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If you want to keep certain apps out of the reach of other people, you can lock or hide those apps on your Android phone.

With the release of iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 for the iPhone and iPad, Apple has introduced a set of powerful new features designed to enhance your privacy and provide greater control over your app ...

The quickest way to hide those pesky notifications. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac Is a group chat blowing up at an inopportune time and distracting the hell out of you? There’s an easy fix. You ...

Before you use iOS 18's new ability to lock and hide apps, be sure you know how to find them again when you need them. Since your iPhone is already protected by Face ID, it might seem like a case of ...

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During the WWDC 2024 keynote, Apple took yet another step towards a more protected device and released two key features: The ability to hide apps, and the option to lock iPhone apps behind Face ...

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Remember the world before texting? Autocorrect wasn’t around to fix our spelling blunders, we didn’t see read receipts and green text bubbles on a daily basis, and generally, messages moved at a ...