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10 tips for speeding up a slow phone or tablet

The modern smartphone These days, many smartphones and tablets are capable of performing demanding tasks like providing high quality photo, audio and video features with rich displays at high resolutions. They are equipped with big, speedy on-board storage, expandable storage capabilities, advanced connectivity features with good multi-tasking and even the ability to play some graphically intensive 3D games. They provide these desirable functionalities to their users with very good efficiency at fast speeds. It comes as no surprise then that to keep up with such challenging performance in a small package, they need to be very multifaceted devices that make use of advanced software to drive innovative modern hardware. Basically they are full mini computers in the palms of our hands. As a result they suffer from many of the same challenges as their larger counterparts and should be maintained in a similar fashion as with our laptop or desktop PCs we use at home and at our workplaces. &qu

Exciting music-video styled feature added to Snapchat

Snapchat is a lot more fun making your own mini music videos! Snap Inc. has stated that 'Snapchatters' say they feel comfortable, happy and connected when using their messaging app, Snapchat. For over a decade it has enhanced relationships with friends, family and the world. To date the company has reported over 750 Million! active users on the service and counting. That is quite impressive given the alternatives out there. Snapchat is different in it's own way when it comes to attracting and keeping its users engaged. The company, like others in the field is constantly developing tools to make it even easier to create and share moments and memories. With features like "World Lenses", "Stories", My Eyes Only" and "Discover", to name a few already making waves in the latest version of the app, these new bells only add to some of the founding features of the app we've grown accustomed to such as, the capability to make pictures and messa

WhatsApp will stop working on the following devices

It may be time to Upgrade WhatsApp is the most used messenger app in the world today and is practically on nearly everyone's smartphone. It has been around for some years well now and really took the world of instant messaging by storm overshadowing many of the other apps that had to settle for a second place.  Every year, the company keeps updating it's app to stay aligned with security, hardware and software updates that keep changing all the time. It comes as no surprise that inevitably some devices will reach the point where they are unable to keep up with one or more of these three things most notably the hardware aspect given the fact that hardware components in a phone or device cannot really be modified and hence deemed unable to be upgraded.  Naturally the software which includes security patches and updates will not be supported on these older hardware as software is constantly evolving to facilitate new hardware. With recent new features added to the app like, 'C