Posted by Apurva Tripathi on May 11, 2013 in iPad,iPhone

Teaching kids to learn phonics can be a daunting task. Kids won’t listen to you and you will soon get frustrated. Best way out is to make use of technology and get it done by those who know it best. Barbara Milne is one such early childhood teacher. Barbara Milne is a well known name and with with over 2 million CDs sold, 25 million views and 35000+ subscribers on YouTube, parents and children from all over the world have discoveRead More...

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Posted by Apurva Tripathi on February 20, 2013 in iPhone,Tech Spotlight

The best camera is the always the one you have with you, always! It won’t take more than a second to realize what it is – it is your iPhone! There are some add-on lenses which will up your mobile photo game. iPhones are now able to rival many point-and-shoot cameras. iPhones carry digital zoom and not optical zoom, which would require a telescoping lens. Digital zooms crop the middle section of what the sensor sees and then enlarge itRead More...

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Posted by Apurva Tripathi on February 15, 2013 in Android,iPad,iPhone,Review

Remote Controls are an integral part of our lives. Can anyone imagine getting up again to change a TV channel? There wouldn’t be so many channels, so many devices if not for remote controls. There is one problem with remote controls though – clutter. With hundreds of devices in our homes – universal remote is something you can use effectively to reduce clutter and rule your A/V empire with all-in-one remote. The late influx of sRead More...

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Posted by Apurva Tripathi on February 9, 2013 in iPhone,Tech Spotlight

The best camera is the always the one you have with you, always! It won’t take more than a second to realize what it is – it is your iPhone! There are some add-on lenses which will up your mobile photo game. iPhones are now able to rival many point-and-shoot cameras. They only lack one aspect – optical zoom, which would require a telescoping lens. iPhones carry digital zoom. Digital zooms crop the middle section of what the sensRead More...

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Posted by Apurva Tripathi on February 4, 2013 in iPad,iPhone

Fun@Work? Fun at work is something every employer, whether big or small wants to have. Many employers claim their employees have fun at work, but hardly any do. Unless you work in the likes of Google, Facebook etc – it is hard to believe that you really have fun at work. Fun@work should not be a big thing and as a employee, you need not always look at your employer to provide fun @ work activities. There are several small things you can do Read More...

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Posted by Apurva Tripathi on February 3, 2013 in iPhone

RansomGram is an interesting approach to creative and funny photos. Aimed at fun seeking iPhone owners and camera addictives – this new picture message app from Fotofiction is finally here. RansomGram for iOS is a brand new way to share pics with your friends while showcasing your wit and rebelliousness. This app is sure to be a most-used app for text addicts and shutterbugs alike. RansomGram lets you get creative and have all the fun withRead More...

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Posted by Apurva Tripathi on January 30, 2013 in iPhone

We get a lot of requests to review products, apps and gadgets. This review is because of our reader Jordan P., who is a fashion lover and wanted us to have a look at this app, which is known as SocialBliss. Developed by SocialBliss Inc, SocialBliss app is a fashion centric app, which features in the Lifestyle category and is available in 4 languages – English, German, Northern Sami, Spanish. The current version of the app is 1.2 and the sizRead More...

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Posted by Apurva Tripathi on January 23, 2013 in iPhone

We usually do not review apps at Survival Guide, unless we find an app, which we find to be potentially useful for our readers. A good app is something we all need to make real use of our smartphone and/or tablets. One such app made for the iPhone, which we came across is Eatible. Eatible is a food allergy iPhone app that helps translate your specific food allergen needs, fast and easy! You will get a SMILEY FACE for what you can eat and a SAD FARead More...

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Posted by Prashant Tyagi on January 6, 2013 in iPhone,Review

PhotoGridPro is a photo collage app which lets you create photo collages and then allows you to edit and customize those to make them more beautiful. These collages can then be directly uploaded to Instagram, Facebook or Twitter. You can also email them or save to your camera roll. Easy to use Interface: It’s very easy to use PhotoGridPro and you won’t need any kind of help while you design and customize your photos. Several Photo Collage GRead More...

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Posted by Apurva Tripathi on January 6, 2013 in iPad,iPhone

Reminders are a perfect way to keep you on track and save time. You’ll see your productivity sky rocket when you don’t forget stuff and do them right – in the first shot itself. There are several apps to keep you on track and provide reminders, including the Reminders app by Apple. Reminders app is great, but it is not awesome. It does not have all the features to be a robust reminder tool. There is one app, which has caught outRead More...

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Posted by Apurva Tripathi on November 22, 2012 in iPad,iPhone

Trevor W. reported this issue: The 2 errors I’m getting are iPhone Error 4S Error 21 and iPhone Error 4S Error 1600. If I fix one error, it just jumps to the other. Any help would be appreciated, just got this thing not too long ago. It is most likely that you would have configure the software to allow the following domains to send and receive data from the Internet for some special purpose (like downloading a newer OS upgrade when all ApRead More...

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Posted by Prashant Tyagi on November 6, 2012 in Apple,How To,iPad,iPhone

An average iPhone user has around 100 apps installed on their iPhone and with increasing no. of apps in the appstore, users tend to download and install more apps on their iPhone or iPad. Over a period of time, it usually gets tough to manage all the apps installed on your iPhone. Lets say you gave your iPhone to your friend or a kid, and he deleted few apps from your iPhone. Now you can either restore the apps from your iTunes (if already syncheRead More...

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Posted by Prashant Tyagi on October 29, 2012 in Apple,How To,iPad,iPhone

Disabling App Store from your iPhone or iPad could be beneficial if your kids use your iPhone/iPad and you don’t want them to download and install app on your iOS device. Though everytime you try to install any app from the appstore you’re asked to enter your iTunes password but once you enter the password, it remains active for sometime. If someone tries to install any other app before the password becomes inactive , then they wonRead More...

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Posted by Prashant Tyagi on October 22, 2012 in Apple,How To,iPad,iPhone,Youtube

If you’re are worried about data usage on your iPhone/ iPad then you might also know that majority of your 3G data is used by videos that you watch online either on YouTube or any other video service. You have an option to delete other video streaming apps from your iOS device but you won’t be able to delete the YouTube app that was preinstalled on your iPhone. If you have downloaded new YouTube app by Google which is far better than Read More...

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