“Countable,” free for iPhone/iPad and Android, lets you know what Federal bills are being proposed and will send emails to Congress for you.
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Windows 10 is free starting today, July 29 but there’s a catch. If you wait more than a year to download and install it, you have to pay for it. They don’t say how much it will be. But if you don’t like it, don’t buy it.
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Most people take photos with their phones, not digital cameras. So Yahoo.com/Tech did an informal test of the best phone cameras, using four tech reporters, and looking at six top phones. LG’s G4 phone won easily. Next came Samsung’s Galaxy S6 and Galaxy Note 4. These were followed by Apple’s iPhone 6 Plus and iPhone 6. HTC’s “One M9” came in last.
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After we alerted our readers to scammers pretending to be from Microsoft, we heard about scammers pretending to be from AOL. A reader told us she frequently gets emails saying “out of AOL storage space.” This is a common ploy directed at both AOL and Microsoft Outlook users.
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OysterBooks.com, sometimes called “the Netflix of Books,” recently added a new service. Besides renting all the books you can eat for $10 a month, you can now buy books as well.
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“OneGo,” coming this Fall, is for frequent flyers who just can’t stop. For $1500 a month, you get unlimited flights on major airlines such as American, Delta, United and Virgin America. But as they say in late night TV, that’s not all you get. You’re also enrolled in faster security screenings and free Internet on the plane. The flights must be booked seven days in advance, and you’re limited to four open reservations at once. Initially, OneGo will only be available for West Coast flights. The service FlyRise has a similar deal for flights in Texas.
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Joy had noticed her cell phone was hot in her pocket and wondered why. We were in an elevator when this came up and Bob said “why not do a quick survey.” So we spoke up and asked the three people in the elevator if their phones were hot. We didn’t mean “hot” as in stolen or “hot” as in “cool, man,” but they got it. A young woman answered immediately and said her phone was hot all the time, Someone else nodded in agreement. But the tall guy had the answer: “It gets hot when it’s always searching for a signal.” So that’s the problem. Well at least it was the biggest part of the problem. Joy had inadvertently […]
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Bob clicked on a hidden Facebook feature and discovered an old pal from Philadelphia. Turns out there’s a Facebook button called “Other.” It’s faint and hard to see, but that just makes it more mysterious. It’s there you may find mail from people who aren’t on your friends list, also ads for things you never wanted.
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