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Geeky Gadgets
06-05-2025
- Geeky Gadgets
10 Mind-Blowing iPhone Tricks You Need To Know!
Your iPhone is more than just a communication device—it's a versatile tool designed to enhance productivity, streamline daily tasks, and safeguard your personal information. However, many of its most powerful features often go unnoticed or underutilized. By exploring these ten essential iPhone tricks, you can unlock the full potential of your device. Whether you want to improve efficiency, manage notifications, or customize your settings, these tips will help you get the most out of your iPhone. The video below from Stephen Robles shows us these 10 awesome iPhone tricks. Watch this video on YouTube. 1. Take Control of Camera and Microphone Privacy Your iPhone includes advanced privacy tools to help you manage access to your camera and microphone. By navigating to the Control Center, you can adjust settings such as video resolution or enable features like voice isolation for clearer audio during calls or app usage. Additionally, you can review and modify app permissions in the Privacy settings to ensure that only trusted apps have access to your camera and microphone. These features give you greater control over your personal data, helping you maintain privacy and security. 2. Master Screenshot Shortcuts Screenshots are more than just static images—they're a powerful way to capture and share information quickly. After taking a screenshot, you can instantly annotate it using tools like the magnifier or markup features. For added convenience, you can save screenshots directly to apps like Apple Books for future reference. These tools make it easier to organize, edit, and share screenshots, saving you time and effort when managing visual content. 3. Use Your Camera as a Text Scanner Your iPhone's camera is equipped with Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology, allowing it to function as a text scanner. This feature enables you to scan text from physical documents and insert it directly into apps like Notes, Messages, or even third-party platforms. Whether you're digitizing handwritten notes, extracting information from printed materials, or copying text from a sign, this tool is an efficient way to convert physical text into digital formats. 4. Edit Audio Messages Before Sending Audio messages are a convenient way to communicate, but mistakes can happen. With the latest iOS updates, you can now edit or add to audio messages before sending them. This ensures your message is clear and accurate. Additionally, transcription features in iOS 18 automatically convert audio messages into text, making them easier to reference later. These enhancements provide greater flexibility and clarity when using audio messaging. 5. Customize Your Battery Widget The customizable battery widget is a simple yet effective way to monitor the power levels of your devices. By adding this widget to your lock screen or home screen, you can view the battery percentages of your iPhone, AirPods, Apple Watch, and other connected devices at a glance. This feature helps you stay informed about your device's power levels, making sure you're always prepared for the day ahead. 6. Organize Safari Tabs with Ease Managing multiple tabs in Safari can be overwhelming, but your iPhone offers tools to simplify the process. You can group tabs into categories, making it easier to keep related content organized. Additionally, the drag-and-drop feature allows you to move multiple tabs simultaneously, streamlining your workflow. These tools are particularly useful for research, multitasking, or managing projects that require browsing across different topics. 7. Access Calculator History The Calculator app now includes a history feature, allowing you to revisit previous calculations without re-entering data. This is especially helpful for complex calculations or when you need to double-check your work. By swiping down within the app, you can view a list of recent calculations, making it easier to track and verify your results. 8. Prioritize App Downloads When downloading multiple apps, you can prioritize or pause specific downloads directly from the app library. This feature ensures that essential apps are ready to use first, saving you time during setup. By long-pressing on an app icon, you can choose to prioritize its download, allowing you to focus on what matters most. 9. Simplify Settings Searches Navigating through the iPhone's extensive settings menu can be time-consuming, but Spotlight search simplifies the process. By typing a keyword on the home screen, you can jump directly to the relevant setting without scrolling through menus. This feature is particularly useful for quickly adjusting preferences or troubleshooting issues, helping you save time and effort. 10. Manage Notifications Effectively Notifications can quickly become overwhelming, but your iPhone offers tools to keep them under control. From the lock screen or notification center, you can mute or disable notifications for specific apps. Temporary muting options allow you to silence notifications for a set period without permanently changing your settings. These tools help you maintain focus and reduce distractions, making sure a more streamlined experience. Bonus Tips to Enhance Your Experience In addition to the ten tricks outlined above, consider these bonus tips to further optimize your iPhone usage: Share reminders as PDFs instead of collaborating on lists. This is particularly useful for sharing finalized task lists or schedules with others. Use temporary muting options to manage app notifications without disrupting your workflow or missing important updates. Enable Focus modes to