Microfiber, Water and 70% Alcohol: How to Clean Screens and Keyboards Properly

Microfiber, Water and 70% Alcohol: How to Clean Screens and Keyboards Properly

Cleaning a phone, notebook or keyboard looks simple until fingerprints, grease and crumbs sit on a finish you want intact or moisture reaches a port. Apple and Samsung share a route: switch off, wipe with a barely damp microfiber cloth, and for disinfection put 70% isopropyl alcohol on the cloth, not the device. Bleach, glass … Read more

Smartphone Overheating: Separating Normal Warmth From Real Hardware Risk

Smartphone Overheating: Separating Normal Warmth From Real Hardware Risk

Smartphones warm up, and manufacturers say so without hedging. In most cases that heat is the byproduct of ordinary work rather than evidence of a fault. The distinction that matters is between a device that gets warm under load and one that fires off repeated temperature warnings, heats up while sitting idle, develops a scorching … Read more