Work From Home
Top 5 Read-It-Later Apps To Manage Content You Find Online
There are more than 50 billion pages on the internet, according to one estimate. How is one person meant to keep up with it all? The trick is to save the content you want to read in a format that works for you. Read-it-later apps help you do just
5 Tools To Manage Social Media Posting
There’s a huge difference between posting on personal social media and influencing. A regular Joe can post as often—or rarely—as they like. A professional content creator has to post every single day to build a business. Thankfully, there’s an easy way for influencers to manage social media posting: scheduling.
How AI Can Help You Work Better From Home
Whether you run a small business, work remotely for an employer or freelance, working from home comes with some challenges. You can’t walk over to coworkers and bounce ideas off each other, you have to really stay on top of your schedule and everything happens online. The latest generation
How To Be a Virtual Volunteer
According to the Stanford Center of Longevity, about 90% of people want to volunteer, but only about a quarter of people do volunteer. Inability to travel, distance from population centers and lack of time contribute to the gap between wanting to volunteer and doing it. But volunteering is good
What is the Difference Between 5 Gig and 5G?
If you’re shopping for new mobile phone or home internet service, you'll come across a whole alphabet soup of acronyms to decode. It’s confusing, so let’s get smart about what 5 Gig, 5G and even 5GB and 5GHz all mean. Why so many G's? Gig is all about gigabit,
Technology
Top Tech Holiday Gifts for Families 2024
If you’re part of the sandwich generation—where you’re caring for aging relatives while also parenting your kids—you know how tough it can be to create experiences that everyone can enjoy. That’s why this holiday season, we wanted to find the top tech gifts that can bring every member of
How To Choose the Best Backup Internet for Power and Network Failures
Access to the internet is almost essential for modern living. If you work from home, it can be a disaster if your connection cuts out and you can’t access your online files or miss an important Zoom call. If you have a smart home, certain features with your lights,
How To Make the Most of ChatGPT: Practical Uses for Daily Life
ChatGPT is an AI-powered chatbot. It’s the biggest example of artificial intelligence that we can use directly for our own day-to-day needs. While you’ve probably heard of ChatGPT by now, and maybe even tried it yourself, I’m going to take things back to basics and explain what it is, how
Recycling Smart Devices: What To Do with Your Old Tech Gear
When we randomly throw away unwanted tech devices that will end up in a landfill, we’re adding to one of the fastest growing waste streams in the world. Small devices like phones, tablets, laptops and chargers add about 11 billion pounds of electronic waste, or e-waste, to our environment.
How To Choose the Best Parental Control App
You’re concerned about the safety of your kids online, and you know that no matter what they say, your kids can’t handle it all on their own. Parental control apps can monitor devices, from cell phones to tablets to laptops to desktops to gaming devices. Let’s take a look
Smart Home
Smart Home Gadgets on a Budget: Must-Have Features and Savings Tips
Smart home devices are a great way of adding convenience to everyday life. Whether you’re new to having a smart home or you'd like to add more gadgets, you want to pay attention to your budget to make sure costs are comfortable for you. The impressive technologies that smart
What Are the Best Tech Review Sites for Smart Home Products?
Online tech review sites can be really helpful when shopping for smart home products. Review sites like CNET or Gizmodo do the hard work of testing and researching smart home products for you. Gadget experts write reviews based on in-person testing, looking at a product’s strengths and weaknesses, then
Top Security Tips for Choosing Smart Home Locks
Smart home locks offer great convenience—no more fumbling for keys. But before you jump in and install a smart lock as part of your home security system, have you thought about how secure it is? This is not just against break-ins, but also your data and how the lock
Top Tips for Managing Updates on Your Smart Home Devices
Smart home devices from hubs to doorbells, thermostats to lights, help make your life easier to manage. As long as they’re up to date. Updates deliver the latest software and firmware to your smart home devices. They provide greater security and help prevent hacking. And there’s more: Updates may fix any
Top Tips for Selecting the Perfect Home Security Camera
While smart home security cameras might seem like you’re inviting Big Brother into your home, they can keep your property safe and discourage intruders. If you’re considering increasing security measures at home, installing a camera system is an excellent step. Choosing the right one can be challenging, however, given
Entertainment
Must-Watch Netflix: What’s Coming in 2025, Plus Live Shows and Great Classics
There’s a lot to look forward to on Netflix this year. "Squid Game" returns, the Screen Actors Guild Awards are live, and there are always those award-winning classics to rewatch again and again. Consider this your 2025 guide to this first-class, must-have streaming platform. For more of what’s happening,
Spend Your Holidays With Netflix
Can’t get enough holiday movies and shows this season? If your favorite holiday traditions include settling in for a long winter’s binge watch, Netflix has what you’re looking for. Check out our list of fresh new holiday classics in the making and some you might have missed. There’s plenty
Is it Worth Buying an 8K TV? Understanding 8K Content
Those stunning retail displays of hyper-resolution 8K TVs make it easy to want this new technology in your living room. But with high prices and limited 8K video content available, is now the right time to invest? Here’s what you need to know about 8K technology, so you can
What Is FAST TV?
Move over, old(ish) streaming services. There’s an even newer way to watch TV. It’s called FAST TV. And like everything in the streaming TV space, it’s constantly evolving. So let’s take a look at what it is, where you can find it and how you can use it to
The Ultimate Guide To Streaming Sports Events Summer 2024
This summer will sizzle for sports fans. From the Summer Olympics to tennis to soccer to baseball, a great summer of action is ahead. Here’s how to catch it all, whether you’re streaming the action on your home TVs, mobile devices or tablets. For streaming sports live, reliable internet