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How to Live Life Online When You Have To

Crises have a way of shaping our lives in ways we can barely fathom. Around this time last year, people were rushing around in the normal hustle-and-bustle of daily life. Then came a virus that stopped the world in its tracks. Suddenly, the life depicted in sci-fi movies showing the…

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Why the Subject Line is the Most Important Part of Your Email

The sheer number of emails sent and received nowadays means that inboxes are constantly filling up with little time to read all the mail. With so much activity in our inboxes, the only way to get your email read and acted upon is by making sure it stands out. Your…

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Technologies that Will Shape Your Internet Use in the Future

Technology, especially the Internet is changing how we do things. Soon, the capabilities displayed by Tony Stark could be child’s play as technological advancements progress in leaps and bounds. In the near future, you will likely open and close apps, capture memorable moments, and surf the internet by just thinking…

Internet addiction: You need to unplug to take back your life
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Internet addiction: Is it Time to Unplug?

The Internet can provide a lot of comforts, not to mention convenience. You can use it to accomplish almost anything from touring far-flung areas to keeping in touch with your friends from miles away. All these at the touch of a button! In spite of its many benefits, people are…

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How to Protect Your Digital Footprint from Prying Relatives and Friends

Whenever you sit down at your computer or grab your phone to chat with friends, search the internet, watch videos on YouTube, order something online, log in to websites, post, or comment on social media, you leave a trail of your activities. This trail is commonly known as a digital…

Scholastic Offering Free Online Classes to Keep Kids Learning During the Coronavirus Pandemic
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Scholastic Offering Free Online Classes to Keep Kids Learning During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Schoolchildren have been forced to stay at home in order to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Classes are on hold and your kid might be all excited about watching Ricky and Morty or Paw Patrol most of the day while you fret about their studies and resumption of school….

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AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon Down Across U.S. – March 31, 2020

AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint are all experiencing continued outages across the United States, affecting both cellular and Internet service.

Dance of the Pope Virus Warnings are a Hoax and Not True
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Dance of the Pope Virus Warnings are a Hoax and Not True

Warnings going around Facebook warning about a video called Dance of the Pope that supposedly wipes your cell phone are themselves a hoax.

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World’s First Consumer-Ready Foldable Phone to Go on Sale Later This Month with Samsung Galaxy Fold

No, it’s not an April Fools joke. Several mobile phone manufacturers have foldable phones in the works, and it seems that Samsung will be the first to market. The Samsung Galaxy Fold foldable Android phone is said to be set to launch later this month.

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ATT Starts Tagging Telemarketer and Spam Calls and ATT and Comcast Announce Anti-Robocalling Caller ID Partnership

AT T has started tagging telemarketer calls, so that if you have AT T and receive a telemarketing call, you will instantly know that is what it is. Concurrently, AT T and Comcast have announced a new Caller ID technology partnership which they are calling an “anti-robocalling milestone”, and in which calls that are authenticated and verified will show that the caller is verified.

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Feds Test Nationwide Mobile Phone Emergency Alert Today – Don’t Panic

In the immortal words of Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Universe, don’t panic… that is don’t panic today when you receive a nationwide presidential emergency alert, at 2:18pm Eastern Time via FEMA on your cell phone, smartphone, or other mobile device. It is a test. It is only a test. If it were a real emergency you would receive vital information via this newly launched alert system.

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Study Finds that Just Having Smartphone in Sight Reduces Quality of Conversation and Connection

A study out of Virginia Tech, dubbed “The iPhone Effect”, found that even just the very presence of an iPhone or Android phone, or other versions of smartphones, has a substantial negative impact on the quality of in-person conversations and connection. It also introduces us to the concept of ‘polyconsciousness’.

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Warrants for Google Account Info on All Mobile Devices in a Given Area Now Being Served on and Responded to by Google

Law enforcement agencies have come up with a new tactic for investigating crimes: location-based warrants, served on Google, demanding that Google disclose Google accounts in use on all mobile devices that were in a given area at a certain time, thus giving detectives and other LEOs a pool of potential suspects and persons of interest who may have committed or have information about whatever crime they are trying to solve.

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Cell Phone Screen Cracked or Charging Port not Working? Tablet Speakers on the Fritz? Cell Savers to the Rescue!

If you are wondering where you can get your cracked or broken screen replaced, or water damage fixed, on your iPhone, iPad, Samsung or Google smart phone, or other mobile device, what if we told you that you can have it fixed right in your own home or office? That’s exactly what Cell Savers does: they come right to you and repair your broken mobile phone or tablet, all at a very reasonable price!

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How to Stop SMS Text Spam and How to Report SMS Txt Msg Spam

If you’re being plagued by cell text message spam (cell txt msg spam) like this one we received from 702-541-4047 – “Do you have $20,000+ in CREDIT CARD DEBT? Our national program REDUCES it by HALF! Reply “DEBT” to see if you qualify! (cuturdebts.com-optout,reply:out)” – you’re not alone. (What is SMS? Short Message Service SMS service is a way to send short text messages directly to a cell phone). The problem is that those unwanted SMS messages that you see as cell phone spam, the sender sees as an SMS campaign. Those rude SMS text messages – often anonymous SMS text messages – are bulk SMS messages sent by the SMS sender as a text message advertising campaign (often facilitated by free SMS text message services). Sending SMS text messaging spam is illegal in most states, but figuring out how to go about reporting spam received on your cell phone can be tough. Here’s how to submit your spam that you receive via SMS message to the right authorities, as well as how to stop it. (Bonus: The elusive Verizon customer service phone number!)