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Data Doctors: Why Snapseed is a great photo editing app for smartphones 11/06/2020 03:04pm • Q: Looking for more photo editing options for my smartphone — any app suggestions? The sophistication and technology built into our smartphones has consigned the use of traditional point-and-shoot cameras to a very small percentage of users. Estimates are that over 90% of images captured in 202 Who won? How WTOP will report election results 11/02/2020 04:08am • The 2020 presidential race, occurring during a once-in-a-century pandemic, is one of the most unique in U.S. history. Election Day will be very different this year and media organizations will need to be extremely careful in how they report results — not only for the presidential contest, but a Presto's Picks: Maryland, Virginia, Virginia Tech & Navy try to avoid a scary Halloween 10/30/2020 05:02am • Halloween is here! Or is it? We won't be seeing costumed neighborhood kids wandering around in packs knocking on doors looking for processed sugary treats this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, nor will we see adults running around dressed as who knows what. M Street will be clear of costumed How did we get the Electoral College, and why do we still have it? 10/29/2020 05:27am • Look, it’s happened to all of us: We’ve been in a meeting for what feels like forever, so we all decide to agree on something that has a little bit of everyone’s idea, just to get out of there. Sometimes, it results in ridiculous projects that are forgotten quickly. Other times, it results Arlington woman saying goodbye to DC during MCM 10/29/2020 04:00am • Elizabeth Sloss sees the Marine Corps Marathon as a personal "farewell tour" of D.C. (Courtesy Elizabeth Sloss) Much has changed in the last few months, and even more has changed over the last 15 years for Elizabeth Sloss, of Arlington, Virginia. She came to D.C. for college in 2005, decided to Data Doctors: The value of a 'burner' phone number 10/25/2020 03:27pm • Q: How are so many companies getting my cell phone number if I’m on the Do Not Call registry? A: The Federal Trade Commission launched the Do Not Call Registry in 2003, which gave a lot of people a false sense of what it was going to do. It was designed to stop sales calls from companies tha Maryland group uses old smartphones to help coronavirus patients 10/25/2020 02:57pm • One Takoma Park, Maryland, nonprofit is using old smartphones to help COVID-19 patients. The organization, Secure the Call, is hoping anyone eyeing a new smartphone for Christmas will donate their old phone. Secure the Call takes old smartphones and sends them to hospitals across the country so p Pastrami-specialist Carving Room in DC's Mt. Vernon area to close temporarily 10/22/2020 02:35pm • The Carving Room Kitchen & Bar has become the latest in a growing list of restaurants forced to close up shop because of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Credit: Google Street View) News of local restaurant closings continue to come frequently, and the latest to fall victim to the COVID-19 pandemic i 2 popular Foggy Bottom-area restaurants close permanently 10/21/2020 02:39pm • Burger Tap & Shake on Washington Circle, in D.C.'s Foggy Bottom neighborhood, is closed for good. (Credit: Google Street View) Two more well-established D.C. restaurants have become victims of the COVID-19 pandemic. District Commons and its next-door neighbor, Burger Tap & Shake, on W DC launching new coronavirus exposure app 10/20/2020 02:45am • The District is launching a new smartphone app to assist in contact tracing as it continues the fight against coronavirus — but it won't work with a similar tool for Virginia, and Maryland doesn't have one yet. Residents can get exposure alerts from DC CAN starting Tuesday. D.C. Health Direc Now you can hum to search Google for songs you can't remember (but can't forget) 10/18/2020 06:35am • If you've ever had a song stuck in your head but can't remember enough lyrics to search for it, Google has a solution: hum to search. Google unveiled a new search feature Thursday that lets users search for songs by humming a few bars, in an attempt to help you identify Two Virginia high schoolers keep competitions alive virtually during the pandemic 10/11/2020 03:09pm • Two local high school students were frustrated by the lack of opportunities for students to compete in their specialties during the pandemic. So, they decided to do something about it. Rashmi Francis and her partner Rohan Bhansali both saw debate and science competitions canceled because of th Instagram is letting users switch back to old logos for its birthday 10/07/2020 09:34am • Instagram is celebrating its birthday by letting users switch to older icons of the app, including the classic retro camera logo that it sported when it first became a staple of smartphones worldwide. Designs stretching back to Instagram's early days are included in the feature, which will be ava Ravens and Washington Football Team: Tale of two NFL cities 10/03/2020 07:38am • Google Maps will tell you that FedEx Field in Prince George's County, Maryland, lies 32.6 miles away from M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore. But while on a good day it might take you 40 minutes to go from one stadium to the other, the gap between the NFL's mid-Atlantic neighbors is much wider. Th Dolcezza Gelato closing most DC-area locations 09/29/2020 11:43am • The Dolcezza Gelato at The Wharf is one of the locations that will be closed in October. (Courtesy Google Street View) Dolcezza Gelato, popular for its coffees and authentic gelatos, is closing most of its D.C.-area stores, citing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dolcezza locations in Log