Gadget Hacks How-Tos
How To: Silence Phone Calls from Annoying Friends and Spammy Callers
Everybody has them. You can say you don't, but it's probably a lie. There's at least one person on your mobile phone that you never, ever want to pick up the phone for. When they call, you cringe and immediately hit the silent button. They're annoying. Overbearing. You hate them, but yet you love them enough to not delete them entirely from your contact list. Maybe if they called just once a week, but once a day is just too much for you to handle. What do you do?
How To: How Much Are You Worth? Barcode Yourself to Find Out
How much money do you think you're worth? Hundreds? Thousands? Millions? Think again. In the world of shopping centers and barcodes, you may only be worth a few bucks.
How To: Download map data on your Android from Google Maps for offline use
Here is a helpful tip for the next time you go on a trip. Don't lose your way, or your money, watch this video and learn how to download Google Maps data onto your Android so you can use it offline.
How To: Edit your Google+ profile and privacy settings
Make sure that your Google+ profile only reflects the information that you want it to. Control your online presence and privacy in Google's social network by following the suggestions of this video. Learn how to edit your Google plus profile.
How To: Import contacts from Facebook to Google+
Are you considering making a move from Facebook to Google+? If you are, be sure to watch this video to learn a clever trick for importing all of your Facebook contacts to your Google plus account. Don't lose friends just because you are ditching Facebook for Google+ plus.
How To: Enjoy all the features of Google plus
Curious about Google's new social network, Google+? Get the rundown by watching this video and learn the ins and outs of Google plus, including the circles feature, the chat feature, photos and more. This is your video guide to Google+.
How To: Get the Google+ Mobile Web App for iOS
Check out this video for an introduction to the new Google+ app for iOS. You can use Google plus from any of your iDevices, including iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Make the most of Google's new social network with this app.
How To: Test Drive Gmail's New Interface
Google's hard at work beefing up their new Google+ social network, and while they continue to improve new features like Circles and Hangouts, they haven't lost track of their other online features already widely in use. If you're already a part of the Google+ project (currently closed to invites right now), you've probably noticed the changes in Picasa Web, but Gmail has been getting some great updates as well—and you don't have to be in the Google+ network to use them.
How To: Use Circle Hack to Organize Your Facebook Friend Lists à la Google+ Circles
There's a lot of talk going around about Google's new social network and how it's heavily influenced by Facebook, but truth be told, how could they build Google+ without taking a note
How To: Transfer Your Facebook Friends to Google+ (And Vice Versa)
On the same day that Google launched their new social network, Google +, a team of Google engineers calling themselves the Data Liberation Front announced their first service on Tuesday—Google Takeout, a product that allows users to easily move their data in and out of Google products, including Buzz, Contacts and Circles, Picasa Web Albums, Profile and Stream (the equivalent of Facebook’s newsfeed).
How To: Add widgets to your Android Nook Color home screen
Want to add some widgets to the home screen of your Android enabled Nook Color tablet? Watch this video to learn how to do it. If you need one, you can order a pre-configured microSD here. Watch this video and learn.
How To: Install APK files on your Android phone
Looking to game on your Android phone? Watch this video to learn how to get the game APK files onto your Android device. Download and install games on your Android device and spend the rest of your day having fun playing.
How To: Use Astro File Manager and 4Shared.com to get free Android apps
Watch this video to learn how to get any app you want in the Android Market for free. Using Astro File Manager and 4shared.com you can run any app you want for free on your Android device. Get all the apps you've ever wanted.
How To: Use Root explorer to delete a stock app from your Android phone
If you've found alternatives that you prefer to the stock apps on your Android phone, delete the ones you don't use. It's easy, just watch this video and learn how to use root explorer to delete stock apps from your Android device.
How To: Load Gingerbread onto your Sprint HTC Hero
You can run Android 2.3 Gingerbread on your Sprint HTC Hero. Watch this video to learn how to use CyanogenMod to install Android 2.3 Gingerbread on your HTC Hero. Here is the link for the described in the video.
How To: Drag and drop music onto your Android device
Want to be able to move music files onto your Android device simply? Watch this video to learn how to set your Android to Mass Storage mode so that you can easily drag and drop music onto the Android device.
How To: Use Gingerbreak to root Android Froyo 2.2.2
Watch this video to learn how to use the application Gingerbreak to root your Android 2.2.2 phone. This method also works with Android Gingerbread and Honeycomb. Download Gingerbreak and follow along with the instructions in this video to root your Froyo phone.
How To: Change the boot screen and audio on your Android phone
Tired of your Android phone's boot screen? Watch this video and learn how to change it to this
How To: Attach a wireless Xbox 360 controller to your Android Honeycomb device
Check out this video to learn how you can play games on your Android Honeycomb device with an Xbox 360 controller. Looking for a better way to enjoy your tablet? This is it. This video will show you how to use an adapter to attach an Xbox 360 controller to your Android 3.1 device.
How To: Run Android 2.3.2 on your LG GT540
Watch this video to learn how to update your LG GT540 to Android 2.3.2 using this folder, these fastboot drivers, LG drivers, fastboot and kdz updater. Learn all of the commands for installing Android 2.3.2 on an LG GT540.
