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Mother’s Day is coming up soon, and if you’ll be far away from mom or just can’t be there on the big day, there are a number of ways to make her feel special and loved. Flower delivery services are a reliable choice, but with so many sites to choose between, you might understandably feel a bit lost on which to pick and which can get your gift to mom, or grandma, or another loved one on time. The guide below will take you through the ins and outs of the best flower delivery services there are to help you make the decision and find mom a gift she’ll adore.

Best Flower Delivery Services

1-800 Flowers
FTD Online
Harry & David
ProFlowers
JustFlowers
Flowers Fast
Teleflora

Whether you want to send a big bouquet of flowers, a box of chocolates, or if you have no clue what to send at all, the sites below will help you get your gift together and delivered on time for the big day. Delivery availability does vary depending on the items you select and where they’re being sent.

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Learning Microsoft Azure is now easier than ever thanks to a new partnership between Pluralsight and Microsoft. You can become an expert and strengthen your Azure skills in no time, and the best part is that getting started is absolutely free. There are a number of courses on Azure you can take at Pluralsight to see whether the site and learning method is right for you before paying a cent on any further courses you might decide to take.

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With your free Pluralsight account, you’ll score unlimited access to select Azure courses, along with skill assessments to stay on track of how much knowledge you’ve actually retained. There are eight free Azure courses in all, and over 200 more to ge…

Mint Mobile is all about getting great service for a fraction of the price of the big carriers, and for many, that philosophy extends to the phone they choose to use. Thankfully, tons of great Android phones embody the same idea: getting a great experience with the latest specs and features and not paying top dollar for it. The best example of this is the OnePlus 8 Pro, which offers a flagship-like experience for less than the direct competition. It’s a great phone to pair with the solid-but-inexpensive Mint Mobile service.

Best Overall: OnePlus 8 Pro

The OnePlus 7 Pro is as excellent and well-designed as any high-end smartphone out today. If you know much about OnePlus, you’ll be happy to know it doesn’t stray from its traditional formula. Instead, it extends to its logical place in the landscape of 2020 flagships with more features and a higher price — but of course, not too high.

The hardware is toe-to-toe with any flagship, and it’s punctuated by the best display OnePlus h…

Signing up for AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, or Verizon service is making a commitment to a network. MVNOs just sell access to one of the major networks with different services and plans that might work better for some people. Most of them ditch any sort of contract as well. Unless an MVNO is partially owned or operated by a specific carrier, it will have no specific commitment to any network.

With an MVNO, it can be possible to choose which network works best for you or use one that’s compatible with the phone you already have. Keep in mind that if you roam a lot or see extended LTE popping up on your phone, you’re using another carrier’s network and you may lose service in these areas on an MVNO.

Just be sure to check the coverage map for each carrier before signing up.

Sprint and T-Mobile

In April 2020, T-Mobile completed its purchase of Sprint taking over all of its network assets. While this will undoubtedly have an eventual impact on MVNOs making use of either network, for th…

It means user data will only be held on individual devices, not a server.

What you need to know

The Irish government has revealed its plans for its contact tracing app.
It says it’s actively involved with Apple and Google to help develop a national app to help with contact tracing.
The app will use a ‘de-centralized’ model, which means user data will not be kept on a central server, only user’s devices.

The Irish government has confirmed its plans to release a national app to help trace the spread of COVID-19 and has stated that it will not use a centralized database, in line with Apple and Google’s own technology.

In a statement, the Department of Health stated:

As part of the national response to Covid-19, work is underway to develop a national app for contact tracing and real-time symptom tracking.
The primary purpose of the app is to enable the health services to improve the speed and effectiveness of contact tracing and to map and predict the spread of Covid-19 in s…

Best Overall

Google Meet

Free, From $6/mo at Google

Pros

Free for all to use
Works on all platforms
Real-time collaboration tools
No extra charge for call-in

Cons

Google account required for access
Connection may drop for Mac users

Google Meet is free for everyone to use, including businesses. All you need is your personal Gmail account or a free G Suite Essentials account. Business accounts give you access to all real-time collaboration tools and the ability to record and save your meetings.

