Новости за 04.03.2019

Medical billing mistakes are rampant, as we recently covered. One way to catch a mistake from a biller is to check the charges against your health insurance explanation of benefits (EOB).

For kids with anxiety, the hardest part about homework is often just starting it. Before even picking up a pencil, they construct in their heads a story about how the assignment is too difficult, too time-consuming, too much to handle. And so they shut down. Pep talks and pleas from Mom and Dad seem to only make…

I’ve long been a fan of the Castro podcast app, mainly because I paid $5 back when the app was on version 2, which unlocked a subset of features that today’s Castro 3 users can’t get without a subscription. (Ha!) However, Pocket Casts—the Shark to Castro’s Jet—now supports playback on Amazon Echo devices via a useful…

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Crispy fried onions are a holiday icon, but their savory, allium-y crunch can bring one joy all year. Even if you’re not a year-round casserole cook, these salty strips of fried goodness can elevate almost any meal, from salad to snack mix.

We might be in the era of cloud streaming and subscription services, but media ownership (both digital and physical) is still alive and well. That said, being able to consolidate and stream your collection of movies, music, and other media from one place is far more convenient than having a fragmented library across…

I’m a fan of beer growlers. My husband and I have a few from our favorite breweries, and they take turns tagging along with us when we go out for dinner so we can bring some fresh draft beer home with us.

When my baby daughter was getting grumpy in the bathtub, and I put TLC’s “No Scrubs” on Spotify, I knew I had something special to share with the world. There are tons of bathtime songs for children, but most of them are tedious. So I made a bathtime playlist for adults (and people of any age who don’t mind some…

Interest rates are rising after years of stasis, yet brick-and-mortar banks are still offering customers a piddling 0.10 percent on average on savings, according to the Wall Street Journal. That makes roboadvisor offerings from the likes of Wealthfront and Betterment look more attractive.

The moment I first became a believer in the power of Daniel Tiger happened when my daughter was 3. She was on a playdate at the park when I announced it was time to get ready to go home. Instead of melting into my lap and whimpering as she’d done in the past (goodbyes are so sad!), she paused, took a deep breath and…

It’s a $1 bowl. Serve a salad in it. You can wear it like a hat, too, if that’s your thing. It doesn’t connect via WiFi, it’s a 10" bowl.

At Mobile World Congress last week, the USB Implementers Forum decided to change up the wild and crazy world of USB by renaming what’s now known as “USB 3.2"—the latest and speediest standard expected to hit PCs later this year—as well as USB 3.0 and USB 3.1.

During a Chicago winter, you can reserve a parking spot with a folding chair, a playpen, or a giant teddy bear. Or at least you can try. It’s one of the greatest parking hacks in the world: If you shovel out a snowed-in parking spot in Chicago, and you put a placeholder in the space, a lot of people will honor your…

Who ordered a heartwarming comedy series “from the mind of Ricky Gervais” about a man who uses his wife’s death as an excuse to treat everyone like crap? Netflix! What are you thinking? No one is interested in After Life (Friday), Gervais’ “dark comedy” (translation: Gervais’ wife calls him fat, Gervais calls a child…

If you haven’t interviewed for a job in a long time, then even the most basic of interview questions can potentially throw you for a loop. If you’re currently going through the interview process, then a little bit of prep can mean the difference between you coming off like a polished candidate or just a hot mess.