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News: Try These 5 Hot New Snapchat Lenses This Weekend — Yodeling Walmart Kid, Loading Screen & More

It's Friday, April 6, and that means it's time to look at some of the hottest lenses from the past week created by Snapchat users everywhere. Some memes are evergreen, some dissolve within a week, but these lenses are blazing hot right now in snaps across the platform. If you don't want your friends laughing at your weak lens game, you've gotta try these out right now.

How To: Remove and replace the screen on iPhone 4G HD

The iPhone 4 is brand new, but accidents still happen - even right after you get it, right? So, if you have cracked or scratched up your screen and can no longer use it, check out this tutorial. Apple won't fix the damage if they think you did it, and a repair shop will charge tons of money. This tutorial will walk you through how to take the screen off on your own and replace it with a brand new one. Be careful and maybe think about investing in a case next time.

How To: Set up a Verizon LG Ally Google Android smartphone

Whether you're the proud owner of a Verizon LG Ally Google Android smartphone or perhaps just considering picking one up, you're sure to benefit from this free video tutorial, which presents a complete overview of how to activate and get started using the Ally. For details, and to see what it takes to get started using the LG Ally phone yourself, take a look.

How To: Change Your Android Screen's Orientation Using Your Face Instead of the Device's Angle

One of the coolest things for readers using the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 is the stock Smart Rotation feature. While most smartphones use the accelerometer to adjust the screen orientation, Smart Rotation actually uses the camera to detect your face-to-screen angle and adjusts accordingly. Now, if only there was a way that all Android users can continue reading an article or text without sporadic and unexpected 90-degree turns of their screen. Wait, there is!

How To: Change the notification sound on your Android phone

Tweak notification setting on your Android device. One of the salient advantages of a Google Android smartphone over, say, an Apple iPhone, is the inherent extendibility of the open-source Android mobile OS. There are a seemingly infinite number of settings to tweak and advanced features to discover and use. This free video tutorial, in particular, discusses how to change the way your Android phone notifies you in the Sound and Display settings menu.

How To: What Do the Leaves Mean in Pokémon GO?

While wandering around in Pokémon GO, you'll occasionally see what appears to be leaves fluttering around nearby. This is actually meant to be Pokémon "rustling in the grass," but whatever the intention, it means that there may be a wild Pokémon in that area. While there's no use in tapping on the leaves (it does nothing), they can be helpful in your search for Pokémon to catch.

How To: Unlock a Samsung phone

Watch this video to learn how to unlock your Samsung phone. Power up the phone. It shows the boot logo. Take the battery out and insert T-Mobile SIM card. Turn phone on. Shows welcome. Confirm T-Mobile by dialing 611. To unlock phone: Take out the battery and SIM card. Put in an AT&T SIM card. Put the battery back into the phone. Turn on the phone. It says," wrong card". Dial *2767*3855#. The phone will reboot after 15 seconds. Screen says, "Welcome to T-Mobile". To keep service dial *7465625...

How To: Change the font on an iPod Touch/iPhone

In this video from iPT2gGeec we learn how to change the font on the iPhone. Your phone needs to be jailbroken. Open up Cydia and search for Fonts. Select Font Swap. Install and confirm. Once loaded, go back to the home screen. It requires no reboot. You will see the Font Swap icon. Click on that. You can change dialer fonts, lock clock fonts, notes font, and system fonts. You can select any font listed that you want to change it to. When you change the font, then restart your iPhone and you w...

News: 3 Reasons You Might Want to Switch to the Galaxy S9 from an iPhone

It's human nature to wonder if the grass is greener on the other side. This is no more true than for people who use iPhones, and those who use Galaxy S phones. While iPhones were initially the gold standard for smartphones, Samsung's phones equal them in many ways and surpass them in others. If you use an iPhone and you're on the fence, here's the case for making the switch to a Galaxy S9 or S9+.

