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#37: How to Manage All Those Online Purchases

Tech Tip #37: How to Manage All Those Online Purchases with Slice During the holidays, there’s a flurry of online ordering, and it’s not all just coming from Amazon. For years, I’ve been using Slice to help me manage purchases and order logistics. Download the app here, and when you receive an order notification by email, just forward it to orders@goslice. The benefits: You have [...]

Honey: Your Smart Shopping Assistant!

#38: Honey: Your Smart Shopping Assistant!

Tech Tip #38 - Honey: Your Smart Shopping Assistant! When online shopping, it’s just too easy to click and add to your cart. While moderation is always advisable, Honey can help you save hundreds of dollars with almost zero effort. Here’s how it works: Download and add an extension for your primary browser (Chrome and Safari) Honey canvases the web [...]

#34: Find My

Tech Tip #34: Updated Find My In its latest iOS 13 release, Apple consolidated Find My Friends and Find My iPhone. They are now bundled together in a new app known as Find My which automatically replaces the others when you update. Key Features include: Sharing your location easily with anyone in the People section Receiving Location Updates so you [...]

#33: Crack the Calendar Code

Tech Tip #33: Crack the Calendar Code Find What Matters in Seconds! The Family Calendar is the central nervous system running through the family, and usually, all activity centers are lit up. When you want to see important dates and related events in one glance, use this trick. You can see your kid's health appointments and all those random days off from school quickly, without [...]

#32: ADD IT TO YOUR HOME SCREEN

When running the ‘Family’ Business, there’s so much to keep track of--sports schedules, updates on the school website, the school directory...And my kids always want to know what’s for lunch!

#29: Find my iPhone- Sound the Alarm

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