Key Takeaways I recently completed a full revamp of the Apps section of the site. I’ve created individual pages for each category, added a comparison table that includes app type, pricing and additional details, and added a few new categories.…
Here’s an article in The New Yorker created as a beautiful told, interactive story that explores the emerging digital afterlife industry that is emerging and the ethics of “death bots“ AI-powered, interactive replicas of loved ones trained on personal memories,…
There has been no shortage of efforts for creating digital versions of dead people. I have covered the robotic creation of Bina48 which was an animatronic head with memories of a person you could talk to, an app called Replica…
The Senior Techie is a newsletter, podcast, and growing community built around technology making your life easier, not more frustrating. They recently released an article series on digital estate and legacy planning. The article covers identifying and creating an inventory…
I’ve been following Peter Billingham for several years. He wrote a book called Death Goes Digital in 2016 to help funeral directors to stay current with digital technology and created a podcast series. He has been covering the #Deathtech sector…
Apple announced an a new legacy contact feature during WWDC earlier this year. This new feature is now available to everyone who installs iOS 15.2 or later on their device. The legacy contact features critically important functionality that will allow…
Clocr is a digital estate planning service that was born in the same way almost every service I have discovered in this space comes to be. When a founder has a personal experience with a loved one’s death that sheds…
Over the years I’ve dabbled a little bit testing out crypto related technologies. Specifically the concept of the blockchain with a public and decentralized ledger was interesting. The thought of this technology making it possible to save data in a…
Today Apple had their annual World Wide Developers Conference event which was streamed live. One of the many announcements included the launch of a new digital legacy feature as one of several as part of the newly named iCloud+ service…
GoodTrust is a relatively new digital estate planning service which has quickly become a top service in the field. The company was started by Rikard Steiber and like many digital estate planning services was created based on a personal experience…
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