For Microsoft 365 Users

Microsoft Teams

Free, from $5/mo at Microsoft

Pros

Use basic collaboration tools for free
Encrypted meetings
Up to 10,000 participants for live streaming events

Cons

Call-ins cost an additional fee
Webinar support also costs extra
Most tools require a Microsoft 365 subscription

Microsoft Teams have tools to hold video meetings with up to 10,000 people. Meetings can be recorded and saved to OneDrive to share or reference later. Teams works …

Being well-prepared for any outdoor excursion is important, and this latest discounted GoPro HERO7 Black bundle makes staying prepared easy. Right now B&H has GoPro’s The Handler bundle on sale for $235, saving you $114 off its usual cost. The bundle includes a slew of accessories along with the 4K action camera, and you’ll even score free 2-day shipping with the purchase.

GoPro’s The Handler bundle includes The Handler floating hand grip, a curved adhesive mount and flat adhesive mount, and the GoPro Casey travel case which helps you store it all securely. The Handler floating grip can be used in and out of water, and even helps your camera float. Plus, its bright orange base makes it a lot easier to see where your camera is in the water, too.

The HERO7 Black is capable of recording in 4K at 60 fps. For still images, you’ll have 12MP photos and a burst mode up to 30 fps. Beyond the advanced 4K video, the Black also features GoPro’s HyperSmooth video stabilization. The new tech…

Need to order groceries? You can do it without leaving your home.

Instacart is one of the oldest and most well-known grocery delivery services around. I remember placing my first order through the app nearly 10 years ago, and I still use it on occasion thanks to its large selection of stores and a large number of delivery associates. In the steps below, I’ll show you how you can place an order for groceries through the app, whether you’re social distancing and working from home or just want to place an order in.

Products used in this guide

The default grocery app: Instacart (Free at Google Play)

How to order groceries on Instacart

Open the Instacart app on your phone, or visit instacart.com.
Select the store you wish to order from by tapping on it from the list.

Search for and select products by tapping on them.
Once you’re satisfied with your selections, tap on Go to Checkout.
When entering your payment information, make sure that you leave the driver a good tip! These peo…

“We’re entering into a totally new class or form of surveillance”

What you need to know

A report has revealed that privacy watchdogs in Canada are worried about contact tracing.
Some have voiced concern over what they think is a totally new level of surveillance.
Others have suggested that with the right laws, the technology can be used effectively without disenfranchising individuals.

A report from Canada has revealed that watchdogs are concerned about the potential levels of surveillance involved with contact tracing.

As CFJC Today reports:

Privacy watchdogs are voicing concerns over proposals across the country to implement smartphone apps to help track COVID-19.

New Brunswick, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Saskatchewan are among the provinces looking at or planning on creating smartphone apps that would track a user’s whereabouts.

Alberta is the first province to launch an app.

The report notes onlookers who are worried about the level of surveil…

Someone has to break the West’s dependence on Qualcomm for the “flagship” Android phone market and it might as well be Google.

The tech world on the Android side is dangerously close to free-fall mode. Many companies are losing money, others are close but still breaking even, and it’s only predicted to get even worse. But during the last quarter, there was one company that seemingly fiddled while it watched the industry burn even though it was partially responsible for the fire: Qualcomm.

Qualcomm shipped 21% fewer smartphone platform chips (that means the processor, GPU, coprocessors for things like the camera or AI) yet made 5% more profit. How the hell do you pull that off, you might be asking? The answer is that you overcharge for your product and make sure people will buy it anyway.

More: The Snapdragon 865 is driving up flagship prices during a renaissance of affordable phones

Qualcomm is the ultimate grandmaster of this game. Think about it — would you walk into the Veri…