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…
If you want to make your smartphone photos pop, you need a photo imaging app. There are dozens, maybe hundreds in the app stores, but the one I keep coming back to is Color Splash for iOS. This is one of those older image editing apps that came along before Instagram, Snapchat and other photo apps with built-in filters. Color…
Many email scams appear to target senior citizens but one scam that’s currently making the rounds again is having success duping younger adults out of their money. The sextortion email appears to have been sent from the victim’s email account. For instance, if your email address is “myemail@email.com”, the scam email appears to have been sent from that address. The…
When you’re sick one of the last things you want to do is crawl out of bed and go to your doctor’s office. Sometimes I feel if I’m not sick when I get there I will be when I leave. Lots of sick people in the waiting room with a cold or the flu and they’re all coughing and sneezing…
Have you ever booked a hotel that was advertised to look great only to find out it was not nearly as nice as you thought? You cannot trust everything you read on Trip Advisor. Although the company says it does quite a bit of detective work before reviews are posted, fake reviews can move a bad hotel to the top…
I suppose we’ve all heard a beep or ding or bloop when one of the many voice-assistants springs into action. We expect them to be ready when we ask Siri or Alexa or Google for the forecast or when we get to move the clocks forward. I’ll bet you’ve even become frustrated at least once when the listening device you’re…
By now you’ve probably learned how to do something by watching YouTube videos. I know I have. A few years ago my big screen TV started showing a blurry picture that only got worse. The TV repairman (are there any TV repairmen left?) couldn’t make the house call before the big game that weekend. I turned to YouTube and found…
One of the most addictive apps is now helping people stop using it. Tik Tok, the app with bite-sized videos created by other users has added features called “Digital Wellbeing” in its settings where people can set time limits for using the app. The app will now let you limit the time spent looking at the screen for 40 minutes,…
As if the coronavirus threat wasn’t scary enough, something far more likely could make you a victim. Scammers are sending out emails that appear to come from the Centers for Disease Control. The email says there are new cases of the virus in your city, and asks you to click a link to see a list. Security lab Trustwave first…
How would you like to sue every company that sends you an annoying robocall? A new service from a consumer protection app called “Do Not Pay” claims it can help you get as much as $3,000 for every call coming to your phone. “Do Not Pay” founder Joshua Browder told me he came up with the idea after being interrupted…
