We’re all told to save up as much money as possible. But are there some things that are worth spending a few extra bucks on?Read more...
Lees meerAh, the holidays—a time for celebration, family, and garbage. Lots of garbage. Lots of decorative garbage that lasts for up to a month or a day before meeting its end in the trash. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Americans churned t…
Lees meerGlitch wants to do for web apps what YouTube did for videos, Flickr and Imgur did for pictures, and Twitter did for bad opinions: make them easy to create, share, and embed, and give them the chance to reach the right audience or even go viral. I ta…
Lees meerWhatsApp will soon drop support for older versions of iOS and Android, and Windows Phone entirely. According to some reports, this means that millions of users with older smartphones will lose access to the popular messaging app.Read more...
Lees meerA few months ago, two friends of mine and I went on a road trip from Las Vegas to Denver. Our mission was to visit national parks along the way and maybe a few hot springs. It was a mission that was ultimately successful but involved passing a numbe…
Lees meerRCS messaging, the next iteration of text messaging that Google has embraced for its Android operating system, has been rolling out to Android smartphones since November. That doesn’t mean that your phone, on your carrier, can use this super-improv…
Lees meerIf your child wants video games this holiday, and you don’t know what to pick up for the little nerd or nerdette, here is my age-rated guide to games your child will be excited to find stuffed in their stockings or under the Festivus pole.Read more.…
Lees meerWhile you were busy counting down the days to 2020 so we can escape this exhausting year, a new trade deal was reached yesterday. Read more...
Lees meerNo matter how prepared you are, airport delays are inevitable. If your bag’s overweight, expect to take a few minutes just to unpack, redistribute your things, and re-pack again to appease an airline attendant. If there’s a line just to check-in, we…
Lees meerWe’re told to trust our gut when it comes to decision-making—but we also know that our gut can lead us astray. Read more...
Lees meerNext month on Netflix, Bojack Horseman and Anne with an E both wrap up. Sabrina, Sex Education, Hip-Hop Evolution, The Inbestigators, and Grace and Frankie return. There’s a new Tyler Perry movie, and comedy specials from Alex Fernández, Fortune Fei…
Lees meerIf you weren’t able to pick up a Google Home Mini for someone on your holiday shopping list, don’t fret—Google and Spotify are giving them away for free to all Spotify subscribers.Read more...
Lees meerIf you want to support a nonprofit organization without donating money, you can give your time by volunteering or spreading the word about the their work. Or, you could shop on Amazon to support your favorite charity.Read more...
Lees meeriOS 13.3 is here. While you wait for it to download and install onto your device, you have two options. You can scan through Apple’s list of fixes and changes—which only eat up a fraction of the time it takes to just download iOS 13.3—or you can sti…
Lees meerGoogle’s new “Feature Drop” program kicks off this month for the Pixel 2, 3, 3a, and 4 smartphones (XL models are included). There’s a lot you’ll find in this inaugural feature drop—though not all features apply to all Pixel phones—so here’s a quick…
Lees meerSometimes, when your toddler is throwing a fit because they asked for a banana and then you give them a banana, and the thought might cross your mind: Who or what is this irrational being sitting before me? It’s like I’m dealing with an alien life f…
Lees meerForwarding emails is an easy way to keep multiple parties in the loop on important conversations, but you used to be able to only forward one message at a time in Gmail. That’s all changing now—for better or worse, if your friends and loved ones lik…
Lees meerThere are many reasons why you might want to track some of the locations you visit in Google Maps, but maybe not all of them. You might not want your friends and loved ones (with access to your phone or account) to know you hit up the local dispensa…
Lees meerIf you’ve been exploring your family tree through GEDmatch—which used to be a niche genetic genealogy site—you should know that they’ve been bought by a forensic genomics firm, Verogen. The privacy policy has not changed, though. Read more...
Lees meerI started preparing for next year’s taxes in October of this year. By the first week of November, I sent my CPA a prepared document listing my current business income and expenses (aka a “profit and loss statement”) as well as my anticipated income …
Lees meerWith price tags of $1,000—or more!—it’s hard to imagine buying a new iPhone outright. You could set up a payment plan with your phone company, but then you’re usually stuck with that carrier for two years. In some cases, you don’t even own the phone…
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