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Have you tried using a smart speaker when kids are running through the house? Need some information, but someone is using a vacuum cleaner? It will be next to impossible to hear Alexa the first time around if she understands you at all. Tap or click here to get Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant to understand you better.
When you make a reservation at your favorite restaurant, you would reasonably expect them to have a seat available for you. But one thing that you definitely don’t want to get with your order is a side serving of fraud drizzled in stolen money.
Apple’s Wallet app is handy to store and quickly retrieve many things, like airline tickets, reservations or digital passes. It also makes Apple Pay possible, as your bank card can be stored there.
But while you can’t store your COVID-19 vaccination card on it (yet), there has been another striking omission — your driver’s license. But Apple is about to change that. This new feature could be a game-changer for travelers.
Keeping your family safe is the most important thing you can do. There are several options available to help, with the smartest being a home security system. Some systems have Wi-Fi-enabled cameras so that you can see what is going on, even when you’re not home. Tap or click here to see how to install cameras that upload right to the cloud.
Driving around town with Google Maps, you may have recently seen a notice on the display when you opened the app. Many users might glance over it and hit the OK button, but it’s actually an important update.
Navigation apps like Google Maps and Waze are great for getting around, but it needs to get the live data from somewhere. You are the most valuable source of this driving data that is shared with others.
There is a saying that no good deed goes unpunished. That has especially been true for good internet samaritans, who share a portion of their internet with others through special software. It’s called proxyware, and companies offer this as a service.
That moment of panic where you can’t find someone and don’t know why has hit us all. Whether you have a loved one who works in emergency services or a teenager who likes to sneak out at night, sometimes we all need to locate someone quickly. Technology has made this easier than you would think.
Sometimes you get a message and can’t respond to it right away. Or you need time to think of a reply. Or you may not want to reply at all. For whatever reason, you don’t want the sender to know that you read it.
Your phone’s SMS apps have a built-in feature to let people know when you’ve seen their messages, but you can turn this off in some cases. The same applies to Instagram, but it’s not as straightforward as you think. Tap or click here for a trick that keeps what you look at on social media private.
Users of Android devices might have noticed over the last few days that they can’t make or receive calls. No amount of rebooting will solve the issue, with some users taking to online forums to see if others have a solution. Tap or click here to upgrade your old Android to avoid losing access to your Google account.
Scammers sometimes use targeted emails to draw you into a malicious website, called phishing. This is just one way they target you.
By leaving voice messages on your mobile phone, scammers will also try to trick you into sending them your personal information. This type of scam is called vishing, and it has become more widespread in recent months.
