While you work from home, hackers are doing the same thing; targeting people who might be using their company laptop. It’s a nasty scam but is often successful. “What they do is they look for bad situations to exploit. This virus (coronavirus) is a perfect opportunity,” says retired FBI Special Agent Scott Augenbaum. “Almost everybody is home. Everybody is online…
Every day it seems there’s a new app where people can buy and sell used clothing. It’s a big business for app developers of Poshmark and TheRealReal. For some reason though, teenagers and young adults are gravitating to a relatively new (and very popular) app Depop. Depop works the same as the other apps: Sellers post photos and a description…
You’re getting the chance to work from home. Now what? If you’re invited, asked or ordered to stay home to help flatten the curve but are still expected to be as productive as you would be in the office, you may need a few gadgets to get it done. If your boss wants you to do video meetings, you’ll need…
Siri can now provide information on the Coronavirus and might even be able to help you decide whether you should seek medical attention or just stay at home. Apple updated the voice assistant over the weekend to provide information from the CDC. It will also ask about any symptoms you’re experiencing and using that information, will suggest you see a…
As a majority of Americans are finishing up their first full week of working from home or at least differently, stress and anxiety levels are at a high point. You cannot avoid news of COVID-19 and the Coronavirus, if you play the stock market the news has been bad for the past several weeks, and the kids are home and…
Like a lot of people, my family had a spring break vacation scheduled the second week of March when the kids were going to be out of school. Prior to our trip last Wednesday, the Coronavirus was a concern but not to the point the president or health officials were telling people to stay home. So we kept our schedule…
Spring is here and it’s time to look around the house and start cleaning. After you tackle the windows and baseboards turn your thoughts toward cleaning up where you live online. After months of neglect your phone and places you visit online can use some spring cleaning attention as well. Here are a few things to get you started: ●…
Never before have so many Americans had a second job. Not the kind of second-job that you might picture, but a side-gig or side-hustle. A job where they call the shots. Many times those side-gigs turn into a full-time career. If that’s the kind of thing you’ve been dreaming of, there’s an app you should check out. Upwork is an…
You find an iPhone in a coffee shop or club. It’s locked with a passcode and the owner is nowhere to be found. You may be able to find out who owns the phone and contact them without even touching it. This is a feature in Siri meant to help people who lose their phones and it works. However, you…
If you’re tired of hearing “are we there yet?” you’ll want to make sure the kids have a smartphone or tablet with them in the backseat. No matter how you feel about kids and smartphones, for long vacation car rides, the smartphone maybe your best friend. If you’ll be traveling with young kids this spring and summer, I’ve got a…
