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If you use Facebook for business purposes, you probably have a Facebook business page. Keeping up with the comments, notifications, questions, and marketing analytics can be a problem for anyone who is short of time. Improve your Facebook productivity by trying out a few of these desktop and mobile apps designed to enhance your interactions with Facebook business pages and groups. Buffer is a popular web application with scheduling features that you can use to integrate with Facebook Pages and Groups (but not Profiles)....

In the digital era, where everyone is always connected via social media, email, and text, it makes sense to have a convenient solution for finding out about local events. Here are five of the best event apps—and a website—that you really should check out. Use it to find popular events around you, see what your friends are doing, get recommendations, register for events, and securely purchase tickets through the app....

The DeLorean follows the footsteps (err tire treads) of the reintroduced Hummer EV. The gas guzzler of the early part of this century gets a second chance as a watts guzzler. But let’s not stop there. There are a whole host of wonderful cars automakers could bring back. I even once proposed Honda give us an electric S2000 roadster. So along that vein, here are the vehicles that need to be resurrected as EVs....

The free service places an ad on the cover page and is limited to a maximum of three pages per fax and up to five free faxes per day. If you need to send more than three pages, send a fax of up to 25 pages with priority delivery and no advertising on the cover page for $2.09. This service is accredited by the Better Business Bureau. Send up to three pages per fax with two free faxes allowed per day....

Uber was one of the first on-demand service apps to really take off. It’s now the most popular on-demand private driver and rideshare service out there, letting anyone hail a ride with just a few taps to its app. Tech-savvy entrepreneurs everywhere have since been creating their own on-demand apps for different products and services. In fact, there’s an on-demand delivery app for almost everything. Have a look at the list of apps below that let you instantly place an order for on-demand delivery of all sorts of useful and interesting things....

Either way, you may be surprised to hear that the internet isn’t just for funny cat memes anymore. Plug your car into the internet, and the options for entertainment and edification are nearly endless. In fact, we’ll stick to just seven of the great ways to use the Internet in your car, just to try and keep things under control. And here they are: The radio industry had pinned its hopes on HD Radio, and is clinging onto OEM head units for dear life, but by now you’ve probably moved on to using your phone as an in-car music player or even signed up for a satellite radio subscription....

The Eye Color Studio app for iOS and Android lets you try out hundreds of eye colors and effects, including standard color contacts, exotic contacts, scary eye effects, alien eyes, and animal eyes. Create your own effect by uploading a photo of a friend, pet, or anything else you like. The app is free to download and use. You’ll need to upgrade to the $1.99 Premium version to unlock additional eye colors and features....

According to Reuters, the QuaDream firm was similarly using the zero-click exploit to spy on its targets without the need to trick them into downloading or clicking on anything. Sources allege that QuaDream began using this ForcedEntry exploit in iMessage that was first discovered in September 2021. Apple was quick to patch the exploit within that same month. QuaDream’s flagship spyware, dubbed REIGN, worked much like NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware by installing itself on target devices without warning or need for user interaction....

Microtuner lets musicians use custom scales with any musical interval between the notes. Thus instead of having the 12 half-step intervals used between notes in almost all western music, you can define any number of steps, with any size gap between them. This not only lets you load in scales from other parts of the world and other times in history, but it also lets you get experimental and create your own scales....

That’s exactly what aerospace company Airbus is trying to do, according to an official company press release. They’ve teamed up with crowdsourcing technology platform HeroX to envision imaginative ways in which the metaverse could enhance the air travel experience. Yes, that likely means VR, or at least some form of augmented reality, while flying high in the actual sky. “Metaverse is an unknown world, and we’d like to understand how it can elevate our passengers’ experience,” said Marc Fischer, SVP Cabin and Cargo Engineering, Airbus, in a press statement....

Nintendo DSi Differences Compared to the Nintendo DS The Nintendo DSi has some unique functions that set it apart from the Nintendo DS Lite and the original style Nintendo DS (often referred to by owners as the “Nintendo DS Phat”). It has two cameras that can snap pictures, and it can support an SD card for storage purposes. Additionally, the device could access the Nintendo DSi Shop to download games referred to as DSiWare, and it has a downloadable internet browser....

