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You can install Adobe Lightroom on your iOS and Android devices for free!

Posted on December 11, 2017

Adobe Lightroom has long been recognized as one of the world’s best photo editing programs.

In fact, I often recommend it over the full-blown Adobe Photoshop program for those who don’t really need Photoshop’s powerful graphic design capabilities.

In a nutshell, Lightroom is a lean, yet powerful program that includes all the best image editing capabilities of Photoshop without all the extras that many users will never need or use.

While Lightroom is a lot cheaper than Photoshop, if you want to install it on your computer it’ll still cost you a considerable amount in most cases. But now you can install it on your mobile device for free! [Read more…]

Want faster Internet on your smart phone or tablet? Use Opera Mini!

Posted on March 8, 2017

If you use the standard web browser that came pre-installed on your smart phone, you’re wasting your time. And I mean that literally. That’s why you need Opera Mini.

Opera Mini is a lean, super-fast version of the popular Opera web browser that loads web pages and photos much faster than the standard mobile web browser.

It achieves these faster speeds by compressing all the images on a web page right on a dedicated Opera server, then sends the optimized pages to your phone. When you first click a link you’ll notice a slight delay while the server is optimizing the images, but then you’ll see the page load onto your screen in a jiffy. [Read more…]

Scam alert: Beware the dangerous ‘Energy Rescue’ ransomware app!

Posted on January 26, 2017

Hackers and scammers have been using ransomware attacks to extort money from unsuspecting PC users for years, and now they’re targeting smartphone and tablet users as well.

Unfortunately, it’s very easy to install a malicious app on your phone or tablet by mistakenly thinking the app is legit.

Right now there’s a very dangerous ransomware app targeting Android users, and apparently plenty of people are installing it. [Read more…]

Q&A: Why can’t I search for a word in Chrome by tapping it like I used to?

Posted on January 4, 2016

Question from Carl: Hi Rick. I hope you can help me with something that’s driving me nuts because I can’t figure it out.

My wife and I both use Chrome as the default browser on our phones. It used to have a really handy feature where we could search for a word on a web page just by tapping on it.

Now something has happened and that doesn’t work anymore. Do you know if there’s anything we can try to get it to work again? We really miss it!

Rick’s answer: [Read more…]

Make your Android phone’s battery last longer with the free ‘Doze’ app

Posted on November 30, 2015

Update: This is is no longer available.

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Your Android phone has a wonderful power-saving feature called “Doze”, and it’s really pretty amazing.

In a nutshell, Doze puts your phone into a deep sleep when it’s idle, preventing non-critical apps from transferring data in the background during the times when your phone isn’t being used.

Don’t worry, your phone will still ring when someone calls you and you’ll still receive incoming text messages, but pretty much everything else is placed in a holding pattern. And that helps your phone’s battery lost a lot longer than it would otherwise. [Read more…]

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