10 of our favorite iOS 10 features that you should know about
Even though I downloaded iOS 10 last week, like many of you, it’s taking me awhile to get used to all the changes and new iOS 10 features. Oof, there are a ton. And while I have to admit that I’m liking most of them, there’s definitely a learning...
The list of everything Siri can do for you. That’s 489 commands, to be exact.
I’m the first one to admit that I do not utilize Siri on my iPhone as much as I should. But after discovering Hey Siri website that lists out literally every single command (and variation on those commands) that Siri can do, let’s just say I’m upping...
How to use the Spotlight Search Page in iOS 9 to make your life easier
Like most busy working parents out there, I pretty much unboxed my new iPhone 6S and started using it like I did with my iPhone 5S. In other words, I was texting and calling and really not spending a ton of time getting to know about all the cool new iOS 9 features....
The most helpful tech tips of the year: Editors’ Best Tech of 2014
Over the course of this year, we’ve put together lots of helpful tech tips and tricks, so many of them from your own questions to us. (We love answering reader questions!) Here, 11 of our very favorite tech tips of the year (including lots just for parents or...
10 cool things Siri can do for you. Including make you wonder where she’s been all your life.
I have to be honest: Siri and I aren’t all that close. I usually only call on her, well, when I need to call someone else. Call home. Call The Folks. Call Yvette, mobile. But this thin rapport is not iPhone’s fancy personal assistant’s fault. Siri,...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz
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