iPhone or iPad not charging? The lightning port may be clogged. Here’s how to clean it out with basic household items.

Can’t find the setting on your iPhone ? That’s because it’s not there — yet.

Speed tests show that Apple ‘s older iPhone gets a performance bump from the updated OS, though it still ran faster with iOS 6.

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How often does your smartphone conk out before the day is even done? Apple has proposed a couple of ideas to keep the juice flowing.

Published Thursday by the US Patent and Trademark Office, a patent called “Inferring user intent from battery usage level and charging trends” suggests a way to preserve battery power by determining how and when you use your smartphone.

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Ting now supports the iPhone 5.

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Sprint subscribers who own an iPhone 5 can now bring their phone to Ting. Okay, but what exactly is Ting, you may ask?

Launched in 2012, Ting is a mobile service that attemps to avoid the limitations and frustrations of the typical wireless plan. Ting offers various rates based on how minutes, messages, and megabytes you use. Use more than your allotment, (more…)

iOS 7.1 will help your iPhone 4 load apps a bit quicker.

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Good news for iPhone 4 owners: Apple ‘s iOS 7.1 update, released earlier this week, should make your handset feel a little snappier.

The bad news: It still won’t run as fast as it did on iOS 6.

So writes Ars Technica, which conducted basic iPhone 4 performance tests with iOS 6.1.3, iOS 7, and 7.1. Specifically, (more…)

You may be able to get your iPhone 5C's cracked screen replaced at your local Apple Store.

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Your local Apple store may now be able to replace a cracked iPhone 5C screen while you wait.

The $149 in-store repair option for the lower-cost iPhone reportedly debuted on Monday, according to CNNMoney. Up till now, Apple had to ship iPhone 5C units with cracked screens to (more…)

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Nestled among the many, many iPhone accessories at CES 2014 was one that could be one of the most useful of all: the Mophie Space Pack, a battery pack case for the iPhone 5 and 5S with an additional 16 or 32GB of storage. If you consider that battery life and extra storage space are two of the biggest problems with using an iPhone exclusively as a camera, the Space Pack is perhaps the best (more…)

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Trying to tap a precise spot on your iPhone while you’re walking, jogging, or riding in a car can be a challenge. Apple may have a solution in the works via a new patent.

Awarded to Apple by the US Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday, a patent dubbed “Variable device graphical user interface” envisions an interface that changes and adapts in response to your movement. The goal is to enlarge (more…)

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Nestled among the many, many iPhone accessories at CES 2014 was one that could be one of the most useful of all: the Mophie Space Pack, a battery pack case for the iPhone 5 and 5s with an additional 16 or 32GB of storage. If you consider that battery life and extra storage space are two of the biggest problems with using an iPhone exclusively as a camera, the Space Pack is perhaps the best (more…)