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  • Hide iOS apps from your purchase history

    Hide iOS apps from your purchase history

    Get unwanted apps and trial downloads out of your way forever.

  • When is the best time to buy Apple products?

    When is the best time to buy Apple products?

    While it's never easy to know the "right time" to buy tech, Apple maintains a pretty good rhythm and there's an easy way to check what's due. 1

  • Tip of the Day: use offline versions of Google Maps

    Tip of the Day: use offline versions of Google Maps

    Being stuck without Wi-Fi or 3G access in a remote location can be pretty troublesome when trying to access map information on a smartphone. Luckily, if you're an Android user, you can download cached versions of Google Maps. 1

  • Add the Android Green Robot to your Google chat list

    Add the Android Green Robot to your Google chat list

    Want to know if your friends are at their desk or out and about on their Android phone? Here's the tip for you.

  • iCloud not working? Check the online status

    iCloud not working? Check the online status

    Don't assume an iCloud failure is your fault. Check Apple's status first. 1

  • Android Market won't download apps: an easy workaround

    Android Market won't download apps: an easy workaround

    More than once we've been stuck waiting indefinitely for a page to load on the Android Market on our phone. It seems to affect some apps, but not others. If you've come across the same problem, there's a way that you can still get the app you want. 2

  • Should iPhone 3GS owners upgrade to iOS 5?

    Should iPhone 3GS owners upgrade to iOS 5?

    iPhone 3GS users who aren't ready to upgrade to the iPhone 4S might want to update to iOS 5. But can the two-and-a half-year-old iPhone 3GS handle the new software? 9

  • Four handy iOS 5 tricks for the iPad

    Four handy iOS 5 tricks for the iPad

    iOS 5 further improves the iPad as a productivity device, with new features that streamline navigation and speed up word processing. Four of these new features stood out to us, two of which are only available on the iPad. 1

  • Samsung Galaxy S II: hidden shortcuts

    Samsung Galaxy S II: hidden shortcuts

    Samsung's TouchWiz user experience is in its fourth major iteration and, as with most computer software, it now has a few nifty tricks and tweaks buried beneath the surface. 9

  • Android Honeycomb keyboard shortcuts

    Android Honeycomb keyboard shortcuts

    If you're looking to use your new Honeycomb tablet as a laptop replacement you'll need to know your way around a standard Windows keyboard, too.

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