Have you ever heard a catchy song on the radio and missed the title or artist of the song? I hate when that happens.There’s nothing worse than having a song stuck in your head that you wish you could add to your iPod but can’t find out who in the […]

Have you ever traveled to a city and unexpectedly needed a hotel room? It’s usually an unpleasant experience to try and frantically look up hotels on your mobile device on various hotel sites. The whole time you’re just hoping you won’t have to fork over your whole paycheck to book

As Mother’s Day approaches I thought it would be helpful to take a closer look at a few of the card sending apps that the Google Play Store has to offer. With the ever-present convenience of e-mail, e-cards, and text messages it’s rare to actually receive a real card in the mail

There are a number of third party app stores for Android phones, but it is difficult to know which ones to trust. Amazon has created its own third party store and made it available for all Android devices, ensuring security and quality. I. Getting the Appstore 1. The first thing

If you are true smartphone addict you probably know where your phone is at all times, either in your hands or in your pocket. Unfortunately we’ve all experienced that sudden wave of panic when you realize you can’t find your phone and it seems like for a just a moment

Having so many choices for apps on the android phone is useful, productive, and fun, but how do you manage your apps on your phone? Fortunately, your phone can be customized and different apps managed by selecting apps and using multiple home-screens to organize your phone for a personalized, productive

You don’t have to be a professional chef to cook like one or at least try to cook like one in my case. Now with so many smartphone apps out there dedicated to recipes it’s easy to find new ways to spice up your boring dinner routine. The hard part

Besides downloading apps, it is possible to surf the web and download documents, videos, and mp3’s to your phone. What happens to all of that data? What about the downloads you want to keep? Worse, what if you download something by accident and want to remove the downloaded material from

I am not a fan of waiting in the doctor’s office and admittedly have to be on my death-bed before I’ll pick up the phone to make an actual in-office appointment.  I’m sure my mother is shaking her head reading this, but it’s just one of those things I dread going

As a true night owl sleep is something that I find hard to commit too especially when there are so many other things I could be doing (writing for TheUnlockr, browsing the web, laundry etc). Sadly it seems as though when I finally do catch a nice wave of slumber

The Galaxy Attain 4G is a relatively new device available on MetroPCS and a mid-range phone at that – this makes it a low priority device for most of the devs.  But some owners of this device are not sitting quiet and due to their hard work, the Galaxy Attain

Google Play online lets you see what apps you have installed, and lets you install apps to a particular device. It can be helpful if you’ve switched devices, or decided to reinstall an app, but couldn’t remember what it was called. I. Accessing the Online Store 1. Go to https://play.google.com/store?hl=en&tab=w8. 2.

The camera on any phone can sometimes be difficult to under for a first time user. Windows phone is no exception. Here is all you need to know to use your camera like a pro. I. Opening the Camera App There are a few ways to open the camera app.

An interesting feature in Windows Phone is the ability to organize your contacts into groups on the phone. Doing this allows not only for quick access to certain contacts within each group, but also allows you do only see facebook/twitter/linked in statuses and pictures for those particular people in each

Creating folders helps keep apps and documents together and makes navigation on a phone easier. On Android phones there is an easy way to create and manage folder to free up app clutter and keep important files together. I. Creating Folders 1. Choose which screen you want to place a