Never before have so many Americans had a second job. Not the kind of second-job that you might picture, but a side-gig or side-hustle. A job where they call the shots. Many times those side-gigs turn into a full-time career. If that’s the kind of thing you’ve been dreaming of, there’s an app you should check out. Upwork is an…
You find an iPhone in a coffee shop or club. It’s locked with a passcode and the owner is nowhere to be found. You may be able to find out who owns the phone and contact them without even touching it. This is a feature in Siri meant to help people who lose their phones and it works. However, you…
If you’re tired of hearing “are we there yet?” you’ll want to make sure the kids have a smartphone or tablet with them in the backseat. No matter how you feel about kids and smartphones, for long vacation car rides, the smartphone maybe your best friend. If you’ll be traveling with young kids this spring and summer, I’ve got a…
Since the first iPhone was released more than 10 years ago, we’ve been told by Apple that using chemicals would damage the screen. With the coronavirus scare, all that’s out the window. Apple has updated the “Cleaning your iPhone” section of its support website to answer the question, “Is it OK to use a disinfectant on my iPhone?” The new…
Will the coronavirus change the way Americans work? As companies started sending employees home with the instructions to work remotely one company is seeing a surge of new business: Zoom. Zoom is a video company that allows for people to connect online for live streaming face-to-face meetings for up to 100 people. Similar to Skype, Zoom gets high marks from…
A popular smartphone app that uses a bot to assess health problems has been updated to include symptoms for COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. Ada is a “doc-in-a-bot” app developed a few years ago by doctors who seek to get medical advice and health assessments to people with no easy access to doctors and hospitals. Using artificial intelligence,…
Renewed fears of the coronavirus are having an impact on shipping products ordered through Amazon, Walmart, and other retailers. Amazon this week posted a note on its website for some customers that deliveries could take longer than the 2-days Prime members have come to expect. I think we all can understand that delays happen but if you’re paying $120 a…
Everyone’s talking about washing hands to stop the spread of the flu and the coronavirus, but what about the filthiest thing we touch every day? The thing that can transmit flu-carrying germs straight to clean hands? You know, smartphones and computers. Cleaning these expensive devices isn’t simple and may not be all that effective at killing germs for a simple…
If you’ve ever lost a strong signal on a smartphone, this trick may get you back online in 2 seconds. The last time my family went on a fairly long trip by car we drove through a rural part of the country. I heard a simultaneous “I don’t have internet!” I’ve been on that stretch of I-65 before and I…
As health workers are busy trying to contain the Covid-19 or the coronavirus and disseminate accurate information, app developers in China and elsewhere are working hard to take advantage of the concerns. In the last week, coronavirus trackers have been showing up in the Google Play Store. They promise to send the latest information to your phone and help keep…
