My name is Alex. I’m from Austria, and I created TechForMom after spending years helping my own parents navigate technology — the same frustrating, trial-and-error process millions of families go through every week.
The problem I kept running into: the internet is full of tech advice written for people who already know what they’re doing. Search “how to set up an iPhone” and you get results that assume you know what iCloud is, why Face ID matters, and what a SIM tray looks like. Try explaining that to a 78-year-old who still calls it “the Google.”
There are tens of millions of adult children out there doing tech support for their parents every week. Setting up new phones. Explaining why the Wi-Fi stopped working. Trying to figure out which medical alert system won’t lock their dad into a terrible contract. And most of them are doing it on the fly, Googling frantically while their mum asks what a “software update” is.
That’s the gap TechForMom fills. Every guide here is written for the person doing the helping, not the tech itself. I explain what actually matters for an older adult. I flag the things that trip seniors up. And I tell you which products are worth it and which ones are aggressively marketed to families who don’t know better.
No jargon. No assuming you’re an engineer. Just honest, practical advice from someone who’s been in the same position you’re in.
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