You can put 28 apps on your phone’s home screen and one that has had a constant residence on my phones is Pocket. For busy people it may be the app you depend on to find time to read articles and watch videos you don’t have time to watch when you first see them. Here’s how I use it: If…
A few weeks ago my family was all together watching a movie on the big screen. My kids used to get a kick out of me asking Alexa to “dim the lights for a movie” and watch as the Philips Hue light bulbs dimmed. This time though, in the middle of the movie one of the lights turned back on…
After seeing ad after ad after ad in my Facebook and Instagram feeds I decided to see what the new fitness device called The Mirror is all about. It is a full-length mirror that doubles as a workout screen complete with fitness instructors appearing in the surface while I can watch myself perform the exercises. The idea of working out…
Google did it again; it created a Super Bowl ad that drew tears and cheers from football fans during the big game. “Loretta” used Google search and Google Assistant to show how regular people can use its features and skills to preserve memories. In “Loretta” we hear an elderly man asking Google to remember certain things about his late wife…
If you’re an aspiring YouTuber or even a TV reporter you should find the new app DoubleTake to be very helpful. If you use an iPhone X or 11. DoubleTake is from the folks behind the video recording app FiLMiC Pro and it takes advantage of all the iPhone cameras to turn your phone into a multi-cam studio. DoubleTake captures…
Everyone has security cameras and doorbells. They’re okay, but a new system keeps watch of your home from above. It’s called Sunflower. It uses motion sensors and a fully autonomous drone to keep watch of your property from the sky. “First are the sunflowers, that’s what we like to call them,” Dusan Zivkovic told me. He was operating the system…
About a year ago I created an account at the online retailer Wish, to see what all the talk was about. I’d seen the commercials and advertisements across my Facebook newsfeed offering incredible deals on products I shop for at Amazon, Walmart, Best Buy and other retailers. Was I missing out on bargains or was Wish just a cheap rip-off?…
Facebook will begin notifying 2.4 billion of its users that they need to review their privacy settings. You’re almost assured to receive the notification over the next couple of weeks. What does it mean? The social media network just released to all of its users a way to see and clear the history of which websites and apps are sharing…
When Becky Smith logged onto Facebook recently she noticed something rather bizarre in the section “People You May Know”. She recognized a photo of her three children but she did not recognize the name of the Facebook user who was using it as his profile picture. “My mouth dropped. I was wondering if I was really seeing this for real….
Almost every time I go to the movies I’m standing or sitting there as the credits roll wondering if there’s something else coming. Bonus features like bloopers, deleted scenes or a ‘where are they now’ sometimes play at the end of a movie after the credits roll. I’m always wondering if I should sit through all the closing credits to…