customize notification settings based on your current activity, such as work, personal time, or sleep. By incorporating these additional tips, you can further refine your iPhone experience and tailor it to your specific needs. Maximize Your iPhone's Potential Your iPhone is packed with features designed to make your life easier, but their effectiveness depends on how well you use them. By adopting these ten tricks and bonus tips, you can enhance your productivity, protect your privacy, and customize your device to suit your lifestyle. Explore these features today and discover how they can transform the way you use your iPhone. Gain further expertise in iPhone privacy controls by checking out these recommendations. Source & Image Credit: Stephen Robles Filed Under: Apple, Apple iPhone, Top News Latest Geeky Gadgets Deals Disclosure: Some of our articles include affiliate links. 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South China Morning Post
29-04-2025
- Politics
- South China Morning Post
‘Japan's Holocaust' claim of 30 million wartime killings stirs outrage, death threats
A book by a US historian claiming Imperial Japanese Forces killed 30 million people across Asia in the early 20th century has faced a fierce backlash in Japan , with conservative scholars denouncing it as propaganda and the author receiving death threats. Advertisement Japan's Holocaust, published last year, argues that Japanese expansionism between 1927 and 1945 led to atrocities surpassing the death toll caused by Nazi Germany in Europe. The book, which its author Bryan Rigg began researching during his PhD at Yale in 1993, has sold 6,000 copies to date, with a Korean translation in the works and Chinese publishers expressing interest. The book's central claim – that at least 30 million people were killed during Japan's 'reckless campaigns' across Asia and the Pacific – is compounded by the assertion that then-Emperor Hirohito not only knew of the atrocities but 'actually ordered them'. Rigg chronicles mass civilian murders, the systematic use of rape as a weapon of war, and the starvation and destruction inflicted on millions in China, Korea, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, which he describes as 'overwhelming and undeniable'. 'Japan's Holocaust' by US historian Bryan Rigg. Photo: Apple Books 'To this day, the refusal by some Japanese voices to acknowledge this history adds a new layer of injustice to the memory of those who perished,' Rigg, who also wrote Hitler's Jewish Soldiers, told This Week in Asia.
USA Today
18-04-2025
- Business
- USA Today
Find a 'golden ticket' for free audiobooks at Nook & Cranny this Indie Bookstore Day
Find a 'golden ticket' for free audiobooks at Nook & Cranny this Indie Bookstore Day Show Caption Hide Caption E-reader tips and tricks for Kindle, Apple Books These E-reader tips and tricks are handy for your Kindle or Apple Books. ProblemSolved, USA TODAY Independent bookstores are the heartbeats of their communities. They provide culture and community, generate local jobs and sales tax revenue, promote literacy and education, champion and center diverse and new authors, connect readers to books in a personal and authentic way and actively support the right to read and access to books in their communities. Each week we profile an independent bookstore, sharing what makes each one special and getting their expert and unique book recommendations. This week we have Maren Comendant, owner of Nook & Cranny Books in Seattle, Washington, just in time for their grand re-opening on Indie Bookstore Day next Saturday, April 26. What's your store's story? Nook & Cranny is a queer, femme-owned shop that opened in June 2022 to elevate marginalized voices and tell unusual stories. As the name would suggest, we are pocket-sized and cozy, with books organized by mood or topic like "Cheaper Than Therapy," "When You're Feeling Witchy," or "Books About Books" – one of my personal favorites. Despite limited capacity, we pack in as much community connection as we can, with book clubs, author events, an art group and a well-attended open mic. We are in the process of moving our storefront and Indie Bookstore Day will serve as our official Grand Opening. What makes your independent bookstore unique? Folks love the non-traditional organization, which encourages getting lost in the shelves and surprising yourself with unexpected finds. It's an ideal store for the curious reader of any age. The intimate space also allows for highly personalized service and recommendations for those looking to find the perfect gift or travel read. We strive to be a third place that fosters community, found family and the elevation of marginalized voices. What's your favorite section in your store? My favorite shelf in the store is the "Where in the World?" shelf, where we feature books from a different country or region every month. I love exploring books in translation and learning about the world. This is also the category that inspires our "Read Around the World" book club. What book do you love to recommend to customers and why? For kids (and kids at heart) I always recommend the "A Narwhal and Jelly" series by Seattle local Ben Clanton. My current favorite in the series is "Narwhalicorn and Jelly," when the characters visit a unicorn planet and the unicorns come to visit the ocean. The books can be read in any order. I love the illustrations and the relatable, admirable friendship. Jelly can be a bit of a stick-in-the-mud and sometimes Narwhal can be a bad friend, but they always learn from their mistakes and become better friends for it. What book do you think deserves more attention and why? "Ceremony" by Leslie Marmon Silko and "They Will Drown in Their