Online banking is a wonderful time-saver, but even logging into your banking app on your phone over and over again can feel like a hassle. For the real hands-free banking experience, use your Amazon Echo to check your bank account balance, transfer money and get a handle on your recent transactions. Linking your Echo to …
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You can now control the Pandora app hands-free on your iPhone ($899 at Amazon) or Android phone. Once you enable Pandora’s new voice assistant, just say, “Hey Pandora” to activate the music bot and play your favorite tunes. Other music services such as Spotify let you request songs and playlists using your voice. But with Spotify, you need to long-press the search …
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It seems like everyone on social media is talking about a new challenge that makes you look, like, really old. It’s called the #AgeChallenge and you can try it yourself using FaceApp on any phone. I tried this myself, and it was shocking to see the change. Let’s just say, I’d prefer to stay young forever. The gist of it is that you …
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Street signs, menus, newspapers, pamphlets. It’s hard enough to travel and even harder when you can’t read the signs. You might try typing each word into Google Translate, but it’s much faster to point your phone’s camera to the words you need to instantly translate and let Google do the rest. The Google Translate camera tool got an update that …
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Today is the last day for Amazon’s annual Prime Day and the 48-hour tornado of deals is coming to an end. If you’re not a Prime member yet, you can still shop these specials by signing up or trying it out for free for 30 days — plus you’ll gain access to loads of Prime benefits. We’re still a few days away from the …
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Researchers have discovered that more than 1,000 Android apps harvest your data, even when you tell them no. This is an eye-opening thought at a time when companies such as Facebook, Google and Amazon are under the microscope for their privacy and security policies. Studies have shown that apps with no permissions are able to piggyback on other apps you’ve given …
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Amazon’s Prime Day is on day two! And if you’ve had your eye on a discounted MacBook ($600 at Amazon), today could be your lucky day. Apple made some changes to its line of MacBooks last week, bringing two updated models to its lineup. The updated MacBook Air added a True Tone screen and dropped the starting price by $100, …
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Those Amazon Prime Day deals are looking sharp. And you don’t even have to be an Amazon Prime member to get the same discounts as people who are already signed up. Prime Day runs this year all day on July 15 and 16. Part of Amazon’s purpose for this 48-hour online shopping spree is to use doorbuster deals to lure new members to …
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Amazon Prime day kicks off on Monday, July 15 and will last for 48 hours. However, if you’re interested in shopping the early Prime Day deals, Alexa can give you the scoop on all of the current deals as early as Saturday, July 13. Amazon will post new deals as often as every five minutes (watch for the device deals!), …
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It’s the circle of life, and it moves us all. The Lion King, the 1994 musical Disney animated feature, is back with a new soundtrack for 2019 that includes brand-new performances from Beyonce, Elton John, Seth Rogen and Billy Eichner. Beyonce’s new single, Spirit, is a star of the new soundtrack, produced by Hans Zimmer and Jon Favreau. You can …
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