App Slicing on iOS 9 will help you cut down on your disk space

When we put together our iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus reviews, we used 16GB models. It’s a storage option we’ve criticized Apple time and again for offering and one that Hayato Huseman actively begged our viewers to avoid buying. If you do happen to end up with the pint-size glass of the lot, though, you might not end up struggling with space as fast ...

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The five most popular notes apps for Android (Video)

Okay, so the LiveScribe smartpen hasn’t exactly taken off yet. And you’re finding it impractical to carry around pen and paper these days. So, the question stands: what can I do to take down what I need to know or remember? Well, not to worry! Notes apps are getting craftier as time goes by and at this point, they’re proving to be essential for the connected, for the forgetful and for the studious.We took a quick jot across five different notes apps for Android. Some of them have ...

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These are the best cloud storage options for mobile users

While smartphones haven’t exactly changed all that much in the last two or three years, the services and applications that make them run definitely have. The apps and services are smarter, more affordable, and more openly available to a wider array of devices and operating systems.More specifically, cloud storage is available in abundance. Two years ago, cloud storage was relatively expensive, corresponding mobile application support was sparse, and there were only a few services to choose from.

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Why iOS keyboards are worse than their Android equivalents

When Apple announced iOS 8 at WWDC earlier this year, I actually got very excited for an iOS update for the first time … possibly ever.I use iOS daily and, despite popular belief, I don’t hate it. However, for the last few years, iOS has been a bore, and it’s been a little behind the curve, particularly in the ability to share information between apps, or interoperability. This stemmed from a combination of Apple’s walled garden, as many like to call it, and sandboxed applications. Apple only officially allowed cross-application sharing between a few, select applications, like its ...

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Link Bubble and TapPath: a better way to open links on Android

Back in April, I covered Link Bubble, Chris Lacy’s third-party Android browser which loads web pages in the background without interrupting whatever it is you were doing when you clicked the link. It’s a chat heads-style floating browser that can be tossed aside. You get to choose when you want to read the pages you load, rather than being jerked around between your Twitter client, a feed reader, and your default browser.But even the developer knows Link Bubble isn’t ideal for every situation, that ...

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3 ways iAnnotate can help you go paperless (Video)

A lot of people have always said iPads and other tablets are primarily geared towards entertainment – the consumption of media, no creation. I, on the other hand, have always had a different stance. I’ve always tried do more with mobile devices, to get more out of them, to create content and get actual work done from mobile. It hasn’t always worked out so well for me, particularly when I tried to go tablet-only for a day.However, getting more done with your tablet is entirely possible. One company, ...

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Five essential back to school apps for iOS (Video)

For many of you, the new school year is just beginning. Others have just a few days or weeks before they’re back in the classroom, as well.Fortunately, the transition back into the school year doesn’t have to be so hard. Education and productivity applications are available in droves. There are literally hundreds of note taking applications, task list managers, calendar apps, and more. There are even applications where you can go to ask questions about your homework, or knowledge engines to reference, right from your phone.If you’re after help inside or out of the ...

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App hoarders: what apps do you use, Pocketnow?

What’s on your phone? Perceived as excessive mobile users, we here at Pocketnow get asked this question more than just about any other question. The thing is, not all of us are heavy users. And even those of us who are don’t necessarily rely on a bevy of applications to get us through the day.On the flip side, some of us hoard applications and never use them. Some of us install upwards of 100 applications and use most of them on a regular basis. Most of us, however, reside somewhere in the middle.So what do the Pocketnow editors have on their phones? Which applications do they ...

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5 reasons you should really give Minuum a try

When I first saw the Minuum campaign on Indiegogo, I was sold.I’ve said for years that the way we type on smartphones doesn’t make sense. Gesture (or trace) typing is a logical step forward, as was predictive and context-aware input. But that doesn’t answer why we’re still using the same keyboard layout which works best for 10-finger typing.Why do our smartphones use the same keyboard layout that was designed over a century ago to prevent typewriters from jamming? Why do ...

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Three fun things to do on the Moto X (Video)

Sure, the Moto X might be starting to show its age a little. As of next month, it will be one whopping year old. But it still seems to be holding its own. We’ll let you be the judge of whether it’s the phone’s sheer quality, the personalization of the hardware, or the great value the Moto X is at such discounted prices.It could also be the amount of lightweight, yet very useful, software features. Unlike the last two videos like this, we covered many of the Moto X’s defining features in detail –

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Using Pressy to make your smartphone smarter

Last week, I reviewed Pressy, the button that hijacks the 3.5mm jack on your smartphone and turns it into a button which you can then use to launch apps, send SMS, place calls, and a few other simple tasks.Frankly, I really like the little bugger. It’s not exactly the most practical accessory, it’s overpriced, and, yes, it takes up the headphone jack, meaning it could potentially become annoying for someone who listens to music often on their smartphone via wired headphones. I don’t. I have two ...

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Bright Weather review: minimal and functional (Video)

Weather apps are a dime a dozen. Seriously, search “weather” in Google Play and dozens – maybe even hundreds – will pop up. But any ol’ developer cam create a weather app that can display the current conditions and provide you with the forecast. But not every weather app is both functional and pretty.That’s what LevelUp Studio, creator of popular Android apps ...

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Three MORE productivity apps for iOS (Video)

Productivity applications are a dime a dozen, especially on iOS. There are literally hundreds of calendar apps, note taking apps, and todo lists to help you get things done on the go, and new applications enter the scene all the time.However, sometimes it takes us a while to sift through all the muck to find the best and most helpful productivity apps around.Since our last iOS video about productivity apps, ...

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Snapchat vs Slingshot: self-destructing photo shootout (Video)

Last year, Facebook caught a lot of flak for releasing a Snapchat clone last year, dubbed Poke. However, the app never really caught on and Facebook pulled it from the App Store back in May.Just last week, Facebook tried its hand at the destructive photo sharing app again by releasing another Snapchat competitor, Slingshot. It’s easy to mistake Slingshot as a Snapchat knock-off. And while the two services have a lot in common, like the same basic function, Slingshot has its fair share of differences ...

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Three MORE productivity apps for Android (Video)

We all want to get things done on the go. That’s arguably why the smartphone was created. Only in the last seven years or so have smartphones also become great at other things, like multimedia, taking pictures, etc.Due to the nature of smartphones and our increasingly busy lifestyles, productivity applications are wildly popular. They help us get things done on the go, stay on task, remember things, and sometimes even tell us when we need to leave our house in the morning to make our meeting on ...

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