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How to take screenshots in Windows Phone 8.1 & Windows 10 Mobile

How to take screenshots in Windows Phone 8.1 & Windows 10 Mobile

  • tutorial
  • Ciprian Adrian Rusen
  • 18.01.2016
There are times when you need a quick screenshot of what's on the screen of your smartphone. You might have a funny conversation to capture, an error message or a screen from an app that you are using. If you have a smartphone with Windows...
Microsoft Lumia 550 review - The affordable Windows 10 Mobile smartphone

Microsoft Lumia 550 review - The affordable Windows 10 Mobile smartphone

  • review
  • Maria Madalina Blaga
  • 14.01.2016
Microsoft Lumia 550 is the first affordable smartphone with Windows 10 Mobile, released in December 2015, and it was rumored to bring a good user experience even to those who can't afford a premium device like the Microsoft Lumia 950. Does Windows 10 Mobile work...
How to reset your Windows 10 Mobile smartphone to its factory settings

How to reset your Windows 10 Mobile smartphone to its factory settings

  • tutorial
  • Ciprian Adrian Rusen
  • 05.01.2016
Do you own a smartphone with Windows 10 Mobile installed? It might be a new smartphone like Microsoft Lumia 550 or Microsoft Lumia 950 or an older one on which you installed the Windows 10 Mobile update. If you want to sell your smartphone to...
How to setup your new smartphone with Windows 10 Mobile

How to setup your new smartphone with Windows 10 Mobile

  • tutorial
  • Ciprian Adrian Rusen
  • 04.01.2016
Have you purchased a new smartphone with Windows 10 Mobile installed? It's a shiny Microsoft Lumia 950 or Lumia 950 XL? Or maybe an affordable Microsoft Lumia 550? Whatever it is, before you use it, you will have to set up your smartphone. The process...
Microsoft to Android: Quiet! I live here now

Microsoft to Android: Quiet! I live here now

  • news
  • Daniel Parchisanu
  • 23.12.2015
Microsoft has launched a new app in Google Play that manages to raise the stakes in its Android work, without bringing any special new features. It is called Microsoft Apps and it functions like an independent portal inside Google Play, which you can use to...
We don't really use many apps on our smartphones. Do you?

We don't really use many apps on our smartphones. Do you?

  • news
  • Daniel Parchisanu
  • 16.12.2015
Apple iTunes and Google Play each have more than a million and a half apps available for download on our smartphones. Amazon and Windows are working their way towards half a million smartphone apps. You would expect that all our smartphones are jam-packed with apps...
Microsoft Lumia 950 Review - The first smartphone that works like a PC

Microsoft Lumia 950 Review - The first smartphone that works like a PC

  • review
  • Ciprian Adrian Rusen
  • 10.12.2015
Microsoft Lumia 950 is the first premium smartphone with Windows 10 Mobile and it comes after more than a year in which Microsoft did not release any premium smartphones. It h as been a very long and painful wait and, for Windows fans, the interest...
The iPhone gets its first Apple-made battery case. Would you buy it?

The iPhone gets its first Apple-made battery case. Would you buy it?

  • news
  • Daniel Parchisanu
  • 10.12.2015
Apple has released a battery case that fits both the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6s. The move is unprecedented for Apple, which has been sticking firmly to the thin design for its smartphones. Producing a battery case means that they admit a legitimate need to...
The first smartphone that you can wash with soap. For real!

The first smartphone that you can wash with soap. For real!

  • news
  • Daniel Parchisanu
  • 07.12.2015
Cleaning your smartphone has always been a desirable goal albeit one rarely carried out. Kyocera is launching in Japan the world's first smartphone that can be washed with soap. The hygiene campaigns to promote "wash your hands" may now add "and your smartphone" to the...
How to give more juice to your smartphone's battery

How to give more juice to your smartphone's battery

  • misc
  • Daniel Parchisanu
  • 04.12.2015
Considering how much smartphones have changed our lives, it is amazing how feeble they are when it comes to battery life. Most people are ready to accept that a smartphone is barely able to make it through one day. As we have all experienced at...
Reviewing the Motorola Nexus 6 - The phablet from Google & Motorola

Reviewing the Motorola Nexus 6 - The phablet from Google & Motorola

  • review
  • Codrut Neagu
  • 04.12.2015
Google partners regularly with various hardware manufacturers in order to create its line of Nexus devices. From such an alliance came to life the Motorola Nexus 6 - a high-end smartphone with a clean and unaltered Android on it. It's a big smartphone with a...
ASUS ZenFone Selfie review - How to take a better look at yourself?

ASUS ZenFone Selfie review - How to take a better look at yourself?

  • review
  • Attila Szász
  • 12.11.2015
Whenever you think of ASUS, the first thing that comes into your mind might not be their line of smartphones. Although the Taiwanese electronics company is mostly known for their notebooks and computer hardware, they manufacture smartphones and tablets as well. We managed to get...
Reviewing ASUS ZenFone Go (ZC500TG) - An affordable Android smartphone

Reviewing ASUS ZenFone Go (ZC500TG) - An affordable Android smartphone

  • review
  • Codrut Neagu
  • 06.11.2015
In recent months ASUS released plenty of new smartphones, for all price ranges . One of their newest smartphones is ASUS ZenFone Go, that aims to offer mid-range hardware at a price designed for emerging markets. It's a device that looks good and one that...
Reviewing a mid-range smartphone - ASUS ZenFone 2 Laser ZE500KL

Reviewing a mid-range smartphone - ASUS ZenFone 2 Laser ZE500KL

  • review
  • Tudor Mandache
  • 27.10.2015
Most of the well known smartphone manufacturers have already released their new flagship devices for this year. Still, as the majority of sales happen in the mid-range price category, it is important for us to also review smartphones that do not have a high price...
How To Find And Replace Text In Microsoft Word For Android

How To Find And Replace Text In Microsoft Word For Android

  • tutorial
  • Attila Szász
  • 07.10.2015
When working with larger amounts of text you can quickly find yourself looking for a part you just can't remember exactly. This is when Microsoft Word's Find feature comes in handy. This feature lets you quickly pinpoint all occurrences of a word or words, and...
How To Format Text In Microsoft Office Word For Android

How To Format Text In Microsoft Office Word For Android

  • tutorial
  • Attila Szász
  • 18.09.2015
Once you have some text in a document you really want it to make it look as good as possible. This means that you will need to use some text formatting tools, to change the look of the text in order to have it match...