Posted on April 2, 2025
Your TV is watching you: Here’s how to make it stop
When you sit in front of your smart TV, you’re not the only one watching. Your TV is watching too. It’s watching you. Just about every smart TV these days collects data on your viewing habits, including what …
Posted on January 17, 2025
How to digitize printed photos with your phone
Photographs—on paper. Remember those? If you’re old enough, you’ve probably got an album or shoebox full of them, stuck away in a closet somewhere. You get them out now and then, look through them, feel happy (or sad), …
Posted on October 22, 2024
Phone porting fraud: First, scammers steal your number—then your money
It’s a nightmare scenario. You wake up, grab your phone and discover that you have no service. You can’t call or text. But you still have WiFi, so you check your email—and see a message from your bank …
Posted on August 22, 2024
Is your phone slowing down? Try these tips to speed it up
We all slow down with age. And your phone is no different. As it gets older, you might notice that it just doesn’t have the zip it once did. But before you embark on an upgrade, there are …
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 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 August 3, 2023
Prevent your phone from overheating
It’s getting hot out there, and as the planet warms from climate change, it’s bound to get even hotter. That also means your phone is becoming more susceptible to overheating — which can spell trouble. A hot phone …
