Tech Miser: Bye bye Evernote, maybe
If you’re like me and have been using Evernote Basic for years, you may have gotten the same email I did on June 30th from … Read more…
If you’re like me and have been using Evernote Basic for years, you may have gotten the same email I did on June 30th from … Read more…
There are many places where Bitcoin is accepted as currency. But does that make it money? A Florida criminal case may be the path to deciding … Read more…
Last time we talked about the two “pretty boys” of the weather apps I like, and, frankly, as good as they are, they’re not my … Read more…
Back in prehistoric times, I worked for a long time for a company involved in home repair and remodeling. What happened with the weather effected … Read more…
We all love smartphones, and so does Microsoft. The next step down toward “dumb” phones is the feature phone — not as featureless as a … Read more…
We all know how bad things are in the Middle East. We get headlines and videos of it daily. And we can’t picture much good … Read more…
I got my first smartphone because my life wasn’t tied to a desk or a store or home. And, no matter how high tech or … Read more…
If you’re not a brand fanboy, you’ve most likely tried a variety of phones, all with different OSes, each tried for different reasons. And, as … Read more…
I just couldn’t resist writing about this one. It could be described as the “worst of both worlds,” instead of the “best of both worlds.” … Read more…
Every once in awhile, some tidbits come to light that might be missed. Far be it from me to skip over the unnoticed and the … Read more…
We’re all pretty sure that whatever country we’re in, we suspect that its authorities are legally free to browse our devices. We may even accept … Read more…
If you’re like me, LeEco and Jia Yueting aren’t household names. Mr. Yueting is a Chinese billionaire who runs LeEco. We’ll talk aboutLeEco in a … Read more…
We’ve all had devices not start up or die in the middle of something. Sometimes, that was in the middle of doing something important. Of … Read more…
Hopefully, this series has awakened some to the need to adjust security settings, without launching into full blown paranoia. We do need a wake up … Read more…
Our last few Tech Miser articles have focused on Bluetooth headphones and a few browser extensions. Today I’ll dive into browsers themselves, and a few … Read more…
Last time in this series we talked about encryption, viruses and malware, and now we’re going to continue that conversation and talk more about encryption. Point A … Read more…
Last time we talked about two factor authentication, passcodes, and using the cloud. We’re not quite done yet as there are still a couple of places … Read more…
Last time in our how to avoid tech security and privacy risks, we talked about the lockscreen and passcodes. As we continue investigating how we … Read more…
In the last miserly column, we talked about the Jarv Joggerz Pro. Today, let’s start with the Photive BTH3. These are not the small, lightweight earphones … Read more…
So far, we’ve dealt with social engineering as a threat and scanners for the credit cards in your wallet. In both cases, thieves and scammers … Read more…
Last time, we talked about Facebook — not to warn about how bad Facebook is, but to highlight that we’re our own weakest link in … Read more…
We all like to keep our info private and secure and our devices working the way we expect them to. And there are a whole … Read more…
The Apple vs. FBI battle has been going on for some time about hacking the iPhone from the San Bernardino terrorist attack. None of us wants … Read more…
Techaeris has written in the past about a Steam hack that can drain wallets faster than our own spending. It’s a real threat that we shouldn’t … Read more…
There are quite a few bluetooth earphones and headsets on the market. We’ll share one with you today, simply because they’re decent and relatively inexpensive. There’s … Read more…
Ransomware seems to be the hacker’s latest toy. When I say it that way, that’s not to minimize either the hackers or the potency of … Read more…
Apple’s security battle with the FBI has been aided by the competition. That includes Facebook, Microsoft, and Google, who had at one point suggested Apple … Read more…
International Business Times notes that Bitcoin transactions are becoming excessively slow. The result is that some businesses that had accepted Bitcoin are now refusing to accept … Read more…