How annoying is it when you think you’re about to get an important call, but it turns out to be spam? Think of how much time you’ve lost — and how much stress you’ve gained — from thinking you’re getting a call from work or family, but it’s actually some spammer asking if you’re satisfied with your car insurance.

RoboKiller Spam Call and Text Blocker will eradicate those time-sucking spam calls from your life. For a limited time, you can get two spam-free years for $39.99. That’s 24 solid months without robots asking for your credit card information every day.

Plus, with RoboKiller’s answer bot, you can flip the script and start wasting spammers’ time for a change!

With all the sweeping changes of the last year, one thing seems to be sticking around (and maybe for the better): remote work opportunities. It seems that one out of four Americans will continue to work from home — and by 2025, approximately 36.2 million Americans will work remotely.

That’s an 87% increase from previous years! And while the added flexibility and increased work/life balance that can accompany remote work might be beneficial, not having immediate access to common office machines can certainly decrease productivity. Luckily, you don’t need to spend a lot of money on office equipment: This iScanner App: Lifetime Subscription allows you to easily scan, edit and organize documents, books, receipts, forms and more, right from your iPhone or iPad.

Popular email app Spike, which strips down emails to make them more like chats or test messages, just added audio and video calls. The update means Spike users can readily communicate in real time — and skip switching to Zoom, FaceTime or another videoconferencing app.

There are many ways to celebrate the Fourth of July: family barbecues, vacations at the beach or lake, and something that hopefully involves fireworks (or at least a sparkler). 

Calling all DJs, singers, composers, songwriters, music educators and other music enthusiasts. If you’ve spent too much time trying to manually split a song or remove the vocals, it’s time to upgrade your technology. The EasySplitter Pro Vocal Remover will split any song into four separate STEMs — vocal, instrumental, drums and bass — and now you can get a lifetime subscription for only $39.99. That’s a huge discount off its regular price of $599.

There are plenty of moments where you need to use your data or internet connection — like during your morning commute to check on a work email or when connecting to a new flight in-between destinations. Unfortunately, a myriad of bad things might happen along the way, whether you’re using a public or private Wi-Fi connection (or even your own data).

Shield yourself from hacking attempts, spying and more when you browse the web with this KeepSolid VPN Unlimited: Lifetime Subscription, available now for just $39.99, 80% off its list price.

Space: the final frontier. And kinda sorta the theme of this week’s roundup of new and updated apps.

We’ve got an app that brings Star Trek, NASA and Tetris faces to Apple Watch. A free iOS game that will get arcade fans flashing back to Asteroids. And an audio app for women that blends erotica, meditation and ASMR for a trip deep into inner space.

I’m not sure how Godzilla and Kong fit into the space theme, but they crash onto the scene as well. (If only we had SpaceGodzilla.) Three … two … one …

We’ve got a mix of “new” new and “old” new in this week’s roundup of the best apps for iOS devices and Macs.

A new scoring app frees board game players from pesky pens and pencils, and a new avatar app gives users a futuristic way to establish and secure their online identities. Meanwhile, upgrades to well-known apps Brave (a fast web browser for privacy freaks) and Carrot Weather (a sarcastic weather app for masochists) gain interesting new features. Image-editing app Photo Sense and Luna Display also got big upgrades.

It’s Sunday, and you’re staring at your computer. What’s it gonna be? Work or fun?

Some of the new and upgraded apps in this week’s roundup put an array of clever tools at your disposal if you’re feeling productive. You can free up space on your Mac’s hard drive, download YouTube videos or give your Home app a makeover.

Others focus on fun. They give you new ways to flex your creativity and stay entertained — and maybe even get paid while doing so. Time to dig in!