We lose our keys, we lose our wallets, but more than anything these days, we lose our cell phones. So in this article we'll tell you the tracking apps to install while you still have your phone. And worst case, we'll tell you how to track a phone after it's lost even if you've done nothing in advance. Apps To Install In Advance If your phone is in your possession as you read this, at a minimum, you should install a free app that will track your phone's location if it's lost or stolen. For iPhones, I recommend Find My iPhone. It's free and tied to your iTunes account. For Android phones, I recommend Lookout. (Free to locate a phone; $2.99 a month to remotely ... Continue reading →
ABOUT BREAKOUTBreakout is Yahoo! Finance’s daily all-out, roll-up-your-sleeves, dive-in, interactive investing show, offering fresh segments throughout the trading day. If you love making money, if you want to protect what you have, if you’re passionate about understanding these crazy markets, you’re in the right place. Welcome! MEET THE TEAM: Matt Nesto, Jeff Macke, Aaron Task, Jennifer Carinci and Kevin Chupka Continue reading →
ABOUT BREAKOUTBreakout is Yahoo! Finance’s daily all-out, roll-up-your-sleeves, dive-in, interactive investing show, offering fresh segments throughout the trading day. If you love making money, if you want to protect what you have, if you’re passionate about understanding these crazy markets, you’re in the right place. Welcome! MEET THE TEAM: Matt Nesto, Jeff Macke, Aaron Task, Jennifer Carinci and Kevin Chupka Continue reading →
ABOUT BREAKOUTBreakout is Yahoo! Finance’s daily all-out, roll-up-your-sleeves, dive-in, interactive investing show, offering fresh segments throughout the trading day. If you love making money, if you want to protect what you have, if you’re passionate about understanding these crazy markets, you’re in the right place. Welcome! MEET THE TEAM: Matt Nesto, Jeff Macke, Aaron Task, Jennifer Carinci and Kevin Chupka Continue reading →
Friends — I beg of you — TURN OFF SHARING for the SocialCam app on Facebook. SocialCam is a feed of user-generated videos. Just by clicking on a SocialCam link in Facebook and accepting their app, every SocialCam video you watch from then on is shared to your Facebook friends automatically. The content is questionable, the titles of the videos are often salacious, and the images it posts in your timeline can be downright embarrassing. SocialCam offers user-generated video and popular videos from other sites like YouTube. The videos that appear in your Facebook feed are not from a media company vetting the videos, editing them, or (at the very least) showing some scruples about titling the offerings correctly. Many of the videos are what ... Continue reading →
Being a mom means always being busy with one thing or another, so we're big fans of technologies and devices that streamline our endless tasks. But figuring out which platforms, gadgets, and apps will really deliver is a job in and of itself! That's where our Top 25 Tech Moms come into play. These 25 bloggers, who were nominated and ranked by our members and readers — are here to share the apps and gadgets they use to keep things running smoothly. Read on for their savvy advice on staying organized and connected, entertaining kids, getting fit, and helping your kids learn. Continue reading →