WhatsApp – secure setup

Below some best practice principles on how to setup and use WhatsApp (by Facebook). [asideguide type=”alert”]If you are concerned about privacy do not use WhatsApp, albeit convenient it is owned by Facebook which has a very bad privacy record… use Apple Messages or Signal instead.[/asideguide] A. Setup the following to avoid your account being hijacked: … Read more

Re-animate your iPhone 4 on iOS7

Has iOS7 made your iPhone 4 excruciatingly slow? Here is the setting you should switch on : Settings>General>Accessibility>Increase Contrast>On. Besides this also make sure you have enough free space left by deleting apps, music, photos, videos you don’t need on your phone and close apps that run in the background by double clicking your home button … Read more

MagicPlan Review

We have been testing a new iPhone and iPad app called MagicPlan, which aims to dramatically simplify the measuring up process and to some extent even the creation of basic plans.

iOS4 folder names

the new app folders in iOS4 are great to get your apps organised, however by default a new folder is named after the app store category of the first app inside – now how can you spice up those folder names a little?

iphone buttons tricks

dan moren @ macworld.com… For example, when a call comes in, if you click the Sleep/Wake button once, it silences the call—click it twice and it sends the call straight to voicemail. (You can also use one of the volume buttons to do this.) good to know.