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Best Practices for Keeping Your Business Devices Secure
(Sponsored Post) By Tamlin Day on Wed, 11/27/2019
How secure is your small business? Are any of your passwords "Password?" Are you at risk of malware being accidentally installed in the office? Unfortunately, these are all real risks that any business can face, regardless of the size of your company. Fortunately, there are best practices that you can follow to keep your small business secure.
Everything you'll ever need to know about listening to radio on the iPhone - Part II
By Werner Ruotsalainen
PART II CONTINUED FROM HERE
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Everything you'll ever need to know about listening to radio on the iPhone - Part I
By Werner Ruotsalainen
The iPhone is an ideal platform for listening to online radio stations. In this article, I explain everything you’ll ever need to know about all this. You’ll learn how radio stations can be listened to on even non-jailbroken iPhones, without any hacks to play stations in the background; I also present a very thorough comparison of currently available third-party radio software.
First and foremost, let’s take a closer look at the built-in, out-of-the-box radio support.
1. Built-in capabilities: QuickTime
All versions of the iPhone (and, of course, the iPod Touch – from now on, I refer to all these as “iPhone”), under OS3, already have support for playing back some (not all!) possible radio stream types.
New SafeWallet Contest this week!!
By Nate Adcock
Our friends over at SBSH have kindly offered to sponsor another giveaway of the latest released version 1.1 of the excellent SafeWallet which now sports the ability to sync your data with a PC. So, you know the drill... Comment here on this post (in a non spam-like manner) on the virtues of the method that you employ to secure your data, and you just might win a copy of this excellent product! We are giving away 3 copies, so get your comments in before Friday, 24 July 2009--11PM EST..
Another IM and Web browser roundup update: e.g., Push version of fring
By Werner Ruotsalainen
I’ve just finished updating the One and only REAL iPhone Instant Messenger roundup and the iPhone Web browser roundup, elaborating on the latest changes and news.
Making kids smarter, one Smart Kid at a time
By Anonymous
Smart Kid - English basics lite (free) by Viralint is great! Upon opening it up you can choose to get learn a bit about it, go into settings, where you can set up some parameters, or start right in with sentence completion, choosing from a difficulty level of1 to 6.
App-A-Day Project: Spot The Bug
By Eric Pankoke
Now from the name you're probably thinking this is some boring programmer's game or an insect variation of "Where's Waldo?". In actuality it's an interesting take on the match 3 genre. Unfortunately, like most of the games in this series to date, it suffers from inadequate controls and hasty implementation. Here we go again...
SBSH SafeWallet for iPhone updated - Introducing PC Companion with full syncing capabilities!
By Nate Adcock
“July 13, 2009 - SBSH announced an exciting update for its SafeWallet for iPhone to version 1.1! Introducing new PC Companion, iPhone 3.0 support, custom templates creation and editing and much more!”
Concert Vault: free app for listening to whole concerts
By Jim Karpen
Out of the over 50,000 apps in the App Store, MacWorld magazine picked Concert Vault as the best app of 2009. This free app lets you enter in your favorite band or artist, and then you can listen via streaming audio to an actual concert that was recorded sometime in the past — U2, early Bruce Springsteen, Janis Joplin. The collection spans the 1960s through today. Obviously not every band or artist will be represented, and the current ones less so. But hopefully you'll find something you'll like from among the thousands of concerts.
Erase data after 10 failed passcodes
By Anonymous (not verified)
You can set a passcode on your iPhone or iPod touch to keep your data secure. To do this:
- Go to Settings >General >Passcode Lock and enter a four-number passcode. (Please make it a little more challenging than “1234.”)
If security is very important to you, you may want to set the “Erase Data” option. When set, this option wipes your storage memory clean after 10 consecutive failed attempts to enter the passcode. To activate this:
- Go to the Set Passcode screen as described above.
- After you have entered a passcode and confirmed it, a second screen labeled “Passcode Lock” appears. Slide the “Erase Data” button to the on position
Apple’s Online Help site for the iPhone and iPod touch Need some help with your iPhone or iPod touch?
By Anonymous (not verified)
The full user manuals in PDF format can be downloaded from Apple’s Web site (apple.com/support). Apple also has online help sites for both devices, formatted for the smaller screens. You can access them by pointing Safari at the following Web addresses:
Wi-Fi in Airplane Mode
By Anonymous (not verified)
In the last issue, we published a news item about airlines introducing in-flight Wi-Fi. The iPhone 2.0 software and later versions allow you to use Wi-Fi while in Airplane Mode. To do this, enable Airplane Mode first and then switch on Wi-Fi
Set timer to stop playing music
By Anonymous (not verified)
It’s easy to fall asleep while listening to music or watching a video late at night. If you find yourself doing this a lot, you can set a sleep timer that will stop playing music or video, and close any other open app after a specific period of time. Here’s how you do it:
No sound on iPhone or iPod touch?
By Anonymous (not verified)
Note that the iPod touch 2G has built-in speakers, but the first generation Touch does not. You must use the earphones that came with the device. If you can’t hear any sound coming from your device, check out the obvious things first:
Infant app's for child development
By Anonymous
I’ve recently had the opportunity to review Mantaray Creative Labs iBaby Buddy ($1.99) and like what I see with one caveat. From the get go it should be obvious that you take risks handing over a several hundred dollar iPhone to an infant, I could easily imagine the lady at the Apple Genius bar asking if my iPhone got wet and my saying, “Does my baby teething on it count?” But with that caveat, and a parents desire to give their children the best learning opportunities they can, I think this is a use of the iPhone worth following.
Display traffic conditions in Maps
By Anonymous (not verified)
Maps gives you turn-by-turn directions to your destination and displays a map of the route that you can zoom in on for greater detail. You can also have the map display driving conditions in certain areas. To turn on this feature, set up your trip and go to the map view. Tap on the page-turn icon in the lower right corner and tap on the button labeled “Show Traffic.” (If traffic condition info is not available, the button is grayed out and labeled “Traffic Unavailable In This Area.”) The map is now displayed with the roads highlighted in green, yellow, or red to indicate the driving conditions.
Saving trip directions
By Anonymous (not verified)
You can’t save a specific trip in the Maps application, but you can bookmark starting and ending points, and select them to recreate the trip. Tap on the Maps search button and enter the starting or ending address. A push pin will appear on the map, with a label indicating the address you entered. Tap on the arrow to the right of the label and select “Add to Bookmarks” at the bottom of the page. (You should immediately bookmark your home and work addresses, since most trips will originate or end at one of these two locations.)