Feature Posts on Guiding Tech

Features on Guiding Tech are the posts that showcase a special trick, guide, list.. anything that deserves a special mention. This page lists all those posts. Check them out.

iOS Music App vs Track 8: Two Radically Different Music Players for iPhone Compared

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Music is, for a lot of users, perhaps one of the most important aspects of their smartphones. On the iPhone this is no exception, and in fact, the iPod aspect of the iPhone was the very first feature to be demoed by Steve Jobs when the iPhone was revealed in 2007. Since then, the native [...]

How to Manage Family Safety Settings for Windows 8 Online

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If you are a parent, let us begin by mentioning that we’ve already covered the steps to enable parental controls on Windows 7 and Windows 8. It’s easy to set it up, and change the settings whenever you need to. But the latter requires you to do it on the same computer. What if you [...]

iCab vs Chrome for iOS: Can the Best Paid iOS Browser Compete Against Google’s Free Offering?

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Ever since Chrome was released for iOS devices, it has gained a lot of popularity and has been adopted by a huge number of iPhone, iPod and iPad owners who also use it on their desktop or laptop computers. This fast adoption though, has taken the spotlight away from other very capable web browsers out [...]

2 Great iOS Apps for Sending Cards That You Can Use This Mother’s Day

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Mother’s day is on this Sunday, which means most of us will have to make some preparations to make sure she has the best day possible. Sometimes though, all it takes is a tiny little detail to light up her day. So, if for some reason you are not able to make any preparations or [...]

Top 3 Free Camera Apps for iOS (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad)

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As the cameras on the iPhone (and iOS devices like iPad) and other smartphones have improved substantially over the years, a lot of people have started to use them as they main point and shoot (here are a few tips for some great shots if you phone camera is your main one as well). Apple [...]

Twitter vs Tweetbot: Two Popular iOS Twitter Apps Compared

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There is no doubt that Twitter in itself is a phenomenon. However, with the ease of access that mobile devices bring, it has truly exploded to become an entirely new way of communicating. As a result of this, Apple decided to embed Twitter in iOS, making it an essential part of the mobile operating system [...]

2 Little-Known iTunes Tips to Make it Work Better For You

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For most Mac owners, iTunes is their de-facto music player and syncing hub. However, it is quite surprising that a lot of Mac users don’t know how to make the most of Apple’s media player, something that didn’t change much after the anticipated release of iTunes 11. Today, let’s take a look at a couple [...]

iMessage vs WhatsApp: The 2 Most Popular iOS Messaging Apps Compared

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By default, the iPhone and other iOS devices come with the iMessage app installed. This application, as its name states, allows iOS device owners to send messages to other users who own Apple devices. However, there are other applications in the App Store that provide iOS device owners with other features, like being able to [...]

Convertbot vs Amount: Best Paid iPhone Conversion Apps Compared

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Being a small, portable computer more than just a phone, the iPhone has become a true multipurpose device that can perform even complex tasks like image editing and spreadsheet management. However, its is with simpler, more straightforward tasks that it really shines. A clear example of this is how popular weather, calculator and exchange apps [...]

Phone vs Dialvetica: Can the Native iOS Phone App be Replaced?

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During the introduction of the iPhone in the January of 2007, Steve Jobs said: What’s the killer app? The killer app is making calls!” He was of course, referring to how difficult it was to actually make calls on most smartphones of that time. Then, the iPhone’s interface for making calls (now known simply as [...]

Top 5 Football or Soccer Games for Android Devices

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I stay in England and most of my friends here are kind enough to read my articles (mainly to hunt for mistakes but that’s another story). I knew it before they could tell me that they didn’t dig my top sports apps for Android post much; we are talking about Britons here after all.. how [...]

Pocket vs Readability: Comparing 2 Excellent, Free Read-Later Apps For iOS

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Finding content on the web and being able to save it for later is a great convenience. This is why services like Clipboard, Keeeb and other similar tools exist. Just like these, there are also “read later” services that focus primarily on saving long articles (or even short ones if we are on a hurry) [...]

Instapaper vs Readability: 2 Popular Read-Later Apps For iOS Compared

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Nowadays, with all the information available on the web, it can become a bit overwhelming to try to cover all of it in a short period of time. This is especially true for written articles, since reading takes longer than just any other form of media consumption. Because of this, and the boom of smartphones [...]

Top 10 Free Archivers For Windows, Mac and Linux

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No matter how powerful your computer is and how much room there is on your hard drive, be sure you still need an archiver. Because as soon as you open your email and decide to send a batch of files you’ll realize that sending them as they are will require you to attach every file [...]