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The more things change – medical alert phone scams live on!

You know the drill – which amazingly seems unchanged.  A bot advises you that many older adults would benefit from a free monitoring service in the event of a fall.  The bot attempts to verify age and then hands off to an offshore call center rep that cannot pronounce ‘Houston’ – an element in the name of the service company, nor can the rep identify the maker of the medical alert service they are offering. Naturally, the rep cannot remove a name from the cold-calling list -- and when asked to do so, hangs up. But there's good news...

We like to complain about technology -- does it make us stupid?

We like to complain about the obvious.  For a long time (I am embarrassed to say how long), I complained that my devices ran out of charge before the day was done. Every day I railed about the incompetence of the company that would create such a thing – a smartphone that couldn’t last the full day. Finally, idly, I glanced at a blog that advised on how to extend the device’s daily charging life by shutting down apps and features we don’t use. Duh.  You might then notice that there are at least a gazillion sites that offer advice on preserving daily battery life. And the advice is not all the same!

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