Tech Device Reviews

If you have had an iPhone for years, you should probably use the $ 29 reduced Apple replacement before it ends in December 2018. Owners of the iPhone 6 and later models are entitled to special prices once it has been determined that the company strangled the processors of these devices to compensate for defective batteries.



But how do you take Apple to his offer? And, more importantly, how do you determine if you qualify at all? Fortunately, the whole process is very simple, although everyone will try to order a replacement battery from now until the end of the year, you might wait a bit.

While Barclays reported in February that battery waiting times were reduced to four weeks after the announcement of the program, this trend seems short-lived. Recent data from Barclays indicate average delays of three and a half to four weeks, while some clients have been asked to wait longer than two months. In mid-April, 9to5Mac reported that many Apple dealers were calling for external help, including contractors, to meet the growing demand for battery repairs. The messages would have been linked to the website of the representatives of the Apple Store itself.

That is, as a personal anecdote, there is no waiting, depending on where you go. I replaced the battery of my iPhone 7 at the end of April and did not have to wait. In fact, in less than two hours, I was out of the Apple Store with an iPhone with service. Their luck may vary, although this is more than a reason to sign up for different locations.

How do you know if you are eligible
To benefit from the reduced price, you must have an iPhone 6 or later model (including iPhone SE) out of warranty, without significantly affecting the installation of the battery. Interestingly enough, although Apple's original announcement dictated that the offer be made available only to customers "whose batteries need to be replaced," the discount is actually available to all users, regardless of the health of their phone's current battery.

Previously, Apple's diagnostic test classified a used battery as a battery that maintained 80% or less of its original capacity. This is also the stage at which the iPhone 6 and later models running at least iOS 10.2.1 will begin to limit performance. However, this threshold has nothing to do with this action, which means that if you have a qualified iPhone, you probably should change the battery this year to extend the life of your phone, whether you really need it or not Battery or not

How to check the condition of your battery
However, if you want to know exactly how exhausted your battery is before you send it in for repair, you have a few options. You can start directly from the source: Apple can perform a remote diagnostic test by contacting a support expert.

Snapchat has again redesigned. Yes, after a change that gave users tabs to control how they see stories, chats, and more, there's another change. But do not worry, dear reader, we have covered it.

Snapchat has evolved from an application with a handful of obvious and obvious applications to a social media platform where you can broadcast your life and view content from a wide range of sources. Snapchat currently has 187 million active users a day, an increase of 18 percent over the previous year, but its parent Snap recently admitted that the design of the app was not intuitive for many.

The service is so popular that NBC produces a daily news program exclusively aired on Snapchat, and the work of artist Jeff Koons is also shown virtually in the app. Here's how to start taking photos and videos and become a Snapchat expert.

Find everything on the new Snapchat
The new Snapchat design, which was announced on November 29, 2017, reached most people in early February 2018, annoying many users of the application, redesigning the interface, taking notes with friends, and bringing the cats together on the left screen , And although Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel, he said the change was permanent, months of complaints, including a Change.org petition that has received more than 1.25 million signatures, led the company to reconsider its overhaul.


Now the stories of your friends live on the good screen as before. The only difference is that they now appear as rectangular tiles rather than appearing in a list. On the left screen, Snapchat still has the Tabbed Friends interface, which will be delivered in April, with 1 to 1 conversations separate from group chats. A yellow dot appears next to unopened sections where it has new content.

Transferring the stories left by friends to the screen should distinguish between their personal relationships and the content of brands and celebrities. Celebrities, including Chrissy Teigen, asked how the Snapchat response will be changed, while the YouTubeTuber MKBHD (Marques Brownlee) technology is driven by regret that the updated application will alienate the look of the creators of professional content.

To find your own content on the profile page, touch the icon in the upper left corner of the Home screen, usually a bitmoji. Here you will find your own publications and the opportunity to add friends.

To upload photos or videos to Snapchat
1. Tap to capture, press and hold to capture the video.

Once you are on the main Snapchat screen, taking pictures is easy enough for those who have already used the cameras on their phones. Otherwise, here's a quick guide: Touch an area of the image your phone is about to focus on. Touch the big round circle to take a picture. Keep the circle big and round to record a video.

2. Save your own photos.

The icon to the right of the timer, an arrow down, allows you to empty the photo you just took in the traditional gallery on your phone. This is useful if you want to save your photo for future use, as there is no other way to do it after you send the image.

3. Set the time limit for the image.


Tap the stopwatch icon in the lower left corner and you can set the time when your image should be available to a friend. You can walk the whole blink and you will lose it for 1 second up to a maximum duration of 10 seconds.

4. Add a title.
Touch in the center of the image and you can add text to your photo or video. Tap the T icon to change the title of a line to a larger text block. After writing a title for your snapshots, you can move, squeeze, and zoom the text to place it where you want it. Before you can snap and expand the caption, you must set the text in the larger font by tapping the T icon.

