Millions of people across the United States continue to be hampered by slow internet speeds. The problem has only become more noticeable in the past year as people were forced to work from home and children were forced to attend school virtually over computer connections.
All the single ladies and all the single gentlemen will tell you, dating during the coronavirus pandemic has been a challenge. With restaurants, movie theaters, churches, and nearly every other dating destination closed, meeting other singles has been practically impossible for the past year.
Five years or so ago you might not have thought about giving your mother, grandmother or wife a tech gadget for Mother’s Day. Dads are generally the ones who geek out over gadgets but this is 2021 and moms are now as interested in consumer technology as anyone else. But what tech gadget will mom want or need? If she’s…
Hold the remote: YouTube TV customers could soon not be able to watch on a Roku device. On Monday, Roku customers should have received a notification from the streaming device maker that it is involved in negotiations with Google and that as of the time of the email, the two sides have been unable to reach an agreement to continue…
I read this story the other day about a hiker in a forest in California who became lost. After screaming for help for several hours and trying to find something that looked familiar, the 45-year-old man took a photograph of his surroundings and texted it to a friend. Fortunately, maybe miraculously, someone seeing the photo being shared by a sheriff’s…
I don’t envy this year’s graduating class. It’s rarely easy, simple, or quick to land that first job out of college but this year and the last are historically tough. The good news is that the situation is improving. According to a survey from the National Association of Colleges and Employers, companies plan to hire more college graduates this year…
If last year’s pandemic lockdowns gave us one good thing, it was a decrease in the number of ‘robocalls’ from spoofed phone numbers. Since call centers were forced to close there was no one to pick up the phone to talk to someone who was tricked into answering a robocall. But now that call centers are open again, the number…
Apple’s new iPhone operating system is almost here. iOS 14.5 was expected in March by many people (myself included) and then in early April. When that didn’t happen, I expected to hear an update and roundup of the new features at Apple’s press event on Tuesday. iOS 14.5 was overshadowed in a big way by Apple’s announcements of new iPads,…
I’ve seen a lot of apps in the past few years browsing the app stores for super fun “App of the Day” features. I haven’t seen many apps as impressive as “HeardThat”, a brand new app for iOS and Android that helps people hear conversations in a noisy environment. I first heard about “HeardThat” at CES 2020 in Las Vegas….
When did you first sign up for Facebook? For most of us it was at least eight years ago. You might have signed up using an email account you don’t use anymore, or you may have simply forgotten it. For the past several years you’ve simply opened the Facebook app on your phone or logged-in on the website with the…
