Great Idea! New Features in iOS 12 Here are a few new features to look forward to in iOS 12: Group video calls!  FaceTime is adding a group video for calls up to 32 people. To help you cut down on your screen time (optional, of course), there are tools in the operating system to […]

Great Idea! The Photo Stick The Photo Stick is a small thumb drive that is compatible with your computer. It’s perfect for storing all of your photos and videos. It’s also super-fast to upload them and you won’t spend precious hours of your weekend playing with the cloud, or getting mad at your crashing computer. You […]

Great Idea! What really is Alexa? Heard of Alexa?  Not really sure what “she” is or how “she” works?  Here is a little explanation in case you are interested in purchasing the device, or already have one and not sure what it does! Amazon has 3 smart home devices – Echo (the original speaker), Dot […]

Great Idea! Extending your Wi-fi outdoors Having wi-fi on your deck, porch, etc… is nice, but more and more people are needing wi-fi outside to enable the increasing number of outdoor smart devices, like lighting, security cameras, garage door openers or timers for your garden hose.  With the right hardware, you can extend your wi-fi […]

Great Idea! Alexa makes calls from your tablet You can now use Alexa to make free phone/video calls and send messages with some Android, iPad and Amazon Fire tablets. This new feature is activated differently depending which device you have. The Amazon Fire HD 10 tablet just requires you to ask Alexa to make a call. Other Fire tablets, which don’t have Hands-Free mode, need […]

Great Idea! Ways to speed up an old iPhone 1.  Free up some space – go to Settings – General – iPhone Storage – You will find every app on your iPhone and the amount of space it is using.  It is very easy to click on an app and delete it.  Delete those you […]

Great Idea!  Waze App Tips After plugging in your destination, tap Go Later and scroll down to see how the drive time varies with the times. Tap the Routes button after entering your destination and see many different possible routes. If you are running late, tap the status bar at the bottom of the map and […]

Great Idea! iMessage tips How annoying is it to get multiple messages from a group text?  You can actually mute all the responses in your list of messages. Find the group and swipe left.  Instead of deleting, choose “Hide Alerts”. If you’ve got multiple group text conversations going, it can be hard to keep track of which group […]

Great Idea! The security and what to update I have read that 1/10 of Americans never update any of their electronic devices.  Updates aren’t always just to provide new features.  I primarily suggest updates for security reasons.  Microsoft may find that there is a hole in Internet Explorer that would allow for hackers to attack.  The […]

Great Idea! New features and options in the Control Center of iOS 11 The Control Center in iOS 11 looks and acts quite differently than prior versions. It is now one long side panel. Other than a few permanent buttons, you have the option to customize it for your needs. Along with standard toggles for […]