Have you ever typed out a text message using an emoji to express yourself, only to find out the emoji doesn’t mean what you thought it meant? Like, sending a flirty text to a Tinder contact only to find out you just told them you loved them. How embarrassing right? When the international Unicode Consortium approves and releases new emoji,…
Have you ever taken a skivvy selfie? You’ll need to take some photos of yourself in underwear to use Amazon’s new fitness tracker the Halo. Similar to a Fitbit, the Halo tracks sleep, steps, exercise, heart rate, and body temperature but then it goes a little deeper to help you lose weight and get in shape. According to Amazon, to…
If you haven’t heard by now, there’s a shortage of affordable and mid-range laptops. Since March there’s been nearly impossible to find good web cameras for Zoom meetings. If you’re working from home and the kids are being homeschooled because of closures, look through the house for old smartphones. As long as a smartphone can connect to your WiFi network,…
First is was the new Facebook on the desktop and now many users are noticing a similar big change to the Facebook app. Some users were already seeing a new look on the Android and iOS app but many are just noticing the difference after their app updated overnight. So what’s different? Almost everything. Rather than a row of icons…
A good friend of mine who is still working from home shared her family calendar on Facebook. Her three children have in-person school two days a week, school, and school at home for three days. In addition, there’s soccer practice, scouts, birthday parties, and a trip. She uses a whiteboard and color codes every event with her children’s names. It’s…
Is it “new and improved”? Or just “new”? Facebook’s brand new look that’s been rolling out as an option to some users will become the norm for everyone over the next several weeks and it is the biggest change to the social network’s appearance in at least four years. Facebook introduced the “New Facebook” at an event in 2019 and…
Filing paperwork for the government is no easy task. As millions of Americans file for unemployment insurance in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic they’re learning that getting the right information together and navigating the official website can be daunting. An app known by some as a robot lawyer can help get started quickly. DoNotPay was developed by a man…
Free is seldom better. Often free is not free at all. You’ve heard that saying in the tech world if it’s free, it’s your information being sold. Be honest, we’ve all downloaded free apps for our smartphones. Game apps, photo filters, meme generators are most popular these days. We’ve even gotten used to the idea of dealing with pop-up ads…
Parents who are homeschooling for the first time are up against some real challenges. As more and more students are doing at least some classroom work at home due to the pandemic, I’ve talked to several parents who tell me one of their biggest challenges is just keeping the kids on a schedule. One dad I spoke to this week…
There’s been a lot of news about the post office in recent days. Proposed cutbacks could affect how you receive your mail and if you’ve ever suspected mail pieces are not making their way to your mailbox, there’s a way to find out. The USPS added a service called “Informed Delivery” a few years ago and it’s now available to…
