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How to switch on or off roaming on a Samsung Galaxy

Turning on or off data roaming on a Samsung Galaxy

Going on holiday? Want to know how to turn roaming on or off? Travelling with your Samsung Galaxy is great for keeping up to date with emails, calls and texts, but there is a hidden danger of massive bills when … Continue reading

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How to switch on or off roaming on Windows Phone 8

Turning on or off data roaming in Windows Phone 8

Going on holiday? Want to know how to turn roaming on or off? Travelling with your Windows Phone is great for keeping up to date with emails, calls and texts, but there is a hidden danger of massive bills when … Continue reading

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How to switch on or off roaming on an iPhone using iOS6

Turning on or off data roaming on an iPhone

Going on holiday? Want to know how to turn roaming on or off? Travelling with your iPhone is great for keeping up to date with emails, calls and texts, but there is a hidden danger of massive bills when you … Continue reading

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How to switch on or off roaming in Android’s Jelly Bean v4.2

Turning on or off data roaming in jelly bean

Going on holiday? Want to know how to turn roaming on or off? Travelling with your phone is great for keeping up to date with emails, calls and texts, but there is a hidden danger of massive bills when you … Continue reading

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How do I update my iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch via iTunes?

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If you have a old iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch and you cannot get over the air updates then this is the guide for you. This guide for updating via iTunes, there is also an easier way if you have iOS5 … Continue reading

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How do I update my iPhone, iPad and iPod touch?

You'll see this message if iOS is up to date. (Ignore the version number, that is just a demonstration)

I am finding increasingly that people love their Apple products but not bothering to take advantage of software updates for them. There are plenty of advantages of keeping your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch up to date. From improvements to … Continue reading

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How to setup a Yahoo or BTInternet.com email account on an iPhone?

iPhone 5 Email

When setting-up an email account, whether it is a computer or mobile phone, sometimes the device cannot automatically pick-up the correct settings for a Yahoo.com or BTinternet.com email address. For example, when I have been setting up a clients’ iPhone … Continue reading

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What is cloud computing?

Ketwords of clound computing (Image by Daniel Iversen @ Flickr)

It is basically the idea that you store your data (securely) online rather than on a single computer. This makes it accessible anytime and from anywhere. So you literally put your data’ up in the clouds’.

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How secure is online banking?

Typical online banking login screen

I get asked ‘is online banking safe?’ at least once a month. The fact is a majority of banks have made important steps in recent years to making online banking a much safer and secure experience. Banks now have various … Continue reading

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Setup Hotmail on iPhone or iPad (pre-iOS5)

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Since the arrival of iOS5 many iPad and iPhone users have been dumbfounded as to how to retrieve their hotmail emails. The setup was far to complicated for the average user. But for those with older models that cannot take … Continue reading

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