insert_link Tech Made Simple Best Tech Deals for President’s Day Shoppers Presidents’ Day is on Monday, February 18th. Across the Nation, banks will be closed as will some other stores and institutions, so check before you make the trek out if you have the day off. The biggest retailers, like Amazon, Best Buy, eBay, and Target, are all on the clock, though, and some of the best deals of the year are happening Monday or even Tuesday in some cases, but […] todayFebruary 18, 2019
insert_link Health & Wellness Verily’s New Smart Shoe Tracks Weight and Falls CNBC reports that Google’s sister company Verily wants to make a smart shoe that can track weight and monitor falls. The company has allegedly been looking for partners to develop this shoe and bring it to market, but it’s very early in the process. Fall detection, as in, automatically alerting people when you've "fallen and I can't get up," seems to have become an increasingly popular feature for wellness gadgets. […] todayFebruary 6, 2019
insert_link Tech Made Simple Another One Bites The Dust The old adage, “out with the old, in with the new,” certainly applies to the tech world, but at a pace light years ahead of other industries. In 2018, we saw the flickering final days of many gadgets, apps and technology we had come to love/hate over the years. Or maybe you don’t remember these at all, which probably explains why they have gone the way of the Do-Do Bird. […] todayJanuary 1, 2019
insert_link Tech Made Simple Google+ is Shutting Down After Major Hack Google announced that it is going to terminate its "social media app," Google+, in 2019. While Google claims this decision is in response to increasingly poor use and uptake of Google+ among individuals, it might have a little something to do with a potentially large-scale vulnerability in the app's API (Application Program Interface) that may have put many profiles at risk. A half a million profiles, to be exact. Even […] todayDecember 18, 2018
insert_link Tech Made Simple Epic Games Builds its own Steam Epic Games, the company that launched the free, multi-user game “Fortnite,” wants to take on Apple and Google with a new “Epic Games Store.” Since it’s launch in September of 2017, Fortnite has skyrocketed in popularity to become an international household name. Epic Games says that more than 200 million accounts have been registered in Fortnite across the many platforms it can be played on, and currently more than 80 […] todayDecember 11, 2018
insert_link Tech Made Simple Google Watch Gets an Update Google is set to release a new system update called the “H Update” to its “Wear Operating System (OS)” with features like the battery saver, body efficiency and smart app resume. The new system update, labeled “System Version: H,” should appear on your device sometime in the next few months. The “H Update” features a new battery saver mode for Android-based smart-watches that would turn on “Battery Saver” to only […] todayNovember 20, 2018
insert_link Tech Made Simple Get Ready for Foldable Phones Do you miss your old flip phone? Just kidding. But if you love all the apps and doo-dads that come with the smart phones, but find they’re ever-increasing size is just making them cumbersome to carry around, your solution may have just arrived. Samsung has just unveiled their new “foldable phone technology” with the company’s “infinity Flex Display.” The phone itself has a tablet-sized screen that can actually be folded […] todayNovember 9, 2018