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Every year millions of old cell phones and tablets are either recycled, sold for scrap or simply thrown in the trash.
While recycling is certainly a lot better than clogging up our landfills with toxic materials, I have an even better option to tell you about.
If you’ve been using the Internet for a while you’re probably aware of the fantastic Amazon Associates affiliate program that allows bloggers to earn money by helping folks find great deals on items at the Amazon website.
In my opinion, there is no better affiliate program in the world because Amazon makes it easy to earn commissions on great products that most buyers end up loving in the end.
That’s why I participate in the program myself.
Unfortunately, any time a company comes up with a great idea for helping people do better in life, there are always scammers waiting in the wings to take advantage of people who just want to make an honest living. [Read more…]
If you’ve been using an iPhone for a while you probably know that you can check the health of your phone’s battery by selecting an option on the Settings screen.
This battery health information basically lets you know if your battery is wearing out and needs to be replaced.
For years Apple refused to allow iOS to reset the battery health info back to “Healthy” after a new third-party battery was installed, but according to our friends at iFixit they’re now even refusing to reset the health information for genuine Apple batteries unless they’re installed by Apple authorized techs.
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, (#ad) 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…]
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…]