Kim Komando Daily Tech Update

Did you know your smartphone has all kinds of hidden talents? In this episode of Consumer Tech Update, we're continuing Digital-Life-Hacks Week, by giving you 2 tricks you can do with your smartphone for getting things done faster and better. It doesn’t matter, whether you’re an iPhone or Samsung holder, you’ll love these tricks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Despite the popularity of Mac computers the fact is, more people use Windows 10 computers than any other. In this episode of Consumer Tech Update, we're continuing Digital-Life-Hacks Week by giving you some tips on how to speed up your work using Windows 10. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Consumer Tech Update, we're continuing Digital-Life-Hacks Week by sharing 3 hidden gems for iPhone users. Looking to charge your phone in a hurry? Want to be able to see the screen more easily? How about keeping your phone secure? You’ll use these iPhone life hacks time and time again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's Digital Life-Hacks week and in this episode of Consumer Tech Update, Kim shares with you ways to keep your child's vital medical information available to first responders in case of an emergency. With kids back in school, these tips will give both moms and dads peace of mind. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The First Amendment states that our government can't regulate our right to free speech but what about Big Tech? Facebook, Twitter, Apple, and other tech companies have been cracking down on conspiracy theorist and radio show host Alex Jones. In this Consumer Tech Update podcast Kim explores the topic of free speech and Big Tech. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Decades after dating sites and apps started to appear, we finally know the science of why most of them don't work. More times than not users strike out, regardless of whether it's for a one-night stand or the serious-minded. Kim will tell you what is attributed to the high failure rate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How much time do you spend on your devices every day? There are only 24 hours in a day and we all try to make the most of it. And Big Tech companies want to be a part of your day too but how much time do they want? In this Consumer Tech Update podcast, we find out how much of your time Big Tech wants. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Facebook has been in talks with some of the biggest banks such as JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo and Citigroup trying to convince them to share millions of customers account data. But as we all know, Facebook has a less than stellar reputation in safeguarding user data. Do you want Facebook's hands in your bank account? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ask yourself this: Do your kids know some of life’s most important basic skills? It seems that people under the age of forty have no concept of proper spelling or using a compass. Such basic skills have been replaced with new ones, but is that enough? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nowadays your laptop is indispensable and even when you’re traveling, you need to have it with you. However, be careful never to pack your laptop in checked luggage, instead take it with you in your carry-on. Kim Komando shares why your safety is at risk. Keywords: laptop, carry-on, checked bag, luggage, travel, airplane, lithium-ion, battery, safety, tech, news, Kim Komando Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Google promised from the beginning to abide by one simple code of conduct: “Don’t be evil.” But today, that code has been officially erased from all of Google’s public documents. Why? Listen to Kim’s take. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Big iOS scam hits iPhone, Mac and Windows PC users too. The scam uses a realistic looking but fake Apple website and once you get routed to it, you get an alarming message. Listen to Kim tell you the number one rule to avoid falling for such malicious scams! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When traveling or simply out in a public place, you are tempted to use public Wi-Fi. But be careful! They’re not safe. Follow these steps to reduce your risks of being hacked. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You may have heard the story of the St. Louis Uber driver who set up hidden cameras in his car to record then live stream his passengers. Do you have the right to seek legal action? Or do we lose our privacy the moment we are out in public? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you’re wondering what kids are doing this summer, they’re off on a remote island killing each other. This popular video game is free but you’ll be shocked how they’re making billions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Remember “The Jetsons?” It was a futuristic cartoon show in the 60s that predicted we would have a mechanical maid to help around the house. As it turns out, Big Tech engineers are secretly working on home robots. What will the future bring? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you’re over thirty, you probably remember long summer days of playing outside. Today’s kids spend only one hour outdoors each day. You’ll be shocked when you hear of the activities that today’s children and teens have never done. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As research continues, more discoveries are made linking brain disorders to mobile phone radiation. The latest studies show that kids ages twelve to seventeen who use cell phones are experiencing memory issues. Kim Komando cautions on what to do to keep our kids safe from radiation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s easy to become complacent as we get news of yet another data breach each day. But the truth is tens of millions of hackers are launching billions of online attacks to get your information. Kim Komando tells you who the worst offenders are. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you’re being treated rudely by a crewmember of a major airline, you can’t confront them directly or you could be arrested. But the good news is, you can use consumer tech! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Even though Nigerian prince email scams are a thing of the past, more sophisticated ones have taken their place. Kim Komando gives you a look at the latest scams cheating people out of their hard earned money this summer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nowadays we hear of retailers getting hit by data breaches on a regular basis. But how do we keep track of which ones, and whether or not your data is at risk? Kim Komando has made it easy. Here are the top retailers that likely had been hit. Check your credit cards! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you’re currently using or rely on online filtering programs to keep your kids or grandkids away from internet porn, listen up! They have been proven to be ineffective in keeping minors off these sites. Guess what it takes to actually make these softwares effective? Kim Komando will give you the real truth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you’re like many cable cutters, you moved to streaming television to cut on your cable cost. After all, that’s the idea! But what if we told you that big streaming companies are increasing prices and they’re doing it in a very sneaky way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Every day we give big tech a piece of our privacy, becoming part of their vast system of algorithms. In this Consumer Tech Update, Kim explains how we tell big tech about us, and what they already know. