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What the Tech? See Secret Codes on Netflix to Help You Find More Movies

How many times have you spent most of an evening searching all the titles on Netflix? As millions of Americans are stuck in their home during the quarantine, searching for something to watch can be especially frustrating. Here’s a little known Netflix secret that will help you find a movie or TV show you want to watch. Netflix only shows…

What the Tech? Time to Back Up Your Computer

Wednesday, March 31 was World Backup Day, a day where computer users everywhere are encouraged to back up their computer to keep their documents and pictures safe. If you’re at home because of the coronavirus outbreak, this could be the perfect time to do it. For most people, backing up a computer is something they never think about. According to…

What the Tech? How to Avoid “Zoom Bombing”

In a classroom, sheltered-in-place children are learning what they’d be taught if they were in school. But in the middle of the class, someone called a “Zoom Troll” interrupts. It’s called “Zoom bombing”. Using profanity, insulting the sister teaching the class. Like other incidents lately, the troll, usually a giggly teen boy is shown with all the other students. How…

What the Tech? Avoid Getting Hacked While You’re Working from Home

While you work from home, hackers are doing the same thing; targeting people who might be using their company laptop. It’s a nasty scam but is often successful. “What they do is they look for bad situations to exploit. This virus (coronavirus) is a perfect opportunity,” says retired FBI Special Agent Scott Augenbaum. “Almost everybody is home. Everybody is online…

What the Tech? App of the Day: Depop

Every day it seems there’s a new app where people can buy and sell used clothing. It’s a big business for app developers of Poshmark and TheRealReal. For some reason though, teenagers and young adults are gravitating to a relatively new (and very popular) app Depop. Depop works the same as the other apps: Sellers post photos and a description…

What the Tech? Work From Home Gadgets

You’re getting the chance to work from home. Now what? If you’re invited, asked or ordered to stay home to help flatten the curve but are still expected to be as productive as you would be in the office, you may need a few gadgets to get it done. If your boss wants you to do video meetings, you’ll need…

What the Tech? Siri Can Now Answer Coronavirus Questions

Siri can now provide information on the Coronavirus and might even be able to help you decide whether you should seek medical attention or just stay at home. Apple updated the voice assistant over the weekend to provide information from the CDC. It will also ask about any symptoms you’re experiencing and using that information, will suggest you see a…

What the Tech? App of the Day: Headspace

As a majority of Americans are finishing up their first full week of working from home or at least differently, stress and anxiety levels are at a high point. You cannot avoid news of COVID-19 and the Coronavirus, if you play the stock market the news has been bad for the past several weeks, and the kids are home and…

What the Tech? How Coronavirus Is Affecting Air Travel

Like a lot of people, my family had a spring break vacation scheduled the second week of March when the kids were going to be out of school. Prior to our trip last Wednesday, the Coronavirus was a concern but not to the point the president or health officials were telling people to stay home. So we kept our schedule…

What the Tech? Spring Cleaning Your Files

Spring is here and it’s time to look around the house and start cleaning. After you tackle the windows and baseboards turn your thoughts toward cleaning up where you live online. After months of neglect your phone and places you visit online can use some spring cleaning attention as well. Here are a few things to get you started: ●…