It should come as no surprise that just about everyone in my family has an Apple iPhone. The only hold-out is my son, who is running an Android device currently. When my 14yo dropped her iPhone 6 in water she had, well, a sinking feeling about it: The phone was completely dead. But with a little help from UBreakIFix it’s good as new!
It’s the time of year when most everyone’s attention turns to dreams of family time, holiday foods and family traditions. Warm celebrations to offset the cold and darkness.
It’s also a time of shopping and every merchant hopes they have the one trendy item in stock that will bring you into the store, either literally or digitally. But giving just the right gift can be a tricky proposition in these high tech times…
If you work with video, or just download movies, you know that video file size is a growing problem. As the quality of videos get better and better the file sizes tend to become larger and larger too. And that’s a problem.
If you’re like most people, you probably have a substantial library of favorite movies on DVD. That works great, except the newest generation of computers don’t have DVD readers and even if yours still has an optical drive, you’re completely out of luck if you’d prefer to watch that movie on your tablet or smartphone.
Let’s start with the bad news: As your home gets smarter, the security holes you’re creating get bigger. More devices, more Internet of Things, more risk. Worse, your home network is only as secure as the least secure device that’s online.
A risky proposition, for sure. Problem solved with the weird looking, but cool Dojo by Bullguard. Let’s have a closer look…
If you’re still thinking that antivirus software is focused purely on apps that can add a virus or bad program to your computer, you’re way out of date. In fact, modern anti-malware software like PC Matic can help your computer stay free of malicious browser helper objects, browser hijackers, ransomware, keyloggers, backdoors, rootkits, trojan horses, worms, malicious LSPs, dialers, adware, spyware, infected and malicious URLs, spam, scam and phishing attacks, online identity threats, and ransomware. That’s a lot of threats. How does it all work? To find out about how whitelisting helps protect a PC, I asked PC Pitstop [makers of PC Matic] head of Cybersecurity Dodi Glenn. Here’s what he shared…
When I agreed to review the Miracle-Gro AeroGarden Bounty I expected my 13 year old daughter to be super interested as she loves eating organically and keeps us on this path, unless we eat out. That said, eating organically is one thing, growing my own vegetables and herbs to live more sustainably seemed like an enormous commitment with our busy schedules, but I was wrong.
Getting a new smartphone is a great time to think about your regular routine and whether it’s working for you or not. For example, are you really trusting all your photos, voicemail and text messages to that mysterious iCloud backup in iTunes? What happens if that fails? That’s why I have a redundant weekly backup of my new Apple iPhone X onto my computer through AnyTrans. Here’s how it works…
