In today’s digital world we are threatened daily online. There are viruses to destroy our devices, malware to get our usernames, passwords, other information, ransomware to lock up your files and then charge you lots of money to unlock it again. The same problems could be running on your smartphone. If you are one of…
OK, today I am going to tackle a question about smart phones that may make some of you upset with me; although, I will try and be gentle. I am regularly asked why I prefer Android phones over iPhones. First, the main reason I prefer Android phones is that was the first type of smartphone…
I have people often write to ask, “How can I keep my files safe from _________?” You can fill in the blank with one or more words. For instance, “total hard drive failure,” “accidental deletion,” “theft of my computer,” or one of the worst, “ransomware.” The word for today to combat those adversaries is, “Backup.”…
This week we started with a couple of interesting thoughts. Why is the older generation targeted for scams and “Who guards the guardians?” Should the internet be censored? What do you think about what we thought. Listen to the Podcast here. Then, due to reader and listener requests, we talked about some of my favorite…
Since 2014 I have written about and several times mentioned a browser add-on called Mighty Text (mightytext.net). Then just this last March, I wrote about another one called TextTo (textto.io) which is now known as Send Leap (sendleap.com). They both continue to function well; however, there is another and possibly better kid on the block….
Last week I wrote about the introduction to my new endeavor DoubleClicksLive.com. You can use this link to check that article out if you missed it: bit.ly/DoubleClicksLive. Be careful if you type it in your browser, there are no spaces and Capitalization counts. But, back to the topic. The response was excellent. Many people signed…
I mentioned on the WSVA Radio Show last week, and yesterday with Beth Bland from VPAS (Valley Program for Aging Services), regarding my new endeavor. I feel that is it now time to bring it to my readers. Over the past 17 years, I have written about technology here at the DNR and many other…
I have recently had to read many many websites online for some training I am taking. I discovered something. That discovery was that reading page after page of detailed technical jargon, especially without pictures, is a really long read. So, after a few days of reading and note taking, I discovered something else. That is…
Welcome back to the WSVA Notes and Podcast from the show. I hope you enjoyed it on this new day. Usually, it is the third Monday each month. Due to scheduling issues it was today, the second Wednesday. Next month we should be back at the regular date and time. Which if I calculated correctly…
The last three weeks I have been sharing the new Gmail interface from Google. Due to the large number of emails I received, thanking me, discussing and questioning me I thought that you may want some more about Google “stuff.” So today we continue with a couple of more pieces of information about other Google…
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