Camping apps

Summer is rapidly approaching and with it, a lot of folks are heading out for camping trips. Whether you’re in a luxury motor home or roughing it in a tent, we found some great apps to take along to help plan and navigate your outdoor adventures. For Droid and iPhone users, try the We Camp [...] Read more...

Apps for busy Moms

We keep our computers and calendars in sync, wouldn’t it be nice to keep our family and home lives synchronized, too? That’s the idea behind a trip of apps thatmake some pretty good downloads for busy Moms with smartphones. The name of the Life 360 app says it all. It’s free and works on the [...] Read more...

Beware of Socialcam!

Beware of Socialcam on Facebook. It is an incredibly intrusive app that posts stuff on your timeline without you knowing it. If you made the mistake I did and clicked a video sent by a friend, it installs as an app. To remove it, as I just did, go to your account settings under apps [...] Read more...

Internet connected headstones: Brilliant!

I think it’s brilliant. A Seattle company is putting QR codes on headstones in cemeteries. Living Headstone memorials have a digital link embedded in a traditional headstone that takes its users to a Facebook style webpage containing information that you and friends add about your loved ones, such as: an obituary, history, photos, or even [...] Read more...

Premium Weather Apps

As the weather warms, so does our time outside. And our need to know just what the weather will be like, where we are…and when. There are scores of weather apps available for smartphones and tablets. This week, we look at three of the most powerful premium weather apps that you may want to consider. [...] Read more...

Facial recognition apps are scary cool

If you think there’s too much information out there about you on the Internet, the capabilities of some new iPhone apps sure can reinforce that. On the other hand, if you’re into leveraging your iPhone as a tool to meet new people, you’ll be excited by the latest apps that let you take social networking [...] Read more...

Gardening apps for tablets and smartphones

As the weather begins to warm up, surveys show an estimated three out of every four Americans will be planting their own flowers, fruits, and vegetables. With that much interest, it’s no wonder more people are turning to smartphones or tablet apps to help them grow their gardens just right. The Gardinate app for Android [...] Read more...

On the road connectivity

I have become a huge fan of the Verizon wireless network after a 2,300-mile to and from trip to Florida that had me camping out in some pretty remote spots in the Appalachian mountains going down and coming back. I never lost 3g connectivity. Ever. Which is much more than I can say about my [...] Read more...