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It’s always recommended to Backup as often as possible to safeguard your data. On this note, both iTunes and iCloud can back up the data on your iPhone and iPad.

Follow these steps to back up your previous device and then restore the backup to your newly purchased device. Your saved messages, email accounts, photos, notes, and other personal settings will be transferred to your new device. Continue reading

If you’re having problems with your BlackBerry, they may be software related. In some cases, the problems can be easily resolved by reloading an application, or changing settings, but in other cases, there are more serious problems which require more drastic measures. Under these circumstances, it may help to reload the operating system on the phone. The following will provide the steps on how to easily do this. Continue reading

With the new iPhone being released later this week, Apple are also releasing an updated OS for iPhones and iPads which will bring a plethora of new features as well as upgrades on current features.

With any changes being made on any handset, be it iPhone, BlackBerry or Android, the importance of doing a back up beforehand cannot be stressed more heavily.

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There are times when an iPhone needs a fresh software installation in order to start from a clean slate. The instructions below give steps on how to achieve not only this, but also how to back up an iPhone and also how to update the software. In all steps, a computer (either on Windows or Mac OS) is required with an internet connection and iTunes loaded onto it.

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BlackBerry Protect is a service that RIM tightly integrates into BlackBerry 7 handsets. They pushed out a new update for BlackBerry smartphones bringing it to v1.1.1.73. This update brings improvements and fixes including:

  • Support for backing up additional databases like password keeper and Wi-Fi network profiles
  • Improvements to backup and restore feature
  • Enhancements to application deletion protection
  • Ability to stop and resume BlackBerry Protect service Continue reading

According to another taxi survey organized by Credant Technologies, Londoners forget on average around 10,000 mobile phones a month in the back of taxis, and more than 1,000 other handheld devices, including iPods, laptops and memory sticks, every month.

The study highlights the fact that if you travel in taxis or other forms of public transport, then you need to encrypt your data so no one can see it. At the very least, you should password protect your data since it could easily fall into the wrong hands. Continue reading