Many apps (social, browsers, games) request contact access even when it's unnecessary. Allowing access lets apps upload and ...

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Here’s a helpful trick if you’ve ever struggled to find an old Gmail contact or unsaved number on Android: it turns out that Google keeps a list of every Gmail account you’ve ever sent or received an ...

Effectively managing your iPhone contacts is crucial for maintaining seamless communication in both personal and professional settings. The iPhone’s built-in Contacts and Phone apps provide robust ...

When apps ask for access to your address book and you consent, the data-sharing doesn’t always stop there. The names and contact information that used to stay safe in analog address books now float ...

It’s not uncommon for people to have hundreds of contacts on their smartphones, be they loved ones, colleagues, businesses, services, or anyone else. In fact, your Google account has a limit of 25,000 ...

Have you ever considered how you’ve saved the contacts in your phone? In the event of an emergency, would a good Samaritan be able to identify the right person to call just by scrolling through your ...

I use the google talk client for IM on occasion and a new unknown contact just seemed to show up today as online in my contacts list, I do not recognize the email address and when I search for it in ...

Filling in more of the blanks and dumping duplicates opens up new ways to manage the people in your life. By J. D. Biersdorfer Jude Biersdorfer has helped readers navigate their digital products since ...

Over time, your list of contacts may grow seemingly too big to handle. Here's how to cut it down to size by deleting some of your contacts. The ability to store contact details in an iPhone or other ...