Technology moves fast, and no device or software lasts forever. Developers and manufacturers release new products and updates to keep things fresh and stay competitive. More importantly, newer connected products and apps contain essential security features that old ones lack. Here are 10 outdated or dead products to avoid.

Regardless of why you want to keep your text messages secret, this is a handy trick that you may not know. Perhaps you use your phone for work and don’t want personal messages popping up while you're with clients. Keep your private messages private by using iPhone’s secret feature.

Here’s how:

• Open the Notes App.
• Type in a subject for your note.
• In the top right-hand corner of the app, tap on the person icon to add someone to the note.
• Tap the three dots at the top of the note.
• Select Share Note.
• Under Share Options, choose Can Make Changes.
• Choose how to send your note.

Now that a person has been added to your note and allowed to make changes, you can communicate privately. And it won’t show up in your text messages.

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Modern security cameras run off your home internet and can be accessed from your phone. Many of the most popular cameras, such as those from Ring, use Wi-Fi to connect to your network. While convenient, this isn't as secure as you'd think. Crooks are hacking Wi-Fi cameras and getting away with theft. Here's how to stop them.

When you own your own business, you're the CEO, the marketer, the IT person and the data analyst. Don't go it alone. Get Kim's must-read small biz tips every week.

You probably have thousands of photos on your phone eating up space, and you want to preserve those memories. IDrive is the perfect solution for backing up and protecting all your precious photos and videos. Use it to back up all your devices: PCs, Macs, servers, iPhones, Android phones and more. Sync everything to one account.

IDrive is like an insurance policy for your data. Plans start at less than $7 a month.

You only have one set of parents. The last thing you want is to lose their precious voicemails after they're gone. Here are steps to saving those cherished memories forever.

Anybody who's ever traded in an old phone can probably relate to not knowing how much one device or another is worth. We've found a website that shows you exactly how much you stand to make with your trade-in. It's a must-bookmark tool, especially for those who love to keep their tech up-to-date.

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Robots assemble cars, fly planes and build tiny, complex machinery. But anything too small is tough because robots can only get so tiny. That's why scientists are developing liquid robots made of liquid metal, capable of fitting anywhere. You won't believe how this cutting-edge technology works.