Tech Trends heading into 2020
It has been a busy year in the tech world (isn’t it always?), from the latest gadgets to improved wireless speeds and expanded coverage. So what can we…
Category: Technology
Stop Google Calendar spam
As you review your Google Calendar, you suddenly notice that — surprise — you have won a free iPhone X. Naturally, you know nothing is free and who…
No dots at the end of sentences?
Sentences end with dots, but should you end your texts that way? According to researchers at Binghamton University, short exchanges in texts that ended…
Most rude places to use a phone
The number one most annoying place to pull out a phone is in a dark theater. That was one of the findings in a Trends in Consumer Mobility Report from…
How to save power when battery is low
You get the dreaded low power message and you are an hour from any place to charge the phone. It happens to everyone and, in fact, in 2018’s survey by USA…
Too smart or smart enough?
One security researcher had a brilliant idea. He would take out a vanity license plate reading NULL. To everyone around him, it would be a joke. To the…
Make sure it’s really tech support
Recently a hacker was sentenced to three years in federal prison for impersonating an Apple employee and scamming rappers and sports stars out of…
Set up Google to delete itself after you die
Make a plan for your data. Google makes it easy to assign a person to your account or to automatically delete your data when you die. Here’s how: Go to…
Apollo computing: Don’t get too snooty about today’s tech
Let’s get one thing straight before we talk Apollo computing: Our cellphones are millions of times more powerful than the Apollo 11 lunar module computer….
Record the police
Using your iPhone, you can ask Siri to record your traffic stop. First, you need to install and configure the shortcut: POLICE. When you see the blinking…