Watch slideshows of your favourite photos on your phone by sending them to the big screen TV in your lounge

Who prints out photos these days? We shoot photos on our phones and there they stay. Why not show them off to friends and relatives as a slide show on your big screen television? It’s brilliant!

Check out these great apps for Android and iOS phones for learning to read music and play an instrument. Learn on the go

Learning to play a musical instrument brings many benefits. Studies, carried out across the world, show that people who play the piano, guitars, and other instruments benefit greatly from doing so. These Android apps can help.

Get paid apps for free using this trick. Works with the Google Play Store and Android apps!

There are bargains in the Google Play Store and for a short time price reductions on certain apps make them a bargain not to be missed. Here’s how to get fantastic full priced apps for free.

Customise the Safari share buttons in iOS on the iPhone and iPad. Put your favourite share links first

Do you share or save interesting web pages when browsing using Safari on the iPhone? Make it simpler and easier to share your web finds by customising the Safari share icons that appear on the menu.

Back up your WhatsApp chats and media files and protect them from loss and disaster

If you lose your phone, what would happen to your WhatsApp conversations and media files? If your phone broke, would you lose everything? What if you buy a new phone? Best back up now!

3 racing games on test for the iPhone and iPad. Monster trucks, high powered racing cars and other vehicles. Race through the city, desert and countryside

Wheel to wheel action and crazy courses are featured in the three racing games on test. These iPhone and iPad apps are brilliant, entertaining, and challenging for anyone that likes racing games.

Is 2017 the year in which smartwatches really take off? New developments are under way to tempt you

New Android Wear watches are on the way, while Apple begins discounting some Watch models. All this means that 2017 could be a good time to consider buying a smartwatch if you haven’t already taken the plunge.

Use Google Photos editing tools to enhance photographs and fix faults like exposure

It isn’t that long since I last looked at Google Photos, but it has changed again and this app is getting some serious attention from Google’s developers. Check out the new and changed features.

Sir David Attenborough is a broadcasting legend and for anyone that loves to watch wildlife programmes on the TV, this iOS and Android app has his 1,000 best wildlife clips. It is absolutely stunning!

Set your Android phone to always connect to the network you want with WiFi Prioritizer

Does your phone sometimes connect to the wrong Wi-Fi network? It can happen when there are two or more available. WiFi Prioritzer for Android lets you choose which one to automatically connect to.

Choose the right camera app for your phone and it could result in much better photos

Can a camera make you a better photographer? Sure. Here are three that enable you to take better photos on your smartphone. Two of them are for fun and one is for serious photographers.

Use the new features in iOS 10 to create fun responses and animations in Messages

Phone apps and the operating system are constantly changing and it is easy to miss new features and functions. Here are some great new additions to the iPhone Messages app. Do you know them all?

Use the accessibility setting on the iPhone to zoom in and out of the screen

If you sometimes find text, links and buttons on the iPhone’s screen too small for comfort, use the zoom controls on the iPhone to temporarily make them larger. Here’s how to do it.

Shoot photos in RAW mode on your phone for better quality images

Are the photos taken on your Android phone bright, colourful and pin sharp? If they aren’t, one way to improve them is to save photos in the RAW file format instead of JPEG. Here’s how to do it.

Earn money to spend in the Google Play Store by answering survey questions

Google makes money from you by analysing your internet activities, displaying adverts and so on. Turn the tables on Google and get the Alphabet company to pay you to use your phone instead.

The Google Keep app is a fine tool for storing notes and it has a feature you might not be aware of. You can add it to the iPhone’s Today screen and record voice notes with a swipe and a tap.

Sleep apps for your phone can help you to relax, meditate and get a good night's sleep

Listening to music or relaxing sounds is a great way to drift off to sleep at night and ensure you get a good rest. You will wake refreshed the next day. There are some excellent sleep apps to help you snooze.

If you have old printed photos from pre-digital times, wouldn’t it be great if you could transfer them to the computer or store them online as digital snaps. You can with Google PhotoScan.

Mindfulness, meditation and relaxation - here are some great iPhone apps to help you unwind

Stress is a killer and anything you can do to relieve the tension in you can have health benefits. You need to relax and fortunately there are lots of apps for your phone that can help. Here are three.

Google Sprayscape is a fascinating way to create VR-like 360 degree images with your Android phone

Google has a new Android app and it is very unusual and nothing like you have seen before. Sprayscape is a sort of camera app for your phone, but it is unlike any other camera app you have seen.

Smartphones and tablets have become a growing need for a society from kids to adults; one can’t imagine a life without one. We are in a habit of using smartphones almost every minute of the day.