Jan 22, 2020 | Android, Apple, backup, Chrome, computers, Facebook, Google, Internet, laptops, LastPass, mail, mobile, phone, security, software, spam, web_services, Windows10, Windows7
These are the rules for computer and online safety in 2020. You can download a copy here. Only your vigilance will protect you against bad guys. You will be safe if you are cautious. Stop and think before you click on links, before you call unfamiliar phone...
Jan 15, 2020 | Android, Google, phone, Privacy, security
You can record speech on a Pixel phone with Google’s new Recorder app, and it will transcribe the words into text in real time. You can save the text and search for words later. You can see captions on any video or spoken audio on your phone. (Not phone calls or...
Jan 8, 2020 | Android, Apple, broadband, mobile, phone
Previously: 5G Will Be Important, But Not In 2020 The carriers’ 5G upgrade will change our world over the next ten to fifteen years. That’s not the message you’ll get from the onslaught of advertising in 2020, which will urge you to upgrade your...
Jan 6, 2020 | Android, Apple, broadband, mobile, phone
We are about to be assaulted. An overwhelming advertising blitz will begin in earnest in 2020, trying to convince you that you should upgrade your phone and your mobile service contract to 5G now now now. Maybe you’ve already begun to see advertising by phone...
Dec 1, 2019 | Amazon, Android, Apple, Google, news, phone, Samsung, shopping
Google has two new phones, the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL. They’re quite nice. If you had one, you’d like it. They might not tempt iPhone users to leave the Apple world, but anyone with an Android phone should consider a Pixel 4, now available through all the...
Nov 20, 2019 | Android, Apple, Google, phone
I’m going to give you a difficult assignment. I want you to install Google Lens on your phone. That’s the easy part. Then I want you to remember to use it until it becomes second nature. You’re flinching, right? We’re maxed out on technology...
