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I found an Android magnifier app for my aging eyes that beats camera zoom - and it's free

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways * The free Magnifier + Flashlight app works with any Android phone. * It magnifies small text or far-off signs, making things easy to read. * The app also features a flashlight for dim settings. As much as I

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My parrot ate my keyboard

One of the great joys in life is having pets. The unconditional love, the snuggles, the excitement they show when you get home — these things add an emotional fulfillment to daily existence that can’t be achieved in another way. I think everyone’s life would be better with a

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The Verge Guide to Pets

Ah, the relationship between animals and the technology they can’t quite understand. Today, it seems like there’s a high-tech solution to every element of pet ownership, with devices on the market designed to keep pets fed, cleaned, watched over, and entertained. And if you have a pet you

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Google’s Pet Memory forgot who my cats are

One of the best things my smart home does is help me care for my pets, and security cameras are particularly useful for keeping track of my many critters. But the barrage of notifications they send often means I miss important ones. So, when Google announced its new Pet Memory

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