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…

2022 Sites in Review, Part 2

2022 Sites in Review, Part 2

Here is the second part of all the sites we visited last year. Once again, if the site addresses are too long for print, I have shortened them using my “ghtech.site” predecessor. There will be other characters after that lead, without spaces and capitalization counts. Copy them in their entirety to your browser’s address bar…

2020 Sites in Review, Part 3

For the past two weeks, we have reviewed the sites that I wrote about in 2020. What a year to remember…or for most of us, forgetting would be the better option. Today is the last look at those sites. If you see something that reminds you of another site, whether it is similar or for…

Useful Android Apps, Part 6

Thanks for joining me again for the ongoing list of smartphone apps. The suggestions this week have been sent to me from you all…the readers. Last week I covered three apps; the new Weight Watchers app, Google Maps and the other major map app, Waze. If you are interested in viewing Part 5 from last…

Useful Android Apps, Part 3

Welcome back to my next in the series regarding Android Apps that I find useful. Thanks for the emails I have received letting me know you appreciate the series.  Also, you sent in some great questions…keep ’em coming! Last week we looked at saving money with the GasBuddy app and getting organized and making notes…

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…

2019 Sites in Review, Part 1

It is hard to believe but today we begin the 18th year of the "Double Click" column.  I want to thank all of you for reading the almost 900 articles.  Thanks for the emails I continue to receive.  Not only does it let me know the articles are actually being read but I really enjoy…

Update Computer Applications

We have known for years that Microsoft consistently runs updates on your operating system to make your computer safer.  Being the most widespread operating system in the world (read that as under attack the most) Microsoft tries to stay ahead of the bad guys.   They usually get updates to your computer as quickly as a…

What Should I Install?

I regularly receive questions concerning readers buying new computers.  They will usually ask what antivirus software they should install to keep everything protected.  I usually suggest one or two good antivirus applications.  Keep in mind I am only referencing Windows machines and, due to my frugal nature, free applications.  If you have a Windows 7…