Mothers' Tears" by Johannes Anyuru quickly catapulted their way into my all-time top 10. "Ceremony" is a 1977 novel that is considered a modern classic by many, but should be required reading because of its exquisite writing on the traumas of war and colonialism. Johannes Anyuru is a Swedish-Ugandan poet and his astonishing book is part dystopian sci-fi, part time-travel and part scathing indictment of the Islamophobia and anti-immigration policies rampant in Sweden (and here at home). Saskia Vogel's translation is perfect, and I recommend it to everyone I can. Why is shopping at local, independent bookstores important? You get personal service, you're more likely to find local and indie authors represented, your money gets cycled back into the local economy and we donate to local orgs too. We have our fingers firmly on the pulse of the local community and strive to adapt our businesses to meet the specific needs and desires of that community. We advocate for you. What are some of your store's events, programs, or partnerships coming up that you would like to share? For Indie Bookstore Day, we will have snacks, door prizes, a book exchange, Indie Bookstore Day exclusives and special editions of some favorite titles. Somewhere in the store, there will be a hidden Golden Ticket, good for a year's worth of audiobooks. We'll also be participating in the Seattle Indie Bookstore Day Book Crawl with nearly 30 other stores in the Seattle area. We also host a monthly "Read Around the World" book club in person every 4th Sunday, a twice-monthly open mic every 1st and 3rd Thursday, and "Trans*pire: a Trans Creative Group" is a newly added monthly meet-up for trans, nonbinary and genderqueer writers, artists and other creatives to co-work, share and network. We currently partner with local arts orgs Noveltease Theatre and Joketellers Union to promote their regular shows and we're always looking for new, fun partnerships with the other small businesses on our street. (This article was updated to include video.)
USA Today
24-02-2025
- USA Today
Women are abused online every day. One turned her nightmare into a book.
Women are abused online every day. One turned her nightmare into a book. Show Caption Hide Caption E-reader tips and tricks for Kindle, Apple Books These E-reader tips and tricks are handy for your Kindle or Apple Books. ProblemSolved, USA TODAY Alia Dastagir was sitting at home, rocking her baby in a velvet chair when she read the message: "I am sorry to those who have confused you to be a person, because you are not a person.' Dastagir had published a story as part of an investigation into child sexual abuse in 2022, and became the target of an online mob. Her Facebook and email had been flooded with vulgar, inflammatory responses. When we spoke on the phone earlier this month, the memory alone made her nauseous. In her debut book out Tuesday, "To Those Who Have Confused You to Be a Person" (Penguin Random House) the award-winning journalist and former USA TODAY reporter weaves her experience of online violence with the stories of 13 other women, including a comedian who disrupts her harassment with feminist humor and an OBGYN who channels her anger into social media debates. She examines how a better understanding of the internet is vital in mitigating violence against women, and argues that online misogyny is interwoven with white supremacy and systems designed to silence women. Dastagir analyzed her interviews with psychologists, sociologists, neuroscientists, technologists and philosophers to unveil the societal structures that nourish online misogyny, and how women can cope and make meaning from violence. This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity. Question: When you entered journalism, did anyone warn you that you were opening yourself up to being susceptible to online violence? Answer: No, there was no preparation. I remember the first couple of times that I got a really profane and sort of disgusting and really malicious message (from a reader), and I just remember feeling so shocked, and then later on, feeling so silly that I was shocked. I remember sitting there so long and just being like, what is happening? It's a little humiliating to describe now because it's not shocking anymore, but I think it goes to show that these experiences are so affecting and can feel so physical and confusing, especially when it first starts happening to you. The genesis of the book for me (was) that when you start talking about it, people are very matter of fact. They're just like, 'Ugh, the internet,' or, 'This is what it's like for women on the internet.' So then you get the message that not only were you not prepared for it, but there's nothing that you can do about it, there's nothing you should do about it, and you just kind of got to roll with it. For the first few years, that was kind of what I did. I was just like, 'OK, I have to suppress this.' I have to do the thing that so many people suggest that you have to do to survive in these spaces, which is to make yourself so emotionally tough and unaffected that you can continue to do this work. But then 2019 rolled around, and honestly, I think having kids cracked something open. I just remember having a moment where I was like, 'I don't accept this. I don't think anybody should accept this.' Were you fearful at all while writing and publishing this book that you would open the door for more abuse? I am so scared all the time, and it's hard to kind of admit that, but I feel like I want to admit that because some women can't, because it's risky to name that kind of vulnerability. When I wrote those sections of the book, particularly the section in the last chapter where I really go into detail about what