Short & Sweet
(Like summer itself !)
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Netflix slow on your TV? Blame your internet provider, especially if it's Verizon. Netflix makes up as much as 30% of the traffic downstream and is overloading older infrastructure.
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Windows XP support will be available after April 8, just not for you. Read More here.
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Borrow free video, music and audiobooks with your library card. Enjoy on your PC, tablet, or phone. Try Hoopla here.
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Getting back to your car at Rockefeller or from any other hiking park just got easier. As did returning to your campsite or your open field parked card. Get Festival Buddy for your Android Phone.
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Leaving on a jet plane? Jet Blue is one of the few airlines that lets you check a bag for free. In fact some airlines are even charging for carry on gear. Here's a list of current charges by airline.
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 Totally awesome way to check the next scheduled Metro North train from your phone. Try TrainTime here. Links a the bottom of the page for Android and IOS.
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 Facebook - The new Big Brother? Facebook has announced that it's going to track your web browsing and app habits to better tailor its advertising to your needs. (Ha!). Not interested in participating? Go to the Digital Advertising Alliance and to Your AD Choices to opt out.
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 Google (Android) and Microsoft (Microsoft Phones) are following Apple's (IPhone) lead and adding a kill switch to the next iteration of their phone's operating system. Apple's kill switch allows you to contact your wireless phone service provider and "brick" your lost or stolen phone, making it a useful paperweight and nothing else. This has dramatically reduced the number of stolen IPhones. Read more here.
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 Science fiction meets reality. Microsoft, who bought Skype not too long ago, has announced the imminent release of Skype Translator. The Translator will let you "talk in your native language to another user who speaks a different language". Ready (beta) by the of the year. Here's a great YouTube video that explains it all.
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 (Men) Trying to make a baby? Take that Cell Phone out of your pocket! A new study reveals that low level magnetic radiation (EMR), the kind emitted from a cell phone, can damage sperm DNA. Cell phones also produce enough heat to raise skin temperature by about 4 degrees, that's enough to reduce sperm count and motility. The testing includes 1500 samples and reduced mobility by 8% and viability by 9%. So move that phone to another pocket. Read more here.
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This Month's Virus & Malware Alert
You guessed it! This is not a not from apple and clicking on any of the embedded links will bring malware into you computer. This, BTW, arrived in my email box.
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Free Stuff
 These site list access to free promotional products, giveaways and free digital downloadable material. There's (still) no such thing as a free lunch, so expect to give up some privacy and/or take a survey and in several cases fill out a questionnaire to get the offered freebie. SweetFreeStuff.com offers access to free movies, and a variety of other free digital downloads.
HeyItsFree.com provides links to soon to expire promotional stuff. The site also maintains a list of vendors that give free gifts, samples and meals on your birthday.
The FreeFlys.com website links to free samples of everything you could possibly imagine. Get free food, detergent, cosmetics, etc.
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I make DVD, BluRay, Chromecast and Roku connections for that Netflix account or to watch web content on your TV.
I also connect your Homelink and your garage door.
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