What You Need to Know About Cyber-Surveillance No, microwave ovens can’t spy on people. And people who knew that cooked up a social media feast from Kellyanne Conway’s famously misspoken words about cyber-surveillance. Facebook and Twitter filled up with memes of tiny Obamas who lurk inside kitchen appliances with a camera. Other posts showed secret agents who crawl out …
Let’s face it Facebook birthdays can be fun but they can also be confusing to decipher, so here’s a little help getting through the quagmire of Facebook birthday messages. There are no fewer than five categories of birthday greetings/greeters on Facebook. The first birthday salutation, which I call the “bare basics birthday greeting”, is the …
Pat writes over at pattymackz.com and you can find the original version of this post there. While most people have been using smartphones for ages, I finally inherited a hand-me-down iPhone 5 from my husband’s secretary. At long last, I possessed that amazing little gadget that can do everything but wipe my backside. I can …
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 …
A few months ago, right as the Apple Watch pre-orders had hit 2.3 million units, I was asked to write a tech column about the watch. My reaction, much to the surprise of the editor, was, “Nah, I don’t really want or need this.” Because I love gadgets and gizmos, the editor had expected me to be …
