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
The Long-Lasting Benefits of Fiber Internet for Your Home
You typically have to upgrade some of your tech products, like smartphones and smart watches, every few years. Others, like laptops and game consoles, can last a little longer—maybe six to eight years. And then you have your connection. Once you install a fiber optic internet connection, your home
The Ultimate Guide to Achieving Whole-Home Wi-Fi Coverage
When you’ve got a fast fiber connection, you want your Wi-Fi signal to reach every corner of your home. Here’s how to optimize your home Wi-Fi coverage and make sure your whole home is covered with a superfast network worthy of your high-speed home broadband. Why isn’t my Wi-Fi
How Fiber Internet Will Keep Up With the Pace of Technological Advancements
Fiber internet is a dependable way to get a fast, stable internet connection. Fiber optic cables that are being laid in the ground today are expected to last at least 20 to 40 years. If you are thinking about upgrading to a fiber connection, don’t worry. Your fiber connection
The Effectiveness of Anti-Malware Software: What You Need to Know
Malware can come to you any day, anytime by way of average online activity like email attachments or apps that appear legitimate. Hackers specialize in making malware seem innocent, so you'll click on a link or download a program, then be surprised when it unleashes malicious files into your
How To Optimize Your Router for 7 Gig Speed
Looking for fast? You’re in luck. Fiber optic internet keeps getting faster. You can upgrade to 1 gigabit speed, 2 gigabit speed and now even 7 gigabit speed—that’s more than 25 times faster than the average broadband connection in the U.S. But with these kinds of wild fiber speeds,
Smart Home
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
Is Amazon Alexa Still the Best Choice for Your Smart Home?
Amazon Alexa devices are some of the most popular smart speakers and smart home controllers you can buy—and with good reason. They’re affordable and easy to set up, and they integrate with hundreds of smart home products, from smart lights and sound systems to smart garage door openers and
How To Secure Your IoT Devices: A Comprehensive Guide
It's super important to make sure your smart home devices are safe from hackers. These IoT (Internet of Things) devices include your smart hubs, locks, speakers, doorbells, cameras, thermostats, lights and appliances. This guide will help you feel more secure at home by keeping your devices safe from cybercriminals
Entertainment
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
Solving Your TV Streaming Issues
You’ve been waiting all day to catch your favorite show through YouTube TV. Just as you’re settling into the sofa, your TV starts buffering. When the video plays again, the quality is fuzzy. Then the stream crashes entirely. Unfortunately, streaming disruptions can happen to anyone. And it’s not likely
Why Do I Need Subtitles When Streaming?
It’s a familiar feeling in the age of streaming: You’re watching a movie at home when suddenly you can’t hear the actors. You turn up the volume, so you don’t miss the plot. But that doesn’t help, and you start to wonder—is it me or my TV? Chances are,
Guide to the Best Streaming Video Services for Different Genres
If you’re convinced downloading is better than streaming, choosing the right combination of streaming services can be overwhelming. Before you know it, your credit card statement contains several small payments to various services that all add up. According to one survey, the average American spends $39 monthly on streaming