Instagram is the latest company caught in the cross hairs of social media over the use of Instagram photos. It leaves me asking – what were they thinking?
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With automated bill pay, I pay less attention to my itemized bills. I make sure the debited amount is consistent, and I don’t actually look at the bill unless I notice a different charge. I recently noticed our Time Warner Cable bill increased slightly, so I looked and found a new fee for our cable modem. Time Warner Cable modem…
UPDATE: 4/26/2017 How often do you give a store your email address? While you may be quick to say no, fearing more email clutter, giving your email address can save you time and money. Just follow these steps to organize those e-receipts.
Water and electronics just don’t mix. Rice and heat may help save your device but it doesn’t always work. New devices are pouring into the market that may wash away your worries. Should you consider one this holiday? Companies are offering after-market solutions that waterproof your electronics. It’s still a new venture, so the companies offering this service are limited…
It’s been an exciting few weeks for Apple fans with the iPhone 5 hitting the market and expectations of an iPad Mini by months end. If you’re on the hunt for an Apple product, don’t fall for a free iPad 3 giveaway making the rounds through email. It could cost you money or your identity. The Better Business Bureau…
How much information are we going to share with the world? It seems every product or service has a way to share it on social media. Now, add voicemail to that long list. In my opinion, that’s going a bit too far. My cell phone’s voicemail prompted me to upgrade recently, and the new feature is sharing voicemails. I couldn’t…
Do your friends have a hard time remembering your phone number? Sprint is offering a service called StarStar Me, allowing you to replace your phone number with your name, nickname, or unique word. While this sounds great, there is a fee and limitations on your phone number length. I’d want my number to be **JENN or **5366. However, that doesn’t work….
UPDATED 4/26/2017 When you’re shopping online, you have your go-to trusted stores. However, sometimes a search for a perfect product leads you to a store you never heard of. Google Trusted Stores offer you protection so you can buy with confidence.
Consumer Reports is finishing up its testing of the iPhone 5, and engineers said they found problems with the phone on the Verizon and Sprint network. The testing organization said the Verizon and Sprint phone can’t support a phone call and an Internet based connection over the network.
For those of us still holding on to a Hotmail account, the email service provider is rolling out Outlook.