Jason Rich's Featured App of the Week

Jason Rich's Featured App of the Week

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Jason Rich's Featured App of the Week episodes

  • Watch TV Shows and Movies on Your Smartphone Using Video Streaming Services Like Quibi, Netflix, and Hulu

    Watch TV shows and movies directly from your smartphone or tablet! Discover how to use subscription-based video streaming services, like Quibi, Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime Video from your iPhone, iPad, or Android-based mobile device using specialized apps that are available from the App Store.

    This episode of Jason Rich's Featured App of the Week covers the following video streaming services:

    • Quibi - https://quibi.com
    • Netflix - www.netflix.com
    • Hulu - www.hulu.com
    • Amazon Prime Video - www.amazon.com
    • Disney+ - www.disneyplus.com
    • Apple TV+ - https://tv.apple.com
    • CBS All-Access - www.cbs.com/all-access
    • Plus additional premium TV network streaming services

    Remember, if you find this information useful, please subscribe to the podcast, tell your friends, and leave a positive review! 

    9 min
  • Discover How to Manage Your Prescription Medications and Save Money Using Apps on Your iPhone

    In this episode, you'll learn about iPhone apps that allow you to lower your prescription medication costs, manage your prescriptions, learn more about the medications you're taking, and get reminders from your smartphone about when to take your various medications.

    Some of the apps you'll learn about within this episode, and that are available from the iPhone's App Store, include:

    • GoodRx - www.goodrx.com
    • PocketRx - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pocketrx-refill-medications/id1281037910
    • Pharmacy-Specific Mobile Apps
    • Express Scripts - www.express-scripts.com
    • WebMD - www.webmd.com
    • Drugs.com Medication Guide - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/drugs-com-medication-guide/id599471042
    • Pill Reminder Apps
    • The HERO Pill Reminder Robot - www.HeroHealth.com
    7 min
  • Use the Credit Karma Online Service and Mobile App to Check Your Credit Scores and Improve Your Credit Rating...For Free

    Discover how to use the Credit Karma online service and mobile app to better manage  and potentially improve your overall credit rating and credit stores, plus obtain free weekly credit scores and utilize Credit Karma's credit monitoring service...all for free!

    During these difficult and uncertain financial times (due to the COVID-19 pandemic), the Credit Karma service offers a free toolkit that's both extremely useful and highly informative. It's also easy-to-use, and you don't need to be tech-savvy or a financial wizard to understand that information that's provided.

    Like all editions of the Featured App of the Week podcast, this edition is neither sponsored by or endorsed by Credit Karma. The goal of this podcast is to offer unbiased information about useful mobile apps for your iPhone.

    To learn more about Credit Karma, visit www.creditkarma.com. To learn more about this podcast, visit: www.iPhoneAppoftheWeek.com. To access Jason R. Rich's podcast, please visit: www.JasonRich.com.

    7 min
  • How to Easily Add a Second (Work) Phone Line to Your iPhone

    With so many people working remotely or running a small business from their homes, it's become increasingly more important for people to utilize multiple phone numbers using their single smartphone. 

    From this episode, you'll discover how to easily add a second, fully-functional, virtual phone number to your existing Apple iPhone both quickly and inexpensively. 

    Some of the services you'll learn about from this episode include:

    • Tresta - https://www.tresta.com
    • Ring Central - https://www.ringcentral.com/home_u.html
    • Google Voice - https://voice.google.com/u/0/about
    • Line 2 - https://www.line2.com
    • Grasshopper - https://grasshopper.com/remote-work-tools
    • Skype - https://www.skype.com/en
    • WhatsApp - https://www.whatsapp.com

    None of these services are a sponsor or affiliated with the Featured App of the Week podcast. This information is provided to offer you a variety of options when it comes to adding second phone line functionality to your existing iPhone.

