This is the second part of iPad tips and tricks that is aimed to help you ease through your iPad tablet.

Have you experienced accidentally deleting an app on your tablet or have deleted an app but now you want it back –especially if you’ve paid something for it? Just proceed to the App Store and download the app again. Look at where the price is located, is should say “Install” instead of “Free” or the price of the app. You can also go to the Purchased icon at the bottom and select “Not On This iPad” and you’ll see app that is associated with your iTunes account.

How about those purchases like virtual icons that your kids buy, without them knowing that you have to pay for this of course. Can you turn them off? You can simply go to Settings>General>Restrictions and tap Enable Restrictions at the top screen. You can then choose to adjust whatever it is that you want to adjust. If in-app purchases is all you need to restrict, then slide the tab over “In-App Purchases”.

More to come in the coming days.

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Though there are a million and one iPad owners out there, there are still thousands upon thousands who lacks the “know-how” on maximizing the abilities of their tablet. Even simple things such as copying things en masse and splitting the on screen keyboard are unknown to some.

Well, here are a few tips on how to enjoy your precious tab.

Copying a lengthy paragraph is a tough job if you’re doing that by tapping the words and highlighting the entire text that you need to copy. There is an easier way of doing it. Simply tap the text the you want to copy quickly four times and you’ll see the entire text will be highlighted in blue. Once done, select if you’d want to copy, cut or delete the selection that you’ve created.

How about splitting the onscreen keyboard? If you’d like to hold the iPad while typing, simply press the virtual keyboard with both thumbs and drag it to each side of the tablet. This will split the keyboard into two groupings, one on each side.

These are some of the few tricks of your iPad. Try it and visit this site because we’ll be posting additional tips in the coming days.

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In a party, rowdy individuals might lift you up and throw you in the pool. If you have been in this situation before, you would not have enough time to grab your phone out of your pocket. The result is a wet phone and some lost pride.

Well, if your iPhone gets wet whether in this case or not, don’t turn it on immediately as you can short circuit your phone. First you can do is towel dry your phone. Never use a hairdryer as this can push moisture into areas that are not wet. You can then submerge your phone in a bowl of uncooked white rice and leave it there.

Want to get a definition of a word? Simply press and hold on a word – in email, reminder, iBooks – and you’ll see a pop-up option for “Define”.

Want to save photos from the web? Simply press and hold on a photo when using Safari. You’ll then be prompted with a menu asking you if you’d like to “Save Image”.

To add a website you often visit to your Home screen, just go to the webpage in Safari, tap the Go To icon on top of the screen and select “Add to Home Screen.”

More tips and tricks to come in the coming days.

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But a ton of individuals can’t maximize their iPhones due to one simple thing: they don’t have time to fiddle with their devices due to time constraint. Well, here are a few tricks that you can do with your iPhones.

Did you know that you can take a photo with your headphone cord? Well you can use the up and down buttons to take a photograph. Just steady your iPhone and focus on the shot you want to take, if you’re ready press the button on the cord and you have a snapshot of the scene.

Close those unwanted suggestion boxes. Well, isn’t it rather irritating to see those spelling suggestions pop up whenever you type, you don’t have to tap the tiny “X” to dismiss the suggestion. You only need to tap anywhere on the screen to close the suggestion box.

Lost your iPhone? If you’ve signed up to the free Find My iPhone app, you can locate your device on a map. You can initiate a loud ring or remotely lock or delete data.

Here are some tips and tricks. More to come in the next days.

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Ladies and Gentlemen, the day has finally arrived. Google has released its browser, the Chrome, for their Android.

Here is a step by step guide in synchronizing Chrome Beta for your Android and Chrome for your desktop.

The first thing you have to do is download and install Chrome Beta on your Android device. Also, bear in mind that you are running the latest version of Chrome installed on your desktop. Once both apps are up and running, sign in to each respective browser using your Google account (note that you have to sign in with the same username to be able to do this). To sign in to you Chrome desktop, you have to go to Preferences, Personal Stuff. Chrome Beta will ask for you to sign in once you launch the app for the first time.

Now that you’ve signed in, launch the desktop version of Chrome and open the Preferences tab. Once in the tab, click on Personal Stuff and then look for the Sign In tab and click on Advanced.

Under the Advanced menu, check the Open Tabs box. You don’t have to change anything when you have enabled Chrome to sync everything. But if you are manually managing what it syncs, you have to check the box next to open tabs.

There you have it. Syncing is as easy as sending a text message.

