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…
For many college and high school students this fall, turning in a theme or term paper will mostly be done online using Google Docs or Microsoft Word. It’s easier and more convenient than the way their parents did it during their school years. It’s also easier to catch mistakes before they turn it in using online tools that check for…
I don’t know anyone who’s ever looked at a selfie photo of themselves and wasn’t interested in how they look on camera. “Nope! Take it again” seems to follow most every shutter. A few years ago Facetune changed the fortunes of selfie-takers by giving people options to make themselves look better in their photos. Now, Facetune has a video app….
You think you’re taking precautions against scammers seeing your posts and photos on Facebook, but you may still be followed by scammers or other people you don’t want to see your posts. When you receive a Facebook friend request from someone and you either ignore it or delete it, the person sending it automatically becomes a ‘follower’, meaning, they see…
Call it, ‘stranger danger’ Facebook style. We’ve all accepted friend requests from someone we don’t know in real life. Maybe you see that they’re friends of friends or maybe it’s from a pretty girl or maybe you just don’t want to hurt someone’s feelings. The fact is, accepting a friend request from a stranger has the potential to harm you…
