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Weekend Digital Digest March 21, 2020 |
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5 ways tech can help you stay sane while you stay home Feeling bored from the coronavirus quarantine? Tech can do wonders to bring back some semblance of your previous life. Let me show you how you can use certain apps, sites and tools. Remember, we need social interaction for our health. So stay home and use tech to stay sane. Tap or click for Kim's tech advice. → | How-to: Set up mobile payments to avoid coronavirus With coronavirus circulating, shopping can be scary. You don't want germs from handling money or payment cards. But what can you do? How about touch-free payments? Tap or click here to set it up. → |
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Don’t fall for this text hoax – there’s no plan for a national quarantine Did you get a text recently warning about a national coronavirus lockdown or quarantine? If so, delete it! Not only is this widely circulating message a hoax, it's a dangerous one that can incite unnecessary panic. Here's what you need to know about the real emergency measures being worked out by our leadership. Tap or click here to see what the real story is. → |
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Weekend Joke What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday? AYE MATEY!
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