Follow New York Times - Personal Tech, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/new-york-times-d-personal-tech Mon, 27 Jun 2022 15:11:14 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zwBbDPMQwCYQggn7lmpDUZVjH6qdYdAk These selfies, taken with an ultra-wide-angle lens, aren’t fussed over. Sometimes they are just “distorted and crazy.”]]> Thu, 23 Jun 2022 11:00:29 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zwBbDPMQwCYQggn7lmpDUZVjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zwBbDPMQwCYlaupnfeM4d11cWWor9YPv Afterpay, Apple and other financial tech companies are popularizing installment plans for paying off shopping splurges. These programs can also cause confusion and a loss of control.]]> Wed, 22 Jun 2022 20:32:28 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zwBbDPMQwCYlaupnfeM4d11cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zwBbDPMQwCZ8vp14ZiAGKiejEQ2Mq9rY Afterpay, Apple and other financial tech companies are popularizing installment plans for paying off shopping splurges. These programs can also cause confusion and a loss of control.]]> Wed, 22 Jun 2022 18:46:31 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zwBbDPMQwCZ8vp14ZiAGKiejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zwBbDPMQwCbDtU_6bt8GgiejEQ2Mq9rY A group supporting those who practice polyamory and other forms of “ethical non-monogamy” want more relationship-status options on Facebook.Although “ethical non-monogamy is nothing new,” according to Brett Chamberlin, the executive director of OPEN, Facebook still lags when it comes to relationship labels.]]> Fri, 17 Jun 2022 23:25:34 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zwBbDPMQwCbDtU_6bt8GgiejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zwBbDPMQwCbpTR5PYquLh-T5HJgy6HUf From power bricks to cables, it’s time to incorporate USB-C or wireless charging into your setup.]]> Wed, 15 Jun 2022 11:00:28 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zwBbDPMQwCbpTR5PYquLh-T5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zwBbDPMQwCbVFtpVEXQKHl1cWWor9YPv Soon, iPhone owners will be able to edit text messages, and Android owners will be able to send high-resolution photos. Many of the changes are long overdue.]]> Tue, 07 Jun 2022 16:40:14 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zwBbDPMQwCbVFtpVEXQKHl1cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zwBbDPMQwCZ45La20K_Lf-T5HJgy6HUf Hate it or love it, your electronic inbox is still a popular point of contact and communication. Here’s how to keep it under control.Gmail and iOS Mail include several shortcuts to speed things up when you need to communicate by email — like message scheduling in Gmail, previews with iOS quick actions, fast-swipe deleting and Apple’s on-the-spot document scanning.]]> Wed, 01 Jun 2022 15:00:12 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zwBbDPMQwCZ45La20K_Lf-T5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zwBbDPMQwCaI-KzGA2t1tOzdsCmHakzH Apple’s do-it-yourself tools and instructions are far from ideal for most of us. I know this because I broke my phone trying to use them.Shakeel Taiyab, an independent repair technician, replacing the battery on our columnist’s iPhone 12 using Apple’s certified repair equipment. ]]> Wed, 25 May 2022 11:00:34 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zwBbDPMQwCaI-KzGA2t1tOzdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zwBbDPMQwCbxSYXRF5K45Hn9ye8UNv30 If you have decades of family history stored on old slides and negatives, you can easily convert those pictures to digital photos.Film slides from the family archives contain years of history that you can unlock and share by digitizing the images.]]> Wed, 04 May 2022 17:27:56 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zwBbDPMQwCbxSYXRF5K45Hn9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zwBbDPMQwCYM7pgEkUUH3aCY3L745TL_ If you have decades of family history stored on old slides and negatives, you can easily convert those pictures to digital photos.Film slides from the family archives contain years of history that you can unlock and share by digitizing the images.]]> Wed, 04 May 2022 15:00:10 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zwBbDPMQwCYM7pgEkUUH3aCY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zwBbDPMQwCZRiPi0tdZ8RZVjH6qdYdAk Much like the fitness tools that count steps, these electronic devices help keep a record of the day’s religious recitations.A man used an electronic prayer counter in Jerusalem’s Old City on Thursday. Shopkeepers said they started appearing five or seven years ago and were a hit.]]> Sat, 30 Apr 2022 20:13:09 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zwBbDPMQwCZRiPi0tdZ8RZVjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zwBbDPMQwCaXoBpzSnS0KHn9ye8UNv30 The Trump-backed social media app is inundated with phony accounts and features that don’t work. It also hides some posts, including those with curse words.]]> Wed, 27 Apr 2022 23:35:12 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zwBbDPMQwCaXoBpzSnS0KHn9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zwBbDPMQwCZq9wNjVrA2xuT5HJgy6HUf Here’s how to be mindful about the tech subscriptions, phone bills and upgrades that drain our budgets.]]> Wed, 20 Apr 2022 20:52:35 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zwBbDPMQwCZq9wNjVrA2xuT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zwBbDPMQwCa4a9Pxx6V3PeT5HJgy6HUf There are thousands of apps that claim to promote mental well-being, but not all of them are safe or effective.]]> Wed, 13 Apr 2022 21:14:21 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zwBbDPMQwCa4a9Pxx6V3PeT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zwBbDPMQwCaxMBpqgu3rPps0ohxaO6Yr The video game evokes the hardship and disappointment of the pandemic, but also the hope of human communion.Elden Ring, which was released in February, is on track to become the year’s top-selling video game.]]> Wed, 13 Apr 2022 15:00:08 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zwBbDPMQwCaxMBpqgu3rPps0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zwBbDPMQwCbc9SnxcBKQpylmFkX7M1Jw Los mensajes de texto basura están aumentando. Ahora los estafadores te envían textos que parecen generarse en tu propio teléfono. Así puedes protegerte.]]> Tue, 12 Apr 2022 12:00:07 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zwBbDPMQwCbc9SnxcBKQpylmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zwBbDPMQwCY2jpnNLRd5auzdsCmHakzH Text spam is on the rise. The latest version involves scammers sending messages to you seemingly from your own phone number. Here’s what to do.]]> Wed, 06 Apr 2022 17:15:18 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zwBbDPMQwCY2jpnNLRd5auzdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zwBbDPMQwCZ9gSOGw3WfJ5VjH6qdYdAk Apple and Google are pushing privacy changes, but a shift in digital tracking is giving some platforms a bigger advertising advantage.]]> Wed, 06 Apr 2022 11:00:27 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zwBbDPMQwCZ9gSOGw3WfJ5VjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zwBbDPMQwCaAQV8ObhNhF11cWWor9YPv Along with the annual wave of tax-related phishing attempts, fake Ukrainian war-relief charities are flooding the internet.Be on the lookout for increased phishing attempts this time of year — like this particularly obvious example.]]> Wed, 30 Mar 2022 15:00:11 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zwBbDPMQwCaAQV8ObhNhF11cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zwBbDPMQwCYYPcX57GiArsb1naedg1wr He helped make the home computer ubiquitous by introducing the fully assembled Tandy TRS-80, which was so novel at the time that it became a museum piece.]]> Wed, 23 Mar 2022 22:44:32 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zwBbDPMQwCYYPcX57GiArsb1naedg1wr