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Facebook wants to become your new shopping destination – can you trust it?

If you thought Facebook made money on your data before, you won't believe what's coming up next. The platform is debuting a new e-commerce outlet called Facebook Shops that lets small businesses take their wares online. It's easy to use and integrated with the platform, but does it actually protect your privacy? Come on, it's Facebook for crying out loud!

Tap or click here to see how the future of online retail could turn you into a walking billboard. →

Update Chrome! New update is a huge privacy boost

If you're a Google Chrome user, you've probably been wishing that your browser had some of the privacy bells-and-whistles found in programs like Firefox. Well, today is your lucky day, because Google has added a new feature that can protect your web history from prying eyes — including your ISP. Here's how you can enable it.

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5 signs the coronavirus ‘contact tracing’ texts you’re getting are a scam

If you get a text from a supposed contact tracer, check if it includes a link. If it does, you need to delete it fast — it's a scam! The FTC is now warning people that cybercriminals are impersonating contact tracers to fool people into sharing personal data. Will anybody trust the real tracers when they make a call now?

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How to make money with email marketing You can find success on social media or become a star on YouTube, but at the end of the day, you’re reliant on that platform. Your success is tied to it, for better and for worse. But build up an email list and your contacts are yours. Kim chats with PowerInbox CEO Jeff Kupietzky about converting your email list into a living, while keeping your subscribers happy. Learn the best days and times to send email and insider tips to increase your open rates. Tap or click to listen to the latest Komando On Demand. →

How to make money with email marketing

You can find success on social media or become a star on YouTube, but at the end of the day, you’re reliant on that platform. Your success is tied to it, for better and for worse. But build up an email list and your contacts are yours. Kim chats with PowerInbox CEO Jeff Kupietzky about converting your email list into a living, while keeping your subscribers happy. Learn the best days and times to send email and insider tips to increase your open rates.

Tap or click to listen to the latest Komando On Demand. →

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Take a virtual vacation to break up your pandemic routine

Our summer travel plans have been put on hold. No, you probably don't want to hop on a plane and stay in a hotel right now, but there are some ways you can still explore beautiful new surroundings. Take a few minutes to visit the beautiful Faroe Islands, just north of Denmark, from your computer or smartphone. Trust us, you're going to want to try this.

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Infinite money lifehack: Man discovers real-life exploit for pizza delivery

Believe it or not, venture capital-funded platforms like Doordash, Uber and others are actually losing money every day. The goal of many startups is to shake up an industry and create new ways of doing things, and their money-losing business models are ripe for exploitation. That’s exactly what writer Ranjan Roy discovered when his pizzeria owning friend received complaints about lacking delivery on Doordash.

As it turns out, the platform creates these listings to force businesses to participate, and menu items sometimes are priced incorrectly to boot. So when Roy noticed his friend’s pizzas were $10 cheaper than they should be, he came up with a plan. He and his buddy ordered pizzas from themselves via Doordash, which paid them the correct prices and pocketed the delivery fees. Over the course of a day, they made $75 in pure profit and continued to do this for 4 weeks. Doordash never caught on. A drop in the bucket, no doubt.

Tap or click here to find out which kind of pizza is best. →