From essential first steps to pro-level tweaks, these are the things I do first every time I set up a new iPhone.

For millions of people, picking up drawing starts with a familiar frustration: the blank page. The main goal is there — whether it’s to learn how to draw a ...

Did you upgrade your iPhone to iOS 26 yet? It’s available for all models from the iPhone 11 onwards. But until now, Apple has also readied a version of last year’s iOS 18 so that users reluctant to ...

The iOS 26.1 update comes with a bunch of new features, but it also includes a whopping 56 security fixes for iPhone users. Update Nov. 05: This article, originally published on Nov. 04, has been ...

iOS 26.1 is currently in beta testing, but as users have had more time with the update, more new features have been uncovered. The latest iOS 26.1 discovery is a new swipe gesture for accessing the ...

I flew 17 hours to Indonesia, only to find out I'd made a mistake with my passport. I wasn't allowed entry to the country because I didn't have at least two blank pages in my passport. Now, I always ...

Apple Notes gets upgraded with new features every year, and iOS 26 is no exception. Among the handful of Notes changes in iOS 26, the app now works better than ever with Markdown thanks to import and ...

What if your note-taking app didn’t just keep up with your life but actively elevated it? With the release of iOS 26, Apple Notes takes a bold leap forward, transforming from a simple digital notebook ...

Even though journaling is supposed to be relaxing, staring at a blank sheet of paper often feels like work. This is especially true if you’re attempting to fill it with a morning pages marathon or a ...

CNET’s expert staff reviews and rates dozens of new products and services each month, building on more than a quarter century of expertise. Apple released iOS 18 in September, which means it's been ...

Google discontinues the Page Annotations feature, which diverted traffic from websites back to Google's search results. Google has discontinued the Page Annotations feature. Page Annotations is ...

Google Keep users this week are being prompted to “reload” their notes, while there’s also a small design tweak on Android that curves corners. Opening the Android or iOS app over the past day shows a ...