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How to stop children making in-app purchase on your Android device

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If you are concerned about your children making in-app purchases, then here is how to stop them.

  1. Locate the Play store icon on your home screen and open it.
  2. Tap on the Menu icon, then select Settings
  3. Scroll down to User Controls and select Set PIN or Password (to restrict purchases), then type in a four digit code. This code will now be needed to make changes to these User Controls.
  4. Within the User Controls make sure that there is a tick on the right hand side of the Set PIN or Password
  5. Push the Home button and the PIN is now set. You will now need the four digit PIN to purchase Apps within the Play Store.
Samsung Galaxy S4 unveiled

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Last night at 11pm, Samsung unveiled their latest edition to the Galaxy range, the Galaxy S4.

The Galaxy S4 includes a rear facing 13MP resolution camera and a front facing 2MP resolution camera as well as a 4G, NFC, 2GB RAM and a 1.9 GHz quad core processor. It also features the latest Gorilla Glass 3 as well as the traditional HD Super AMOLED display that measures 5 inches and will run Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) upon an expected release in April. Continue reading →

Smartphones outselling feature handsets for the first time

Smartphones will make up more than half of all mobile phones shipped worldwide by the end of Quarter 1 this year.

Data from the 4th quarter of 2012 shows that smartphones shipments hit a record high of 44% of the overall mobile phone market of 472 million. With smartphone numbers growing by almost 40% year on year every quarter, while shipments of feature phones dropped by around 20% in the same period, this would put smartphones ahead of feature phones shipments (at 286 million vs. 211 million) during the first quarter of 2013.

Samsung Galaxy S III Sales Surpass 30 Million

Samsung have annouced that it has now shipped over 30 million of its flagship handset, the Galaxy S III in a period of only 5 months. In comparison, the previous model, the Galaxy S II took 14 months to hit the same benchmark. Continue reading →

Transfer Contacts From Galaxy Android to an iPhone

If you don’t normally save your contacts to your SIM card, it may be frustrating  to have to manually punch in all your contacts when you start using a new phone.

But the easiest way to transfer your contact list within minutes is to follow these two simple steps: Continue reading →

Official: Android Dominate Smartphone Market

The International Data Corporation’s (IDC) today released its Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker report for Q2 of 2012. The report shows the breakdown of smartphone operating systems (OS) in all handset worldwide shipments over the months April, May and June, covering Android, iOS, BlackBerry OS, Symbian, Windows 7/Windows mobile and Linux. Continue reading →

Samsung Galaxy SIII Sales Hit 10 Million

In an interview with the Yonhap News Agency in Korea on Sunday, the president of Samsung’s information technology and mobile communication division Shin Jong-kyun said, “It appears that (accumulated sales) has exceeded 10 million units” in line with the predictions made on its release. Continue reading →