Remember when Apple used to tell us that it was not safe to clean your iPhone's display? The company used to say it was unsafe to use disinfecting wipes or sprays because it might damage the the coating on the touchscreen displays. Apple's suggestion was to use a cloth dampened with water to clean their phones.Those days are gone due to the Corona...]]> Sun, 22 Mar 2026 19:26:31 -0400 http://www.blackberryblast.com/articles/2019/10/2019104-Get-an-extra-1GB-of-FREE-zero-knowledge-cloud-storage.html?itemID=6645&site=visor

Cloud storage services like Dropbox and Google Drive do not protect your privacy. If you read the fine print, employees can view files if they need to. Yes, they all say they have strict policies against viewing your files, but zero knowledge storage is the only way to go.Sync.com has true zero knowledge storage so nobody but you can view your fi...]]> Sun, 22 Mar 2026 19:26:31 -0400 http://www.iblastphone.com/articles/2018/6/201861-iOS-Contacts-App-Keeps-Crashing-Fixed.html?itemID=6644&site=visor

Does the Contacts app on your iPhone crash every time you launch it? It's a frustrating problem that many have reported after upgrading to iOS 11. Many suggest toggling Airplane Mode or turning off WiFi and Cellular Data ON and OFF, but I found those solutions to be unhelpful. What worked for me was a simple solution. Delete the Contacts app fr...]]> Sun, 22 Mar 2026 19:26:31 -0400 http://www.androidblast.com/articles/2018/1/2018112-Google-removes-porn-malware-apps-from-the-Play-Store.html?itemID=6643&site=visor

Google has removed more than 60 gaming apps from the Google Play Store that contained malware. The malware, named AdultSwine, was discovered by a security firm, Check Point. It contained "highly pornographic" material that infected the games, many of which were aimed at kids. The apps were downloaded more than 3 million times. The infected apps...]]> Sun, 22 Mar 2026 19:26:31 -0400 http://www.blackberryblast.com/articles/2018/1/2018110-BlackBerry-announces-two-new-phones-for-the-US.html?itemID=6642&site=visor

BlackBerry has announced it will bring two new phones to the market this year. The company announced a full touchscreen BlackBerry Motion will be released this year, along with a new bronze colored KeyOne.The BlackBerry Motion is an Android phone that will be released on January 12th and sold through Amazon and Best Buy for 449.99. The phone will ...]]> Sun, 22 Mar 2026 19:26:31 -0400 http://www.iblastphone.com/articles/2018/1/201816-iTunes-Playlists-not-syncing-with-iOS-11-FIXED.html?itemID=6641&site=visor

iCloud Music Library is not working in iOS 11 and it's annoying. iTunes Match / iCloud Music Library is very buggy in iOS 11. Here is how I solved my problem.I created a new playlist in iTunes on my Mac, but it would not sync to my iPhone X. I soon realized, the playlists were syncing to all of my Macs and iOS devices running iOS 10 or lower, bu...]]> Sun, 22 Mar 2026 19:26:31 -0400 http://www.blastwp.com/articles/2018/1/201813-WhatsApp-ends-support-for-BlackBerry-and-Windows-Phone.html?itemID=6640&site=visor

WhatsApp is moving on from BlackBerry and Windows Phone. The company announced it will no longer support the older platforms, including BlackBerry OS, BlackBerry 10, and Windows Phone 8. The world has largely moved on from these platforms and WhatsApp finally cut them off.The company released the news in a support note:"These platforms don't offer...]]> Sun, 22 Mar 2026 19:26:31 -0400 http://www.iblastphone.com/articles/2017/9/2017926-Apple-issues-statement-on-serious-Keychain-zero-day-bug.html?itemID=6639&site=visor

