If you were breezing past this headline really quickly, you may have thought it said screenname. But no, it says screenome. That’s a term social scientists came up with to explain the way you use your screens and how it affects your health. In the same way that “you are what you eat,” you are also how you spend your time on your screens, whether you’re reading the news, checking out social media, playing games, working, etc. That’s what a screenome is, not the time you spend online but the quality of your time on screens. What does your screenome say… Read more

We do so much of our communication online these days that we need to be able to have strategies for handling multiple accounts, especially with email. While at one time we may have only had a work account and a personal account, now we can have multiple business accounts, perhaps even multiple personal accounts, and some services give you mail accounts so that they can contact you more easily. It can be overwhelming, and if your accounts are through several different platforms, it can really get out of control. How do you manage multiple email accounts? Our Opinion… Read more

Every new year starts off with a load of promise. The champagne glasses clink, confetti falls down, and every one of us has plans. We even have dreams of the technological advances we’re expecting to see. The tech world changes so fast. 2019 is half over. What are you surprised we haven’t seen yet? What tech dreams of yours have not been fulfilled? Our Opinion Sayak is surprised that he’s “yet to see anyone bragging about their 5G speeds, even though 5G-ready devices are now sold everywhere.” He’d predicted at the beginning of the year… Read more

Hidden malware is something we should always be wary of. It’s often hidden deep within apps; in fact, it can be so hidden, Google Play Store doesn’t always identify it as malware. This seems to happen more often than we would care to think, with “>one particular app with malware being in the Google Play Store for several months before being removed. With the number of malware apps in Google Play Store, do you still trust it? Our Opinion To Miguel it’s not a matter of trust. Google Play Store is a platform he uses… Read more

There is always much said about any new phone before a big release. Much of it has to do with the aesthetics of the phone rather than the features. Every new leak that comes out about the upcoming iPhone 11, it seems everyone just keeps saying it’s ugly. When you buy a new phone, does attractiveness or function matter more? Our Opinion For Phil, it’s the handling that matters more than the looks, as well as “a few functions I need rather than a thousand I never use.” He likes his devices to help in… Read more