Use Your Smartphone to Monitor Solar Panels System


Many people in the house install hybrid solar power plants. Using a smartphone, you can track their status, which is very convenient and practical. Before purchasing, it is necessary to study solar system reviews. Today, there are a lot of monitoring applications.

How to Easily Manage Your Child’s Phone Usage from Your Own Phone | Must-Read for Parents


How to Easily Manage Your Childâs Phone Usage from Your Own Phone | Must-Read for Parents


If you look around, most children have smartphones. It&rsquo;s not that you are against it, but there&rsquo;s that fear parents have about how dangerous technologies are for their kids. And yes, having a phone makes them more vulnerable to predators, cyberbullying, and other risks.&nbsp;

But you can&rsquo;t be the only parent that doesn&rsquo;t allow their child to have a phone. 
You&rsquo;ve surely heard of parent monitoring apps that help track smartphone use.

Take Time to Find the Right Phone Plan


Choosing the right plan for your phone is the first step to getting connected. Once you have the phone sorted out now you need a good plan. What are you going to go with for a phone plan. Have you ever been over your minutes or seen unexpected charges because you had to use too much data.

Be Here Not: Our Phones versus Our Selves


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I was in my late forties when I saw the first print ad for a &ldquo;smartphone.&rdquo; It was a Blackberry, on a towel, with sand in the background. Wasn&rsquo;t the whole point to be able to get away from things. The more of these you had, the obviously more important a person you were. The ordinary self-consciousness of kids walking down the hallways, averting their eyes if they didn&rsquo;t want to make eye contact with someone, or, conversely, the coveted eye-contact and smile with someone who they thought was cute but hadn&rsquo;t talked to yet, was completely replaced by everyone staring down at their hands, which held this little black box that they caressed, talked to, and poked at.

Beware of Fake Calls From Real Social Security Number


Beware of Fake Calls From Social Security


You may remember a story we featured a while back regarding the rise of annoying robocalls. In it, we mentioned the deceptive practice of &quot;spoofing&quot; -- when spam callers place calls from a legitimate phone number other than their own. The Federal Trade Commission is now warning consumers to be aware of a spoofing scheme involving the Social Security Administration. The incoming call will show an SSA phone number on caller ID, but the call can be coming from elsewhere.

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First Nationwide Presidential Alert System


First Nationwide Presidential Alert System Test Set for Oct 3rd


If you have a cell phone, you should have received a test alert on October 3rd at 2:18pm ET. This was the first test of the first ever nationwide presidential alert system. A real alert will only be made in a situation where safety or life is in danger. 
While some people are concerned that the alert system will allow the president to send messages often or send messages that aren&#39;t relevant to them, the head of FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency), Antwane Johnson, told CBS News, &quot;One thing that we need make very clear is that there are laws, policies and procedures that are in place, other protocols to assure that the system is used in accordance with its intended use as defined by the law.&quot;

The system will not be used for political agenda and should be used rarely.

Smartphone Pricing Causing Sticker Shock for Some


A smartphone isn&#39;t just a phone. People now use their smartphones as an everything-device for communication, entertainment, work and photography. 
When Apple released the iPhoneX last year at a price of $999, many critics laughed. While many people loudly complained about the price, even more people went and bought it, effectively helping Apple to set a new price point for smartphones.

Can You Stop Those Pesky Robocalls?


Don't Answer. It's a Robocall!


Spam phone calls have been around for a long time. But now, they&#39;re even more bothersome because they&#39;re coming in on our mobile phones. And what&#39;s worse, they&#39;re often disguised as someone from our own area code. Spoofing allows spam callers to place calls from a fake number other than their own.

They Tried Life Without a Smartphone – and Liked It


They Tried Life Without a Smartphone â and Liked It


The other day, I was at a playground with my son and four-year-old grandson. So I admit it -- I pulled out my phone and made myself busy. You&rsquo;ve seen it coffee shops, bars, airports &ndash; the ever-present smart phone. The term was first used in 1995, but three years earlier, the &ldquo;Simon Personal Communicator&quot; was introduced by IBM.

Cell Phones That Charge in 12 Minutes?


Most of us are increasingly spending more time on our mobile phones, whether we like it or not. Tasks that used to be done on a desktop computer are now done on phones and landlines are being dropped more and more. So a cell phone that can be charged from dead to full in a mere 12 minutes sounds like a dream, but it may not be that far out of reach. According to Oilprice.com, Samsung is adding graphene, often referred to as a &quot;miracle material&quot;, to its lithium batteries to make them charge faster with a charge that lasts longer.

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