Posted on March 17, 2022
Don’t throw away your old phone. Here are 6 things you can do with it.
Americans throw away more than 416,000 cell phones every single day — that’s nearly 152 million each year! These cell phones, along with the millions of tons of other e-waste that end up in landfills each year, are …
Posted on February 17, 2022
Upgrade your video calls: How to use your smartphone as a webcam
Video calls aren’t going away anytime soon, especially with more remote and hybrid work schedules, along with uncertainty about the pandemic. Yet, brand new HD webcams can cost a pretty penny, so how can you upgrade your webcam …
Posted on July 16, 2019
How to Waterproof Your Phone for the Summer
Before you head to the pool, beach, or river this summer let’s talk about some things you can do to help prevent accidental water damage to your phone.
Posted on July 1, 2019
AT&T donated $2.7 million to 193 anti-LGBTQ politicians
AT&T can rainbow-stripe its logo for Pride Month, wave the rainbow flag and claim it supports the LGBTQ community, but none of those things can make up for the fact that AT&T is directly funding politicians who are fighting equality and LGBTQ rights.
Posted on April 18, 2019
CREDO has a long record of fighting for our members’ privacy rights
Here at CREDO, we take customer privacy very seriously. In fact, respecting our customers’ privacy rights is a core mission of our company, and we have a long history of fighting for it. Unlike other carriers like AT&T …
Posted on March 26, 2019
Tuesday Tip: How to Stop Auto-Updates on an Android Cell Phone
We’ve all been there. In the midst of a discussion, you state a fact that your friend doubts. For example, you tell your friend that two U.S. presidents have been impeached. But your friend insists that number is …
Posted on February 12, 2019
Tuesday Tip: 5 Good, Easy-to-Use Secure Messaging Apps
Here are five good, widely used secure messaging apps that provide end-to-end encryption to protect your messages from hackers, service providers and the government.
Posted on February 5, 2019
Tuesday Tip: What is 5G? (and why you don’t need it, for now)
There is a lot of talk in the mobile phone world about 5G. You might be asking yourself, “What is 5G, and do I need it?” Good questions. We have answers.
Posted on January 8, 2019
Tuesday Tip: 3 Ways to Limit Your Facebook Data Usage
Overage charges. Like parking tickets and Sean Hannity, they’re one of those annoyances in life that we try to avoid. One way you can avoid overage charges on your bill is to limit data usage by apps like …
Posted on November 20, 2018
Tuesday Tip: 8 Meaningful Gift Ideas for Progressive People
Gift giving changes with the times. And in these times, when just about every choice we make—where we shop, what we eat, how we travel—feels more meaningful, because we’re more aware of the impact it has, we choose …