March 18, 2020
It's Time to Go Wild With Your Comcast Downloads
The only good news to come from the coronavirus—unless you have a crystal ball and have been making a small fortune in the market, /r/wallstreetbets-style—is that Comcast has finally shown that its network can probably handle all the downloading you typically do. In other words, data caps are bullshit.
iOS
How to Tell if an iPhone Bug Is Eating Up Your Data Plan
A strange iOS bug is eating up mobile data and spiking monthly bills for iPhone users. You might not be affected, but it’s worth checking out (just in case).
fitness
Keep Paying Your Gym Membership, If You Can
Your gym is probably closed. (Even if it’s not, you probably shouldn’t go—gyms are a perfect place to be near other people and touch things that other people touch.) So you may be tempted to cancel your membership. But if you can afford it, consider keeping it up.
Android
How to Try WhatsApp's 'Disappearing Messages' Feature When It Finally Arrives
Good news and bad news for WhatsApp fans. We’ll start with the former: The app, in all likelihood, is going to soon receive a fancy little feature that will let you automatically delete messages—group and private—after a set period of time. And here’s the fun part: You decide how long...
Tiny Hacks
Doodle With Children's Book Author and Illustrator Mo Willems
Each weekday for the next few weeks, author and illustrator Mo Willems will invite kids into his studio at lunchtime to create some of his beloved characters. Starting this week, new episodes of Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems will be posted at 1 p.m. Eastern time and will remain online...
Education
Check Out These Free Educational Apps and Sites
As I write this, I am personally on Day Two of our Temporary-But-We-Don’t-Know How Temporary school closure. Those of you in the same boat know that the phrase “the days are long” has taken on a whole new meaning. These days have to be filled with something, and ideally, at...
coronavirus
How to Convince Your Parents or Grandparents that the Coronavirus is Dangerous
The past few weeks have been a trying time for everyone as we deal with the coronavirus pandemic. But for many people (myself included), some of the most stressful moments have come from discussing COVID-19 with our parents, grandparents and other older relatives. Sure, there are some that have taken...
Investing
What Younger and Older Investors Should Do During a Bear Market
On Monday, the stock market had its worst decline since 1987. Although the market is currently attempting to rally, investing is definitely going to feel riskier than usual for a while.
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