Welcome back for Part 2 (if you have not seen it, here is Part 1) of all the links I used in my articles last year. Some link to cloud services, some to applications, and others that I believe may be beneficial for you today.
Also, thanks for the emails I continue to receive. I enjoy talking to you (and getting new article ideas from you). So please keep them coming!
If you see something below that is of interest, check it out. If you find an error, email me and point that out also. I sometimes receive an email from a reader correcting a site I mistyped. Probably due to my fat fingers.
Below are the ones I originally wrote about. I have shortened the longer addresses using my “ghtech.site” predecessor. Copy them in their entirety to your browser’s address bar to visit the sites. You can also go to GrayHaired.Tech and click the links to visit the references.
• Dropbox.com, Google Drive (drive.google.com, and Sync.com. Three of the more popular document, photo, and data cloud storage sites are used today. There are many others with many other features. But these are some of the most popular.
• OneDrive (onedrive.live.com), I would guess this is the most used document, photo, and data storage site used today. It comes with the free Office.com and paid versions (more storage space when paid). It is very good, and I have no problem recommending it. This and Google Drive are my preferred cloud storage sites. For more details, visit Cloud Storage.
• BitWarden (bitwarden.com), this is my favorite Password Manager application. It works in Windows, Apple devices, and Android devices. You can create very large, very secure passwords without having to remember but one really good one to grant you access to the application itself.
• Chrome Remote Desktop, (remotedesktop.google.com), if you have a friend or family member who needs tech help you can use this if you want to actually log onto their computer and “fix” things. I use it for that and also to teach folks how to do specific things with their devices. And it is free!
• DuckDuckGo.com, which is a competitor to Google.com for searches; however, it does not allow you to be tracked in what you search for so that you will not get related advertisements on other pages.
• Google Voice (voice.google.com). This allows you to make phone calls on your computer or phone. You can also send text messages from there. You may choose to have multiple phones ring on separate devices, i.e., A person can call your google phone number and you can have it ring on your home phone, smart phone, and computer. This allows you to pick up any of the devices and talk to the caller. To find out more about it go to, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Voice.
• Trello.com or Asana.com are both excellent organizational tools or project managers. I use Trello most every day to maintain my columns, websites I am building, documents, communications for upcoming trips, etc. They are excellent at reminding you of things and keeping track of “things” in one place. There are others available, but I just like these two for personal usage.
• Google Authenticator (ghtech.site/gauth) and Authy (authy.com), are two great sites that provide your online accounts with much more security. They both allow you to set up 2FA or MFA. Which stand for Two-Factor Authentication and Multi-factor authentication. To find out more, read my article at GrayHaired.Tech/2fa.
• Recuva (ccleaner.com/recuva), is an application that I use for those times when I have mistakenly deleted a document that I later need. Now it will not work way back in time, but if you have deleted it in the past few days, it may bring back that lost file. Very helpful at times for me.
Next week, more of the sites and applications I wrote about and gave links to last year will be available.
