I am a compensated member of Master Lock’s Live Secure Safety Squad but all beliefs are my own. The dreaded deadline for taxes is coming up and if your family’s health care receipts are scattered all over the place, you have no idea how many times you donated items to charity, or gave money to…
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Weekly Reads: Amazon Prime Price Increase & Data Brokers Sell Your Personal Information Based on Your Web Browsing History
Since there’s enough speculation on where in the world Malaysian Air flight 370 and I look to Richard Engel to keep me up to date on all things Crimea, I’m going to jump right into my very short list of what I found most interesting this week. {Headlines} Lovers of Amazon Prime! The next time…
Weekly Reads: Disney Layoffs, Free Getty Images, TSA on Instagram, NatGeo’s Live From Space
Another long hiatus but I swear, in honor of a new season and what we hope is the end of winter for good, this feature will be back with more regularity like the title suggests! {Headlines} This week Disney Interactive announced huge cuts including the end of BabyZone.com, the 3 year old Spoonful site that…
15 Ways to Unplug for a Few Hours in Honor of National Day of Unplugging
If unplugging for an entire day seems like an impossible task, the Reboot network and I challenge you to give it a try at least for a few hours. National Day of Unplugging is always the first weekend in March where we’re asked to unplug for 24 hours to “carve out one day per week to unwind,…
Get Your Peabody On with Free Mr. Peabody & Sherman App (w. giveaway)
This post is sponsored by 20th Century Fox and DreamWorks Animation “Hello again. Peabody and Sherman here,” the cartoons used to start as they punctuated Rocky & Bullwinkle cartoons. The bespectacled dog and boy who used set the Way Back Time Machine controls to travel back in time are back for a new generation in…
What Piece of Technology Would You Save If Your House Was on Fire? Hint: It doesn’t need to be your phone!
This is part of a sponsored content series with Asurion. If your house was on fire and you only had time to grab one piece of technology, what would it be? If you said your phone, you’re not alone. A couple of years ago when I was attending the Family Online Safety Institute’s Annual Conference,…
Samsung Galaxy S5: Translating the Tech Specs to Share What You Need to Know about Samsung’s Latest Galaxy Device
Yesterday Galaxy lovers, Android aficionados, and smartphone consumers watched as Samsung announced the S5 features from Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and while the specs are impressive, Samsung continues to build on the success of the Galaxy line with improvements that make it tempting for iPhone users to switch and S3 and S4 users to…
A Mobile Romance? Your Relationship with Your Smartphone
This is part of a sponsored post campaign with Asurion. We use our smartphones for just about everything but does your device come between you and your Valentine? A new survey by Asurion reveals some startling statistics about just how important our phones are to us that may or may not surprise you. 28%…
Celebrating Office 365’s First Anniversary by Looking Back & New Goals to Live a More Paperless Life
With today marking my first full year as a Microsoft Office Champion and the first anniversary of Office 365 Home Premium, it’s a day of milestones that represents how the right tools can truly make a difference. I’ve always been a Microsoft Office user but my goal over the past year has been to streamline…
Photo Uploading, Editing & Sharing Made Easy with Lenovo Yoga Tablet 8 and Samsung NX300
When Lenovo sent me to CES, I traveled with my new Lenovo Yoga Tablet 8 and found that it was a great portable solution for working on the go but also for uploading and sharing photos taken with my Samsung NX300 immediately. My best solution always has been to take photos with my smartphone for…
