August 3, 2016

You may love to kick back and binge on some Netflix, but is all that TV time hazardous to your health? A long-term study found that people who watched between two and five hours of TV per day were up to 70-percent more likely to die from a blood clot. Blood clots can form in the legs during long periods of sitting and travel to the lungs. Source Link
 
Air travelers take note -- if your luggage doesn’t make it to your destination, those bags will now fly free. A new law requires airlines to refund any checked bag fees if your luggage is delayed for more than 12 hours. And if you’re forced to buy toiletries and a change of clothes, most airlines will reimburse you for those costs during the first five days your bag is missing. Source Link
 
Apple and Google are battling to see who can be the best at keeping those junk calls from reaching your smartphone. A new Android feature could enable users to block and report numbers coming from spam callers. Apple is ready with a similar spam call blocker that should roll out when iOS 10 hits iPhones later this fall. Source Link