Texting & Driving: 3 Apps for Safety
Texting and driving is a killer. Trying to handle your vehicle while replying to an “urgent” text is pretty much the same as a four-martini driving experience. No text message is worth dying for! Here...
View ArticleWireless IP Home Camera Security
Long gone are the days of a bulky surveillance camera, expensive installation, and bulky home recording setup. With wireless technology and speedy home bandwidth the norm in most homes, you can have a...
View ArticleCalcMoolator: Your Financial Swiss Army Knife
Financial health and stability depends upon making informed decisions about loans, debt, taxes, savings, and more. Unfortunately, most people (including first-time homebuyers!) lack a true...
View ArticleClean Up Your Neighborhood with Litterati
Here’s a cool way to use social media, mobile technology, and crowd-sourcing to clean up neighborhoods all over: Litterati.com. Founded by Jeff Kirschner, Litterati works like this: Find a piece of...
View ArticleHow to Use Passbook
Have you started down the path to the totally paperless revolution? If you have an iOS (read: Apple) mobile device, iOS 6 for the iPhone and iPad came with a nifty new app called “Passbook” which...
View ArticleMinute Hacks: Lowering Your Smartphone Bill
Have a spare minute? Watch this super short tutorial on how to lower your smartphone bill using two simple tricks: Minute Hacks: Two Things You Never Knew Your Smartphone Could Do Data plans and...
View ArticleLife360.com: Enhancing Your Family Circle
Here’s a new app you can share with clients who have on-the-go families. It’s a great way to not only keep track of everyone, but keep in touch. It’s called “Life 360” and has a host of features that...
View ArticleGet a Smarter Calendar: Tempo.ai
File under “one to watch” when it comes to cutting-edge apps. Tempo.ai is part of a new wave of “smart calendars” that help you run your life more efficiently. The app integrates contacts, email...
View ArticleiPhone Tip: Custom Vibrations
Did you know you could create custom vibration alerts with the iPhone and associate them with contacts? It’s true. Most people had no idea this feature rolled out way back with iOS 5. It’s part of...
View ArticleGet a “Lift” and Reach Your Goals
Mindfulness is an essential part of forming good habits that help you reach your goals. After all, how can you know what’s working if you’re not conscious of what you’re actually doing? Lift.do is a...
View ArticleDownload Your Next Personal Assistant: EasilyDo
Our smartphones have become the defacto cockpit for our “office on the go.” Calendars, email, calls, maps, contact management… it all fits in a pocket or purse, and if the battery holds on long enough,...
View ArticleTips to Fix Apple iOS 7
Did you upgrade to Apple’s iOS 7? If you find the newly designed operating system is burning out your eyeballs with its brightness, the fonts are too skinny to read, and your battery life has taken a...
View ArticleClever Tech Gift: Chargecard & Chargekey
Looking for a perfect stocking stuffer or thoughtful thank-you gift for your tech-loving friends and colleagues? Check out Chargecard and Chargekey, two ingenious little products that eliminate the...
View ArticleRead Rooster: Become Well-read on the Go
Here’s an interesting start-up to keep your eyes on this year: Read Rooster. The service hopes to encourage people to use their mobile devices as a platform for reading high-quality books in digestible...
View ArticleHow to Safely Wipe Your SmartPhone Before You Sell
Have you ever hung on to an old phone until it’s obsolete because you were afraid personal data on the phone might still be available after you sell it? When upgrading, trade-ins and selling your old...
View ArticleGet Top Dollar for Your Used Device with Flipsy
Did you get a new mobile phone or tablet for the holidays? Are you unsure what to do with your old device? Why not make a little money by selling it? Most carriers offer minimal trade-in credit for...
View ArticleShoot Better Photos with Apple’s New Tutorials
Want more exposure on Facebook, Instagram, and other social media platforms? Get better at taking photos. This is valuable not only for your listings, but for those times when you’re trying to produce...
View Article10 Tricks for Saving Your iPhone’s Battery Life
If you’re an iPhone user, you probably updated to iOS 11 this week. Along with many “under the hood” improvements to Apple’s mobile operating system, you may have noticed your phone’s battery life...
View ArticleGreat Read Roundup: Brain Boosting
An ongoing feature in Tuesday Tactics is our “Great Read Roundup” in which we highlight some of the best pieces we’ve read recently and why they might expand your mind or help with your real estate...
View ArticleDigital Decluttering & Digital Minimalism
Who owns your attention? Do you feel overwhelmed by the onslaught of app notifications and endlessly scrolling feeds? Maybe you’ve inadvertently become a “digital hoarder,” amassing a collection of...
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