5 Technology Tips You Didnt Know Could Make Your Life Easier

5 Technology Tips You Didn’t Know Could Make Your Life Easier Sure you knew that your phone could let you know when someone texts or calls you, comments on your social media, and could download the latest seasonal version of Angry Birds.  But did you know that there are several things your smartphone can do that you didn’t even know it could do yet? Not all of us are tech geeks up to speed with the latest operating systems and apps.  Unfortunately, they don’t teach cell phone 101 in school, and even if they did, you graduated from school a while ago! Here are some little tips about your phone that have been under your nose the entire time and you didn’t even know could make your life a million times easier.  Like a modern day Dorothy, who didn’t know all she ever needed was already in her possession. Staying Up To Date Have you ever found yourself wondering when your Amazon package will arrive and if you’ll be home or not? Or perhaps you need to know the status of your flight but you’re not in the best area for cell phone reception, so you can’t check on your cell web browser. Introducing, *cue dramatic intro music* SMS alerts! By signing up for SMS alerts you can get a real-time alert for anything from packages arriving, to receiving coupons. It’s a great way to stay alerted without having to manually check yourself.  The best kind of time saver for a busy lady. Losing Weight Have you ever told yourself that losing weight was just too much work because calorie counting was time-consuming? Once upon a time people had to get out a calculator and a paper and pen for everything they put in their bellies. Well, that is a thing of the past. There are a variety of applications which have huge databases of foods and you can enter what calories you’d like to search for either by the title or by scanning the barcode.  The calories are immediately inputted and voila! It’s so easy you’ll never have another excuse not to lose weight again! Until somebody brings donuts to the office, then that’s a pretty good excuse. Dictation It seems like these days no one calls anyone on the phone anymore.  It’s all about text and email.  Unfortunately, some of us weren’t gifted with the ability of lightning speed text capabilities and can get super frustrated trying to keep up with all these people.  By the time you’ve read their first text, they’ve already sent you 3 more. Try enabling the text to talk option.  By speaking into your phone’s microphone it will dictate everything you say into text.  Sometimes it makes quirky mistakes, however, so just keep an eye out not to tell your boss to “pee you later” instead of “see you later.”