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Flightradar24 Pro is free today and Friday…

A great app for following air traffic.  There is a free version but with this one you can get much more information, like altitude, speed, destination, expected touchdown time and more. For today and tomorrow only it is free (along with several other apps) on the Amazon.com Android Apps site. If you have an account you…

Things Wanted, Part 1

I get emails frequently asking a basic, "Ron is there a site (or application) that I can use to do…?"  You can fill in whatever you are wondering about for the last part of that question.  Today I thought I would mention a few of the more popular requests. Many people have several email accounts. …

Your Abandoned Smartphone May Betray You

(from TechNewsWorld, http://www.technewsworld.com/) By Richard Adhikari That phone you so callously turned over to another may be harboring some of your secrets — and it may be all too willing to spill its guts. An examination of 20 used phones purchased on eBay turned up more than 1,500 family photos of kids, 750 photos of…

Antivirus Needed?

Last week’s column generated a very interesting email. We were discussing how your browser tries to protect you from sites that promote viruses and other sorts on nasty cyber-stuff. I told you how each browser attempts to notify you. The notifications vary anywhere from a small red lock to a full page warning. I received…

Gmail Filters

(This column ran originally on October 5, 2010) Thanks for the response to last week’s column about Gmail Aliases.  I received a “bunch” of emails regarding that feature.  And, “you are welcome” for pointing out that out to you. I also received a lot of questions from some of you folks who are newer to…