Google and Apple have recently started an initiative with local governments to try and help prevent the increased spread of COVID-19. Basically, this app would notify people if there were positive COVID-19 test results in their area. While this does bring up some major privacy concerns, we wanted to discuss something else today, which is […]
Now that text messaging is being used for marketing, it isn’t that rare to see messages in your inbox that are from businesses. Most of these messages, however, seem to come from a random number. Google has taken notice and is rolling out a way for businesses to verify that they are the ones that […]
There are a few reasons that you’d need to restore your Android device. Some reasons are good, like you finally got the phone you wanted for the holidays, and some are bad, like your old phone broke. For this week’s tip, we’ll go over how you can easily prepare your phone data for migration to […]
Sometimes a virus or malware infection can be so bad that the best solution is to completely wipe the device and start over with a factory reset. This can be pretty annoying. A new type of malware targeting Android devices just found a way to become even more annoying by being able to withstand a […]
If you’re like most people nowadays, your mobile phone is currently well within your reach. The fact that most people keep their phone on them at all times has greatly contributed to these devices becoming a part of any given work-related process. One major way is the implementation of two-factor authentication, which we’ll discuss as […]
As we have opened our lives to technologies like machine learning and artificial intelligence, it would seem that the predictions made in science fiction are more likely to become fact. Many of these technologies have actually manifested in some of the smallest, but most useful, ways. For this week’s tip, we’ll learn how to leverage […]
More than two billion devices in the world run the Android mobile operating system. Most that have been purchased in the past year, as well as the ones that have been updated recently, run on the current operating system, Android 9.0 Pie. With this latest mobile operating system, Google has made it clear that they […]
It’s no secret that Google can serve a great utility in the office through its many services and applications. However, have you ever considered how the Google Assistant can assist you through devices like your smartphone and the assorted smart speakers that Google has produced? For today’s tip, we’ll review how some of the features […]
Few things are more satisfying than getting a new phone. But the excitement dies when it comes time to install applications, load updates and transfer data. For this week’s tip, we’ll go over a method of making this process easier on an Android phone. The first step is to back up your data to ensure […]