The Difference Between 5G UC, 5G UW, and 5G+
These days, every flagship smartphone, be it Android or iPhone, can connect to the 5G networks each major US carrier has built over the last few years. All this new…
Place NFC Tags in Your Home to Automate Daily Routines
Everyone likes efficiency: If you can simplify a task, especially a task you need to do multiple times every day, your life becomes that much easier. NFC tags can help…
You Can Finally Edit Your WhatsApp Messages
In the early days of messaging, each correspondence was final. Email, AIM, SMS—if you sent it, the other person would see it, with zero chance for retraction. Today, however, we…
Enable This Setting to Squeeze Extra Juice Out of Your Smartphone’s Battery
For all the fancy new features companies shove into their upgraded smartphones each year, the one thing everyone actually wants is better battery life. And yet, it’s an unpredictable spec:…
Maybe Your Family Needs a ‘House Cell Phone’
It’s likely you haven’t had a landline in years and even if you do, you rarely use it. But you can’t deny that having a central phone for all family…
In Defense of the Landline Telephone
Photo: Stokkete (Shutterstock) Once among the most ubiquitous pieces of technology on Earth, old school, wired-and-jacked telephones are disappearing. In 2019, only about 31% of American households still had a…
Delete Your Phone Number From Twitter Before They Sell It
Photo: Sattalat Phukkum (Shutterstock) According to a new report on Platformer, after alienating advertisers and losing revenue, Twitter plans to sell location data and phone numbers to advertisers, whether you…
Do This to Seamlessly Connect Guests to Your Wifi
Photo: Bonsales (Shutterstock) Anytime you have someone new over your house, one of the first questions they’ll ask is, “What’s the wifi?” Sure, you could tell them, but do you…
Siri Will Tell Your ‘Invisible Ink’ Secrets
Putting secrets in texts is risky business. An email is almost certainly a no-go, as is a traditional SMS. Encrypted texting, like iMessage, is better, since only your device and…
How to Finally Edit Your Tweets
Photo: Emre Akkoyun (Shutterstock) As long as there has been Twitter, there have been tweets that needed a second chance. Twitter users have begged the company to implement an edit…