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by Kevin Purdy

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Freelance writer, author of The Complete Android Guide, 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.
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- Android, BlackBerry
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.
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- Android, emoji
Google kills off SMS Search: What you can't do now that it's gone

Posted May 13, 2013 - 04:30 pm

Why should anyone mourn the loss of a service that most people didn't know existed? I would offer a few reasons.
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- Google, google sms
New iPhone 5 rumors, giant tablets and shared data plans

Posted Feb 01, 2012 - 04:47 pm
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- Apple, data plans
Who are the theoretical buyers of Google-y S4 and One phones?

Posted May 24, 2013 - 03:19 pm

A phone not sold in cellphone stores, with a potentially confusing difference from the popular version, and with an eyebrow-raising price tag—who is buying this phone?
5 quirks in Google's Maps app for iPhone you might not have noticed

Posted Dec 13, 2012 - 05:28 pm

Our long, mostly middle-and-upper-class iPhone-owning directional nightmare is over. Apple has approved, and Google has released, an official Google Maps app for iPhones.
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- apple maps, biking
Wait—which Kindle Fire should I actually buy?

Posted Sep 07, 2012 - 01:58 pm
Why you can totally tether your Verizon Android phone for free

Posted Sep 17, 2012 - 08:19 pm

Verizon thought it could strike down unofficial Android tethering, but the DIY hotspot movement became more powerful than it could imagine.
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- 700 MHz, Android
Do tech headlines that pose questions usually negate themselves?

Posted Mar 21, 2013 - 01:30 pm

When a headline in a technology-focused blog, column, or magazine asks a question, there is one response that works almost every single time.
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- Buzz, Headlines
Customize your iPhone's vibration styles for different notifications or contacts

Posted Dec 14, 2012 - 05:33 pm

Set each of your iPhone notification types to have a different style of vibration

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