Design: Fits in a pocket The upper arm pivots in two places, so it can be adjusted to hold tablets at a wide range of viewing angles. Nonskid material on the base and upper arm kept my iPad stable at all angles as long as I was handling it gently. Performance: A stand that simply works The stand is adjustable and stable at any angle. It’s nice for annotating notes or multitasking....

The new release promises to make messaging more versatile and brings a bunch of privacy enhancements. Meanwhile, a separate lightweight Go edition with some of the same features is aimed at speeding up inexpensive and older phones. As usual for Android, the latest OS will roll out gradually across device manufacturers, though one expert says that’s a security risk. “Sometimes you might not get updates for a long, long time because a vendor has customized the crap out of the software and it will take Android a while to work around that,” said cybersecurity analyst Dave Hatter in a phone interview....

As outlined in a post on the Developer blog, users can upload their status onto the Health app and use that information to generate a vaccination card in the Apple Wallet app. The Apple Wallet vaccination card can be shown to businesses that require a person’s vaccination status, like airlines and event venues. The cards are based on SMART Health Cards, which show clinical information used by several states and businesses....

One of the world’s largest manufacturers of said gadgets, Apple, just announced statistics regarding its recent use of sustainable recycled materials, as revealed in a company press release. According to that release, 18 percent of the materials used to manufacture its fiscal 2021 products were recycled or renewed. That’s a 50 percent jump for the iPhone maker from 2020 when recycled materials were only about 12 percent. Additionally, eight new products released featured at least 20 percent recycled materials, including the company’s first use of recycled gold as part of the internal components of the iPhone 13....

What Is Apple Fitness+? Apple Fitness+ is a subscription workout service available on iOS 14.3 and watchOS 7.2 and later. You don’t need any special exercise equipment to take advantage of the fitness routines. Use what you have at home while tracking your statistics and comparing your performance with others who have taken the same class. Many workouts don’t require any equipment, while some call for minimal gear, such as a set of dumbbells....

The new Apple Podcasts Subscriptions plan will work in Apple’s own Podcasts app and comes with an interesting suite of tools. Podcast creators will be able to see how many people are listening using analytics, and listeners can subscribe to paid podcasts with one click—just like buying an app. But is this enough to wrest creators away from more open—and cheaper—alternatives like Patreon? “Dedicated listeners are looking for ways to give back, get involved, and be heard,” podcast host Whitney Lauritsen told Lifewire via email....

The popular digital assistant’s wake-up phrase may soon be just “Siri” and not “Hey, Siri,” thus saving us all precious milliseconds (they add up.) Apple has been working on this change for months, according to a report by Bloomberg. This seems like a simple change on paper, but the switch offers some unique technical challenges that the company is meeting using serious AI firepower and plenty of engineering work. The changes are currently being tested internally with Apple employees....

If you’ve been waiting to add your state ID or driver’s license to your Apple Wallet since Apple first revealed its plans, you’re either in luck or will have to wait a little longer. The feature has officially launched, but only for the state of Arizona at the moment. And so far, only the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport is confirmed to accept it as verification of identification. In the press release, vice president of Apple Pay and Apple Wallet, Jennifer Bailey said, “We’re thrilled to bring the first driver’s license and state ID in Wallet to Arizona today, and provide Arizonans with an easy, secure, and private way to present their ID when traveling, through just a tap of their iPhone or Apple Watch....

Why Is My Apple Watch Not Pinging My iPhone? The Ping function means you can easily find your iPhone using your Apple Watch, so if this function isn’t working, it can be intensely frustrating. Here’s a look at reasons why your Apple Watch might not be pinging your iPhone. Your connection has dropped. Your iPhone and Apple Watch use Bluetooth and Wi-Fi to communicate with each other. If there’s an issue with either, it’s not possible to ping your iPhone....