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Having a portable Wi-Fi device with you is a big help. Being able to share you connection to your friends will make you popular. Unfortunately, carrying with you a portable device that lets you do this is a bit of hassle to some. While these devices are small, the idea of buying one could make you think twice.

Though there are now ways to configure Windows to enable you to create a Wi-Fi hotspot, the process involved could make you think otherwise.

Well, ladies and gentlemen, the answer to your question is here. Connectify is here.

Using Connectify is as easy as 1, 2, and 3.

You first have to download the application on their site and install it in your laptop. Then open the application then set a password and SSID for your hotspot. Then choose the connection that you want to share and click on the large, friendly ‘Start Hotspot’ button and you’re good to go.

There are two versions of Connectify.

There is the free version. This type allows you to share your internet connections. It is a reliable application and does its job fairly well. What’s good is that it features no ads.

The other one is the paid version. This type allows you to rename your hotspot and automatically detects you Internet connection and has product support. You have to shell $29.95 for you to avail of the Pro version.

If you want flexibility, power and you have money to shell, then choose to buy the pro. But the free version is enough if you only want to share your connection to friends. Either way, you won’t be disappointed with this program.

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Sophos reminded users that bogus Facebook stock was offered last year and yesterday’s development of an IPO announcement will likely bring forth in schemes similar to that of last year’s scam.

People should be aware of the possible methods that scammers will use. Naked Security sounded off with a warning that people are out there that could use this to their advantage. The potential of free Facebook stock being used as bait to entice people to click on links or join pages are highly likely.

Facebook even went public on these as they said that, “Investors might think they are getting in on the ground floor of innovative social media companies, but instead find that they may have handed over real money for nonexistent shares.”

People need to be vigilant to these types of modus to protect and shield themselves from these types of scams.

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Computer security developer Trend Micro has unveiled a new malware that could harm your PC’s. This new attack starts with a Facebook post on affected users walls inviting their friends to install a Valentines Day theme on their FB profiles.

Trend Micro said in a blog post, “Clicking the Install button on the page will prompt the download of the malicious file, FacebookChrome.crx which Trend Micro detects as TROJ_FOOKBACE.A. When
executed, TROJ_FOOKBACE.A executes a script that is capable of displaying ads from certain websites.”

These attacks only work when you Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox as your Internet browser.

This is not the first attack of this kind, “but considering that extension-capable browsers are coming to the forefront now, it serves as a waring to all of use that this may be continuing a trend that the malicious entities of the internet are going to follow in the foreseeable future,” the post writes.

These cybercriminals have been wrecking havoc on this popular social networking site and have used these types of tricks in their schemes.

So, to avoid being victimized by these unscrupulous individuals, you better look and study first before clicking any link that could potentially lead you to damaging your computers.

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But according to iPhonefaq, the jailbreak that is being used by Apple can be used for Windows too. This jailbreak has been unethered and can be installed on any Apple device using its latest iOS – iOS 5.0.1. Those who use their Windows PCs have to back-up their device first and then update their device to the latest OS.

Here is a short list of what you need to do after backing up your device:

1. Download Absinthe for Windows
2. Unzip the file
3. Run the Absinthe.exe file after extracting it
4. Tether the iPhone 4S or iPad 2 to the Windows PC using the sync cable
5. Click Jailbreak

The iPhone screen will show a message saying Restore in Progress, similar to that of the Mac. This process may take time to finish and after the device restarts, an Absinthe widget will appear on the gadget. Click or tap the widget and let the device do the needful. Once this is done, the device will again reboot with the Cydia Icon appearing on the screen. This suggests a successful jailbroken device.

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Antivirus makers Sophos discovered the scam a few weeks ago. They said that the scam has already collected a total of 45,000 passwords and login information from Facebook.

In a blog post, the company explained that the scam works by asking FB members to click on a series of links that will enable them to change their profiles background color. This usually includes a survey hosted by a site outside of Facebook.

Graham Cluley of Sophos wrote, “Predictably, the point of all of this sharing is to drive more traffic to the scammers’ link where an online survey will pop-up. The more people who take the survey, the more commission that the scammers will earn.”

He also added that the scam usually uses the tricks that past scams have used to spread viruses throughout Facebook. This includes instructions to share links to their friends and comment on their profiles.

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For those of you who are having problems with the number of errors you make typing in an iPad, you are not alone.

