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Use the Power of Your Voice

You know the feeling. You are waiting for an important text message when you are on a drive. You SHOULD NEVER use your phone while driving, what do you do? If you have either an Android or iPhone you can get it to play your new text messages for you as they arrive. With an…

Chrome Extensions

Chrome Extensions Six Years Later, 3

In week one of this series, we visited some new Google Chrome Extensions that I have been using for quite a while. We took a quick look at BitWarden, Capital One Shopping, Chrome Remote Desktop, and DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials. Last week we looked at how to update Chrome, then the extensions, GIPHY for Gmail, Google…

Chrome Extensions

Chrome Extensions Six Years Later, 2

We looked at a few Google Chrome Extensions last week that I have been using for a while. BitWarden, Capital One Shopping, Chrome Remote Desktop, and DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials were briefly examined. I list them alphabetically, not in order of relevance or necessity. You could find all of them to be quite helpful when using…

Chrome Extensions

Chrome Extensions Six Years Later, 1

Recently, I’ve received emails from people wondering what nice Chrome Extensions they should occasionally use. Over six years ago, I wrote a thorough series about them at ghtech.site/google-ext. But today, I thought I’d respond to some questions I’ve lately received regarding the ones I like best, right now, and what they do. Let’s start by…

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Remembering Floppies Fondly

In the latter half of the 20th century, the floppy disk served as a universal storage device. Before any “disks” or “discs” were made accessible, the majority of computer systems sent data using reel-to-reel tapes. They may have appeared in previous Syfy films with continuously rewinding reels on a huge computer. I need to make…

WSVA Early Mornings, Travel Apps

Jim and I had a great discussion about Travel apps, some, you may not have heard of. You can listen to the podcast here, at WSVAonline.com, if you didn’t have time to catch us live. You may also visit each app we referenced below.  Thanks and have a great week! Ron    Waze, www.waze.com Google…

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OneDrive by Microsoft

Microsoft OneDrive is a cloud storage service that helps users save, sync, and share files on any device, including PCs, Macs, smartphones, and tablets. It is similar to Dropbox, Google Drive, and many other cloud storage apps in many aspects. As with some of the others, the OneDrive (the main part of the Microsoft 365…

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Screenshots with ShareX

Last week, I wrote about a few of the built-in snapshot features that Windows offers. I stated that there is a fantastic free Windows application. It is very effective at taking screenshots from your computer, but it also offers a variety of tools for processing and editing the photos you capture. Up until a few months…

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Harness Screenshots

Have there ever been times when you wanted to take a screenshot of your computer screen but were unsure how to achieve it? Maybe you want to transmit a hilarious photo to a friend or print something interesting you saw online. If so, you might be able to download a program designed to take a…

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Task Manager

Have you ever had a program lock up on your computer so that you could not do anything with it, including closing it? Many times, people will reboot their computers to resolve those types of issues. But there may be an easier way. That is done by using Task Manager. Not only can it shut…