Posted on February 8th, 2016 by Joy Schwabach
Several years ago, one of our friends announced he’d had it with Windows. He went out and bought two Macbooks, one for himself, one for his wife. We’re slow but we’re starting to see his point. Feeling the same exasperation, we recently turned to a Macbook Air we’d had in the closet since 2012.The relief was instant. Websites loaded immediately. Joy didn’t have to do four yoga poses before pictures came in. Normally, when our main Windows computer gets screwy, we set it back to its factory defaults. You can do that with the Recovery option in “Settings” or “Control Panel.” Once you do that, it feels brand new again. Unfortunately, it is brand new again — all the programs […]
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Posted on February 7th, 2016 by Joy Schwabach
FingerCheck 360 is a smart phone app for handling payroll. It costs $6 per employee per month. It combines time tracking and payroll so you don’t have to re-enter hours worked. When workers clock in, the payroll data gets entered automatically. Taxes are calculated as well.
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Posted on February 6th, 2016 by Joy Schwabach
“DriveMode” is a free app for Android users who want to use their apps in the car without getting distracted. It gives you a blank screen for all apps — messaging, navigation, music, etc. Use voice control to change the Pandora radio station, listen to a text message and search for directions. The app creators were developers and advisors for Tesla and ZipCar.
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Posted on February 6th, 2016 by Joy Schwabach
“Docady” makes it easier to organize all your important documents. It pulls them from various online locations, such as email or online storage services such as iCloud and Dropbox, and sends you reminders when anything is about to expire, such as your passport.
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Posted on February 6th, 2016 by Joy Schwabach
Bob has long maintained that women look fine without makeup. The world isn’t listening to Bob. “YouCam Makeup,” a free app for Android or iPhone, has now been downloaded over 100 million times. It lets you try on makeup virtually, using your own photos.
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Posted on February 5th, 2016 by Joy Schwabach
We aren’t the only ones who have become frustrated with HP printers. A reader sent us a link to a YouTube video with the title “HP Photosmart Won’t Print Black Ink.”
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Posted on February 5th, 2016 by Joy Schwabach
“Grab Your Fork and Travel Back in Time With These Old USDA Dietary Guidelines.” The U.S. government recently changed their dietary guidelines for the umpteenth time. For instance, for a time, butter and margarine were their very own healthy food group.
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Posted on February 4th, 2016 by Joy Schwabach
“22 Life Hacks You’ll Wonder How You Did Without.” Search on those words to find some surprising tips. For example, to remove wrinkles from your shirt, throw it in the dryer with some ice cubes and let it rip, so to speak, for five minutes.
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Posted on February 3rd, 2016 by Joy Schwabach
Joy was pleased with our credit score after we let WalletHub.com evaluate us. Last December WalletHub became the first website to offer free credit scores, full reports and a financial fitness analysis.
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Posted on February 2nd, 2016 by Joy Schwabach
Over 40 million people have downloaded “AdBlock,” a free program for blocking ads on the web. We were skeptical initially but are now converts. Often, when a web site comes in slowly it’s because it’s loading ads. Lately, Joy’s computer has been so slow, she could put on water for tea and come back before the site had loaded. Then she loaded Adblock, and it helped. It counts the ads it kills and gives you totals; it knocked off 2,500 in the first week. What made Bob turn to AdBlock was pants. He bought some pants online and by the next day the entire clothing business had ads for pants on whatever web site he called up. It was clear […]
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