When I started to ponder writing about email this week I thought, “This will be short and sweet.” After I started to think more about it I found that it will be neither. This simple email topic has turned into a series about my love/hate relationship with email, which I know many of you share….
I was answering a question for a reader last week and mentioned an application I have used before. She needed several pieces of information regarding her computer for a possible upgrade. I never advise people how to upgrade a computer but I was more than happy to show her where to find the needed information. …
I get emails fairly often with this question, "I cannot afford to purchase Microsoft Office for the big dollars they charge. What else is available?" Well that is an easy question to answer. There are free alternatives out there and some are just as good as MS Office. I also tell them that MS 2016…
Google has been letting their developers develop and I am glad. They have come out with some great apps since 1998 when Google was founded. Stop and think about that for a minute. A company less than 20 years old and most everyone knows of it. Did you realize that in 2002, the American Dialect…
For years now I have not had enough time to read all of the interesting things I run into online. And also, years ago, I wrote about a new app called Pocket (getpocket.com). Pocket allows you to save webpages from your Chrome browser to view later. To read them you return to the GetPocket.com site,…
As I told you last week this group of schemes are used on one specific part of our population. Seniors, baby boomers and post baby boomers. They even have titles. I have found examples of these all over the net and my dad even experienced one of these years ago. Counterfeit Prescriptions Because prescription prices…
There is another scam that you may have heard of floating around the internet. It is not a joke and is not to be ignored if it happens to you. You may be working on your computer and get a phone call. The caller may tell you they are from Microsoft, or some other tech…
For the past two weeks, we have looked at several of the ways we are being schemed and scammed out of our money. Today we will continue that journey looking at some other devious ways we are being bombarded by online purchases. Shop with reputable, well-known online retailers. Do not shop at a site you…
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