This Week
CALLS FOR A POST-SKYPE ERA!
The era of Skype ended on Dec 25th — DIALO’s an option to replace it
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https://getdialo.com BYEBYE ROBOCALLS!
Sick of robocalls? Apple includes a free ROBOCALL BLOCKER in iOS now.
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https://www.apple.com DAYPLANNING FOR PEOPLE!
Dayplanners make assumptions about how you live your life … but what if you are self-employed or not part of the corporate mold? JUNO may be just what you need.
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https://juno.do LEARNING A LANGUAGE, YOUR WAY!
Everybody learns differently – here’s a different way to learn a language. It’s called BUSUU.
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https://www.busuu.com EASY MEAL TRACKING …WITH EMBER!
EMBER designed their food / calorie tracker based on how people actually live, rather than how they actually live.
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BRICKING YOUR PHONE!
Get back to enjoying a life where you take time to walk on the grass, thanks to BRICK.
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https://getbrick.app ROLL UP YOUR CAMERA ROLL!
Phone full? One option is buying a new one, another is to de-clutter and free up space.
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BEFORE YOU DISPOSE, DELETE!
Getting rid of your old computer. Then a few words for before you send it to its new home!
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LET THERE BE LIGHT!
Light-based computing is getting ready to come to our world of tech, thanks to Q.ANT
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https://qant.com GO OFF LINE AND MEAN IT!
Apple’s FOCUS and Androids’s MODES can make your holiday way better. Here’s now.
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AIRTAGS MEET AIRLINES!
Airline lost your baggage again? Apple’s AIRTAGS are now being integrated into the airline bag tracking systems so as to help!
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https://www.apple.com PHOTOS BURSTING WITH ENERGY!
Remember how motor drives could give you rapid fire images? Your phone’s BURST MODE can do that to!
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WATCH OUT FOR DARK PATTERNS!
They’re online and they’re real — they designs intended to manipulate your behavior and can be pretty common.
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REFRESH YOURSELF WITH FOREST!
it’s a FOREST with trees, virtual trees that you curate by minimizing your time on time wasting apps.
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https://www.forestapp.cc/ SIT FIT, WORK HEALTHY!
Sitting in a chair for hours without interruption is unnnatural … SIT FIT protects your health and productivity by ensuring you don’t do that!
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https://www.sitfit.xyz THE BROWSER WITH THE BLOCKER!
Want better browser privacy? BRAVE’s a solid, ready-to-go option.
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Https://www.brave.com DON’T WASTE TIME ON HOLD!
Sick of waiting on hold? Apple’s new OS includes HOLD ASSIST – and you’ll love it!
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YOUR PHONE’S ALSO A REMOTE!
“Oh, no … I can’t find the remote!” … If that’s you, then Android phone’s “ infrared blaster” can save the day.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.binarymode.android.irplus&hl=en_US TAPE MEASURE WITHOUT THE TAPE!
Need a tape measure? How about a virtual one with Apple’s free MEASURE app?
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THE LEAST PRIVATE BROWSER!
People talk about online privacy —but do you know which browsers are the worst for privacy?
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https://www.neowin.net/news/report-chrome-among-the-worst-browsers-when-it-comes-to-user-privacy/ THE ULTIMATE CONTACT FILE!
TIM ZHENG says that the key to sales is a great contact database combined with the Apollo’s tools to easily use it effectively.
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https://www.apollo.io NEW TECH TO SAVE OLD TUNES!
Thousands of classic recordings are at risk of disappearing forever.
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https://www.ironmountain.com SMARTER, NOT BIGGER
Startups? THEO LOUKAIDIS helped create 3 unicorns and says to focus on continually improving.
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GET STICKY WITH STICKIES
STICKIES – Thirty years and still essential.
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