Sometimes people ask me what I think about the latest news about COVID-19 scams or related coronavirus breaking news; in the case of some of the most recent nonsense (see below) an eye roll is all I can muster--until you realize that there are plenty of people who don’t think about such things until a scammer is practically knocking on your front door to part you from your money. In November 2020, CNBC.com reported that YouTube banned the One … [Read more...]
How Do Free Apps Make Money
If you're like me, you download a lot of different apps to your phone. The majority of the apps I use are free, and that had me wondering. How do free apps make money? There are a lot of really great free apps out there. Why are they letting me use their service for free? Advertising The most obvious way that free apps make money is through advertising. We've all seen it, and some advertising is better integrated than others. Sometimes … [Read more...]