Posted on March 16th, 2025 by Joy Schwabach
“What’s the best way to consolidate family photos?” a reader asked. “Three of us use iCloud for backup. The others have Android devices.” Here’s an idea: Share a link from your iCloud account with your relatives. First, go to icloud.com/photos on your device. Next, choose a specific album, and tap the share icon at the bottom of the screen. Copy the link to use in a text, email, Facebook or wherever. Your relatives can download the photos from there. Alternatively, iPhone users can get on the same page with their Android-using cousins by downloading the free Google Photos app. Or, start at Photos.Google.com, click the checkbox above a group of photos, and click the share icon. You’ll get a link […]
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Posted on May 6th, 2024 by Joy Schwabach
Just before I close my eyes for the night, I ask Alexa to remind me of something the next day. In the past, this was frustrating because the next day, I’d be in another room and couldn’t hear her. But here’s a trick. Since I have two devices with Alexa inside, all I have to do is tell my Echo Dot in the bedroom to let my Echo Show answer me in the living room. To test it, I closed the door to the bedroom so the Alexa in the living room couldn’t hear me. Then I said to Dot: “Alexa, remind me on the Echo Show.” “What’s the reminder?” she said. “helicopter,” I said. “What time?” she said. “9 […]
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Posted on January 9th, 2023 by Joy Schwabach
Most people rely on their phones to take pictures. But professional cameras, such as DSLRs, do a much better job. Professional cameras have sensors about the size of 12 Lego bricks. Your phone’s sensor is probably about half of one, according to CNET. But phones are catching up. Some have sensors the size of two Lego bricks. Meanwhile, Xiaomi, the world’s third largest phone maker after Apple and Samsung, is developing one that lets you mount a Leica M lens. It’s been dubbed the “12S Ultra Concept Phone.” In other news, LG Innotek is introducing a new telephoto zoom camera module at this month’s Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas. The module’s moving lenses will be similar to professional camera […]
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Posted on April 15th, 2011 by Joy Schwabach
Zediva.com gives you streaming movies the same day they come out on DVD. Normally, streaming movies come out several months after the DVD rental.
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Posted on June 8th, 2010 by Joy Schwabach
Be sure your movie will play on all players, and other tips and tricks.
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Posted on December 17th, 2009 by Joy Schwabach
GoClickFree.com and Verbatim have photo DVDs that automatically back up digital photos. Canon has an easy to use scanner for turning regular prints into digital ones.
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Posted on November 21st, 2009 by Joy Schwabach
A new iPhone app lets iPhone users get free movies from the Redbox Video Rental Service.
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Posted on September 16th, 2009 by Joy Schwabach
Nero is offering a free version of their excellent Nero 9 software for burning text, numbers, photos, movies, etc., to CDs and DVDs.
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Posted on April 19th, 2008 by Joy Schwabach
We finally broke down and bought the world’s best-selling video camera: the Flip. It costs $150 for the regular version, but we went wild and sprang for an extra $30 to get the “ultra” version, which has higher resolution and more memory.
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Posted on April 17th, 2008 by Joy Schwabach
We looked at Samsung’s new “TruDirect” external hard drive, a natural for people who like to quickly burn videos and movies to DVD.
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