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…
You know, if you have read my articles in the past, that I like the Google system. I like gmail.com, Google Docs, Google Search and many other Google features. However, you also know that I do not completely trust them keeping features and apps going. They have gotten us dependent on different applications they created…
For years now I have recommended and supported Dropbox.com. It is still good for your online/cloud file storage. It has a good free plan that starts with 2GB of storage. I feel that Dropbox is still good; however, they made a change recently that concerned me. (If I was not writing this for the public…
Floyd wrote this week and asked an excellent question. He has several Cloud storage sites that he often uses. Floyd has all the most popular ones; Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive, and Amazon Drive. Keep in mind there are many more out there. He wanted to know if there was any way he could log into…
Last week we looked at several programs I recommend to be good additions to a Windows system. They are either better than what comes on a PC or those applications may not usually be found on a new computer. Of course, the apps are free…you know me. From the responses I have received you want…
Welcome to the beginning of our fourteenth year together with the Double Click column. Every January we review the sites that we visited in the previous year. Today is no different. So as always, if the site addresses are too long to type I have shortened them using the "bit.ly" app so the links may…
Last week I told you I had a better idea than using Google Cloud Print. That feature of Google’s Chrome browser allows you to print documents from any of your computers to your printer in any location. There is one other way to print using this feature. That is by connecting directly to a networked…
If you currently have a Gmail account you most likely already know all about the Google Calendar feature. Also, if you are one of the many Android smartphone users you are well aware that in order to reap all of the benefits of the phone, you must have Gmail. Google Calendar is automatically added into…
I was talking to my friend and realtor, Chris Rooker of Kline May Realty, about security of documents in the "Cloud". I presented him with a thought that I voice often and that is, at this point in time, I do not put anything confidential online; including in my emails and online storage. Never do…
On my Gmail page I first noticed the Scroll Bars on the left (in yellow, shown at bottom of page). With this feature you don’t have to check which labels you want to see, you have all of them with a simple scroll up or down. Neat addition. These are now defaults so if you…
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