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Tech Savvy: How to make phone calls from your laptopYou just landed at your summer vacation destination and — womp, womp — your cell reception is terrible. It's time to disconnect, but what if you need to make a call? Good news if you have your laptop and a decent Wi-Fi connection: You can make calls through your computer. It's easy, and I'll showy you how. Tap or click for a smart travel tip you'll be glad to know when you need it. → |
Quick tip of the dayIt’s almost impossible not to run into cybersecurity issues like malware, viruses or phishing sites at some point online. Instead of using one computer for all your web activities, setting up a separate device for online banking will help keep your most sensitive data secure. Use this machine for one thing and one thing only: Accessing your financial accounts. No email, no downloads, no browsing.We recommend picking up a Chromebook. These inexpensive laptops use Google’s Chrome OS, which is essentially a glorified web browser. You won’t be able to download games or run Photoshop on a Chromebook, but you can easily do all your online banking on one without running into trouble. In fact, it’s good that Chromebooks are relatively limited for this purpose. Tap or click here to see Kim’s guide to setting up a financial Chromebook. |
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Protect your most important data the right wayYou probably have thousands of photos on your phone eating up space, and you want to preserve those memories. IDrive is the perfect solution for backing up and protecting all your precious photos and videos. Use it to back up all your devices: PCs, Macs, servers, iPhones, Android phones and more. Sync everything to one account. IDrive is like an insurance policy for your data. Plans start at less than $7 a month. Go to IDrive.com and use "KIM" to get 50% off your first year. → |
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Did people in the past look older?When you look at a photo of someone in their teens or 20s today compared to someone at that age in say, the '50s, you'll probably notice something striking: The person in the older photo looks a lot older. Did people age faster back then? Or is it really just our perception of how "grown-up" young people looked decades ago? Turns out, it's both. WATCH THIS VIDEO → |
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