What the Tech

What the Tech? App of the Day: Gigwalk

Ah, the elusive Mystery Shopper career. You hear of folks who have this job who get paid to shop at retailers then report back about their experience. Some of those jobs sound very glamorous and can pay exceptionally well with the perks of keeping what they purchase at the expense of the retailer. Those jobs are hard to find though,…

What the Tech? How Stolen Information is Sold on the Dark Web

How much is your personal information worth? If your Facebook username and login was hacked the credentials you used may be for sale on the dark web. Your Netflix login information is worth around $10 on the internet’s black market. Stolen credentials are for sale in dark web marketplaces. The same places where people sell heroin, cocaine, weapons, and child…

What the Tech? Is Your Smartphone Getting You Sick?

If we’re being honest, most of us have taken our phones in the bathroom for a little toilet texting. A new survey from Bank My Cell shows 90% of millenials use their phones in the bathroom. Generation X is not much better, at 82% and a majority of baby boomers admit using their phones in the bathroom. If that isn’t…

What the Tech? Should You Download the Gradient App?

What celebrity do you most look like? It’s an intriguing question and I suppose most people are at least curious if you favor a Hollywood actor or professional athlete. A smartphone app is doing quite well playing into our curiosity. “Gradient” is a smartphone app for both iPhones and Android devices that claims it can find a celebrity you look…

What the Tech? Facebook Undergoing Facelift

Facebook will undergo a facelift over the next several months, drastically changing the simple look it adopted when it began accepting users worldwide. The new design, which is currently undergoing beta testing, includes a ‘dark mode’ and uses much more of the screen real estate as it does now. I was invited to participate in the beta program and thought…

What the Tech? App of the Day: OurPact

There’s a time in most every child’s life where Halloween goes from being a cute night walking through the neighborhood with mom and dad, to a night racing through the streets with their friends. If you’re a parent of a child that age, Halloween might be scarier than a Stephen King novel. There are many apps in both app stores…

What the Tech? Are You Getting Robocalls?

According to the robocall blocking app YouMail, October and November are typically the busiest times of the year for people to receive robocalls. According to YouMail’s robocall index history, In October 2018, more than 5.1 million robocalls were placed which was a million more than in July 2018. If you have an iPhone Apple has introduced a new feature that…

What the Tech? Fortnite Addiction

I know, you’re probably sick of hearing about Fortnite. Especially if you have a child that likes playing it. Some Fortnite players will be at it for hours at a time. It’s an obsession, and according to some mental health experts, as addicting as cocaine. “You’re not putting additives in your body, but it’s doing something to the brain,” licensed…

What the Tech? Is Your Smart TV Watching You?

Do you have a Roku? Or an Amazon Fire TV device? Millions of homes have not just one but several. On every TV in the house. We can watch Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu and free TV shows and movies without a subscription. A new report shows that while you’re watching something on one of these smart streaming devices, someone…