Iphone and iPad developer in UK, Dave Addey, even has the same trouble as most mortals when typing in an iPad. He wondered why he was getting a ton of mistakes typing in his device. So he recorded the screen while he typed and found out which keys registered a touch and the order in which they registered.

He analyzed results he found on the video and one of his findings are that some keystrokes on the keyboard did not record in the document. An example of which is when he typed “i have”, the result became “iave”. The auto correct function automatically kicked in and corrected the word and typed “image”. Still an error considering that you typed the words “i have”.

So what would be the best tip to type faster? Practice, practice and more practice.

For those who need assistence, an app that teaches users how to “Taptype” is also available in the AppStore. But faster and more reliable means however,  it would be still  be smart to bring with you a physical keyboard such as Apple’s wireless Bluetooth keyboard or purchase a case with a keyboard attachment such as this one from Logitech.

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Android owners beware!

Top AntiVirus software maker, Kaspersky Lab, said that malicious files that are targeting Android based gadgets will increase this year. During the second half of 2011, the latter has targeted Android’s the most.

According to Kaspersky’s Cyberthreat forecast for 2012, “the unwanted attention that the Android platform has received from virus writers will intensify. In 2012, cybercriminals targeting mobile platforms will focus heavily on creating malware for Google Android.”

They also added that, “the dramatic growth in malicious programs for Android in the second half of 2011 saw Google’s operating system rank first among mobile platforms in terms of the number of threats. There is little to suggest that the virus writers will shift their focus in the near future.”

The increase can be attributed to the increase in the number of individuals using their mobile gadgets for Internet to do online transactions such as banking and shopping.

“Mobile espionage – data theft from mobile phones and the tracking of subjects using their telephones and geolocation services – will become widespread going well beyond the traditional use of such technologies by law enforcement agencies and private investigation companies.” The company added.

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In line with this, Google has come up with a few reminders of obvious-but-often-overlooked practices in keeping your online accounts secure by choosing smart passwords.

Michael Santerre, Google’s consumer operations associate, posted a list of common problems and their solutions in the official Gmail blog. Take a look and see if you have been doing any of these.

Problem 1: Re-using passwords across websites

Solution: Use unique passwords for every account such as selecting a phrase and using the first letter of every world in the phrase. You can also try swapping out letters for symbols.

Problem 2: Using common passwords or words found in the dictionary

Solution: Use a password with a mix of letters, numbers, and symbols. You can also choose two random words and put them together along with symbols.

Problem 3: Using passwords based on personal data

Solution: Your personal data can be easily found in the web social networking sites. Avoid using names of pets or children, birthdays, phone numbers and addresses.

Problem 4: Writing down your password and storing it in an unsecured place.

Solution: Don’t make it easier for others to hack your accounts. That list of complex and hard-to-guess passwords you came up would be useless if someone else found that slip of paper lying beside you computer.

Problem 5: Recalling your password.

Solution: Make sure your password recovery options are up-to-date and secure.

Again, please take the time in making sure your online accounts are safe. Just this week, thousands of Hotmail accounts were exposed through what authorities believe as phishing. Other reports say some Gmail and Yahoo accounts were also exposed. Don’t wait until yours become public too.

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To help sort out apps you might want to take a look at, PC World compiled a list of the top five apps that’ll help you find – yep, apps. Here’s what they came up:

App Miner

This app does what its name says: it mines for app treasures. And by app treasures, we mean those that’ll help you save a few bucks by keeping tabs on apps that are currently in bargain price in a master list. The App Miner lets you filter the list into free and paid apps, making it easier for those who doesn’t want to shell out some dough.

App Gems

App Gems helps users decide what app to get by providing user reviews for each app. Its provides a capsulated description and recommendations for the app, allowing you to somehow get the feel of what the app is all about.

App Sniper

AppSniper is similar to the App Miner, providing users with a list of apps whose prices have been dropped. The difference is that this app costs $1. To make up for the price though, the AppSniper is faster and has a more sophisticated-looking interface than the latter.

Fluke

If you have absolutely no idea what app you’d want to download and you just want to leave the choosing to the er – hands of faith, then Fluke is the app for you.

This is a free app that shows you a random app at a time, perhaps making it more exciting by finding out apps you’ve never even thought to exist. If you want a bit more direction to your random search though, you can also choose to filter it by free or paid and by category.

The App Store

The last but uhm, not the least, is the App Store. According to the PCWorld, this is still the fastest way to search directly for apps, especially with the new Genius function that helps users find apps that are similar or related to the ones they’ve got.

Peace out!

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