Here’s the scenario: I recorded a video but no photos from my son’s first ski race last weekend. My video footage tuned out to be less than compelling, but I wanted to share something from the big event on Instagram for his grandparents and my tens of followers.  Without any photos, what was I to …

Welcome to the wonderful and compulsive world of counting steps. If you are starting the New Year off with a new Fitbit, then here’s your guide for getting up and moving with your fitness tracker. 1. Set up Fitbit with Fitbit app Before you can start counting steps, you first need to connect your Fitbit to the Fitbit app for …

Who wants to read an entire long-form article on a tiny phone screen? Windows 10 Fall Creators Update adds a new Phone section to the Settings app that lets you connect your phone to your PC. Once you make the connection, you can then send articles — long or short — from your phone to your PC to finish reading …

In their unyielding efforts to catch eyeballs, websites often resort to aggressive tactics to engage you, the fickle, easily-distracted web reader. Many sites insist on starting a video without asking in the hopes you’ll become transfixed by the moving images and sounds and stay on the page longer. Others ask pretty please can we send you notifications? And others display …

The College Football Playoff selects the four best teams to compete in a three-game playoff to decide the national championship. This year, the Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl will host the semi-final games on New Year’s Day, and the National Championship game will be played a week later in Atlanta on Monday, Jan. 8. In the Rose Bowl, the Oklahoma …

It’s not just your imagination — your old iPhone is, in fact, getting slower. Apple admitted today that it’s slowing down older iPhones in order to preserve deteriorating battery capacities.  Starting with iOS 10.2.1, Apple began slowing down the iPhone 6, iPhone 6s and iPhone SE in order to prevent sudden shutdowns. If you have one of these devices and …

Hooray, a new iOS update is here! Oh no, my old iPhone is ripping through battery life at an alarming rate!  Updating to a new version of iOS can be a rollercoaster of emotions. If your iPhone doesn’t hold a charge like it used to (despite Apple’s best efforts to preserve battery life on older phones), here are 11 ways you …

Whether you are heading home for the holidays or getting as far away as possible, the Waze app can help you get there with the least amount of traffic and hassle. To get the most out of the community-powered, feature-packed navigation app, I present the following tips. 1. Find the best time to leave Waze can tell you how your …

If you picked up a Chromebook to replace or supplement a MacBook ($445 at Amazon), then there will be a slight adjustment period as you learn the ins and outs of the streamlined Chrome OS. Chrome OS will never be able to do all of the things that the more complex MacOS can do, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t …

I can’t quit the stock iOS Mail app. I’ve had brief dalliances with the Gmail app and a handful of other email apps that promise to improve my life, but I keep coming back to the Mail app. As a result, this long-time Mail app Gmailer has picked up a few tricks along the way. 1. Archive vs. Trash You’ve …