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Teach your child to save for the future with a Digital Coin Bank

Posted on August 10, 2019

Nowdays it is more important than ever to teach your kids the importance of putting money aside for a rainy day.

Teaching them why they need to save is the most important part of this task, and I’m sure you’ve already developed a good plan for that.

The purpose of this post is to let you know about a really neat tool that you can use to facilitate the actual saving part of this endeavor.

It’s called a Digital Coin Bank, and it works something like this:

First, your child inserts a coin through a slot in the lid. As the coin passes through the slot the digital counter determines the value of the coin based upon its size, then automatically adds that amount to the running total.

Any number of coins can be added (one at a time of course) and the counter will add the value of each coin to the total.

Here’s a short video that shows exactly what I’m talking about: [Read more…]

Head-to-head tests prove that free antivirus programs really are just as good as their ‘paid’ counterparts.

Posted on August 5, 2019

I’m often asked whether free antivirus programs are as effective at protecting a Windows PC from virus infections as their “paid” counterparts.

And I must say, that’s an excellent question.

Back in the early days of home computing my answer would have been no because the free antivirus programs available at the time were indeed inferior to the commercial programs.

But that has changed over the years…

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‘Find My Device’ lets you locate and control a lost or stolen phone or tablet from another Android device

Posted on August 4, 2019

Google has updated their awesome “Android Device Manager” app and given it a new name.

It’s now called the more intuitive Find My Device, and it works even better than ever.

In a nutshell, this fantastic app helps you locate and control a lost or stolen Android phone or tablet using another Android device.

With all the personal information that’s stored on smart phones these days, it makes sense to do whatever we can to keep that data out of the hands of would-be scammers and identity thieves.

This app is a great tool for accomplishing that if your Android device ever gets lost or stolen.

Find My Device lets you use another Android device to: [Read more…]

Apple users beware: Complete strangers could be listening to your ‘private’ conversations.

Posted on July 31, 2019

If you use an iPhone, iPad or Apple Watch you know how handy Siri can be at times.

But what you might not know is Siri is constantly snooping on your conversations, and that even includes face-to-face conversations that don’t involve a phone call!

What happens is Siri records your conversations for use in training Siri to better understand how you speak and how it should respond to the things you say.

But Siri doesn’t do this “learning” all on it’s own. It has help from human contractors that Apple pays to listen to their customers’ recorded conversations and then provide feedback to help Siri improve.

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Over 100 retailers, restaurants and other venues that offer student discounts

Posted on July 26, 2019

Are you a student in possession of a valid student ID card?

If so, that little piece of plastic is your ticket to some awesome discounts and savings!

Our friends over at Gift Card Granny have compiled a massive list of 101 retailers, restaurants and other venues that offer discounts to current students.

What’s more, the folks over at The Simple Dollar have put together their own list of 60 places where simply being a student can save you some big bucks! [Read more…]