Default privacy settings in popular mobile apps seem like a convenience, allowing you to use a single setting to control the level of privacy—who can see which actions you take—across all of the app’s ...

Change default iPhone and iPad apps under Settings > Apps > Default Apps. Options include browsers, messaging, contactless ...

One of the enduring legacies of the '90s browser wars has been an outsize attention to how Microsoft handles default app settings in Windows, especially browser settings. The company plans to make it ...

Apple has announced another set of changes to its App Store and iPhone policies in the European Union. This time around, Apple is expanding default app controls, making additional first-party apps ...

You can choose the default apps you want on Android. The pre-installed default apps on your phone are meant to perform basic functions–like opening an internet link ...

Microsoft has made it harder to choose which apps handle standard file types. Follow these steps to set default apps for all your documents, images, music files, and more. I've been testing PC and ...

One of the major advantages of the Android operating system over iOS is its more extensive customization support. Android not only lets you change the default home screen launcher but also the default ...

Windows is generally flexible about tweaks to its system—and advanced users have long taken advantage of registry tweaks to make the OS behave. But recently, Microsoft has quietly barred access to one ...

Recently, Chrome added a security setting to protect users when they visit unfamiliar sites. Now Chrome is also making it ...