Great Idea! Hidden Google Map trick Google Maps lets you download your route ahead of time so you don’t need to worry about using your data or getting lost.  Follow these easy directions: In the Google Maps app, enter your destination. At the bottom of the screen, tap the name of the place or the […]

Great Idea! Take Screenshots with iPhone and Android phones iPhone X, XS, XR, 11,11 Pro, 11 Pro Plus:  Simultaneously press the power button and volume up button. Be care that you don’t press too long or too short. It takes a 0.9-second button press to trigger a screenshot.  When you are successful, you’ll see the screen flash […]

Great Idea! Saving stuff in Evernote Evernote is a terrific, free, organizational app available for PC, Mac, iOS and Android.  It is basically a digital notebook with the ability to create many different notebooks with many different pages in each notebook.  You can search within notebooks or within the whole file and your notes will […]

Changes Coming! iTunes is going away Apple is getting rid of iTunes.  For everyone who has ever been dependent on iTunes for their music, podcasts or syncing and backing up an iPhone, this change after 18 years may seem significant.  Apple is betting on you just being able to go with the flow and change […]

Great Idea! Driving Apps These are from the category of “I thought of that!  Why didn’t I do it?”  How many times have you thought of an app that would save you some aggravation?  Here are a couple that may do that: Find My Car – this app lets you pinpoint where you park in […]

Great Idea! There is a lot of confusion about “cutting the cord” and streaming devices.  Cutting the cord basically means you are ending a relationship with a TV provider like Spectrum, Uverse, Direct TV.  The alternative is to use a streaming device which will pull all your content from the internet.  One of these devices […]

Great Idea! Do you hate to feel like you are being followed online?  Of course you do.  You can hide your browsing from Facebook.  Here are a couple of ways to hide it: On your computer: Install the Firefox web browser and download the Facebook Container, which is an add-on that isolates your browsing activities […]

Great Idea! Blocking Spam Calls on your Mobile Phone I don’t know anyone not being inundated lately with spam calls on their mobile devices.  One simple solution is to block the caller’s number.  However, these companies can change the phone number  each time they call, so the number is constantly different.  Last week I received […]