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The Best Way To Keep Track Of Your Kid’s Friends In Your Phone
As the mother of a six-year-old, my phone is filled with contacts such as “Mary LeilasMom” and “Dana MaddiesDad.” It’s how I keep track of my daughter’s new friends and the personal assistants who keep their schedules (AKA their “parents”). This labelling method helps my brain connect the adult to the child, but it’s clunky…
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Update Your Android Device Now To Block New Video Malware
It’s time again for another PSA about updating your old-to-semi-old Android devices, this time to protect your smartphones and tablets from a newly discovered exploit that could let hackers take control of an Android device via malicious code embedded in video files played on the device.
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Why You Should Wait To Buy The Samsung Galaxy Fold
I’m slightly more excited to see a Samsung Galaxy Fold, now that the manufacturer has fixed all the issues with the initial batch of review units the company sent out this Autumn. The biggest of these was the thin protective layer of polymer, which initially looked like the kind of screen protector you’d peel off…
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Be Careful About Sideloading Popular Android Apps, Unless You Like Malware
Are you sure you’re using the real versions of popular apps installed on your phone? Forbes recently reported that spyware masquerading as popular Android apps are circulating online and hackers may be using them to track you.