Posted on July 23, 2024
Tuna surprise: Eating canned fish is one of the best ways you can fight climate change
If you’re of a certain age, you might remember the days when canned tuna was a regular purchase at the grocery store—and made regular appearances on the dinner table, in dishes like tuna casserole, tuna salad and tuna-stuffed …
Posted on July 16, 2024
How to limit your data use and save money on your phone bill
A lot of people these days are looking to cut back on their spending. If you’re doing the same, one place you might look is your mobile plan. If you’re not a heavy data user, you could save …
Posted on May 16, 2024
Giving travel advice? Do it with a Google Maps List
Giving advice: we all like to do it, most of us, anyway. And we especially like giving travel advice, telling friends and family who are on a trip about the best places to visit in our hometown — …
Posted on May 2, 2024
What to do if your personal information is exposed in data breach
Your personal information is valuable. And bad actors are working harder than ever to get their hands on it. Data breaches were up 20% in 2023 from 2022. There were 3,205 data breaches in 2023 and 353 million …
Posted on April 18, 2024
Earth Day: Save money, Save the planet— Purchase refurbished electronics
April 22 is Earth Day. Encouragingly, this is now the largest civic event in the world, with billions of people participating in Earth Day activities and calling for solutions to our planet’s problems. One of those problems is …
Posted on March 20, 2024
Spring cleaning for your phone – delete those zombie apps
If you’re like most people, you’ve got a lot of apps on your phone that you never use. Streaming channels you don’t watch, fitness apps you’ve fallen out with, games that now bore you. A quarter of all …
Posted on March 6, 2024
How to use your phone to scan your important tax documents
Tax Day is right around the corner, and if you haven’t filed yet, it’s time to quickly get all your documents in order. The best way to save, store or upload your tax documents, especially if you have …
Posted on February 8, 2024
Quick ways to extend your phone’s battery life
Smartphones are basically small computers. And, like any computer, they use a lot of power. Also like any computer, they’re useless if they don’t have a charge. So a part of most people’s routine these days is periodically …
Posted on December 27, 2023
5 ways to be a more conscious consumer in 2024
There are times (like now) when hope gets hard. When it feels that our individual actions—ethical and consistent as they may be—are not enough to turn our world in the right direction. This is understandable. Certainly we’ve got …
