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    PCM25: Are We Making Ourselves Too Vulnerable Through Tech?

    July 23, 2015 /

    Sometimes the tech that makes our lives so much better can also lead us to a place of extreme vulnerability. That’s the running theme of episode 25 of the PC Mike podcast, where so much of the tech news these days seems to deal with other people trying to mess with the lives of other people – be it looking at highly personal photos and videos captured and stored on our devices to hijacking our actual cars and trucks. Take, for instance, the Jeep that was hacked as part of a story Wired magazine did this week. A couple of hackers were able to use the Jeep’s WiFi to gain complete…

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    Mobile Yogi: Apps to Make It Easier and Cheaper to Do Yoga

    July 22, 2015 /

    From reduced stress to better sleep and everything between, many people have discovered the benefits of yoga. Fortunately,  a number of great apps are available to make it more convenient and less costly than ever. The Yoga.com app is meant for everyone, from those just starting out to yoga gurus. The app helps users understand exercises better with HD video and 3D muscle images for each pose. It offers more than 300 poses and breathing exercises along with 45 predefined yoga programs. Yoga.com costs $3.99 and is available for iOS and Android. The Daily Yoga app offers more than 400 poses with videos and more than 50 yoga sessions and…

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    PCM24 – We Need Faster Speeds for Cable Internet! (And It’s Here…)

    July 17, 2015 /

    Whether streaming media, working from home, both, or more, when it comes to Internet bandwidth and speeds, we always seem to need more, more, more! Providers are starting to deliver, too. Take Comcast. The cable/Internet giant is rolling out new offerings that deliver up to a whopping 2GB per second of upland and download speed. In no-geek-speak terms, that means insanely fast. To give you an idea of just how fast, this story the Washington Post did last year says the fastest average speeds in the United States was 29MB per second  (of course, that was waayyyyy back in January, 2014). Comcast’s Michelle Gilbert, vice president public relations, Comcast Cable Heartland…

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  • News

    Apps to Record, Save, and Share Your Phone Calls

    July 13, 2015 /

    Whether you’re just too busy to pay close attention – or have any other reasons – and want to record and save an important phone call for future reference, a number of apps can do it for you. Be sure and know your state law on recording phone calls – some have restrictions. We have three call recording apps to recommend. Automatic Call Recorder allows users to simply record any or all calls. You can choose to save or delete calls in the app’s inbox – even add notes to calls and integration with Google Drive and Dropbox allows calls to be saved and synced to the cloud. The app is…

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    Video montage apps

    January 1, 2014 /

    Taking and sharing photos seems to be the most popular use of our smartphones these days, right up there with texting and social media. Our PC Mike Wendland has a couple of new video montage apps to suggest that will let you share those photos and videos in fun and creative new ways. The free Flipagram app for the iPhone and Android platforms is one of the coolest apps you’ll find this year. It lets you make very creative little video stories and slideshows, complete with music that are then easy to share on social media or YouTube. I used it to make a 30 second year in review with…

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