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Two big mergers happened in the last two days, and neither of them is good for you and me. With At&T taking over Time Warner and Comcast buying 20th Century Fox, we’re about to start paying more for our entertainment. Kim explains it all in this Consumer Tech Update.
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If you added up all the minutes and hours every day you spend staring at a smartphone, tablet, computer monitor, or television set, you might be shocked. How bad is the problem? We can justify staring at a computer screen as being for work, but smartphones are usually the sneakiest culprit when it comes to screen time. You look up trivia answers during lunch, check your email when you should be going to sleep, and get lost down an internet rabbit hole of videos when you should be finishing up your chores at home.
Who isn’t addicted to Netflix at this point? It’s one of the most popular streaming services around and with good reason.
Not only does it stream some of the best Hollywood movies and TV shows, but it has a huge collection of originals to look forward too. I’m sure we’ve all spent many weekends binge-watching shows like “13 Reasons Why,” “Stranger Things” and “Black Mirror.”
There’s nothing like looking up at the night sky just to enjoy the dazzling stars. Tap or click here to find the best place to stargaze near you. Astronomy apps like SkyView can make the night even better.
Looking up at the bright stars against the dark night sky is enough to bring a warm and fuzzy feeling. But there’s a good chance you won’t recognize what you are seeing. Sure maybe you’ll pick out the big constellations like the Big Dipper.
Working from home sounds like a great idea. Not having to deal with traffic is a major plus, as is being able to relax a bit while getting the job done. It’s even better if you have people or pets you need to care for. But while working for Amazon could be a dream come true for many, unfortunately an opportunity to do so is more of a nightmare. Don’t blame Amazon, though, because it’s not a real thing.
When you think about it, there are few limits on what a phone can actually do. If a developer can create it, we could use it. And as we have learned over the years, app developers can create pretty much anything. There are nearly 6 million apps to choose from between the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.
Some of the most frequent questions we get are about computer speed and internet speed. Seems lots of folks don’t care much for waiting and waiting – and waiting some more – for the video to load, the movie to download or the upload to send. We don’t blame them. Even now, sometimes the internet can seem horribly slow. But before you commit to paying your internet provider for a faster connection, let’s see if we can help you speed up the connection you have right now.
