(1) A button on a smartphone, tablet or other electronic device that takes the user to the start screen (home screen). The button may be physical hardware or displayed on the touchscreen ("virtual" ...

It's been the single navigation button on the iPhone since its inception. How will future iPhones work without it? Apple just unveiled the future of the iPhone—the iPhone X. And while it has all sorts ...

The Home button on your iPhone has multiple purposes — unlocking your iPhone, bringing up the multitasking menu, returning to the home screen, invoking Siri, etc. Such frequent use can take a toll on ...

A home button on a smartphone, tablet or other electronic device that is an icon on the touchscreen. Tapping the home button displays the start screen. Contrast with a "physical home button," which is ...

The iPhone 7 was finally announced and the rumors are true. No headphone jack here. Lightning port only. It'll be a bit of a change, one that will be annoying but survivable. But there's an even ...

The iPhone X ushers in a major change to the way we interact with our devices due to the lack of a Home button. In order to accommodate an almost bezel-free display, Apple eschewed the Home button and ...

It may sound impossible to imagine an iPhone without a home button. But in some ways, Apple has been preparing users for this eventuality for years. I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now ...

Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to MacFixIt since the spring of 2008. One of his passions is troubleshooting Mac problems and making the best use of Macs ...

Apple has been trying to move users away from the home button for some time now. In fact, the most recent iPhone models don't have a home button at all. But that doesn't mean you can't put a virtual ...

Apple made one big change to the iPhone X. In an effort to make the phone's screen span edge-to-edge, Apple has eliminated the home button that has graced every other iPhone since it was invented.

In the beginning, nobody knew how to use an iPhone. That informed everything about the device's design: The green felt in Game Center communicated fun and gambling, the messily ripped paper at the top ...

Google Chrome is undeniably the most popular browser app on just about any platform. And that’s because it doesn’t quite function just like every other app in the segment. But that’s not always a good ...