How To’s – iPhone, iPAD, and Apps

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How to easily access a website on your iPhone, iPod or iPAD?

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Now more and more people are reading on mobile devices.  If you have a favorite website you like to visit frequently, you can make it easy to access on your iPhone, iPod or iPAD with an icon on your home screen.   Today I am going to share with you how to add a website’s icon [...]

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How to Get Refund from App Store?

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Many people don’t know that you can actually get a refund from App Store.  I recently just had one.  This post shares how to get refund from App Store. Why do you want a refund from App Store? In my case, I bought a wrong app.  There are so many apps with similar or even [...]

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App that Helps Track The Whole Family’s Schedule

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Being busy parents is not an easy job.  Today I am introducing an app that helps parents keep track the whole family’s busy schedule.  In Mom’s Library, you will find featured articles on recharging yourself. We all know how crazy it could be when managing family schedules – each kid has his/her own activities, parents have their [...]

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How to lock iPAD / iPhone screen so kids stay within the app?

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Since I posted How to Child-proof iPAD, I received so many questions asking how to lock the iPAD screen, so kids stay within the app you want them to play.  Now we found the solution – Daisy Simpson, our new reviewer at iGameMom is going to share the trick with you. Daisy is a proud [...]

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How to Stop Funny Auto Correct?

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Do you like the auto-correction function on your iPhone or iPAD?  Did it give you weird words you did not meant to say?  There are ways to control the un-wanted auto-corrections.  Here is how: 1. On your iPhone or iPAD, go to Setting, then General. 2. Scroll the right panel to the bottom, tap on Keyboard. 3. [...]

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How to set up App Store Account without a Credit Card?

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In my post How to manage in-app purchase I suggested not link your App Store account with your credit card.  Instead, link it with a gift card.  But how can you do it?  Putting in credit card information is part of account setting up process, and it seems there is no way to get around.  While, if [...]

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How to Gift Apps?

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If you have an iPhone, iPod, or iPAD with iOS 5 and earlier, you can gift an app from your iDevice.  However, with iOS 6, the app gifting function is not available on the device at this time.  If you want to gift an app, you must use the iTunes Store on a Mac or [...]

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How to Make iPhone/iPAD Read the Text Aloud for You?

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iPhone and iPAD both have a build-in “text to speak” function.  It is originally designed for visually impaired people, but I found it very helpful for kids when they are reading a book or anything on iPAD or iPhone.  What does the function do?  When the function is triggered, the iPAD/iPhone will read the text [...]

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How to Remotely Control Your Computer on iPAD/iPhone?

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Do you like to take your laptop with you when you travel?  Now, if you have a smart phone, be it an iPhone or an Android phone, or if you have a tablet, such as an iPAD, you don’t have to take your laptop with you anymore.  Use LogMeIn, you can remotely access your home [...]

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How to Help Your Child Be a Better Reader?

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I have been following Melissa Taylor’s ImaginationSoup for a long time.  She has tons of creative ideas in getting kids to read.  Now she condensed all her experience and knowledge on helping kids read into this wonderful book Book Love: Help Your Child Grow from Reluctant to Enthusiastic Reader.  It is a Kindle book, but [...]

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How to Hide/Unhide an App Icon on iPAD and iPhone?

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If you are planner, you probably have already started holiday gift shopping.  It hit me when I posted Toca Hair Salon Christmas – I could start looking for deals on apps my son likes, and put them on a iPod we don’t use anymore.  It would be a good holiday gift. If you like the [...]

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How to Read Kindle Books Without a Kindle & for FREE?

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For so long, I forgot I had Kindle app on my iPhone and iPAD.  With the app, I could download a Kindle book from Amazon on my iPhone and iPAD.  In fact, Amazon has Kindle apps for all different devices: iPhone, iPod, iPAD, Android, Windows Phone, BlackBerry, Mac, Windows 7, XP,Vista, and Windows 8.  Here [...]

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How to Choose Kids Friendly iPAD Cases?

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A while ago, I reviewed three baby-friendly iPAD cases.  For babies, the cases must have drop protection and water proof.  For older kids, there will be less drools or spills (they still happen, but are more manageable if you set up good house rules, such as no drinks while using iPAD).  Today I recommend three [...]

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How to Free Up Storage Space on iPhone, iPAD and iPod?

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After loading so many apps on my iPhone and iPAD, I got a warning saying my storage space is near the max.  Here is what I did to free up space on my iPhone and iPAD: 1. Move all the photos to Dropbox.  If you have not set up a Dropbox account, you really should.  [...]

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How to Send Text and Image for FREE with iMessage

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Do you know you can send text, image, and video for FREE with iMessage?  iMessage is a free service from Apple.  Communications between iMessage users are free via WiFi.  You can have iMessage on iPhone, iPod, iPAD, and your MAC computer with OS X Mountain Lion. How to set up iMessage?   On iPhone, go [...]

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How to Teach Kids Physics with Angry Birds?

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Even if you don’t like games or never played Angry Birds, you probably have seen those red birds somewhere – toy store, candy store, …  I have heard two completely different opinions about Angry Birds from parents.  Some think it is a great educational game.  Some believe kids are wasting time playing Angry Birds.  As [...]

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