Tag: solution
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Safari Glitch Causes Apple iOS to Crash – How to Fix it
An issue has been identified where by using the Safari web browser app on an Apple iPhone or iPad the device’s iOS will suddenly stop working. This seems apparent when tapping the address bar to search for content or a web address/URL. Despite no official solution yet and Apple not acknowledging the problem (which is…
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Can’t Receive Calls on iPhone 4S After iOS 9 Update? Here’s a Fix!
Over the weekend I was speaking to a friend regarding a problem with an Apple iPhone 4S, which after receiving the recent iOS 9 update has been unable to receive any calls. The mobile network was clearly available with signal icon present at the top. Making outbound calls wasn’t an issue, neither was texting back…
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How to (Temporarily) Fix the Apple iPhone Message Bug
Earlier this week Apple’s messaging service was found to be vulnerable when a user’s iPhone received a specific string of unicode characters. Apple acknowledged the iMessage problem which was causing mobiles to completely shut down when opening the malicious mail and has now worked out a temporary fix which we will share with you now.…
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Now TV – How to Solve Virgin Media WIFI Error 014
Now TV is becoming increasingly popular as an alternative to expensive Smart TVs, offering all the major on-demand services including BBC iPlayer, ITV Player and 4OD at the cost a little shiny box with additional Sky TV content available as optional extras. The box requires nothing more than a TV with HDMI support and a…
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Google and Dropbox Increasing Security
You might have read our report on the increasing of security by Google on Android L, automatically encrypting user personal information and restricting access to pictures, emails and other personal correspondence without a password. In an additional initiative to prevent hacking by shady individuals as well as the intrusion into user data by government agencies,…
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PS4 Update 1.7 Troubled By Screen Flickering – How to Fix it
If you’ve suffered a flickering picture since today’s PS4 update, fret not, this does not seem to be a major issue and a solution is at hand!
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Complete List of Voice Commands for Kinect on Xbox One
Microsoft has released a useful list of commands for the Kinect on Xbox One which will cover all of the tasks you may wish to do with your new console.
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Skype is down – again!
It’s only been little over a week since Skype went down globally – and we’re not the only ones who’ve been jilted again today. Looks as though Microsoft’s latest acquisition is once again having some “down time” from Windows and Mac OS with tweetards worldwide in uproar over yet another blunder affecting our chat and video…
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Skype distribute update for Windows following Thursday’s “downtime”
Skype has now pushed out a Windows update for the VoIP service which suddenly went AWOL yesterday afternoon. The Gadget Helpline got the fix and showed you how to get your Skype back on track by removing the “shared.xml” file which was causing the software to kick users out of their conversations and cause error…
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Skype pulled after outage – Gadget Helpline has the solution!
Skype servers are currently taking a “short break” according to claims on the official website for the worldwide video calling and chat service. We at the Gadget Helpline started suffering with our own person-to-person communications with the Skype tantrum booting us out of chat, with log-in attempts prompting error messages to appear – and it…
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Playstation owners suffer from the heat with “L.A Noire” – New console crisis?
It seems some PS3s can’t handle the heat of the hotly-hyped title “L.A. Noire” – launched this week. The release by Rockstar Games is currently rolling out on consoles including Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, but a number of Sony owners have reported their gaming gadgets shutting down from overheating while solving movie-style murder mysteries and battling…