How many of you have FitBits or another device that you trust to measure your heart rate and/or your physical activity? Yes, I see a sea virtual of raised hands. For several years now companies have been competing to sell consumers gadgets that will help us monitor our health. Prices range between $70 and $500 for …
Meryl can be found blogging regularly at Six Decades and Counting…Life Reinvented. The fact that I am not smarter than a fifth grader is not easy to admit, but it is true. Not only am I not smarter than most kids nowadays, but also am increasingly out of sync with the world, or at least …
Recently I asked several friends of mine about their favorite messaging apps. Raising their eyebrows slightly and vaguely shaking their heads in complete “duh!” (I swear I could hear this over the phone), they answered, “Text.” Or “Facebook Messenger.” Or “Gchat.” Of the 15 or so people I brought into my totally non-scientific survey, three …
These Are the Moments of Your Life. Just Kidding … For people involved in the tech world, Twitter’s new “Moments” feature came as sort of a shoulder shrug. It had been so hyped since spring 2015 that the expected “OMG!” response was tempered to “Hmm.” Some reviewers lauded Moments as the best addition to social …
I have been hearing about the possibility of smart homes since I was a little girl at the World’s Fair in 1964. The exhibit was eventually moved to the Disney Parks and became the Carousel of Progress. Some technologies from the exhibit have existed for a while now, such as video phones. And, we have been able to …
