Settings and tweaks to reduce data usage in Facebook and stop it draining the battery

The default settings for apps are not always the most suitable for everyone and if you want to reduce the battery drain and data used by the Facebook app, here are the tweaks you need.

Get to grips with the Apple News app on the iPhone and see how to customise the look and news sources

Apple News on the iPhone and iPad is excellent and in these times of fake news it is good to have quality sources. Customise News to show the sources you want and the way it presents them.

If you are on the lookout for an inexpensive smartwatch with fitness and health tracking, notifications from your phone and great battery life, the IWOWNFIT P1 could be just what you need.

Your iPhone and iPad are probably automatically backing up online using iCloud, but what exactly is it backing up and how much space is it using? Let's see how to manage iOS backups.

People frequently complain about the lack of storage and poor battery life of their phone. The cause is apps. They use storage space and battery power. Can you live without apps? You can!

It seems that every year is the year of the paperless office and the phrase regularly makes an appearance. Are we any closer? Cut down on paper by scanning documents with Google Drive.

If you are the sort of person that checks their horoscope before doing anything else in a morning, here are five entertaining Android apps that will give you your daily dose of astrology.

No-one likes big phone bills, but it is easy to exceed the allocation on your contract unless you keep an eye on the data you are using. If you have an iPhone, use these techniques to reduce data usage.

Internet booster apps for Android phones to speed up your connection

With the increase in the number of internet users these days, internet bandwidths are widely divided, resulting in slowing down its speed. Now, dealing with a slow internet is more like punishment.

10 great apps to increase the security of your iPhone and keep out hackers and spies

What is worse than losing your iPhone or any other device is losing the data along with it! It is more stressful especially if it is linked to important personal data such as bank details, email accounts and their credentials, contacts and more.

Batteries continue to grow in capacity, yet our phones often still don't last a full day as the hardware and apps demand ever more power. These Android apps monitor and improve battery life.

Is it not exciting enough that while you do your daily chores and activities, you do not have to worry about the financial variables? All you have to do is to download an application, mine your cryptocurrency and you are good to go.

Have you configured the Messages app on the iPhone? Does it even need it? If you haven't, do it now, you are missing out on some useful features for organising messages and storage.

Do you need an Android uninstaller? Here's how to remove apps

If you like trying new apps on your Android phone you need to know how to cleanly remove them if you don't want to keep them or junk left-overs will fill the phone. Uninstaller apps help.

Does an iPhone with with a Chromecast and a TV? Yes. Here is how to use them.

They may be two different technologies with operating systems that are poles apart, but surprisingly they do get along with the right apps. Send your photos, videos and music to your TV.

Apply special effects to photos and fix faults with HDR Max for Android

What is your favourite photo editor app for Android phones? HDR Max is a favourite of mine and it makes dull photos look much more eye-catching. Let's take a look at some its best features.

There are good habits and bad ones and, of course, you want to encourage those that are good and avoid those that aren't. These iPhone apps help you do that by tracking and motivating you.

While technology offers convenience, it is also accused of being a productivity killer. Many people waste half of their day looking down at their smartphones and rarely use it for any good.

Are you a parent or guardian? If so, chances are, you'll need some help here and there.  Probably, if you're reading this post, you've already started looking.

Strip out the ads, sidebars, pop-ups, menus and other web page clutter using Simplified view in Chrome on your Android phone. See how to use it to enable a cleaner view of web content.

When apps are bundled with phones we tend not to look at the alternatives, especially when the bundled apps are quite good, but there may be better ones, such as PocketLife Calendar for iOS.