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🆘 Set Up Your Phone's Emergency Features Now, Before You Need Them
Your smartphone already has features that can call 911 without you saying a word, show paramedics your medical information from your locked screen, and automatically alert the people closest to you…
🔦 Dark Web Explained: Should You Actually Be Worried?
The dark web explained in plain English: what it actually is, why it keeps coming up after every data breach, and five practical steps you can take today to protect your most important accounts.You…
✈️ Travel Tech Tips: What to Pack, Download, and Turn Off
Travel tech tips for your next trip: what gear to pack, which apps to download before you leave, and the phone settings to change so your devices don't die, rack up unexpected charges, or let you…
🛜 How to Use Public Wi-Fi Without Putting Your Accounts at Risk
Public Wi-Fi safety is one of those topics where the advice is everywhere but the clarity rarely is. You have heard "never use public Wi-Fi." You have heard "always use a VPN." But nobody explained…
📱 Are QR Codes Safe? What to Scan and What to Skip
QR code scams are on the rise, and most people have no idea they are being targeted until it is too late. Those small black-and-white squares are genuinely useful, but they have a security blind spot…
💳 How to Cancel Subscriptions and Stop Getting Billed for Good
Knowing how to cancel subscriptions should be simple. It almost never is. Free trials quietly flip to paid plans, cancellation buttons hide in account settings, and charges show up on your statement…
📺 Streaming Overload: How to Cut the Services You Don't Need and Keep the Ones You Love
Streaming was supposed to simplify your life. So how did you end up paying for four, five, or six services — and still saying "there's nothing to watch"?In this episode, Frank walks you through a…
🔋 Make Your Phone Battery Last All Day: Simple Settings That Help
Few things are more frustrating than watching your phone battery drop faster than it should. You leave the house with plenty of charge, only to find yourself hunting for a charger before the day is…
🛑 Stop the Spam: Easy Ways to Cut Down Junk Calls and Emails
Spam isn’t just annoying anymore — it’s exhausting.Robocalls during dinner. “Urgent” emails that aren’t urgent. Text messages about packages you never ordered.In this episode of Your Tech Makeover, I…
🎙️ Voice Assistants for Seniors: What Actually Works, What Doesn't, and How to Set One Up Right
Are voice assistants like Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant actually helpful for older adults… or are they just another overhyped gadget?In this episode of Your Tech Makeover, Frank cuts through the…
🔌 Smart Plugs: The Underrated Smart Home Gadget
Smart home technology doesn’t have to be expensive, complicated, or feel like something out of a sci-fi movie. In this episode of Your Tech Makeover, Frank takes a closer look at one of the simplest,…
🔐 Passwords vs. Passkeys: What’s Changing and Why You Should Care
If you’ve ever stood in line somewhere — airport, coffee shop, DMV — trying to reset a forgotten password, you already know the pain. But what if you could skip the typing altogether and log in with…
📱 How to Back Up Your Phone the Easy Way
Your phone goes everywhere with you — which means it’s also one accident away from disaster. Whether it slips into a snowbank, lands in a bowl of holiday leftovers, or… yes… takes a dive into a porta…
🧹✨ Digital Declutter Day: Clean Up Your Tech in Just 30 Minutes
🧹✨ Your end-of-year reset for phones, laptops, and everything in between.It’s the end of the year — the time when we clear out closets, toss old paperwork, and try (once again) to start January…
🎧 The Right Way to Share Wi-Fi with Guests
The holidays are here and so are the people asking, “Hey, what’s your Wi-Fi password?”Before you start shouting “capital Q, lowercase x, seven, nine,” take a breath. In this episode, Frank Bravo…
📸 Holiday Phone Photos: How to Take Better Pictures with Your Smartphone (with Don Feria)
This week on Your Tech Makeover, professional photographer and Stanford University instructor Don Feria joins Frank Bravo to share real-world tips for taking better photos with the camera you already…
🎧 Gift Card Scams: How to Spot Them Before You Get Hooked
Special Alert Episode!💳 Gift cards make great gifts, but terrible payments.With the holidays approaching, scammers are working overtime to trick people into using gift cards to pay fake bills, bogus…
✈️ Don’t Let Your Battery Ruin Your Flight: Tech Travel Tips for the Holidays
Batteries catching fire on airplanes? Unfortunately, it’s more common than you think.In this episode of Your Tech Makeover, I dive into the rise in battery-related incidents on flights, and what you…
🌥️ iCloud vs. Google Drive vs. Dropbox: Which Cloud Storage Is Right for You?
I just wrapped up a six-part series on cloud storage, but if you missed an episode or still feel a little lost, this one’s for you. In this wrap-up, I’ll recap the highlights, share what I didn’t…
A Quick Update: The Your Tech Makeover Newsletter Is Here!
In this short bonus episode, Frank shares something new forYour Tech Makeover listeners... the launch of the Your Tech Makeover Newsletter on Substack! 🎉If you love the show but sometimes wish you…
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