Useful Android Apps, Part 2

Last week I started a series per your requests on some of the most useful apps I use on my Android phone. They may also be available for iPhones; however, I do not review those. You can check for them on the iPhone store if you are interested.  We began with the Amazon App, Dark…

Useful Android Apps, Part 1 (and mostly iPhone apps too)

People write to ask me about the best apps for their phones. I cannot tell you the “best” but I can let you know the ones that I really appreciate, depend on and/or often use. A couple of thoughts before starting.  I am not regularly using an iPhone so I will write this to the…

Dongle Troubles?

Well you know the internet…everything you read is true. Okay, you know me, I doubt many things I read on the internet. In 2016, security people found another security hole.  Can you believe that? It seems like this type of thing pops up on a pretty regular basis. And usually they are the mountain-out-of-a-molehill variety….

Setup a Gmail Account

OK, I have been reprimanded by Samantha, one of my enthusiastic readers.  She says that I have written about Gmail many times. This includes last week as well as over the years. She is correct. But she went on to explain I have never written about how a person goes about setting up a new…

Auto Organizing with Gmail

Several weeks ago, I mentioned Gmail Aliases and how one of the neat uses for them is to filter them in Gmail and send them automatically to a specific folder. From your emails I have received over those weeks many of you wanted to know how to do that as you could see good uses…

Google Maps Updates

Several weeks ago I wrote about a few tips for Gmail and by the number of emails I received, it appears that you would like more. So today, let’s talk about another Google product that has recently made some new innovations.  As you may have heard, Google purchased a little app you may have heard…

Scammers are Using You with Facebook

I received many emails with regard to the Gmail “Tips & Tricks” I wrote about for the past couple of weeks. Thanks for the encouragement.  I will write some more in the future but today something that could be much more important for Facebook.com users has come to my attention. This is most likely according…