How To: Block your cell phone number

Ross Handler shows us how to block your cell phone number for outgoing calls. First call your provider and let them know you want all of your outgoing calls to not be registered onto some one else's caller I.D. They will gladly do that for you. But if you want to just block individual calls, and not all your outgoing calls, dial *67 before dialing in the person your calling's phone number. You will not hear a 'beep' when you are dialing *67, but keep proceeding and the call will go through an...

How To: Use an internet browser on a Blackberry Curve

The Blackberry Curve can be used for internet access any time, anywhere. The internet browser can bet set up to with bookmarks and can be updated with popular feeds, to increase ease of use. Watch this video cell phone tutorial and learn how to access an internet browser on a Blackberry Curve. Use an internet browser on a Blackberry Curve.

How To: Troll Your Facebook Friends by Posting Status Updates from Any Device or Even the Playboy Mansion

Depending on what mobile device you own, you'll see something that says "via device name" next to the date of your post on Facebook. If you're device is not recognized, you'll simply see a "via Mobile" note, which is what happens when I post from my phone. If you allowed your iPhone to be called iPhone when you logged into the app, it'll show up as a recognized device on Facebook, and will post "via iPhone." Same thing goes if you have a Samsung Galaxy S3 or Nexus 7 or iPad. It could also jus...

How To: Dropped Your Phone in Water? Here's How to Keep Your Wet Android or iPhone from Being Water Damaged

When it comes to busted smartphones, liquid damage ranks right up there with shattered screens as one of the most common issues owners have to deal with—as well as the most embarrassing. Thankfully, though, with the rise of waterproof phones such as the Samsung Galaxy S7 and even the iPhone 7, this is becoming less and less of a worry. But not everyone has a waterproof device.

How To: Enable internet tethering on an iPhone 3G or 3GS

Interested in turning your Apple iPhone 3G or 3GS into a wireless modem? This clip presents a very quick overview of how set up tethering on Apple's popular smartphone. What's more, it's easy! So easy, in fact, that this home-computing how-to can present a complete, step-by-step overview of the process in about ten minutes. For details, including step-by-step instructions, and to get started turning your own iPhone into a WiFi hotspot, watch this helpful video guide.

How To: Unlock and Root the Verizon Droid DNA by HTC

Last week, HTC released their new Droid DNA smartphone in hopes of gaining more traction in a smartphone world currently dominated by Apple and Samsung with their popular iPhone and Samsung Galaxy lines. The new Droid DNA boasts a 5-inch 1080p display—the highest resolution for any smartphone on the market. It runs Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean with HTC Sense software, and has may other typical features, such as NFC and wireless charging.

How To: Screencast directly from an iPhone or iPod Touch

This video shows us how to do a screen cast directly from an iPhone or an iPod touch in the Mac. One thing to keep in mind is that this can only be done on a jailbroken iPod. The first thing to do is to download and install the application from Cydia called Screen splitter. After downloading screen splitter launch the application and go into Safari and go to Bonjour and click on your iPod. Once you've down that you should see your iPhone displaying on your Mac. From here you'll need screen ca...

News: The Revolution of the Hacked Kinect, Part 1: Teaching Robots & the Blind to See

In 2007, Nintendo introduced the world to motion control video games with the Wii. Microsoft and Sony built on Nintendo's phenomenal success and released their own motion control products for the XBox 360 and Playstation 3 late in 2010: the Kinect and the Move. The Move is basically an improved Wiimote that looks like a sci-fi Harry Potter wand, but the Kinect just might be the most important video game peripheral of all time.

How To: Share Your Phone's Screen with Friends in Facebook Messenger Video Chats

Screen recording is an essential tool for sharing what's on our smartphones. If you want to send your friends and family an unsharable video you're watching, or a neat trick you discovered on your phone, recording your screen is one way to do so. Messenger, Facebook's standalone chat app, simplifies the experience by implementing live screen shares directly in video calls.