Tip: Use a Silent Ringtone to Silence Annoying Repeat Callers
Do you want to ignore someone who is repeatedly calling you but don’t want to silence your entire iPhone for other potentially important calls? There’s a simple solution: assign a silent ringtone to the annoying caller. When that person calls, …
Apple Announces Media Event for September 12, Invite Shows a Shadowy Number 5
Apple today sent out invitations to select press outlets for a media event to be held Wednesday, September 12, where Apple is likely to announce the upcoming iPhone 5. In an image on the invitation is a numeral 5 traced …
iPhone Tip: Send Animated Gifs in Text Messages and Add Some Humor to Your Day
Here’s a neat trick involving animated gifs and the iPhone. If you send an animated gif via text message to another iPhone, the animation will be viewable right inside the Messages app. Suddenly seeing an animated photo where you usually …
10 Most Useful iPhone/iPad Links of the Week
1. Walmart Has the Best Prepaid Carrier for the iPhone If you’re looking for the cheapest wireless carrier for the iPhone, John Brownlee over at Cult of Mac supplies some straight talk about Straight Talk, a prepaid wireless carrier from …
Apple Now Giving Gift Cards Worth Up to $345 for Old iPhones
If your old iPhone is just going to be laying around after you purchase the iPhone 5, you may want to consider getting some cash for it instead. Apple’s recycling program will now give you an Apple gift card worth …
Tip: iPhone Music Mysteriously Skipping to a New Track? Turn Off Shake to Shuffle
While playing music, is your iPhone suddenly switching to a new track in mid song? Your iPhone isn’t broken, nor is there something wrong with your song. The skipping is mostly likely due to an annoying feature of the iPhone …
Tip: How to Prevent the iPhone/iPad’s Screen from Automatically Turning Off
There may be times when you want the iPhone/iPad’s screen to remain on until you physically turn it off. To prevent the screen from auto shutting off, you must turn off the iPhone/iPad’s Auto-Lock feature (just remember to eventually turn …
6 Fantasy Football iPhone & iPad Apps to Manage Your Fantasy Team
Want to manage your fantasy football team on the go? Thankfully, all the major fantasy football services offer an iPhone app with basic management tools (add/drop players, trades, etc). However, when it comes to drafting your teams, only one lets …
FlightTrack Free Is a Nice Basic Version of FlightTrack Pro, for Free
When it comes to catching a plane, FlightTrack Pro ($9.99) is one of the best apps out there for keeping you updated on departure/arrival times. But since its $10 price tag is a barrier of entry to some, the developers …
The 10 Most Useful iPhone and iPad Links of the Week
1. The Best Cooking Apps for iPad Jacqui Cheng at Ars Technica compared 5 iPad cooking apps and picks both Basil ($1.99) and Paprika ($4.99) as her top picks. She liked Basil’s focus on collecting and storing recipes from multiple …
