Android is very customizable–many of its features are just defaults, and can be swapped out for third-party alternatives without any rooting required. When it comes to iOS, well…not so much. Read more: http://www.howtogeek.com/121374/6-ways-to-customize-android-that-ios-users-can-only-dream-about/

A behind the scenes feature in iOS 10, SiriKit, makes it easy for you to control and use your favourite apps with Siri–if you know where to look. Let’s set this new voice control up and take it for a spin. Read more: http://www.howtogeek.com/276713/how-to-control-third-party-ios-apps-with-siri/

A newly-outed trojan is exploiting iOS and Android devices, ripping iCloud credentials abusing the trusted link between phones and PCs, says Palo Alto security researcher Claud Xiao. The attack appears to have failed in most circumstances, thanks to iOS’ sandboxing security controls, hardened modern Android operating systems, and the overt nature of the attack, and […]

A week ago, Apple pushed out a small but critical security patch for iOS. That update was iOS 9.3.5, and it fixed a trifecta of previously unknown vulnerabilities that had allegedly been combined to produce a megaexploit. (If you have an iDevice, go to Settings | General | Software Update right now, just to make […]

Just two weeks ago, Apple released iOS 9.3.3, an update that fixed numerous security holes including one that was compared to last year’s “Stagefright” bug on Android. Apple’s Stagefright-like bug was in a subsystem called ImageIO, a component used to process and render images. Your iPhone probably displays lots of different images every day: not […]

Many iPhone and iPad games include banner ads that take up part of your screen. Accidentally tap the ad, and you’ll be ripped from the game and taken to another app, like the App Store or Safari. Enable iOS’ “Guided Access” and you won’t have this problem. This trick doesn’t actually block the ads, it […]

If you use your iPhone at night in a dark room, even the new Night Shift feature in iOS 9.3 can’t stop your screen from seemingly burning your eyes. Luckily, there is a way to reduce the brightness of the screen lower than iOS actually allows. You might think that reducing the screen brightness too much will […]

One of the most annoying things about the iPhone and iPad is the inability to hide built-in apps like Tips, Stocks, and News. Apple’s iOS 9.3 finally adds a way to hide these apps from your home screen, though it isn’t pretty. Consider Doing This the Easy Way Instead This process requires you set up your iPhone […]