How to Stop Facebook from Tracking Your Location and Storing Your Location History

July 30, 2015

Facebook can be an excellent way to stay in touch with family and friends, especially those who live a long distance away from you. Like most Facebook users, I installed the iOS app as a way to follow status updates and contribute my own posts while on the go. Though convenient, Facebook for iOS has a location tracking feature that many people may not be aware of. It may also make them uncomfortable knowing Facebook is keeping tabs on every where they go.

Unbeknownst to many users, Facebook has a location tracking option, turned on by default when they enable the “Nearby Friends” feature. This feature allows users to share their location and find friends who are nearby. To work effectively, this feature requires the app to track and record a user’s every movement on a constant basis. The settings for this location tracking information in the Facebook iOS app can be found in either the iOS settings or the Facebook app itself. To find and turn off location services in iOS, simply go to the Settings app and select Privacy > Location Services. Scroll down until you see the Facebook app settings. Click on the settings for Facebook and make sure the option for “Never” is selected. Other options for this setting includes “While Using the App” and “Always.”

You also can find a similar setting in the Facebook app for iOS and can make changes from there as well.

Open the Facebook app on your iPhone or iPad.
Tap on the More tab in the bottom right corner of the navigation bar.
Scroll down if necessary and tap on Account Settings.
Tap on Location in the Account Settings.
Confirm that the Location tracking is set to “Never.”
Change it as needed.

The location information gathering here should be set to never, which disables the app from tracking and storing your location. If the setting already is never, relax as Facebook doesn’t have a record of your every move. You also will see a dialog box reminding you that location history is off whenever you access these settings. If the location tracking is set to “While Using the App” or “Always,” you can change it by tapping the location icon. This will open the iOS settings, where you can navigate to Privacy > Location Services and turn off Facebook location tracking. Do you allow Facebook to track your location? Why or Why not? Please share your thought on Facebook’s location data policies in the comments below.

Lumia 535 Review: You Get What You Pay For

Henry McIntosh

July 30, 2015

Following on from the ZTE Blade S6 review we published last week. We thought we would take a look at another budget smartphone.

The Lumia 535 is cheaper than ZTE’s offering and boy can you tell. It seems there’s a reason that Microsofts foray into the smartphone sector is over and the answer could lie in the Lumia range.

Whilst it was refreshing to see a smartphone manufacturer provide a, much, cheaper alternative in the face of incredibly high cost smartphones (with incredibly high profit margins too) it seems people were happy to pay the money so long as they got the equally incredible functionality that a modern smartphone can afford.

Unfortunately for the Lumia 535, it doesn’t really fit into this category.

On the positive side, the Lumia 535 has a 5” screen, it is an easy to use phone thanks to the inclusion of the excellent Windows 8.1 operating system- if you like the Windows ‘metro’ style interface layout you will love it- and the aforementioned price tag of around $137 is pretty commendable.

Still, the negatives unfortunately outweigh the positives.

The Lumia 535 is effectively let down by its slow processor speed which is provided by a Quad-core 1.2GHz. If you’re looking for a phone that can deal with multiple apps and configure games then you might have to be a bit more generous with your spending.

These days, people want results and they want them fast and the Lumia 535 doesn’t deliver in this respect.

Even if the processor was fast enough to deal with games, apps and the like, the screen probably wouldn’t be up to the task due to its relatively paltry 960 x 540 resolution.

Finished off with an average 5 Megapixel camera and a distinctly average battery life there is little to love about the Lumia 535.

Still, if you’re after a simple phone to complete easy, everyday tasks then it’s not a bad shout. If you’re a heavy user, you may have to be a bit more generous with your purchasing power.

How to Recover Valuable Storage Space by Permanently Deleting Photos in iOS

Kelly Hodgkins

July 29, 2015

It’s 2015, and Apple still is selling iOS devices with a measly 16GB of storage space. It’s a popular model, though, with budget conscious consumers often choosing the low capacity device to save money at the time of purchase. It’s a choice they may come to regret. With high quality photos, music files, and video recordings, a phone with this low storage space can fill up quickly. It’s not surprising then that iOS owners find themselves scouring the Internet for tips to free up storage space on their iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.

