Anick Jesdanun

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Tech Tips: Considerations when phone contracts end

Anick Jesdanun · August 13, 2014 10:25 pm

This screen shot taken from a Samsung Galaxy S5 demonstrates the device's Multi-Window function, which lets you run multiple apps side by side. (AP Photo)

A Closer Look: Multitasking on mobile devices

Anick Jesdanun · August 11, 2014 8:41 pm

FILE - In this June 16, 2013 file photo, Internet users browse their Facebook website by the free wifi internet service in an underground station in Hong Kong. This week's news that a Russian crime ring has amassed some 1.2 billion username and password combinations makes now a good time to review ways to protect yourself online. The hacking misdeeds were described in a New York Times story based on the findings of Hold Security, a Milwaukee firm that has a history of uncovering online security breaches. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

7 ways to create better, stronger passwords

Anick Jesdanun · August 6, 2014 5:43 pm

FILE - In this June 18, 2014 file photo, the new Amazon Fire Phone's Firefly feature, which lets the user take a photo of objects, numbers, artwork or books and have the phone recognize the item, is demonstrated in Seattle. Firefly also can recognize songs, TV shows, and movies. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Review: Amazon phone better for info than shopping

Anick Jesdanun · August 6, 2014 5:37 pm

7 steps to stronger, more secure passwords

Anick Jesdanun · August 5, 2014 11:13 pm

FILE - In this Sept. 20, 2013 file photo, a customer configures the fingerprint scanner technology built into the Apple iPhone 5S at an Apple store in Wangfujing shopping district in Beijing. Beyond unlocking the phone, the fingerprint can be used to authenticate the purchase of apps and content within apps. This fall, Apple will begin letting outside developers use the fingerprint ID as part of their apps. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

A Closer Look: Secure your phone without passcodes

Anick Jesdanun · August 4, 2014 5:33 pm

This product image provided by AsusTek Computer Inc. shows The Asus Padfone X. (AP Photo/AsusTek Computer Inc.)

Gadget Watch: PadFone novel as phone-tablet hybrid

Anick Jesdanun · July 28, 2014 5:10 pm

The new Amazon Fire Phone's Firefly feature, which lets the user take a photo of objects, numbers, artwork or books and have the phone recognize the item, is demonstrated, Wednesday, June 18, 2014, in Seattle. Firefly also can recognize songs, TV shows, and movies. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Review: Fire phone, an improvement on the familiar

Anick Jesdanun · July 23, 2014 3:52 pm

Review: Amazon Fire offers new ways to use phones

Anick Jesdanun · July 23, 2014 5:07 am

This screen shot taken from an Kindle Fire HDX shows "The Hobbit" by J.R.R. Tolkien, an audiobook available through Amazon's Kindle Unlimited subscription service. The service will allow unlimited access to thousands of electronic books and audiobooks for $9.99 a month in the online giant's latest effort to attract more users. (AP Photo)

Review: Amazon unlimited e-book service is limited

Anick Jesdanun · July 18, 2014 7:51 pm

FILE - In this July 11, 2013 file photo, then Nokia CEO Stephen Elop desicribes the company's Nokia Lumia 1020, in New York. On Thursday, July 17, 2014, as part of an announcement to cut up to 18,000 jobs over the next year, Microsoft said it would discontinue its Nokia X phones and shift future product designs to its Lumia line of Windows phones. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Axed Nokia X phones suffered from lack of identity

Anick Jesdanun · July 18, 2014 11:55 am

This product image provided by Mophie shows the Mophie Space Pack for the iPhone. The Space Pack doubles battery life and gives you an additional 16 or 32 gigabytes of storage. It also serves as a phone case, albeit a heavy and bulky one because it needs to fit a battery and memory. (AP Photo/Mophie)

Review: Tech goodies to bring along on trips

Anick Jesdanun · July 16, 2014 6:25 pm