Tag: iOS
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How to enable iOS software home button settings
The home button is the biggest button on iOS devices and probably the most important one. It’s a great example of what makes the iPhone and iPad so easy to use – that single button will always take you to the home screen no matter what you’re doing. On many Android devices, home is…
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How to backup your iOS devices via iTunes or iCloud
If you do not have a PC or a Mac, backing up on iCloud may be your best option. These days 16GB iOS devices are slowly being phased out and that means most people will have a lot of data to be backed up on iCloud. The free tier on iCloud offers just 5GB of…
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Cyber threats: Why you need to backup your Smartphone now
With the growing numbers of cyber attacks, it is advisable to do a phone backup every now and then, especially as smartphones are more susceptible to these attacks. Some things can’t be replaced if we lose or damage our phone. If you lose or damage your phone, you do not want to be left mopping…
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How to block pop-up in Firefox
Browsing the Web on your phone or computer can become a fraught experience if you visit sites that throw a lot of pop-up at you. It is particularly bad on the mobile where it is hard to dismiss these. However, this is slowly becoming less of an issue, as most browsers now allow you to…
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How to block pop-ups in Opera browser
In this series, we have talked about how to block pop-ups in Google Chrome and how to block pop-ups in UC browser; this time around is you will find out how to block annoying pop-ups in Opera browser. When you are browsing on your mobile phone with Opera browser, a pop-up can completely take over…
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How to block pop-ups in UC Browser
Earlier we treated how to block pop-ups in Chrome, and here, for UC Browser, you will find out how to block annoying pop-ups that tend to take over the entire screen, especially on mobile. Unlike for Google Chrome, UC Browser does not have a standalone setting for blocking pop-ups. Instead, its ad-block function takes care…
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How to block pop-ups in Google Chrome
Pop-ups can be really annoying while browsing, especially on mobile as opposed to desktop. They often take over the whole screen and it’s not exactly convenient swiping them away with your fingers unlike on a PC with a mouse. Most browsers like Google Chrome, Opera, UC Browser, and Firefox, offer a built-in pop-up blocker, which…
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Microsoft launches Modern Keyboard with fingerprint scanner
Microsoft on Thursday silently unveiled a new keyboard, called the Microsoft Modern Keyboard. Priced at $129.99, the new Modern Keyboard is listed as “coming soon” on the company’s US website with no word when the accessory will go on sale. The highlight of the keyboard is that it comes with a fingerprint scanner that just…
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How to stop WhatsApp from downloading, saving photos, videos automatically
WhatsApp is used by over a 1.2 billion people worldwide. It is probably one of the first apps anyone in Nigeria downloads when they get a new smartphone as it has become the default means of texting in the country. However, it can become an annoyance too when it downloads all media files automatically sent…
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Big changes coming to your Apple device
Apple recently announced some big changes to be rolled out to its devices later this year. The consumer tech giant has released a new range of tablet devices, is set to unveil the iPhone 8 sometime around September and pretty soon will release a new operating system to accompany them. The company is calling it…