If you're a little nostalgic for "drawing something," you can also touch the icon in the upper-right corner of the screen to draw directly on your image using the different colors of a virtual pen.

5. Send your photos.

Click the arrow icon in the lower right corner to get your photo ready send. Above is the list of your friends. Select all who want to receive your picture, breathe again and click on the arrow in the lower right corner.

How to use additional sources on Snapchat

Snapchat's Android users are getting a wealth of new resources to test the text they use to decorate their photos. Just take a photo or video and tap the T icon above, and you should see a drop-down menu on the keyboard, showing a variety of sources that you can select, touch and navigate by scrolling to the left and to the right, IOS users are still waiting for this new option.


IPhone owners do not have to hold their finger on the shutter to record videos on Snapchat as long as they know this secret trick. Open the setup application and select General. Then touch Accessibility and select AssistiveTouch, which will display a white dot on the screen.

Next, set the switch next to AssistiveTouch to On, and then tap Create New Gesture. Then hold the center of the screen in a tight circle until the recording bar is full. Tap Save in the top right corner, name it an unforgettable day like SnapVideo and tap Save. Now tap the AssistiveTouch balloon on the Snapchat Registration screen. Select Custom, and then select SnapVideo (or whatever you call).

You will see a new circular icon. When you're ready to record, drag it to the Record button and draw without hands. As you draw this pattern yourself, this process may require repeated efforts, but it is worthwhile to facilitate video capture. There still seems to be no Android method, but leave a comment if you know one.

Discover videos on Snapchat
Slide the screen to the left to switch to the Discover screen. At the top of the screen, Snapchat has a grid of images displaying photos and videos from brands such as ESPN, Comedy Central, and CNN.

Slide your finger to the left to go to the next click, press and hold to send a module to a friend, and then drag to end the transfer. Tapping the globe icon in the upper-right corner of the Stories screen will allow you to see more brands, such as B. Refinery29, Vice and Food Network.



To show Snapchat posts
If you get a snapchat, or if you just want to snap the pictures or videos that Snapchat wants to have its friends sent (just registration, no media), drag your finger to the right to look for the camera's "friends" page when you see to see a message, a number will be displayed to the right of a name.

Once you're on the news screen, you'll see any new pictures or videos that your friends have sent you with a square or an arrow icon and a "touch to see" message below them. Do not do that unless you are really ready to see the picture or video as this will start the countdown for how long you can see it. When the time runs out, the message goes to the "press twice to reply" prompt. Do it to continue your Snapchat conversation.


When viewing a story, you can tap to go forward, swipe left to go to the next user, and down to exit.

How to send an SMS on Snapchat

If you want to send text messages without photos, swipe down, enter a friend's name to find your account, and select your address. You can also search for names on the friend page, but the new ranking makes it a bit difficult.

Write your note and click Submit. These messages will destroy themselves as soon as they have seen, and if one of you take a screenshot of the chat log, Snapchat will inform the other person.

How to remove DM Snapchat
Did you make a mistake in a text sent via the group? Are you accidentally sending a spoiler to a loved one? If you touch faster than your friend when opening the app, you will not be able to see the text.

Tap and hold the message, and then tap Delete. However, this is not perfect because your contacts are notified that you have deleted a message.

Alexa's new basic Alexa chip speaker, which was broadcasting a private conversation, gave more control over how the smart speaker - used in a criminal case - heard the CD. Fortunately, there are ways to see the recorded information and clear the audio.



To understand how you can erase the history of your site, thanks to the relevant news in Arkansas, where the police want to return Amazon the e-mailed information to the server, the defendant is in a murder trial. As reported in the Bulletin, James Bates pleaded for the murder charge after a man was found dead in Bentonville, Arkansas.


This information does not know what could be transmitted by an echo speaker. And there are still seven, but they're only recording after they say Wake Microphones are "official" or "Amazon". The statement that "often can be accidentally triggered" are echo microphones.

Amazon has twice refused, according to court documents, to return documents sent by Echo. However, the company provided a copy of Bates' account information and purchase history. According to the police, they were also extracted from the echo data.

Delete your Alexa story
If you disagree with the idea of ​​having a voice recording around the old one, there is a way to erase the data on the website, if you are inclined to do so. However, before you delete, remember that you are essentially erasing the memory of a special AI, as archery information is better for you.

Nevertheless, you can delete the history of your website and delete records.


1. Open the application information on the smartphone and press the Menu key to open the sidebar.

2. Select Settings.


3. Select History. Here you can see audio recordings retained by your device.

4. Select a recording.

5. Select Delete voice recordings. If you want to scrub Alexa clean of all recordings, you've got a lot of tapping ahead of you.

Or, you can visit the Amazon content page and tools to delete all your records at the same time. Select Tools, click the website you want to clean up, and select Set sound recording. Select the option that allows you to delete everything.