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What is RCS Messaging, And Why Should I Care?

What is RCS Messaging, and Exactly How Does It Work? | Digital Trends. Rich Communication Services (RCS) is actually an accurate description of the benefits of modern smartphones using communication apps that combine the visual and other texting services of Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and other apps into one platform available on all devices. Google is now pushing RCS to all capable Android and iOS phones. This is a good thing. Check it out.

#WhyIAmASolo - I Don't Need An App For That

Managing employees is such a pain.

Aegir Smartpen Demo

If you are interested in the Aegir Smartpen, check out this excellent review. 15 minutes and you will be able to see exactly how it is used. 

Livescribe+ Desktop App For Aegir Pens

Livescribe App - Livescribe. The Aegir Smartpen is now the only pen of its kind that syncs with mobile devices and the Desktop with the release of LiveScribe+, which is a Desktop companion for the slim and light Aegir. The pen stores every keystroke on its USB drive when the user uses LiveScribe notebooks, which contain millions of dots invisible to the naked eye, and the user experience is the same as writing on a regular paper notebook. When connected to a phone, tablet, or computer, the results are synced to the device, and the application shows them as they were drawn or written. They can be converted to digital text and transferred as any file would be. Analog meets digital and you get to keep the paper, if you want.

Google Maps- Do You Trust Your Taxi Driver?

Google Maps keeps you safe by alerting you if your taxi goes off-route. While I am not sure what I would do if I were in a New York taxi, and Google Maps told me my driver was off course. Visions of a bad crime movie would pop into my head, and I would visualize a taxi ride to hell. But, would challenging the driver be any better? At what point is discretion the better part of valor? Hmmm....

Delete Alexa Recordings By Voice? Is That A Good Thing Or A Bad Thing?

How to Delete Your Alexa Recordings by Voice. You can't tell Alexa not to remember everything you say after saying the Wake Phrase. Those recordings are kept by Amazon forever. As a lawyer, those recordings can be a gold mine of evidentiary information and admissions. But, criminals leave evidence too. What if they could delete their voices by merely saying "Alexa, delete everything"? There are always competing interests involved as technology advances. When Alexa voice recordings could only be deleted by hand, as now, only the user with the password and two factor authentication device could do it. Convenience has a consequence. We will have to live with those consequences. Be careful out there.

Apple Pay vs. Samsung Pay vs. Google Pay: Mobile Wallet Guide

Apple Pay vs. Samsung Pay vs. Google Pay: Mobile Wallet Guide. I have succumbed to the siren song of easy purchases. I have surrendered to the Google Pay system, and have loaded my credit cards on to my phone. I have secured them as best I can. Now, I must secure the least secure part of my human system...my shopping gene. When it becomes too easy to buy things, can I control myself? This will solve my fat wallet problem, with so many plastic cards that my back hurts carrying them around. Everything comes with a price. Now, it will be a lot easier to pay it.

Modern Problems - Have We Forgotten How To Speak?

You Can Now Ask Your Uber Driver to Stay Quiet. I got a kick out of this article about Uber's latest attempt to make money. Does your Uber driver talk too much? Why not lean forward in the backseat and politely use your mouth to say "Please don't talk during the ride. I have things on my mind."? But, you say, speaking is unnecessary in our modern world. There's an  app for that. You can pay Uber a premium and get Uber Black, which is an app that will silently alert the driver that you want a quiet ride. We have finally disengaged ourselves completely from social discourse. Hey, can I get an app that will shut up the TV pundits? Jeez.

Hey, Google, Let's Drive!

Hey, Google, let's drive: How you'll use the new Assistant Driving Mode for Android phones - CNET. As Google Assistant gets smarter, Google is finding new ways to use it. For example, you can forget about Android Auto, which gives voice access to basic phone functions while driving, keeping the hands and eyes free to look at the road. Upgrades to Google Assistant is bringing new functionality to driving with a phone;  and, once mounted in the car, you will be able to do much more with your voice. Google Assistant's smarts will even suggest things, like prompting you with navigation information for appointments scheduled in Calendar. Where do you want to go today?

Robot Calls And Marketing Calls - Die, Die, Die

Stop robocalls and telemarketers with Nomorobo. It's Monday morning, and, in addition to getting out of the weekend mindset and going to work, you get to look forward to a week of robocalls, and salespeople. In addition, some of them ask you to speak to them on a recorded line. Sorry, Charlie, I NEVER speak on a recorded line. Recordings of your voice are used by scammers to fake your consent to product purchases, even if you don't surrender personal or credit card information. However, the best defense to these scammers is to block the calls in the first place. For a modest $19.95 a year, the Nomorobo app does it for you. Like McDonald's, this great little app has stopped over a billion robocalls. I call that a win for the little guy.