Marco Polo walkie talkie video chat app is seeing success amid COVID-19. You record and receive video greetings on your time, unlike FaceTime or Skype
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Coronavirus bound? A perfect weekend project: Backup your data
Online tools from Google, Apple and others are the easiest, but not the most economical. However, they are the safest.
Apple launches COVID-19 app and website
Apple’s COVID-19 app and website offers pre-screening questions to help people figure out if they have the coronavirus and tips on washing hands.
Live video is back
Which app is the best?
PayPal, Venmo, Apple Pay, Google and Facebook: Rating the mobile payment apps
Facebook Pay, Google Pay and Apple Pay Cash don’t grab our personal data; Venmo, Cash and others do. Apps free, but come with a cost of our data.
Apps like Venmo, Cash and PayPal are free, but here’s who they are telling your business
Mobile pay apps more convenient than credit cards, but Venmo, Square Cash and others share personal data with third parties. Comfortable with that?
6 Amazon workers test positive for coronavirus, report says
Meanwhile, Amazon is looking to hire some 350,000 new workers to deal with the backlog of orders and has slowed down delivery in the COVID-19 era.
Beware Twitter hack offering masks for sale
Twitter users report direct messages going out to their followers urging them to buy the masks. But Twitter itself says the site wasn’t victim of a hack.
Spectrum cable TV restored after short outage in Los Angeles
Cable provider provoked the ire of Twitter users, who during the COVID-19 crisis have been asked to remain at home.
Trader Joe’s and Walgreens add senior shopping hours
Many top stores have added senior hours, but times aren’t uniform. Trader Joe’s is daily, while Costco is only Tuesdays and Thursdays