Apple Pay is slowly being adopted by different retail businesses and banks. To easily find out if Apple Pay is available at a location you plan to visit, you can check in Maps before visiting a store.
There’s a Smart Home Device for Closing Your Blinds
By Conner Carey
Easily installed to existing windows, AXIS Gear allows you to control or automate your window shades with your iPhone. The Indiegogo project is looking to fundraise the manufacturing of its product. You can set scheduling to open the morning blinds and lower them at sunset. Control your curtains with or without iPhone via the AXIS gear motor; it's also fully compatible with other smart home systems.
How to Use 3D Touch to Peek at Web Pages without Actually Opening Them
By Sarah Kingsbury
Whether you encounter a link in an email, a text, or while browsing the web, as long as you have an iPhone 6s or 6s Plus, you can use 3D Touch to preview the web page in Safari without actually opening it.
Review: Cushion and Protect Your Tablet with Yogibo
By Todd Bernhard
I was at New York City Comic Con a while ago, and the kind folks from Yogibo had a variety of their comfortable "un-beanbag" chairs available for weary convention goers to try. They are extremely comfortable, in part due to their "zero friction" modules which are less restrictive than traditional beanbag chairs. But I noticed they had smaller, pillow-sized items.
How to Turn off Frequently Visited Sites in Safari
By Conner Carey
When you open a new tab in Safari, it gives you suggestions for frequently visited websites. This feature can be turned off in Settings.
5 Amazing Etsy iPhone Docks We’re Loving
By Conner Carey
It’s easy to forget about Etsy when you’re looking for tech accessories. The make, buy, sell e-store focuses on vintage or handmade items usually sold by individuals or small businesses. You’ll often find great prices paired with high quality goods plus you’re supporting artists. Step with me into the rabbit hole of Etsy iPhone docks.
Turn Off Siri Suggestions in Seconds
By Conner Carey
Siri tracks your iPhone habits, including who you contact, which apps you use, and where you are in order to provide Siri Suggestions in Spotlight Search. However, if you’d rather Siri didn’t anticipate your every search, you can turn off Siri suggestions.
Apple Features Celebrities in iPhone 6s Commercials
By Conner Carey
Apple has been on a commercial releasing frenzy, which would be irritating if they weren’t so darn short and cute. This time, the company is featuring the new iPhone 6s, likely getting ready for the holiday season. I don’t mind; watching Bill Hader eat a sandwich and talk to Siri is my kind of commercial.
How to Quickly Delete an Alarm from Your iPhone
By Conner Carey
Depending on how long you've had an Apple device, you may remember that you had to tap the Edit button to delete alarms in the native Apple Clock app. Now, it's even easier to delete an alarm. Keep reading to find out how!
How to Change Video-Recording Resolution on iPhone
By Conner Carey
Maybe you want to make a video with your iPhone camera, but you don't need it to be high resolution. After all, high-quality videos look gorgeous, but they also take up a lot of storage space. Here’s how to change the video resolution on your iPhone.
Save 5 Percent on Apple Watch at Target
By Todd Bernhard
Don’t Have Live Photos? Use Boomerang by Instagram
By Conner Carey
You don’t need 3D Touch to take a gif-like video, and it seems Instagram saw an open market after Apple's Live Photos release: meet the app Boomerang (free) for capturing short loop videos. Boomerang shoots a burst of 10 images and strings them together to create a mini video. From there, you can share the burst to your phone, Facebook, or Instagram.
How to Turn Live Photos into GIFs
By Conner Carey
Currently, Live Photos can only be viewed from an Apple device running on iOS 9 or later and Macs running OS X El Capitan. Others will see only the still version of the Live Photos. However, iPhone 6s and 6s Plus users are eager for those Live Photos to be shareable beyond that limited circle of Apple users. Here’s how to create a GIF from a Live Photo so you can share it with anyone.
How to Remove Apps from Spotlight Search
By Rachel Needell
Spotlight Search allows you to search your apps but can also be used to search within an app. Each new app that you download is automatically added to Spotlight Search. However, you might not want some apps showing up in Spotlight Search, like the Notes app or the Photos app, in case they have private content.
Adjust Touch Sensitivity to Navigate Your iPhone with Ease
By Conner Carey
Your iPhone has a feature called Haptic Touch that lets you tap and hold certain items to get extra options and open menus quickly. Haptic Touch makes navigating your iPhone faster and more intuitive. However, the default sensitivity can make this feature difficult to trigger or, conversely, too easy to trigger when you're not trying to. Here's how to adjust your iPhone's touch sensitivity.