A very serious security bug was discovered in the Apple MacOS Keychain. It makes it possible for an attacker to get every password in the Keychain without requiring your password. Patrick Wardle, Synack's head of research, was able to write some code that extracts passwords from the Keychain. He posted a video of it on Vimeo. The security issue ...]]> Sun, 22 Mar 2026 19:26:31 -0400 http://www.blackberryblast.com/articles/2017/7/2017713-BlackBerry-KeyOne-screen-can-pop-out-under-pressure.html?itemID=6638&site=visor

BlackBerry released a new smartphone in the US recently. Yes, you read that right. BlackBerry is still releasing phones, although this one is made by TCL. The KeyOne is an Android device made by BlackBerry and looks to be of decent build quality on the surface. The folks at JerryRigEverything tested the device and although it felt heavy, it has a...]]> Sun, 22 Mar 2026 19:26:31 -0400 http://www.iblastphone.com/articles/2017/7/201778-Deleted-Podcasts-still-show-up-in-Apple-TV-SOLVED.html?itemID=6637&site=visor

Do you use Home Sharing to stream Podcasts to your Apple TV? If you do, you may have noticed that very old podcasts stay in the Apple TV even if you think you have deleted them in iTunes. This issue should be embarrassing for Apple, but Apple isn't great at services. They're just not. Anyway, the fix is relatively easy. Go into the Podcasts s...]]> Sun, 22 Mar 2026 19:26:31 -0400 http://www.iblastphone.com/articles/2017/4/2017412-How-to-stop-autoplay-HTML-5-videos-in-Safari.html?itemID=6636&site=visor

HTML 5 videos set to autoplay are so annoying. There are extensions for browsers like Chrome and Firefox that will stop the problem, but Apple has not released anything for Safari yet. Unfortunately, even ClickToPlugin does not help. Fortunately, there is a way to stop these annoying videos from autoplaying. First of all, you will want to launc...]]> Sun, 22 Mar 2026 19:26:31 -0400 http://www.blackberryblast.com/articles/2017/2/201723-BlackBerry-escaped-death-and-is-confident-of-survival.html?itemID=6635&site=visor

BlackBerry is still alive even though it's a completely different company now. CEO John Chen has performed an incredible feat of keeping the company alive when everyone said it was dead. BlackBerry will no longer be a top smartphone maker, but they will live to perhaps see a second act.The company has pivoted from hardware into software. They no...]]> Sun, 22 Mar 2026 19:26:31 -0400 http://www.blackberryblast.com/articles/2017/1/2017116-BlackBerry-looking-to-autonomous-cars-for-its-future.html?itemID=6634&site=visor

Remember when BlackBerry was the dominant smartphone maker? It has been a long decade of decline for BlackBerry, but the company is not quite done yet. BlackBerry is looking to autonomous cars to fuel its future. BlackBerry owns the QNX operating system. QNX is a powerful system that already runs on millions of cars. Ford, General Motors, and ...]]> Sun, 22 Mar 2026 19:26:31 -0400 http://www.iblastphone.com/articles/2016/11/20161129-iTunes-12-for-Mac-won-t-remember-window-size-or-position-FIXED.html?itemID=6633&site=visor

My installation of iTunes 12 would not remember my window size or position, and a splash screen would flash when the app was launching. I tried everything and could not get it to work correctly. Apple won't allow you to remove iTunes as the OS requires it, so I was left floundering. I found the fix by accident. 1. Go to Preferences Store2. ...]]> Sun, 22 Mar 2026 19:26:31 -0400 http://www.blackberryblast.com/articles/2016/11/2016115-Verizon-updating-BlackBerry-Priv-with-Marshmallow.html?itemID=6632&site=visor

Verizon could be updating the BlackBerry Prv with Android Marshmallow very soon. At least one user posted a screen cap in the CrackBerry Forums claiming to have been updated. Verizon hasn't announced an update, so nobody knows if this is a public update or just a test. It definitely appears that they are working on an update and that Verizon BB P...]]> Sun, 22 Mar 2026 19:26:31 -0400