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Two great tips for using Siri while driving.

Siri can help you in generating random passwords.

Here's an old tip but came up over discussion on the weekend. How do you mark all your messages as read within Mail on iOS in one quick swoop, instead of tapping messages individually? There is a trick, that was originally discovered on reddit, which appears to be a glitch as it doesn't seem like...

I recently purchased the Nest Learning Thermostat. I've been wanting one for a year now. Since buying it I've received a lot of questions, from how easy is it to install and is it worth the $250 price tag? So I thought some of our fine readers may have the same questions, so I put...

Earlier today Google published 10 quick tips on how to use Google Maps for iOS. One tip many have asked is how to change from kilometres (or kilometers) to miles and vice versa within Google Maps? The answer? It comes down to the default unit of distance within your iPhone settings. To change between miles...

Here's a quick tip on how to use Siri to open the Google Maps iOS app for directions to any place instead of Apple Maps. All you have to do is add the phrase "via transit" at the end of your request. So for example you might ask Siri the following: "Give me directions to...

iTunes 11 was released today by Apple as expected. The new look of iTunes 11 is clean and minimal without all the clutter from before. But for those who want to revert back to the old look, a couple quick switches can make everything seem normal again. In this case, bringing back the sidebar and...

iMessage (and FaceTime) is currently suffering from another outage, as most of you probably have noticed by now. If iMessage is down, your message should be sent through as a text message. However, you'll probably get hit with a 'did not send' error then have to resend it manually as a text message. But what...

A new jailbreak tweak called SiriPort, which is now available for download in the Cydia store, allows A4 device owners to install Apple's digital voice assistant Siri. The tweak works on any jailbroken iPhone 4, iPod touch 4G or the original iPad running iOS 6. Folks over at AppAdvice have made a video tutorial on how...

A lot of iOS users find this fact annoying that Newsstand ,which is basically a folder dedicated to App Store’s digital publications, can not be moved inside another folder. When iOS 5 came out, an easy trick was discovered that allowed users to place Newsstand in another folder and now, a rather easier solution has been...

Yesterday Starbucks updated its iPhone app to add Passbook functionality but it did not include Canada (eh?!). As of writing, our American brothers and sisters are having so much fun using Passbook to pay for their lattes and frappuccinos while we have to slum it at Tim Horton's. Well, that's about to change. Looks like...

Dropbox has now enabled 2-step verification for accounts, which is similar to what has been available for Google Accounts for a while now: Two-step verification is an optional but highly recommended security feature that adds an extra layer of protection to your Dropbox account. Once enabled, Dropbox will require a six-digit security code in addition...