Category: iPhone

  • Blue dot on iOS 7 apps

    Another new feature of Apple iOS 7 is showing you which apps are new to your device.
    Before in iOS 6 the app actually had a banner that had “NEW” across it to inform you that you have never used it before.
    In iOS 7 this has changed to a simple blue dot next to the title.

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    Once you launch the app and use it, the dot will disappear

  • Hotel WiFi sharing with multiple devices

    We have been looking for the best way to handle all our devices in hotel rooms and its been difficult. Sometimes hotels will give you a password which is good for only one device, but we usually have a tablet, laptop and not to mention our mobile gear. Here’s how the Monkey makes sure he can connect all the gear he needs.

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  • Battery life with iOS 7 seems worse

    Since the moment we started using the new iOS 7 system with our iPhone 4S it seems like our battery life has suffered. Here is 2 short settings to help

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  • Seagate Wireless Plus is fantastic

    One of the quickest ways your mobile devices can be filled up is with video. Since the average file can be 1GB or more, I was looking for some way to carry all those files without bloating my iPad. I found the best product, the Seagate Wireless Plus.
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  • Open web pages in Chrome from Safari

    Chrome is Google’s fantastic browser that’s been around on the Mac and PC for a while now and is finally available for iOS. The only trouble is most programs default to Safari to open links. Here is a very quick way to open them in Chrome and best of all you don’t have to jailbreak or add anymore software.

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