The majority of iPhones need to be recharged every few days, if not every day. Turning off services and features is one way to extend the battery life of an iPhone. Displaying your iPhone’s battery life as a percentage for easier monitoring is one simple way to get ahead.

While parents often agonize over their kids’ smartphone usage, Steve Latham is grateful that his 11-year-old son Samuel knows how to use a smartphone. That’s because Sam Latham saved Steve’s life by using the Red Cross smartphone app when his dad seemed to be having a heart attack while driving.

The New York Times recently did a comparison of Google searches originating in areas where, according to the NYT, people have life the easiest to areas where life is the hardest. Here’s what they found.