Posts Tagged With ‘ tech-savvy boomers ’

  Social media certainly has turned out to be a double edged sword. Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, etc. are great ways to keep in touch with family and friends, learn new stuff, and be entertained. Yet, it has been weaponized by unscrupulous people who use it to spread disinformation, hateful messages, and discontent. Their purpose might be political power, financial gain, personal fame, or disruption of community norms or the common good. These amplifiers may be home grown or foreign. When we share a meme on Facebook, we really have no way of knowing where or why it was generated or even if it’s... Continue Reading

BTA Guides Chris, Jill, and Ed discuss what iPhones they currently have and the features they like. Then they move to the NEXT iPhone they each would like and explain why. Throughout, they mention a number of key points about deciding to upgrade an iPhone and why an upgrade is important and necessary. Originally Published on https://boomertechadventures.com/ Continue Reading

  Fall’s palette of vibrant colors surrounds us at the moment. Does it seem to you that the reds are especially brilliant this year? Evidently, in maple trees, glucose stays around after photosynthesis ends. As the temperatures change, the glucose changes into anthocyanin, a red pigment. Our lack of rain this year is one reason the trees’ colors are bright and eye-catching. Read more about the process of leaves changing colors here. Gorgeous color in the neighborhood! Ninety-nine times out of a hundred we have our phones with us when we go out and about, and therefore we can stop for a minute... Continue Reading

Apple released iOS 16 this past week; WOW, there are some neat upgrades. So far I have only been able to download it to my iPhone, not my iPad. I’m sure iOS for iPads will be released soon. Here are several options we at BoomerTECH Adventures are especially excited about. Battery One of the changes relates to showing battery usage. Usually, you can only see a kind of bar graph representation of how much battery power you have left.   Some folks would prefer to see a number percentage so Apple has added that choice in iOS 16. You just have to go into Settings, tap on Battery, and then tap on... Continue Reading

The World Wide Web (www://) is certainly an interesting place full of surprises.  Some of what we find there is not to be trusted. Let me give you an example that strikes close to home. BoomerTECH Adventures Corporate Headquarters While at the BoomerTECH Adventures corporate retreat, I was searching for a link related to BoomerTECH Adventures. Instead, I found replicas of our articles for the Times Record in some dubious places. One of those internet sites was InsightNewz. Below is an image that shows what was on InsightNewz, what was originally published in The Times Record, and the original... Continue Reading