The 'N' icon in the notification tray indicates that NFC is enabled on your phone. Head to the Settings app or the quick ...

Dropped calls and a frozen map are frustrating, but losing signal in a remote area can also be a serious safety concern, especially on those beautiful backroads where cell towers are ... Swipe down ...

Apple added the option to customize your home screen icons back in iOS 18, allowing you to make them darker or even tint them based on a color in your wallpaper. Now, though, the company looks to be ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. If you ever get caught without service, you could benefit from owning a satellite phone. Unlike regular phones, they work by connecting to ...

Authorities around the world can use your cell phone to track your location and potentially access other sensitive private information about you. One possible protection from this data collection is a ...

Parth, the digital nerd, dances between the realms of Android and iPhone like a tech-savvy tango. With a keyboard as his compass, he navigates the binary seas, uncovering hidden gems and unraveling ...

As well as a refreshed new look for system components like buttons and tabbars, the Liquid Glass redesign of iOS 26 also extends to app icons. For the first time since iOS 7, Apple has redrawn all of ...

Ever since we started holding our cell phones up to our ears, there have been concerns that the radio waves they emit could cause cancer. While this makes sense in a Black Mirror kind of way—and some ...

A new Iowa law requires public schools to create policies limiting student cell phone use during instructional time. Early reports from some Iowa schools show improved grades, attendance, and fewer ...

A student at Green Hope High in Cary puts away a cell phone as class starts. As the bell rings to start a new period at Green Hope High in Cary, students settle into Harrison Miller's earth science ...

I don’t remember exactly when it happened. Probably around 2012, when I downloaded Instagram to my iPhone and posted my first heavily filtered image. In the years that followed, the iPhone, which had, ...