Apple & Google’s Answer To Mobile Phone Addiction

Apple & Google’s Answer To Mobile Phone Addiction

The move to curb phone addiction and limit screen time is well under way as the two heavyweights in the smartphone ecosystem — Google Android and Apple iOS — are on the digital health bandwagon.  After vowing to address the growing concern of smartphone addiction earlier this year, both Apple …..

Are Notifications Stressing You Out?

Are Notifications Stressing You Out?

No doubt, you’ve got lots of apps installed on your phone. Maybe several messaging apps, popular social media ones, the aspirational workout program or two, notes, to-dos, more games than you would like to admit, and of course the obligatory texting and email apps.  Chances are, one of them just …..

Be Careful; Your Apps Are Watching You

Be Careful; Your Apps Are Watching You

Turns out that many of your popular mobile apps contain hidden 3rd party trackers built into them where a single app can contain dozens of these trackers without you ever knowing they are working in the background.  Digital researchers from Yale’s privacy lab conducted an investigation into hundreds of popular …..

Using Mobile Apps To Make Dining Out A Digital Delight

Using Mobile Apps To Make Dining Out A Digital Delight

“App” is not shorthand for “appetite” — although, given the growing availability of digital technology designed to cater to people’s stomachs, don’t be surprised if two words soon start to blend in the public’s subconscious. More and more consumers are enjoying the enhanced foodservice options that come with living in …..

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VOCM TechTalk – How To Backup Your Important Mobile Data

Tech Talk on VOCM is a weekly tech spot highlighting the latest tech news and gadget reviews. On this episode we discuss how you can backup your important data on your mobile device.  

Tips To Save Your Mobile Data

Tips To Save Your Mobile Data

In an instant, it can all be gone forever: irreplaceable photos, home videos, music, work files, even addresses and personalized app settings. If your mobile device gets lost, stolen, broken, hacked, damaged by water— or if your phone or tablet becomes unstable as a result to an update— you want …..

Android Malware Poses As Chrome Update To Steal User Data

Android Malware Poses As Chrome Update To Steal User Data

Chrome, the web browser for Android users has always received updates through the Google Play Store, but users unaware of that may be more likely to fall prey to a newly discovered malware that steals calling, texting and banking information. Making matters worse, this malware is able to evade antivirus …..

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