I’d hang up: New to the Google Phone app: Audio emojis. During a call, you can select from six sound effects, including clapping, laughing and farting, which play for you and the other person. On the bright side, there’s a cooldown period, so no endless loop of fart sounds.
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Stories like this make my blood boil. Some creep was caught taking pics up women’s skirts at a Target store. Let’s give a big cheer for the woman who called him out — and filmed it.
Peeping Toms and tech are a match made in you-know-where. They use everything from smartphones to hidden cameras to get their fix. Luckily, I’m on your side to keep you and your loved ones safe.
No more typos: Step 1: Ask Grammarly or ChatGPT to find mistakes and typos. Step 2: Read it out loud. This helps you hear mistakes you might not see. Works like a charm.
Attention, shopper: Liquidation.com hawks packages and undelivered goods from Amazon, Target, Walmart and the Home Depot. You can filter by brand or retailer. Shop carefully — there are no returns.
Your desktop is a mess: Create a new folder with a name like “Clean up” or the date. Drop everything in there. When you have 5 minutes to spare, go through that folder. It’s kind of like that junk drawer in your kitchen.
Is it real or AI? A new web app called AI or Not might have the answer. This free tool uses content recognition tech to identify if a pic is the product of AI tomfoolery. Drop in an image to see here.
Mouse shortcut: Highlight some text, hold down Ctrl in Windows (Cmd on Mac), click your left or primary mouse button, then drag the text elsewhere. When you let go of the mouse button, your text will be pasted there. Neat, right?
Shop on Amazon? It might be worth signing up for the Amazon Visa. You get 3% back on Amazon purchases (and lots more), plus a bunch of travel perks and a $50 gift card if you’re approved. My rule of thumb: Only put it on a card if you can pay it off at the end of the month.
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Save some cash: If you’re trying to get a handle on all your streaming services and other subscriptions, use Rocket Money. It helped me save $532 a year by canceling services I wasn’t using and had forgotten about. So smart!
Getting a job in 2024: You need a bot-friendly resume. Here’s a secret: Scanners match words from the job you’re applying for to what you submit. Use the exact words and phrases in the job description in your resume (if you’ve done them).
