How to change your Google Voice number if you want to direct calls for work or personal reasons

You can change a Google Voice number for $10 or port your current phone number to a Google Voice account so both numbers can ...

Your phone rings, and it's a number from Sweden. Do you answer? A Nobel Prize winner didn't

Two winners in Japan, seven hours ahead of Stockholm, were awake and working when the call came from a Swedish number. One ...
How-To Geek on MSN

Is Your iPhone Real? Here’s How to Check

To verify this, find your iPhone’s serial number. Go to Settings > General > About, then long-press the "Serial Number" to ...
Android Police

4 ways to check if your phone is carrier locked

Phones are an integral part of our lives, and ensuring they have a stable internet connection is crucial. Everyone has a carrier they use. Sometimes that connection may not be as reliable as we hope.
SlashGear

13 Settings To Turn Off Or On In Your Android Phone

Android phones are lauded for being feature-rich and highly customizable. However, most of them have a lot of baked-in features that are enabled by default. This is often done to offer a smooth and ...
Daily Post Nigeria

Concerns as bandits continue to unleash terror on security operatives

Security operatives in Nigeria have come under several attacks by criminal elements in the past few weeks, leading to the killing of scores of them. DAILY ...
Sydney Morning Herald

I left my phone at the airport during transit. Things got worse from there

It starts with one small, critical mistake: leaving my phone behind at the gate. During a layover in Doha, I’ve plugged my phone in to charge and closed my eyes to rest while waiting for the next leg ...
ZDNet

Slow Android phone? Changing these 4 settings revitalized my whole system

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. As a person who covers consumer tech for a living, I get to use a few dozen smartphones every year. While I almost always advise on which is the ...

How to know if someone blocked your phone number on an Android

You can't know for sure if someone has blocked you on an Android without asking the person, but there is a method you can use ...
GameSpot

How To Check Your Stats In Battlefield 6

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Unlike many other multiplayer first-person shooters on the market, the Battlefield franchise hasn't always been keen to allow players to check their ...
The New York Times

How to Use Your Phone to Make Life Better

We independently review everything we recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more› By Haley Jo Lewis Haley Jo Lewis is a newsletters editor. She has contributed to ...
New York Magazine

How I Won the War Against My Phone — Thanks to the Brick

I don’t remember exactly when it happened. Probably around 2012, when I downloaded Instagram to my iPhone and posted my first heavily filtered image. In the years that followed, the iPhone, which had, ...