Posted on September 25, 2018
Tuesday Tip: How to stop robocalls, scams and phone spam
Heard from any robots lately? You’re not the only one. Robocalls are exploding. There were 4 billion robocalls placed nationwide in July 2018 alone (up from 2.6 billion the previous year). That’s around 12 calls to every person …
Posted on September 4, 2018
Tuesday Tip: 5 ways to keep up the resistance before the midterm elections
Tuesday Tip: 5 ways to keep up the resistance before the midterm elections Donald Trump might not be on the ballot this November, but his dangerous policies and hateful agenda certainly are. Every politician running for re-election this …
Posted on March 13, 2018
Tuesday Tip: Why your cell phone won’t ring—and how to fix it
Have you ever glanced at your phone screen and seen that you’ve a missed call—or three or seven? Argh! How did this happen? You didn’t even hear your phone ring. In fact, you’re quite sure it didn’t ring. …
Posted on March 6, 2018
How to easily save energy at home
One consequence of human-caused climate change is extreme weather, including more intense heat waves. And a consequence of that is higher energy use at home. For example, a 2015 study by the Proceedings of the National Academy of …
Posted on February 20, 2018
Tuesay Tip: How to Make a Boomerang Video
A boomerang flies forward, then it comes back. The Boomerang app from Instagram works the same way. It’s a video loop that plays forward for 1 second, then back, then forward, then back…endlessly, for as long as you …
Posted on October 12, 2017
Tuesday Tip: How to use your phone as a personal Wi-Fi hotspot
These days, almost any smartphone can also work as a personal Wi-Fi hotspot. That means you can use it to connect a laptop, tablet or another phone to the internet, same as you’d use the Wi-Fi connection at …
Posted on October 12, 2017
Tuesday Tip: How to block a phone number
Scammers, telemarketers, robocalls. There are a lot of different reasons why you might want to block certain numbers. Luckily, there are ways to do it on Android and iOS phones. They take a bit of tapping, but it’s …
Posted on October 6, 2017
Tuesday Tip: How to text from your computer
There are times when it’s quite useful to send a text message from your computer to a cell phone. Maybe you’ve lost your own phone, you’re over your text limit for the month or you’re at some exotic …
