Many Android devices usually come preinstalled with apps developed by the carrier or manufacturer. These apps are called bloatware and are unwanted by many users. The bad news is that uninstalling them is difficult. The good news is that there is a solution.
What to do with bloatware on Android devices
Safeguarding your social media from hackers
Social media phishing is on the rise. Facebook is one of the most commonly impersonated brands in phishing attacks. Hackers now employ more sophisticated tactics, so you must strengthen your privacy settings to keep them away.
Lock screens exist for a reason
Lock all your computing devices as soon as you stop using them.
4 ways to delete your smartphone data
Smartphones hold sensitive data such as financial information, confidential emails, and contact details that you wouldn’t want falling into the wrong hands. To wipe data from your old phone, do the following:
1. Encrypt your Android phone
Ensure that strangers don’t have access to your private data by encrypting it to make it unreadable.
Backup and recovery tips for your Android
Making the most of Google Assistant
2016 was the year when Google Now was replaced by Google Assistant, a virtual hub that can make mobile device users' lives a lot easier. Here are some ways it can ease up your workload.
Locate the best route to any location
Google Assistant works seamlessly with Google Maps, which makes it a great tool for finding the best route to any location.
Keep viruses away from your Android device
PDF management features in Google’s productivity suite
For many business users today, PDFs are indispensable to the day-to-day grind — contracts, eBooks, and marketing collateral in PDF format are just of the files that businesses handle on a daily basis. But did you know that Google has made it easier for business users to manage PDFs in Google Drive, as well as provide other time-saving features in its powerful cloud service? Read on to find out more about these features.
How to create folders for your Android apps
Making sense out of sheer clutter can be tiresome, be it in our living spaces or on the touchscreens of our handheld devices. Give your brain a break by sorting your apps into folders. This is how you can do this for your Android gadgets.
Creating and naming folders
On most devices, when you install a new app, the icon will be automatically added to your home screen, or to a screen where there is space.
Are you tracking your Android’s data use?
If you’re frustrated that you still have to deal with mobile data limitations in 2019, so are we. Sure, there are service plans that offer unlimited data, but they’re often expensive or don’t make sense for the average user. Check out these tips for monitoring your mobile data usage so you can stretch it further.
5 ways to enhance Android security
It's normal for you to be emotionally attached to your mobile device, which is why you most likely sleep beside it at night. Like with all things important to you, you’ll want to take care of your Android phone. So if you value your personal data or the apps inside your Android device, it’s best to take its security seriously by enabling the following extra features.