With so much important information being sent by email these days it is no wonder that many people worry about what would happen if a bug caused them to lose all of their emails. One of the most popular types of email account is with Gmail, and just the other day Google confirmed that a number of Gmail users had temporarily lost access to their mails. Here will look at how to back up your Gmail account to another account to avoid the risk of losing everything. Back up to another Gmail Address Go into your Gmail account and choose the...
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If you are looking to join in on the smartphone craze and get yourself one of these cool devices then one of the first decisions you may be faced with is whether to purchase an iPhone or an Android device. Here are a few points you will need to consider before making your choice. What kind of handset do you like? If you choose the Android operating system then you have a wide choice of handsets to select from – Samsung Galaxy S, HTC Desire etc – while the only real option with the iPhone is which of the different generations of...
Even the quickest and most powerful computers tend to slow down over time. A lot of people consider this to be a simple fact of life and don’t do anything about it. However, there are some pretty simple tasks you can carry out to make your PC run quicker. Remove malware One of the biggest side effects of having a virus on your computer is a drastic slowing down of the machine. If your PC went from fast to slow overnight then this could be the reason. Just download a free, reputable antivirus program such as AVG, Avira or McAfee and...
Everyone who owns an iPhone wants to get the best possible use out of it, and while a lot of the functions are easy enough to work here are 10 you might not be aware of. 1.Get out of a frozen application. If your iPhone has frozen during a game or program then you need to hold down the home button for 6 seconds or so and it will quit the app. If this doesn’t work you can safely reboot your iPhone by simultaneously holding the home and power button down until the Apple logo appears. 2.Take a screen shot of your iPhone’s screen If...
Apple’s latest iOS 4.2 has given the iPad a new lease of life, finally making it a multi-tasking tablet, the iPhone also got a few updates with the most interesting being the free inclusion of ‘find my iPhone’. The feature, once enabled, helps users find, add a password, wipe data and if necessary disable their iPhone 4, 4G iPod touch or iPad (running iOS 4.2) remotely using the in-built GPS – Previously this feature was only available through MobileMe, which costs £59.99 ($99.99) per year. Another neat feature is the ability...
Social networking sites are great when you want to share something with the world, however they can also cause problems when sharing something you probably have kept secret, why would you do that? Well if you’re drunk probably. Thankfully there is now an precautionary barrier users can install as an add on to internet explorer or Firefox that requires users to take a sobriety test before they can login to sites like Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, YouTube and even Gmail or a personal blog. Webroot, an online security company has launched...
A 14 year old girl nearly had the mother of all parties after mistakenly posting an open invitation to everybody on Facebook. over 21,000 guests responded in the affirmative stating their intention to visit the girl’s house just for the party. Even the clean up party, which has been set up since, has attracted 80 guests. Following the mistake, the girl took the invitation down and is probably worrying exactly what will happen on October 7 which is when the party was set to take place. Police have been informed of the party, the open...
The Apple iPhone 4 boasts of more than 100 changes and improvements from previous models. Here are the top ten which you might most want to consider before deciding whether to upgrade. 1) Multi tasking. Now that I have mastered chewing gum and walking in a straight line at the same time I can do two things at once on my phone as well. I can do things like listen to music while reading an iBook. Double clicking on the Home button gives you a list of the applications which are currently running. 2) More voice control. Having...
The summer is beginning to provide everyone with some much needed sunshine and the industrious gadget makers have once again come up with a range of products that blend practicality and fun. Here are just ten of the best summer gadgets that are available this year. BBQ Speakers Having some tunes on whilst you are cooking up a storm on the BBQ is something which is enjoyed by many people, but you may well be sick of putting up with the tinny sound quality of a battery powered radio. For excellent audio quality, wireless convenience and...
Electronics manufacturer Sony has just announced that it made nearly £300 million in losses during 2009, but sales of the PlayStation 3 console are finally starting to pick up. To put the figures into context, the year before, Sony’s financial performance was even poorer although prior to 2008 it had not made a loss for nearly a decade and a half. Sony sold more HD TVs and digital cameras than anything else in 2009, but it did see its PS3 sales jump by three million annually to 13 million in total. Sony also saw its PS3 business...