Between streaming, video calls, online banking and working from home, digital everyday life has long been normal — and still regularly becomes confusing. This category helps to sort it out: setting up televisions and streaming services and keeping track of subscriptions, managing music and photos, video calls with the family, tidying up mailboxes, organising appointments and documents digitally, and setting up a home workspace you can actually sit and work at for longer. We show which settings save time, which automations are worthwhile and where it is fine to deliberately do without technology. Practical, with examples from real daily life rather than product brochures. We also explain how to sort out subscriptions, accounts and passwords once — and how to maintain that order with little effort.
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Digitising slides, negatives and prints: slide scanner, camera copy or scanning service compared, plus resolution, file names and how to back up the images.
Video consultations, sick notes by video or phone and e-prescriptions in Germany: what to test on your tablet before the cold season and which limits apply.
Work done inside your own home usually reduces your income tax: 20 per cent of the labour costs under section 35a EStG. What belongs on the invoice and why cash payment costs you the reduction.
Fill in, sign and merge forms on your computer: which form the law requires, how to create your signature, and what works without a printer.
From 12 September 2026, new connected devices must build in access to your data. Which deadlines apply, what you can ask for and what you cannot.
From 24 December 2026 every EU state has to provide a digital wallet. What applies today, what becomes mandatory and what is only announced.
Managing screen time without daily arguments: how device limits, router schedules and kids profiles in services work together as one agreed framework.
From 31 July 2026 the right to repair applies: which devices are covered, what manufacturers must deliver and when repairing beats replacing a device.
Streaming and aerial TV get pricier in 2026. Save at home: pause subscriptions, use free media libraries and FAST channels, add a stick to an old TV.
Streaming 2026 explained simply: which services and devices exist, how setup works at home and which practical tips help you save money each month.
Phone full of photos? Bring order to the chaos: sensible albums, declutter duplicates, find again by face and place search - set up at home near Hildesheim.
Set up your home office ergonomically to BAuA and DGUV standards: screen height, viewing distance, chair, second monitor, Wi-Fi and backup near Hildesheim.