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Files by Google:Your Phone Is Messy. Clean It Up!

Files by Google: Clean up space on your phone - Apps on Google Play. You know who you are. You download every app you see, and then never use them again. You have digital detritus scattering the landscape of your mobile phone, and your essential data is never backed up. If someone needed one of your phone files, you wouldn't know where to begin to find it, or how to send it to them. Well, Google has your back. The newly updated Files app makes phone organization and clean up automatic. Now, clean your phone.

Signal - Secure Communications Over The Internet

Signal >> Home. As a lawyer, I am of two minds on secure, encrypted digital communications. On the one hand, it is a boon to attorney client communications that need to be confidential, and for which the attorney has an ethical responsibility. On the other hand, they are an impregnable fortress against discovery in litigation, and a nightmare for law enforcement authorities. Signal is the best of the bunch, and, if privacy is important to you, it is the choice of the experts. In a world in which our lives are open to snooping by any moderately competent hacker, it is nice to know that we can communicate without someone looking over our shoulder.

Rolling The Dice - Wearable Computers Can Save Your Life

7 Reasons You May Be at Risk for Atrial Fibrillation | Everyday Health. Lately, all the talk about wearable computing has been directed at Smartwatches, and Smartjewelry, and Smart devices sewn into clothing. But, the real future of wearable computing is in the health care and health monitoring arena. If you are between 60 and 80, and have High Blood Pressure, you are at risk for Atrial Fibrillation, or irregular heartbeat, which can be a life and death event. For $99, I have a little Kardia device that does a basic EKG first lead measurement that can catch Afib even when you aren't showing obvious symptoms like fatigue or light-headedness. Basic, sure; but, if smartcomputing devices can save my life, count me in. We roll the dice every day we are alive. Why not increase the odds?

App That Locks Teen Phones Until They Answer Your Texts -Wow!

Dad makes app that locks your teen's phone until they answer your text messages | firstcoastnews.com. Why didn't I have this app when I needed it? As creepy and controlling as it sounds, every parent of a teen these days wants it. I remember threatening to take away the phones if they didn't respond; and, if they misbehaved, I could go online and suspend the phone for a while. But, SWMBO was a kind hearted woman, and threatened to kill me if I didn't turn them back on. You know the end of that story. If you want this app, let me know. I suspect it is a hit.

Los Angeles Sues The Weather Channel

City Attorney of Los Angeles Sues Popular Weather App Claiming Deceptive Collection and Sharing of Geolocation Data | Proskauer - New Media & Technology - JDSupra. The headline caught my eye. Los Angeles sues the Weather Channel. Say what? Is California upset about too much sunshine? Too much rain? Upon further reading, the issue comes down to whether the typical user gets enough information about what his location data will be used for. In order for smartphones to be more useful, the handy little GPS chip we use to navigate around, must be able to track our movements. So, any app that you give permission to track you as you go around town, or around the world, will know where you are at all times. This can be very useful; say, when you are lost in Las Vegas, or, like me 4 years ago, when you leave your phone on the table at a Vegas hotel restaurant, and don't realize it until you are back at your room in another hotel. But, what happens to this geolocation data when the app developer gets it? Why, they sell it to other companies who use it to sell your their product, and so on. If you knowingly consent to this use, no problem. But, this lawsuit accuses the Weather Channel of failure to obtain "informed consent" from the users. What happens when governments, police forces, and others have this information? Then next time you install a new app, ask yourself if the app is worth it.

Spam Text Messages - Is Nothing Sacred?

How to enable/disable Spam Protection in Google's Messages app. Just when email spam was brought under control by Google, the text messaging spam has started. Are you sick of getting spam texts all day long? I am. GMail has, for a long time, figured out how to identify and destroy spam email. Now, all the penis enlargement mail goes to a spam folder before I see it and open it. It is then easy to one click send it all to oblivion. However, now I am getting annoying text messages that offer me a good price on a car, or other stuff. Thanks to Google, we will soon have the same spam protection on our text messages. I haven't got the update yet; but, I hope it is soon.  

Google Duo Testing Group Calls

Google is testing group calling in Duo. My favorite video calling app is getting better. Soon, it will be possible to show your "face made for radio" to a 7 person group. Horrors. While I enjoy talking to good friends while showing my "bed head" or my tired face, I am not certain that people of my age should be involved in group video calls. Isn't there enough ugliness in the world?

Google Messages - Do One Thing. Do It Well.

Google%u2019s Messages app now getting spam protection | Android and Me. In our short attention span, always busy, society, text messaging is ideal for communication. No long telephone calls that always require minutes of small talk. No wasted space. Short, simple, to the point. Of course, all software tends to turn into bloatware as features are added. Choosing from GIFs, Emojis, and other attachments can make texting bloated. However, Google has always kept it simple and straightforward, while adding efficiency features along with the bells and whistles. Now, in a nod to our world of annoying sales pitches and admen, Messages is getting spam protection. Can't happen too soon for me.

All Google - All The Time

Google to move Messages from Android.com to Google.com - 9to5Google. If, like me, you use Google apps all the time, 9 to 5 Google doesn't seem adequate. How about 12 to 12 Google, or Google Around The Clock? Whatever. I love having my text messages show up on a tab in Chrome, and pop up at the bottom of the screen. Life is much more convenient when you don't have to pick up your phone every time it beeps. So, while the uninitiated might not care that the Android mark has seen its end of days, Google appears to be retiring the name one website at a time. So, hello messages.google.com, and goodbye messages.android.com. We really don't care as long as our SMS and MMS messages show up on the Tab Bar. Jeez.

Wear OS Gets Dark Sky Weather Platform

Wear OS gets a Dark Sky app that will surely save the platform - The Verge. Weather nuts are aware of the best weather app for iOS and Android. Notifications within an hour of a local weather change are very cool, and hour by hour weather for the day can be a lifesaver. But, for lawyers, for whom historical weather on a particular day in the past are sometimes important to litigation, this little tool can be invaluable. Now, for $2.99 a year, Dark Sky Premium users can get notifications about the weather that aren't available anywhere else. Will an app like this save the Wear OS platform? Well, I will be wearing my LG Watch Urbane Luxe on more than dressy occasions now. So many apps. So little time.