Search Your Smartphone Photos

Taking photos with your smartphone is so easy that many people end up with thousands on their device. How do you find a specific photo within that collection? I share tips in this week’s #TechTuesday segment.

Search Your Smartphone Photos from Derek Meister on Vimeo.

How to Handle Robocalls

Robocalls are interruptive and increasingly common. I share tips for dealing with these automated annoyances in this week’s #TechTuesday segment.

Apps mentioned in this episode:

Apps available through your carrier:

#TechTuesday is a weekly segment with Bill Wills and Geek Squad Agent Derek Meister on WTAM 1100 Newsradio in Cleveland, Ohio.

Apps to Beat Summer Heat

Summer is here and we have apps to help you beat the heat whether your outside for work or play in this week’s #TechTesday segment.

Links to the apps shared:

OSHA-NIOSH Heat Safety
Hydro Coach Water Reminder
SunZapp UV Forecast
Dark Sky Weather

#TechTuesday is a weekly segment of tech news and tips featuring Bill Wills and Derek Meister on WTAM 1100 Newsradio in Cleveland, Ohio.

Get Outdoors with Your Tech

Studies show that getting outdoors for just two hours will improve your health and wellbeing. On this week’s #TechTuesday segment, we share how to enjoy Cleveland’s many parks with your technology.

#TechTuesday is a weekly segment of tech news and tips featuring Bill Wills and Derek Meister on WTAM 1100 Newsradio in Cleveland, Ohio.

#TechTuesday – Social Apps Your Teens Use

Teens will always find ways to use technology to socialize. Once upon a time, it was party lines, then chat rooms, and now apps.

In this week’s #TechTuesday episode on WTAM 1100 Newsradio, Bill Wills and I discuss a recent New York Times article on the range of new social media apps teens are using, including video messaging and anonymous sharing networks.

For parents who are not sure where to start with online safe behavior, I recommend bookmarking SafeKids.com and ConnectSafely.org.

In particular, consider printing out family contracts for online safety as a way to discuss the topic with kids and teens and ensure everyone understands rules and boundaries for their online behavior.

Every parent will have different approaches to their kids, but it’s important that you have these discussions early so that you can keep an ongoing communication about topics like cyberbullying and other unsafe behavior or threads online.