One quick and easy tip that could open up gigabytes of space is hidden within the Photos app. Think your photos are removed from your device when you deleted them during your last organization effort? Think again. Unbeknownst to many people, Apple continues to store your photos even after you have marked them for deletion. Depending on how many photos you take, this cache of photos could be occupying hundreds of megabytes and maybe even gigabytes of space. Thankfully, Apple makes its easy to permanently delete these deleted photos once you know where to find them.

Follow these steps to remove any deleted photos still being stored on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.

Open the Photos app.
Tab the Albums tab at the bottom of the screen.
Scroll, if necessary, until you see the folder titled “Recently Deleted.”
Tap to open the “Recently Deleted” album, which is where all deleted photos are stored.
Tap “Select” in the upper right corner.
Tap on “Delete All” in the bottom left to remove all the photos in this album
Alternatively, you can select individual photos for permanent removal and then tap “Delete.”

Please note that iOS 8 will keep these deleted photos only for 30 days. After 30 days, the photos will be purged automatically in order to prevent this folder from growing too large and taking up too much space. 30 days, though, can be a long time, especially if you take a lot of pictures and clean out your photos on a regular basis.You may want to get in the habit of cleaning out this”Recently Deleted” album on a regular basis.

How to Recover a Deleted Message on LinkedIn

July 28, 2015

It’s pretty easy to delete a message off of LinkedIn, for a start the delete button is seriously close to the reply button, which is seriously inconvenient when you just want to quickly press reply without worrying about deleting an important message.

About an hour ago, I did just that. I deleted a message that was pretty useful and panicked. Could I recover it?

Most people use LinkedIn for work, so chances are, most of the messages they receive over the network are pretty important; it’s not like losing a Facebook or WhatsApp message. So if you mistakenly delete one, like I did, you will probably want to retrieve it to- like I did.

Believe it or not it’s incredibly easy, so don’t panic. The first thing you need to do is to click on the Messages icon which is located in the top left corner of the screen. This will take you into your Inbox.

If you’re using a desktop, your messages will be located in the middle of the screen with the options menu on the left side of the screen.

Select the Trash option on the left hand side. This will give you and overview of all your previously deleted messages.

To restore a deleted message, click the spiral arrow key which is facing in an anti-clockwise direction. As soon as you click on the spiralled arrow the deleted message will be restored to your inbox for you to do with as you will.

If, on the other hand, you wish to permanently delete a message from your inbox and trash then visit the Trash and instead of selecting the spiralled arrow option select the trash can option and voila- your message will be permanently deleted.

On the left hand menu you can also access your sent messages, archived messages and invitations too.

How to Send a Self-Destruct Message Using iOS 8’s Built-in Messaging app

Kelly Hodgkins

July 28, 2015

Did you know that iOS 8 copies one of Snapchat’s most important features — the ability to send a self-destructing message? Yes, that is right,. Built into the Messages app is iOS is a semi-hidden feature that allows you to communicate with friends and family using message content that disappears a few minutes after it has been sent.

This self-destruct feature is present in the iOS 8 messages app and works when you are sending a message to another iOS 8 user. If the recipient does not have iOS 8, then the self-destruct feature is not present and your message will not be deleted. It also only works with audio and video messages, which is useful if you share a lot of pictures with family, friends or even co-workers.

Configure the Expiration Time

Before you send your first disappearing message, you must first configure the message expiration option in the settings. Open Settings > Messages and look for the “Audio Messages” and “Video Messages” heading. Select the “Expire” option to ensure that the expiration time is set to 2 minutes and not Forever.

Send a Disappearing Audio Message

To send a self-destruct audio message, you must use the audio recording option in the Messages app as described below:

Open Messages.
Create a new message.
Select the microphone icon to the right of the text entry box.
Record your message.
Send it to your friend or family member, knowing that it will disappear in just a few minutes.

Send a Disappearing Video Message

Sending an auto-deleting video message is very similar to sending an audio message. Just record your message, send it along and wait for it to delete on its own. Instead of using the audio interface, you must use the video recording option in the Messages app as described below:

Open Messages.
Create a new message.
Select the camera icon to the left of the text entry box.
Tap the video recording button to start recording
Tap the video recording button to end the recording.
Preview your message and decide if you want to send or delete it.
Select “Send” and forward it on it to your friend or family member, knowing that it will disappear in just a few minutes.

This self-destruct only works with the video recording — there are not disappearing photos or text messages. To protect those type of messages with a self-destruct option, you must turn to a third party app such as Snapchat.

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