SMB Tech Advice

The text messages on your iPhone can take up a decent amount of space, and they can also contribute to your device running a little slowly. The space issue can really be an issue if you send a lot of photos or videos through text messages. Since we rarely reference old text messages and they […]

You may have noticed that sometimes there is a little note underneath a text message that you send to a contact on your iPhone 5. Occasionally that note will say “Read”, followed by the time. This lets you know that the contact has read the message that you sent to them. That can be very […]

Most of the apps that are installed on your iPhone will need to be updated periodically. These updates can serve to fix an issue occurring with the app, or they can add new features. However, the app will often not function as intended, or may stop functioning all together, if you are not using the […]

Sometimes you need to connect to the Internet on your laptop or tablet, but you aren’t anywhere near a Wi-Fi network that would make that possible. Fortunately you can leverage your iPhone’s ability to connect to the Internet and turn it into a kind of wireless router that can share its network connection with a […]

Your iPhone 7 that is running the iOS 10 operating system includes a feature called “Raise to Wake.” This feature will turn your iPhone screen on when it senses that the iPhone is being lifted. This is possible due to the accelerometer inside of the iPhone that can sense when the device’s orientation has been […]

There are certain features on your iPhone that can cause your battery to drain unnecessarily. These are usually features that occur in the background, or are features that you may not even notice. One item that falls into the former category is called “Background App Refresh.” Many of the apps on your iPhone pull their […]