happened (to me), it was hard for me to write it. It was hard for me to read it and reread it. I don't want to overstate it, but even as I'm talking to you right now, I feel nauseous. It was such a difficult experience, psychologically and physically, that talking about it, remembering it, writing it, absolutely brings up all of those feelings for me, and I'm terrified. People ask me about the book and how I'm feeling. Am I proud, or am I excited? It's really hard to explain that the dominant feeling is anxiety, and that I feel an obligation to push through that anxiety because I feel like the message of the book is so important. What to read this Black History Month: 10 new books by Black authors, from thrillers to rom-coms You write in your book that when confronted with online violence, stopping that psychological and physical impact isn't as simple as just looking away from your screen. Can you turn away from this online violence as a form of self-protection, or do you feel there's a moral imperative to face it? It's impossible to make any kind of categorical statements or rules about what anybody should be doing in any of these spaces, because we all have different risk profiles, and there's so much variability in what we experience and how we react to that. This didn't make it into the book, but I remember interviewing a woman who said that when her children were young, she felt that there were things that she could not engage with online, things she couldn't say because that just felt too risky to her as a young mother. But now her children are grown, they're out of the house. And she said to me, 'I feel that my risk profile has changed in such a way that I probably can be, and will be more, more vocal on certain things.' Something you really dove into in the book was misogynoir, a specific combination of misogyny and racism that Black women face. How did intersectionality become so central to your reporting for this book? When I first started (to pursue this project in 2019), I had a really myopic idea about what was happening. For me, a lot of what I was experiencing was just gender-based violence and harassment. My assumption was that a lot of it was just the 'manosphere.' Like, it was just guys from that space getting really agitated by some of my coverage of feminism and gender. And so, I had this idea about what forces were at play, and it was so narrow and so narcissistic because it was just based on my own experience. So once I opened the project up to interviewing other women who had had very diverse experiences, I realized that what was not getting enough attention, and what I hadn't given enough attention to, is the fact that this isn't just about misogyny. This is about white supremacy, and all of the systems that intertwine with that. And I think that it's important to recognize that women, particularly women of color and Black women, were calling out abuses on these platforms for years. But Black women's experiences of pain are rarely deemed worthy of attention. So, it was really important when I began to write this book to say so early on, like, we can't have a conversation about anything related to online abuse unless we understand that this is about white supremacy, not just misogyny. Looking for your next read? USA TODAY's Best-selling Booklist Right now, many women don't feel safe for a myriad of reasons. Partly due to the platforms we are engaging with, but also, femicide rates are rising internationally, American women are faced with growing restrictions on reproductive rights. How are these things a factor in online abuse? It's all connected, right? We talk about it as if it is an online problem. It's a cultural problem. Like, this is a problem of the culture. It's a political problem, it's an economic problem, it's a human rights problem. It shows up online, it shows up offline. One of the reasons that I felt like it was really important to write a chapter where I followed a woman who was experiencing relentless misogyny in the workplace and online – (a welder and now plumber named Brooke Nicholas) – her story really underscores the inescapability of this. Like there isn't a place that feels safe online or offline for women and marginalized folks, people of color and queer and trans folks. This book was rooted in your own experiences, but the story is strung together with other women's stories. In speaking to these other women, were you able to see yourself in everyone's stories? There's so many different ways that we experience violence and respond to violence. But I think that what was so evident to me, no matter who I interviewed and even reflecting on my own experiences, was that nobody was 'ignoring it.' Everybody was dealing differently. Everybody was making meaning in different ways. It was sort of the most fundamental animating question of the whole project, which I guess was my initial idea. Like, 'Why can't I ignore it?' But I think that the reporting sort of bears out that ignoring is just not the right word. I think sometimes people say the word ignore and they mean 'don't react,' or sometimes people say the word ignore and they mean 'don't feel.' And I don't think that most people aren't feeling. Once the language comes through or the threat comes through, we can make a decision. And we can make a decision to suppress whatever the feeling is or to compartmentalize it, to make a joke about it or externalize it or to report it, but we're still always doing something with it. And so when I reflect on my own experiences and I think back to all of these interviews, there is a ton of variability in how we experience violence, how we make meaning out of violence, and how we react to violence. But nobody was ignoring violence.
