Per month, if you offer extras with your Airbnb. Owners are tacking on things like airport transfers and local tours to boost their Airbnb incomes with almost no overhead. Oh, and be smart with your pricing; folks expect to pay a little more during peak seasons.
Tags: Airbnb, airports, local, offer, pay, pricing, revenue, smart technology
Seven million 23andMe customers thought they were just getting insights into their family history — instead, they got their data hacked.
It went beyond names and addresses. Hackers got their hands on DNA genotypes, predispositions to certain conditions and carrier status. And they were able to hunt down genetic relatives for millions of 23andMe customers. So scary.
Check out freeblockbuster.org for details on how to start your own.
Want to grow your small biz on social? Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts are now better than TikTok (paywall link) for growing your audience. In 2023, brands spent 700% more on YouTube Shorts creator partnerships than the year before. Gotta go where the money is!
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🏈 Huddle up: Clear space on your phone screen by putting apps into folders by category or how often you use them. To make a folder on iPhone or Android, long press and drag an app icon on top of another. Pro tip: Put all your distracting apps in one folder. Out of sight, out of mind!
Baby- or snoop-proof your iPad: Activate Guided Access. Just triple-click the home button once you’re in the app you wish to lock, then triple-click again to exit and enter your passcode. Now, your kid can play a game or your pal can scroll photos — and nothing else.
🫧 Cleaner search: Google packs AI answers, ads and a bunch of other junk into its main search results pages now. Go back to simpler times with the Web view, found alongside options at the top like “Images” and “Shopping.” (If you don’t see it, it’s under More.) Was that a sigh I heard?
Like Photoshop but free: Try Generative Erase in the Windows Photos app. It uses AI to remove something you don’t like in a pic (a rando in the background) and fill it in with something you want (the sunset). Open a pic in Photos, then click the editing icon on the far left. Select Erase, “paint” whatever you want to get rid of, and then click Erase again.
✈️ I download the official app for every airline I fly: Here’s a pro tip. Look for the live activities feature in your app of choice. This generally gives you a countdown until boarding time and a real-time view of your gate and seat info in case anything changes at the last minute. Nice.