How To: Install Ubuntu on your Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android tablet
If you are interested in installing Ubuntu on your Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android tablet. You can download Ubuntu and ADB here. Root Ubuntu Linux on top of your Android OS with Ubuntu running like a virtual machine.
How To: Use SetCPU on your Android smartphone
Check out this video to learn how to use Set CPU for Android. This video explains how to install SetCPU, including the system requirements for doing so. Watch this video and then follow along with your phone to get SetCPU running.
How To: Back up your Android and install new memory
Check out this video to learn how to install new memory in your Android device. Using a Micro SD card you can back up the memory on your Android smartphone and then replace the memory card with a new one.
How To: Use a Cydia hack to control your computer with your iPhone
Bring harmony to your digital world by getting your iPhone and your computer to work together. Watch this video to get the scoop on RemoteMouse from Cydia, a hack that will turn your iPhone into a remote control for your computer.
How To: Add icons and symbols to your iPhone keyboard
Having trouble finding the right words to express yourself? Maybe an icon or symbol would do a better job. Watch this video and learn how to use Cydia to add rare icons to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch keyboard.
How To: Play iPhone games on your TV
Tired of squinting while you play for your favorite games on your iPhone? If you have jailbroken it and can ccess Cydia, you are in luck. With an HDMI or VGA adapter, you can use DisplayOut to display your iPhone screen on your TV. Use it for Facetime!
How To: Change your Facebook notification settings
Overwhelmed by a nonstop flood of Facebook notifications? It must be nice to have so many friends. If you feel like you need to get control over the constant notifications Facebook sends you, watch this video to learn how to edit your settings.
How To: Excellbook Hides Your Facebook Addiction at Work in a Fake Spreadsheet
There's an epidemic on the Internet, and the disease—Facebook. It's an addiction comparable to a hot cup of coffee in the morning or a soothing cigarette throughout the day—in worse case scenarios, a hit from the crack pipe. If you're on Facebook, you know what I'm talking about. You're addicted to finding out what's going on with your friends and addicted to telling those friends everything you're doing. You can't stop, even when you're at work.
How To: Rezise your pictures for MMS on an Android phone
Have you been having trouble sending picture messages on your Android device? It could be that the pictures are exceeding the size limits set by your friends' carrier. To ensure that all your picture MMS get seen, follow the instructions in this video.
How To: Side load third party Android applications
Trying to install an app on your Android smartphone that you got somewhere other than the Android market? You'll need to side load it. Watch this video to learn how to side load third party Android apps downloaded on your mobile device.
How To: Change the ringtone on your Android device
Getting a phone call should be music to your ears- no matter who is on the other end. This video will show you how to change the ringtone and notification sound on your Android device. Make your phone your own.
How To: Conserve battery life on your Android phone
Tired of worrying about where you can get your next charge? Watch this video to learn how to save your Android phone's battery life. Don't let your phone charger become a ball and chain, use the techniques shown here to conserve your Android device's battery life.
How To: Secure your Android phone with a lock screen
Concerned about unwanted eyes setting upon the information in your Android phone? This video will show you how to turn on the screen lock feature of your Android smartphone. Keep the information on your Android device to yourself with a lock screen.
How To: Use WiFi booster to extend your iPhone's wireless signal reception
Check out this video if you are interested in learning about improving your jailbroken iPhone's wireless signal reception. This video explains Wifi booster, an app available in Cydia, which removes Apple's barrier against weak wireless signals, giving you more range.
How To: Use Tweetbot and Flipboard to organize your Twitter account
Watch this video to learn how to use Tweetbot and Flipboard. Tweetbot is great for organizing lists in Twitter. Then, you can use Flipboard to create a virtual magazine of your interests. Follow your passions on twitter with these two excellent apps, Tweetbot and Flipboard.
How To: Downgrade your iDevice from iOS 5 beta to iOS 4.3.3
If you want to restore your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad, watch this video to learn how to downgrade your iOS 5 beta iDevice to iOS 4.3.3. You've seen what you wanted to see from the iOS 5 beta, now it's time to get back to a real OS.
How To: Unlike pages on Facebook
Liked out? It is possible to "Like" too much. If you've gone too far expressing your enthusiasm for Facebook fan pages, watch this video to learn how to delete, or unlike, Facebook pages. Manage your Facebook profile like a pro.
How To: Disable Facebook facial recognition for photos
Don't like the idea that Facebook could recognize your face in a friend's photo and suggest they tag you? Take control of your privacy and learn how to disable Facebook's facial recognition feature for photos. You should know when you're going to be tagged in a photo.
How To: Use a proxy to get on Facebook at school
Are you trying to access Facebook when you shouldn't? This video will help. Watch and learn how to use a proxy to get to blocked websites, like Facebook. Now you can go on Facebook and other websites anywhere, even at school.
How To: Disable Facebook's theater mode for viewing photos
Annoyed by being taken to theater mode when viewing photos on Facebook? There's a way to get out of that lightbox that keeps you from interacting with photos. Watch this video to learn 4 techniques for avoiding Facebook theater mode.