Want to Preserve Your Family History? There's An App For That

How do you store and preserve your family's memories? Are they scattered all over? Good news - there's now an app for that. We speak with Juan Medina, the Founder of Lalo, about how this technology can help.

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Want to Preserve Your Family History? There's An App For That

How do you store and preserve your family's memories?

Do you have old pictures stored in boxes scattered throughout family member's homes? Or are they loaded on a shared drive or social media platform somewhere but you have no idea on how to find that one picture you're looking for?

Do you have stories of your family's background and history known by family members but not actually captured and being made available for future generations to know?

There is now an app available to help change all this. 

In this Check This Out segment, we speak with Juan Medina, the Founder of Lalo about the app he developed to help store, organize, preserve and share your family's memories, stories and history. 

Juan shares with us why he developed it, how to use it and how your data will be protected. 

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