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CASTING ANY WEBSITE TO YOUR TV
My women’s group wanted to see a live memorial service in New Hampshire on a big screen TV in Chicago. Here’s how I cast it from the church website to my TV. First, I went to the website in the Google...
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PHONE STORY HAS HAPPY ENDING
After telling you all about my ordeal with Xfinity, I left you dangling. Now, my new phone service is here, but to get it, I had to learn a big lesson. Don’t sign up for Xfinity phone service over the...
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MOTOROLA MYSTERY
A reader said that he wants to replace a five-year-old Motorola phone with a later version. But new Motorolas often have worse reviews than old ones, though the new ones tend to cost less. For example,...
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USING YOUR PHONE PAST ITS EXPIRATION DATE
My Motorola-loving friend just got a new Samsung. Why? He wanted the latest security updates. He also wanted a faster processer and the latest operating system. But it’s not perfect. Compared to his...
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ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT MUSIC
AI writes the songs that make the whole world stop singing. In other words, artificially intelligent music is definitely a work in progress. For example, I went to Suno.ai and typed: “Write a song in...
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SURVIVING TECHNOLOGY, LESSONS FROM THE THEATER
“Before he died, my philosophy professor asked me to promote his upcoming book,” a man wrote. I was intrigued. “Surviving Technology, Lessons from Theater: The New Necessities For Living a Human Life,”...
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BEWARE OF NOT-SO-FREE TRIALS
Free trials aren’t always what they’re cracked up to be. I almost got burned. A Facebook friend showed off the restoration of an old family photo using an app called “Photomyne.” It looked good. At...
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USING GOOGLE LENS OPENS UP THE WORLD
Google Lens is changing the way I look at objects. Now when I point my phone at one and talk, Lens answers me. After pointing Lens at a blue bar stool, for example, I said to my phone: “Where can I buy...
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GOOGLE WALLET CREATES DIGITAL PASSPORT
To get into Chicago’s Adler Planetarium, all I had was a receipt with a barcode on it, sent to me by email. To make it easier to find, I added it to the Google Wallet app on my Android. The equivalent...
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DEALS ON PCS AND TABLETS
“I am in need of a new Android tablet and Windows laptop,” a reader wrote. “My tablet will only charge to 29% and my laptop has many problems and is almost 10 years old.” “Get one like my HP,” I...
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