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,…
After the last few weeks you may want to avoid some of these scams and know who to turn to if you think there is a problem. One is if you have a bank account that you do not use or an unused credit card, cut it up, throw it away and let the bank…
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…
Today on Part 2 of looking at different schemes that are knocking on our phones, emails, and even doors we will look at a couple which have hit me recently. I am no different from you, so if I am getting them some of you are too. So here are your alerts, warnings and call…
There are a lot of cyber-schemes going around today. And yes, they have been going around for years. However, it seems to me that they have become more abundant over the last several months. You know the emails with strange attachments, the links from companies asking you to log in and check your account. Then…
Last week we looked at private browser settings. If you have any setup questions, go back to last week on DoubleClicks.info and check it out. This week a few more good things you can do with the Private Mode on your browser. If you have ever needed to browse to the same site but different…
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