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by Kevin Purdy

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Kevin is a freelance writer, author of The Complete Android Guide, and former Lifehacker editor.

How to grab a screenshot from iPhone, Android, and nearly any other smartphone

Posted Apr 20, 2012 - 10:49 am

Let’s review the best ways you can grab a screenshot from an iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, or Windows Phone. Or even a WebOS phone, if you're feeling esoteric.
Android, BlackBerry
Five Android apps that fix something about Android

Posted Oct 15, 2012 - 03:38 pm

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flickr/Jonas B
alarm, Android
12 cool Pebble watch apps and tricks

Posted Jun 19, 2013 - 09:35 am

The Kickstarter wonder-watch didn't have a lot of capabilities when it first launched. But then came the developers.
Android, Mobile
What to do after your email account is compromised

Posted Oct 03, 2013 - 04:40 pm

Here is what I tell people who want to know what to do next, after their email has been opened up and sorted through.
email passwords, gmail hack
Google Hangouts solves the iPhone-Android emoji problem

Posted May 21, 2013 - 06:14 am

iPhone and Android phones can't always see the tiny Japanese icons they send each other. Unless they use Google Hangouts.
Android, emoji
Transfer music, photos, and other files from Android to your computer

Posted Apr 22, 2013 - 03:43 pm

Here are the best tools, in a short list, that I recommend for transferring music, photos, and files between Android and systems.
Android, android file transfer
Kickstarter is definitely not a store

Posted Apr 02, 2013 - 02:55 pm

Kickstarter does not create "products" in the way that something you add to your Amazon cart is a product. I think this bears repeating, and pondering more than once.
crowdfunding, crowdsourcing
Let's talk about open phone marriages

Posted Aug 08, 2013 - 07:01 pm

More than just the usual data-cap problems, I just haven't seen a lot of value in combining phones under the new share-your-limited-data plans.
data caps, Mobile
'Closing' Android apps by swiping them away—what that actually does

Posted Aug 23, 2013 - 04:14 pm

If you close something like an email app, or Twitter, you keep getting notifications. So what does "swiping" do, exactly?
ad hoc wireless networkingUniversity of Michigan, Android
There are one billion smartphones out there—here's how we're using them

Posted Oct 17, 2012 - 01:40 pm
billion smartphones, Mobile

October is...
Unified Communications Month

BY THE NUMBERS: UC&C

HOW-TO: Look alive and professional in Web meetings

TIP: Use your cell phone as a WiFi VOIP phone

TOOLBOX: Six alternative tools for small business collaboration

CASE STUDY: Enterprise social network moves ad agency into the future

Microsoft's Security Essentials isn't the best antivirus program, according to Microsoft

2 comments
AMD pushes forward with new video cards and a few surprises

2 comments
Change Microsoft Office 2013's default search engine from Bing to Google

2 comments
See - and hear - what it was like to surf the web 20 years ago

1 comment
Valve completes its trifecta of announcements with the Steam Controller

1 comment

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