful while doing presentations and demos.

Switchr Task Switcher: “Alt + Tab” For Your Android Phone

Desktop users can press “Alt + Tab” to switch apps. Switchr Task Switcher for Android gives you the “Alt + Tab” feel on your Android phone.

Is Android 4.4 Worth Buying a New Phone?

Android 4.4 took the world with its new set of features and promising performance improvements. But is this new OS really worth getting a new phone for? Let’s take a look!

Use TOR On Android to Protect Your Privacy

It is easy to connect to TOR network on the desktop, but what about Android? How can you run Tor on Android and protect your privacy? We’ll show you how.

How Much Does Screen Size Matter on a Phone?

People now have the option to buy a smartphone that has a whopping 6.3-inch screen size. Have we gone too far, or are we seeing a new era of consumer choices?

What Features Will the 5th Gen iPad Need to Beat the Competition? [Poll]

What features will the fifth generation iPad need to beat the competition when it makes its debut on October 22?

What’s The Difference Between Google Drive And Quickoffice, And Which Should You Use?

The newly released Quickoffice comes with features similar to Google Drive. So what are the differences between them and which one shoud you use?

Apple’s Touch ID Ironically Leads to More Possibilities of Theft

With Touch ID and iOS 7, thieves can gain access to a phone with a fingerprint, then also gain access to an Apple ID, email account, and social networking

The Beginner’s Guide to Smartphone Camera

If you plan to use your phone to take pictures and video, you’ll need a phone from a manufacturer that prioritizes the camera. Unless you get this, you’ll be missing out completely on features that can make your pictures look professional.

Check What is Hogging Your Android Storage Space With DiskUsage

Do you often receive the low space notification on your Android phone, what do you do then? Thankfully, the DiskUsage app makes it easy to see precisely what is taking up your Android storage space.

How Do You Handle Mobile Phone Contracts? [Poll]

No one wants to be tied into a contract or agreement for any length of time, especially when it’s for a mobile phone. It can set up a real quandary over whether you should stay with your current phone or break the contract to get the new one. How do you handle mobile phone contracts to avoid that situation?

Grab Tilt-Shift Photos on Android with Awesome Miniature

One of the more unique image photo types is called “tilt-shift” and is used to create images that come out looking almost like tiny models, and it is generally thought of as being used with small and medium-format cameras. If you have an Android device, then there is an app that can simulate the style when shooting pictures.

Will Apple’s Fingerprint Sensor Become the New Standard?

Apple announced the details of their two newest iPhones this week, including the iPhone 5s and its Fingerprint Sensor. Is this signaling a new trend?

Get Your Android to Read Out SMS For A Total Hands-free Experience

It can be a distraction to view your SMS while driving. ReadItToMe for Android can read out SMS so you can have a total hands-free experience.

Everything Home Changes the Homescreen Automatically When You Do a Search [Android]

Fancy an intelligent Android home launcher that can automatically modify your phone to suit your needs when you need it? Everything Home is a dynamic Android Home launcher that changes your homescreen instantly when you do a search.

Discover and Listen to Music For Free With Torch Music For Android

If you are looking for a great source of music and can’t pay the monthly fees that services such as Google Music All Access charge, then Torch Music is a great option.

Using Google Now Like a Pro

Most Android users don’t even know the existence of Google Now, nor are using them to the fullest. Check these tricks out to use Google Now like a pro.

Turn An Old Android Device Into A Chromecast By Using CheapCast

If you are interested in the Chromecast capability, but not the hardware, here is how you can turn your Android device into a Chromecast.

How to Show Notifications in the Lockscreen in Android

While Android doesn’t show notification on the lockscreen by default, that doesn’t mean you can’t add the feature in. NiLS Notification Lock Screen is a useful Android app that can show notifications in the lockscreen and allows you to take necessary actions in it, without unlocking the phone.

Pocket Casts: Easily the Best Podcast App For Android

Most of the existing podcast apps are either lacking in features or too complicated to use. Pocket Casts is the best Android podcast app you can get.

What Feature Do You Want Most For the Upcoming iPhone 5S? [Poll]

Apple is widely believed to be gearing up to release another version of the iPhone. The question that leaves us all with is what features will the 5S have?

Find Your Lost Android Phones with Device Manager

Google came out with its own solution to help you find lost Android phones and tablets. This is certainly cutting into the business developers such as Seek Droid, Find My Droid and others. So, what is Google offering and can it compete with those existing apps in the market?