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Imagine everywhere you go, each turn you take, a camera is watching you. It’s very George Orwell 1984. But it’s happening for real. In this Consumer Tech update podcast, Kim explains how one government is controlling public behavior with 300 million surveillance cameras. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What’s old is new again, as the new Apple Watch and Watch OS will feature a 35-year-old technology for the digital world. Since texting can’t convey emotion very well, Apple’s turning to this new method of messages. 10-4 everybody! Listen to Kim explain why we all might be talking into our wrists very soon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Designer labels for cheap. Sound too good to be true? It is, but you can find these fakes on Facebook! Listen to this Consumer Tech Update as Kim explains how this illegal practice is happening online and why you could be in trouble if you’re buying. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After a newspaper posted the Declaration of Independence leading up to the 4th of July, Facebook tagged it as hate speech and threatened to ban the paper’s account! In this Consumer Tech Update, Kim reveals the words that were flagged and why Facebook has a big problem on its hands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ultra-realistic but fake videos are being made of people saying and doing things they’ve never done. It’s deepfake technology and in this Consumer Tech Update, Kim explains why it’s even more disturbing and dangerous than fake news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are more legitimate work from home opportunities than ever before, giving you the power to achieve financial independence. In this Consumer Tech Update, Kim shares how to find some of the work from home opportunities for workers of any skill level. Happy 4th of July Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s happened to all of us at one time or another, spilling a drink on our laptop! What do you do? And did you know it DOES matter what KIND of drink you spill? Kim’s got the important steps you need to take right away to avoid permanent damage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do you remember the Uber self-driving car accident in Arizona that killed a pedestrian? The driver was trying to stream a show on her phone. Forty-seven states have banned texting while driving but that's not enough! It's time to get serious and follow the example of Georgia and Washington State. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do you remember those times when you held a crying infant and couldn’t quite figure out why it was crying? Well, now you can! A new app claims to know what is wrong with your baby with a 90% accuracy. Too good to be true? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We hear about the government tracking us but what about tracking our kids? A staggering 25% of parents already do. One app can make it easy. Do you or someone in your family track their kids? It’s an ethical debate that laments many. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Even though iOS 12 won’t be out until this Fall, you won’t have to wait. You can get the Beta Test version to preview the new features. Granted it may have a bug or two but you’ll love these features. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you experienced this? You have a private conversation about a particular product and you start seeing online ads popping up on your computer or smartphone for the very thing you were discussing. Is Facebook spying on you? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An auto industry report is slamming carmakers for using misleading names for vehicle technology. This, as a police report, reveals a false sense of security led to a fatal self-driving Uber crash. Listen to this Consumer Tech Update as Kim gives her opinion on what Uber has to do now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Supreme Court ruled allowing the states to collect sales taxes on online sales. Let’s get to the heart of the matter: Do you think this is right or wrong for America? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you one of the millions who ended their relationship with Facebook? Breaking up is hard to do but Facebook is acting like a psychotic ex, hounding you to come back. This is what Facebook is doing to get you back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When you get a hotel room you expect privacy, right? That’s why not everyone is happy about Amazon and Marriott hotels teaming up. By this summer, all hotel rooms will have Alexa. Listen to this Consumer Tech Update as Kim explains how it will work and raises questions we all should be asking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Can you tell a real story from an opinion piece? According to a new poll, most Americans cannot. In this Consumer Tech Update, Kim puts us to the test. Do you think you can pass? Click here to find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After a family proved that Alexa was listening in on private conversations, two U.S. Senators want answers from Amazon. Listen to this Consumer Tech Update as Kim asks why they want answers from Amazon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apple’s next upgrade will make it impossible for crooks to crack the code on your iPhone. But the new iOS will also stop police from being able to get into iPhones during investigations and they are not happy about it. Listen to Kim explain how Apple plans to lock down iPhones in this Consumer Tech Update. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Two big mergers happened in the last two days, and neither of them is good for you and me. With At&T taking over Time Warner and Comcast buying 20th Century Fox, we’re about to start paying more for our entertainment. Kim explains it all in this Consumer Tech Update. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s a multi-billion dollar takeover and it’s bad news for you and me. Listen to this Consumer Tech Update podcast as Kim explains why the AT&T/Time Warner merger is so extraordinary and why should be worried. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As you head out for vacation, you can bet that scammers are working hard to snag your hard earned money. Here are the most important things you should do before booking a rental. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Great news: America once again owns the world’s most powerful supercomputer, performing at 200 Trillion calculations per second! But what is it good for? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The U.S. is a target of cyber attacks and cyber terrorists. An FBI agent mapped out the biggest threats. What’s being done and what would happen if we were hit with a massive attack? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There is direct clinical and medical evidence that heavy smartphone users experience physical symptoms when their device is taken away. Even with Facebook, Instagram and Twitter some are still in doubt that addiction is real. Add to that list Apple! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices