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Apps to Manage Your Passwords

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How secure are your online passwords? Moreover, how many of those passwords do you rely on to keep your information safe?

With more and more online accounts, a safe and secure solution to managing usernames and passwords has become a contemporary necessity.

Tech guru Nyika Allen with the New Mexico Technology Council shares some of the top solutions, including LastPass -the solution used personally by Allen.

The software offers the ability to safely and securely manage your logins based on browser history. It will remember the passwords when used and encrypt the information, keeping them safe from hackers. An annual subscription for LastPass runs approximately $12.

A more expensive option is Dashlane, which offers similar solutions for users, including additional features. Its annual subscription runs $40.

Time-Saving Apps

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Apps are more powerful than ever these days, but it’s hard to know which ones will waste your time, and which ones can save you time.

New Mexico Living’s resident technology expert Nyika Allen stopped in to give some guidelines on timesaving tips and tricks.

Talking Tech: Pokémon Go

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The hottest new trend to hit smartphones over the past two weeks is PokémonGo. What is it that is making this app so cool? People are taking to the streets, the open spaces – you name it – in droves.

PokémonGo is an app for iOS (iPhone) and Android-powered phones, and uses the built-in GPS and camera technology to help you hunt and collect Pokémon characters in the real world.

The game has become so popular in the past two weeks, that the servers have not been able to keep up with the demand.

Talking about the technology: you have a real-world environment seen through your camera, supplemented by computer-generated input. In addition, there is the use of GPS, maps and open-data which is big in the technology scene.

In the days and weeks to come, there are plans in the works to release a wearable device to alert players of nearby Pokémon.

Our resident technology expert Nykia Allen is in the studio to provide detailed insight as to why this game has become so popular.

Talking Tech: Companion App

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Walking alone isn’t always safe in today’s world. But, thanks to new technology, you never have to. All you need is your smart phone and the right app to get you where you’re going safe and sound. We are getting the details on this new app with our tech expert, Nyika Allen.

Talking Tech: Peeple

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ALBUQUERQUE (KASA) – It generated controversy and criticism when word of it first broke back in October, even though Peeple, a people-rating mobile app that’s been described as like “Yelp for people,” hadn’t launched yet. Now, after a number of tweaks to the concept, the people-rating app finally launched today. We are getting the details on the app, including pros and cons, with our tech expert Nyika Allen.

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