What The Tech: The simple way to mass delete emails
If you’ve ever gotten one of these messages from Google saying you’re running out of storage, it’s time to start deleting what you don’t need.
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App of the Day: Focus Friend
This smartphone app called “Focus Friend” uses a bean to help you take a break from your phone and get stuff done.
What The Tech: Are social media platforms listening to you?
It’s suspicious when something you just talked about shows up in your social media feeds. It happens, and it’s creepy
What The Tech: How the government shutdown could affect you
Bottom line: expect delays, expect some websites to go dark, and expect scammers to take advantage. When in doubt, go directly to the official government website.
What The Tech: Amazon customers eligible for settlement over prime cancellation complaints
The FTC says Amazon tricked people into subscribing to prime, and then made it nearly impossible to cancel.
What The Tech App of the Day: Notion
This app, called Notion puts everything in one place.
Notion is part note-taker, part project manager, part calendar, and part well, anything else you can think of.
What The Tech: Which is cheaper – cable tv or streaming subscriptions?
Remember when streaming was the cheap alternative to cable? We all do, but those days may be behind us, as prices are going up again.
What The Tech: Protecting your Facebook settlements from scams
These days, it’s best to treat every unexpected message about money as a scam. Especially if it tells you to ‘click here’ to claim your payment.
What The Tech: What American travelers need to know about foreign outlets
If you’ve traveled overseas, you already know our plugs don’t work in most of the outlets around
the world. All plugs are not created equal, and ours won’t fit into most of outlets in the world.
What The Tech: Would American parents implement a ‘no phone policy?’
“They know how it feels to spend 8 hours on the phone all day, but nobody’s helping them. To me
it’s like an addict, when you continue to give an addict the substance that they’re addicted to, what are they going to do? They’re gonna take it,”
