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iPhone Users Don't Have To Buy An Expensive Apple Watch.

Android Wear OS For iPhone. I have been pushing Management Consultant Savant, Michael Wade, of Execupundit, to trade in his Timex for a SmartWatch for years. Speaking of efficiency, my SmartWatches have saved me countless hours of time management sinkholes over the years. I suspect that I am really 92 in watch years. So, when I found a bargain on a Fossil Wear OS watch with sleek good looks and a $139 price tag, I put the pressure on. Then, we remembered that he is an iPhone user, which I have never held against him, and caused me to do a little research. It seems that Google has been improving the syncing between iPhones and its Wear OS for a couple of years, and you can now get almost as much functionality from an iPhone pairing to any Wear OS SmartWatch. So, welcome to the revolution, Michael. If you don't love it, I will buy it back from you. The FutureLawyer can never have too many SmartWatches, or too much sun. 

Google Knows What You Are Doing...What Are You Going To Do About It?

Google Collects A Frightening Amount Of Data About You...Delete It. I know. You don't do anything hinky online. You only search sites describing Churches and Food, and you never email sketchy people. Even so, what if I told you that Google (which I use all the time, because it performs useful services) knows your name, your face, your birthday, gender, other email addresses you use, your password and phone number? What if it determines what is public and what is not? When a new site asks you to sign up using Google (much easier than entering a lot of data) you click through the permissions without reading them, don't you? The company records every search you perform and every YouTube video you watch.  Google Maps logs everywhere you go, the route you use to get there and how long you stay -- even if you never open the app. I have always considered that this was okay (what better alibi than your computer location record?) but then I read about the guy who happened to be in the area of a crime on a regular basis, and who got arrested. So, ghost your Google masters on a regular basis. You know who is watching. Make them turn off the recorder. Do it now.

Who Is At The Door?

Who Is At The Door? The relatively recent integration of Echo Show devices with Ring Video doorbells has cast a different light on home security. I have Echo Show devices on my desks at home and at the office, and I can now communicate with anyone at my front doors via voice and video. Come to the FutureLawyer front door and I will see you. Echo Show and Ring...being in two places at once. It's a thing.

Why Not Paper? Why Not Both?

When Someone Sells Me On Paper-Like Feel. Cultural Offering asks a question today: "When someone sells me on paper like feel, I say why not paper?" Well, grasshopper, in the words of Deion Sanders, when asked whether he wanted to play football or baseball, he replied: "Why not both?" So, when someone tries to sell me on paper like feel in a digital pen, I recommend LiveScribe pens, which write on real paper, and store the results for transfer to my computer or smartphone or tablet. I have an exact digital record on my scribbling, along with the original on paper. When life gives you two equally attractive choices, why choose?

 

Google Meet Gets Killer Feature - Noise Cancelling

Google Meet Gets Killer Upgrade. Quick. What is the most annoying thing about Zoom calls? You are right. Background noise. It is like a light show watching the microphone lines under the images light up when the user taps on the desk or rustles paper. It is an adventure trying to figure out who gets to speak next. And, making everyone mute their microphones every time they finish speaking destroys the continuity of the discussion. Well, leave it to the Google engineers to apply noise cancelling technology now used in headphones and earplugs to the videoconferencing environment. Competition is great. Zoom, you have a big problem.

Your Smartphone Needs More Security Than Your Notebook Computer

Android Security. While I am on the topic of computer security, what is the least secure device in your possession? Of course, it is your Smartphone. It is mobile, small, and easily stolen or lost. It's only advantage is that, since it is usually in your possession (like, all the time?) you would immediately notice it was missing. However, if it is stolen, it is imperative that you have it secured with a PIN or comparable entry security. In addition, you need to keep it updated all the time, and, number one technique...encrypt the contents. Even if someone breaks in, you need to make the data incomprehesible to all. Do it now.

Android Auto - Drive Your Car And Stay Alive

Android Auto. Driving a car and checking messages on your Smartphone are not the safest way to spend your day. Distracted driving is a leading cause of auto accidents, and the increasing power and utility of Smartphones has exacerbated the problem. Google and other tech companies recognize this, and Google's answer is a limited, large font version of the essential apps that can be connected to many dashboard addons. I installed a Sony XAVAX3000 system in my 3000GT, and connect it via USB cable to my Smartphone. Android Auto appears on the Sony screen, and, with voice control, I don't have to remove my hands from the wheel. OK Google, call Diane.

Facebook Messenger Is A Video Conferencing App

How to Set Up A Facebook Messaging Room. Many of us live inside of Facebook. We post personal, professional and family events and people, and are in contact with a broad range of people with whom we want to have daily contact. Facebook Messenger is a secure way to have text conversations with those people, and only requires a click to initiate a private chat. But, now, Facebook Messenger is becoming a true video conferencing app that is simple and easy to set up and use. In Messenger, scroll down to the people tab, click "create a room", and then share with your nearest and dearest. No Zoom needed. No muss, no fuss. Call me, maybe?

How To Keep Your Personal And Client Data Safe And Secure On Your Android Phone

Things You Can Do To Keep Your Android Phone Safe And Secure. When I left my Smartphone in a Las Vegas restaurant a few years ago, I suddenly became a bigger fan of Smartphone security. I realized that, while I didn't store a lot of personal data on the phone itself, the phone was a window to just about every piece of personal and confidential information stored in the cloud. Possession of the phone, in the hands of the bad guys, would be very bad. When I loaded up my FindMyPhone app on the laptop I was carrying at the hotel, I was relieved to find that the phone was located at the restaurant SWMBO and I had just left. After a rather frenzied cab ride back to the restaurant, I was relieved to find that the restaurant staff had it at the front desk. We laughed about it later, and it became our Las Vegas "adventure", rushing through the streets of glitter town on an emergency search. But, these days, the problem is worse, and our phones store or have access to, more information than ever. Secure your phone. Secure your data. You never know who is watching. Use two factor authentication all the time. Use a screen lock all the time. Never download anything from a source other than the Playstore. Use a VPN. Get rid of apps you don't use. If you haven't used an app in 3 months, delete it. Buy Malwarebytes, or a similar malware scanner designed for Android. Update the phone every time a system update pops up on your phone. Most phones get these monthly these days. Be safe out there.

Delete Old Facebook Posts In Bulk - Erase Your Past Indiscretions

Delete Old Facebook Posts. Have you spent some time during the age of social media being young and stupid? Of course you have. Those drunk Facebook posts, and the selfies of you being stupid are going to come back to haunt you, unless you clean up your act. Now, it will be a little easier to do so, with bulk deletion of old posts. The deletions don't become final for 30 days, so you can change your mind. But, if you don't want future generations to know what a tool you were, read this article. Be careful out there, and don't say something you can't take back.