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Since the coronavirus pandemic began, a newfound focus across the world has been placed on maintaining cleanliness and sanitary practices. Your phone goes with you everywhere, and thus can easily turn into a hotbed for microbes. Thankfully, antimicrobial phone cases can help keep your phone clean.
Have you gotten a weird email or phone call from the IRS asking for money or personal information? How about a text from the World Health Organization about COVID-19 testing in your area?
Despite how convincing these messages may appear, there’s a good chance they’re nothing more than scams looking to bilk you of money and data.
Telemedicine is pretty much what it sounds like — a medical appointment or a place to get medical advice, over the phone. But in today’s modern world of technology, it means through video chat.
Though a doctor can’t touch you through your computer, you can still get a lot out of a telemedicine appointment. Things like advice and diagnoses, and even treatment options. Tap or click here for help finding a telemedicine doctor.
A few years ago, multitasking used to be next to impossible when it came to reading books. You either had to read through a chapter of your favorite book first then do an errand or put down the book, do your chores and come back later to continue reading.
Apple has never been one to drastically discount its products, but times are changing and the competition is fierce. In the past year, Apple has offered several price promotions for its iPhone 11 handsets, and it looks like the trend is continuing into this year as well.
Since the pandemic began, streaming services have become more popular than ever with a major surge in the number of subscriptions. Netflix alone added 15.6 million new paid subscribers in the first quarter of 2020.
But, are you utilizing everything Netflix has to offer? There are tons of hidden features that not everyone knows about like secret discovery codes and how to download shows to view offline. Tap or click here for 7 Netflix pro tips.
One of the easiest ways to protect your devices is to make sure operating systems, apps and other software are always up to date. That’s because most updates contain critical patches that block hackers from exploiting known flaws.
Have you run out of shows to watch on Netflix yet? How about on Hulu? Regardless of which streaming service you use, you’ll eventually reach your limit for content and want to branch out elsewhere. The only question: How do you know what’s worth watching or not?
Every so often, a new kind of text-based prank comes around that not only inconveniences you but potentially puts your data at risk. These digital pranks are often the product of mischievous hackers and coders, but in the wrong hands, they can leave you without a working phone for days on end.
These days, it doesn’t take much for a video or tweet to go viral on social media. As a society, our attention span is short, and there’s an endless supply of content creators out there who deliver laughter and cringe-inducing material in equal doses.