How to protect your privacy online

High-profiled celebrities including, Jennifer Lawrence, Rihanna and model Kate Upton, have fallen victim to a hacking scandal that has ripped through social media, revealing a bit more than Nicki Minaj’s wardrobe malfunction during the 2014 VMAs. A rapid investigation into the  mass-hacking has taken place to track down the culprit or culprits of the cyber…

Communicating with just Emojis

Are you getting tired of those tireless memes, overwhelming #hashtags, or those pestering spam messages on social media? The creators of Emojli attempt to ratify these cumbersome issues by launching a messaging app that only allows communication through emojis; essentially, it will be an “emojli-only network.” This app, perhaps, arises in the midst of trying…

Samsung Galaxy S5: Pros and Cons

The newest Samsung Galaxy S5 has nearly arrived. Here are its pros and cons. Pros Faster Processor Fingerprint and heart rate detector 16 mega pixel camera with a focus speed of only 0.3 seconds plus it can record and take pictures in 4k resolution 5.1 inch screen programmed to adjust brightness to every situation Dust…

My App Drawer on the ‘Droid: Textra

The stock text messaging app is satisfactory, but free alternatives do exist for us Android users. I’m honestly not a big fan of using Hangouts as the default messaging app (and it’s the only one that comes installed on my Nexus 5). On my hunt for a nifty new text messaging app, I came across…

My app drawer on the ‘Droid: Light manager

I personally think that the default notification light setting on most phones don’t do the LED light justice. On my Nexus 5, the fact that white is the default colour used for every new notification almost seems to hinder the light’s multicolour capabilities.  Thankfully, third-party apps are there to fill this disparity – I prefer using…