I hear complaints from people all the time about how their phones’ battery life is poor. Some say they won’t last an entire day. Sometimes this is very true especially with older Android devices; however, the newer ones have pretty good strength between charges. Of course, this depends on how you use your phone. If…
This week I will continue with the second half of the links we talked about last year at DoubleClicks.info. Remember, if the site addresses are too long to type I have shortened them with bit.ly. Here they are in their order of appearance with short descriptions of each. Dropbox – bit.ly/aszzao. A very good cloud…
Last week I wrote about the browser I favor most. I received many emails from folks telling me their thoughts on the matter. Thanks for the emails as I always appreciate hearing from you! There was a repeated theme from those emails regarding my favorite Android browser. This demonstrated to me that you readers know…
Last week I mentioned a trip to the "big city" and using my GPS. So today, back to my big city experience. I was going somewhere and had just reinstalled Waze. I was also running the family GPS. They both directed me the exact same way on my 25 mile/35 minute trip. About three quarters…
A few weeks ago I was on a trip out of town in a large city I did not know very well. I used our family Garmin GPS to navigate around town. It worked as it should but I kept getting into big traffic jams. There are two excellent apps I have used on my…
I had a little problem a few weeks ago. It was nothing earth shattering, no trauma, not a disturbance in the force, only a hassle with an Android app I purchased. Now the real killer…it was all my fault. I have used a free application on my Android phones/tablets for a long time. However, being…
Last week we looked at "Windows Remote Assistance" to see how you could give or receive help with your computer issues. It works well but as I said there are drawbacks in that you need to be going from a Windows to a Windows computer and could not link with a Mac or Ubuntu (Linux)…
At some point in time after "smart phones" hit the market people starting leaving them on buses, in taxis and had them stolen. The Chief Information Officers website states that in August, 2013 that approximately 200 cell phones are left in New York City cabs every day. That adds up to about 73,000 per year. …
Welcome back to another week of Double Click (now, Gray Haired Tech). I would like to remind you to shoot me an email with your tech/computer questions when you run into them. I am always glad to hear from you guys any time. If you read the column regularly you will know that I have…
Robert wrote me recently with a question I had never received before. It was an excellent question. I am sure some of you have bumped up against before, too. He wrote saying that he had just gotten back from a vacation out of the country and had not wanted to be bothered by work. To…
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