Losing an iPhone is usually a scramble to borrow a laptop, log into iCloud, and hope Find My is turned on. A quieter, smarter option is hiding in plain sight: with Apple Shortcuts, you can rig your ...

What are these hidden Android shortcuts? Before you run off selecting everything on your device, let me first define what I’m specifically referring to. The shortcuts in question appear when a simple ...

To set up custom text shortcuts on Android, use your keyboard’s settings. For Gboard, go to Settings > Dictionary > Personal Dictionary, then add a word and its shortcut. On Samsung Keyboard, navigate ...

Thanks to iCloud, Apple’s OS X Mavericks and iOS 7 let you use the same Shortcuts for text entry on your Mac as on your mobile device. Here’s how to enable and use the feature. You’ve been able to ...

Do you find yourself typing the same things over and over? If the answer is yes — and if you type enough text during the workweek, it almost certainly will be — I’d highly recommend you install a text ...

Google is now widely rolling out the ability to “Create text notes by default,” as well as an Audio shortcut, in Keep for Android. Once enabled, tapping the FAB (floating action button) will ...