Not every Android app you install needs your location, microphone, or contact list—yet many help themselves anyway. If you haven't checked your privacy settings in a while, now's the time to shut the ...

Open the Recent Apps menu. Locate the app you want to close. Swipe the app card upward or to the side (varies by device). The ...

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. As a person who covers consumer tech for a living, I get to use a few dozen smartphones every year. While I almost always advise on which is the ...