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Does your proposed payment method rely on your mobile phone? Ensure that its sufficiently charged up to be used at the beginning and end of your entire journey. You can only benefit from the Pay As You Go Daily Capping if the same payment method is used at all journeys within the day. If you…
Did you know you can carry out many useful app tasks by simply pressing and holding down it’s icon on the Home Screen? The screen below shows the options available for my media player, which can include the ability to remove the icon or uninstall the app itself (to avoid looking for it in the…
Just tried out a cool feature of my Samsung Galaxy A51 and A52 smartphones – Bedtime mode! As you can see, it puts the entire phone in monochrome mode as well as silencing any sounds, as a way of discouraging you from using it ! To check if your Samsung Galaxy supports Bedtime mode, search…
Do you know that if a SIM card can be de-activated by the provider … simply because it isn’t regularly used? Even if you’re only using the SIM to receive calls or text messages, or on wi-fi to use the internet and email, you must make a chargeable call or text every few months. All…
Before Monday 8th April 2024 – You need to watch any programs you have downloaded using this application onto any PC or Mac. The application is being shut down by BBC. Even now, BBC have discontinued this application’s ability to download from their website any new programmes from their site onto your PC or Mac…
When buying a smartphone nowadays, you need to check IF it takes a Micro SD card. The latest Samsung Galaxy, the S23 Ultra doesn’t contain a storage card option. Instead it comes in variety of storage sizes – 256GB, 512GB and a whopping 1TB, with the top level costing you an eye-watering £1.5k if bought…
Conserve your laptop, tablet or smartphone’s battery power by keeping Bluetooth turned off whenever you’re not using it. The only time you need it on is to support a headset or to send or receive files with other nearby device users. It will also keep your device more secure from potential hackers who scan their…
Do you use Citymapper on your smartphone to plan journeys? If you, you could become frustrated that journey results shown are those which involve a train, tube or tram – when you want to use buses only (especially if you rely on the ramps to board and disembark). Citymapper still has the option to show…
Struggling with poor sound quality during a video-conference call in Zoom? If so, this super little tip – which takes just a minute to do – can restore your ability to hear others, and be heard. It did yesterday for me during a meeting when the host said they couldn’t hear me even though I…
This video gives clear, step by step guidance on how to join (and leave) a meeting from an iPad. Many beginners find such a device the easiest way of using Zoom.