Track Down Your Missing iPhone With ‘Lost Mode’

Nothing can help the gut-wrenching sensation of despair you’ll feel when you realize you’ve lost your smartphone, tablet, or laptop. But by following a few simple steps in iOS, there’s at least some hope it can land back in your hands.



Three Easy Ways to Batch-Delete Old Contacts in iOS

The current version of iOS doesn’t offer a simple way to swipe and delete a bunch of contacts at once. Here are three easy ways to get around that.



Here’s How to Fix Your iPhone’s Goofy Autocorrect

Here’s How to Fix Your iPhone’s Goofy Autocorrect

The iPhone’s autocorrect system often creates more problems than it solves. Here are some quick ways to make sure your most frequently used words and phrases get spelled the right way.

    



How to Build a PS4

Check out this video entitled “How to Build a PS4″. I don’t know WTF is going on here really. It just seems to be some guy with an extreme food fetish tearing the place up and making love to his Xbox 360 with food. Thanks internet. Some things you just can’t un-see.
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This video is a few months old, but since I had to see it, I am making sure that you guys get to see it too and be all like “WTF did I just watch?” too.

The dude puts raw meat, eggs, peaches, even urine all over his console. Yes, urine. Not kidding. This video will make you feel all weird and you will want to take a shower afterwards.

[via Geekologie]

Tech Hacks to Stay Connected to Your Long-Distance Love

Tech Hacks to Stay Connected to Your Long-Distance Love

When work or family needs put significant distance between you and your partner for extended periods, it can put serious strain your relationship. Luckily, staying connected — even over vast distances — isn’t nearly as difficult as it used to …

    



Here’s the Right Way to Rescue a Soaking Wet Smartphone

Here’s the Right Way to Rescue a Soaking Wet Smartphone

Given the hundreds of ways your phone could come into life-threatening contact with liquid, you should know what to do when it happens (because it will).

    



For the Love of God, Stop Wearing Your Bike Helmet the Wrong Way

For the Love of God, Stop Wearing Your Bike Helmet the Wrong Way

Many of us at WIRED ride bikes as a part of our daily commute, or for sport. So do a lot of other people in the Bay Area. And every few weeks (or sooner), we notice something: Someone is wearing …

    



How to Use Mavericks’ New Tools to Boost Your Battery Life

How to Use Mavericks’ New Tools to Boost Your Battery Life

If Apple’s new desktop operating system has one major point of emphasis, it’s battery life. Just installing the new OS can boost your web browsing time by an hour. And that’s just the beginning.

    



How to Set Up and Use the Touch ID on Your iPhone 5s

How to Set Up and Use the Touch ID on Your iPhone 5s

One of the most exciting new features on the iPhone 5s is the fingerprint sensor embedded in the device’s home button. Apple calls it Touch ID, and as it gains more uses in the OS, it could have a huge …

    



Turn Off Your Smartphone Camera’s GPS to Protect Your Privacy

Turn Off Your Smartphone Camera’s GPS to Protect Your Privacy

If you’re one of those folks that doesn’t like to broadcast your whereabouts, you’ve likely got it under control: No Foursquare for you, no “adding to your Photo Map” on Instagram. But you could inadvertently still be sharing your location …