    7 min
  • Use Apps to Conveniently Have Restaurants Deliver Meals Directly to Your Home

    In this episode, you'll discover smartphone apps, like Door Dash, Grub Hub, Postmates, and Uber Eats, that have teamed up with restaurants in your community so you can place and pay for your food orders directly from the app, and then have your meals delivered right to your door - often with no contact with the door delivery driver. 

    Especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, using a food delivery service offers a safe and convenient way to enjoy food from your favorite restaurants, without having to leave your home.

    This episode also explores apps that deliver from retail and convenience stores, as well as supermarket delivery apps.

    7 min
  • Using Mobile Apps to Reduce Stress, Anxiety and Depression During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond

    This episode explores some of the apps available for your iPhone that can help you reduce your stress, anxiety, and/or depression as you deal with the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.

    Discover how to use your iPhone to help you learn and practice medication or yoga, for example, plus learn to adopt healthier fitness and dietary routines, even if you're stuck at home.

    If you're suffering from sever anxiety or depression, don't just rely on an app! Seek out immediate help from a licensed doctor or mental health professional. The apps discussed in this episode are tools that can help to improve your symptoms, but they likely will not eliminate your condition altogether.

    The goal of this episode is to share information about mobile apps that are available to you right now for your smartphone. This podcast is not intended to offer medical advice. For a list of free resources available from the Calm app, for example, visit: https://www.calm.com/blog/take-a-deep-breath.

    The National Suicide Prevention Hotline can be reached by calling: 1-(800) 273-8255. You can also visit: https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org from your smartphone's web browser.

    6 min
  • Shop Online From Home (or Anywhere) Using the Amazon Mobile App

    As we all deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, it's a good strategy to stay at home as much as possible and to avoid visiting retail stores in person. One solution to this is to shop online.

    You should definitely continue to support your favorite local retailers by using their respective websites or proprietary mobile apps to do your shopping. When it comes to accessing a selection of literally millions of personal and household products, however, one easy solution is to use the Amazon mobile app from your smartphone to handle a wide range of your online shopping needs.

    This episode focuses on ways to use the Amazon mobile app from your smartphone. It also discusses how and when to use price comparison services (such as Google Shopping, PriceGrabber, PriceRunner, and ShopSavvy) to find the lowest prices possible for whatever you're shopping for.

    Future episodes of Featured App of the Week will cover how to save money when shopping online. From this episode, you'll learn about the convenience offered when you shop using the Amazon mobile app.

    If you have a suggestion about which app(s) you'd like to hear featured on this podcast, please email Jason Rich at [email protected].

    You can also visit Jason Rich's website at www.jasonrich.com, plus follow him on social media by clicking on any of these links: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or LinkedIn.

    6 min
  • Using a Virtual Private Network (VPN) When Surfing the Internet with Your Smartphone Using Wi-Fi

    This episode explains what a Virtual Private Network (VPN) is, what it does, and how to use it with a smartphone. Discover how to enhance your privacy and security using a VPN service, such as NordVPN, Norton Secure VPN, CyberGhost VPN, McAffe Safe VPN, or ExpressVPN when accessing the Internet via a Wi-Fi hotspot.

    Also learn about optional web browsers, like DuckDuckGo, that offer enhanced privacy features when surfing the Internet using your Apple iPhone or Android-based smartphone, for example.

    6 min
  • Discover Telemedine Apps and the COVID-19 App for Your iPhone

    Being able to communicate with a board certified doctor or licensed therapist without leaving your home is more important than ever during this difficult time, since we're required to self-quarantine in order to stay healthy and avoid the Coronavirus pandemic.

    This episode of Jason Rich's Featured App of the Week offers information about Apple's new COVID-19 app, as well as a handful of independently operated telemedicine apps that allow you to make virtual face-to-face contact with a doctor or mental health professional whenever you need it - directly from your iPhone.

    This episode does NOT offer medical advice. It does, however, offers useful information about iPhone apps that can help you stay mentally and physically healthy.




    10 min

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A weekly, non-technical, easy-to-understand podcast that showcases some of the newest, most innovative, and exciting mobile apps available for the Apple iPhone smartphone.