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Sportacular: Gives instant updates of your favorite teams, lets you know when a game is starting, when it ended. One of the few paid apps that I have.

Facebook: What more can I say about this? They just updated it this last week. It is still missing push notifications, but it is a major improvement over the previous app. Which was severely overdue for an update. My favorite part, you can now view your friends’ friends and mutual friends.

The Weather Channel: One of the best weather apps.

Weather Bug: Another good weather app.

USAA: For those of you who bank with USAA, this app is a must have. Easily transfer funds, view account balances, etc.

Radar Scope: For you weather geeks, this is a must have app. View base reflectivity, velocity, etc. And if you want to know where you are in relation so the storm, it is location aware.

Snap Tell: Great if you need to find out what game or book to buy. Gives links to reviews, prices. All around cool app.

Shazam: Don’t know the name of a song or who the artist is? You have got to have this app. Just let it listen for a few seconds, then it returns with the song, artist, and album title.

Repair Pal: Car broken down? Use this app to find a repair shop near you, even quote average prices in the area for various repair jobs.

Road Trip: Input your mileage and your fuel, gives you detailed data on gas mileage and what not.

These are not in any particular order, they are all great.

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Here are some keys to keeping your Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, or any other accounts you have from being hacked.

1. Don’t use common words or include any part of your username or email address in your password.
2. Use uppercase, lowercase, numbers, and special characters if possible in your password.
3. Don’t share your login information with anyone or anywebsite unless you know for sure it’s safe.
4. Don’t share any personal information, like birthday, SSN, mother’s maiden name, etc.
5. Don’t write down your password and username. Especially on the same paper. If you have to write it down, keep it somewhere safe, like…a SAFE!!! Pun intended.
6. Finally, keep your email address safe. Don’t post  your email address for people to see.

These are just a few tips that can help you keep your information secure and your accounts from being compromised. Hackers and spammers use every tool imaiginable to get your information. They may send you a link in an email that is malicious, they may just ask you outwright for the information they want, thinking you are gullible enough to provide it.

Be sure to have some anti-virus software installed on your computer. Symantec and McAfee are very good and popular options.

Avoid these common passwords:

password
123456
qwerty
abc123
letmein
monkey
myspace1
password1
link182
(your first name)

Source: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2113976,00.asp

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