(from TechNewsWorld, http://www.technewsworld.com/) By Richard Adhikari That phone you so callously turned over to another may be harboring some of your secrets — and it may be all too willing to spill its guts. An examination of 20 used phones purchased on eBay turned up more than 1,500 family photos of kids, 750 photos of…
I was not planning on having a "Part 3" to this series; however, Marion recently sent an interesting email. This situation does not have anything to do with the web, email or any other things I usually write about. Nevertheless, it is a real personal security concern. Marion emailed about a "Social Engineering" scam which…
Last week I started this series regarding things you should not do online. Here is the last part starting with something you may have never thought about. Be very, very cautious of posting online about your kids and grandkids. Say you take a picture of your kids and some pedophile sees them. Sometime later you…
Last week I talked about an issue that was happening with Google’s Chromecast and Chrome browser related to Android tablets and phones. I stated there, "…you could always try various browsers from time-to-time and find out what you may like. It is easy to change back at any time." When I wrote that I did…
A few weeks ago I told you about a new cloud storage site. It is called Copy.com my current favorite online file storage site (sign up at bit.ly/roncopy for an additional 5 GB of storage). Over a year ago I told you about Dropbox.com which is another excellent cloud storage site. You may also…
Over three years ago I mentioned an excellent product named Dropbox. Dropbox is a “cloud” storage program which allows you to save all sorts of files on a site located on the web. It allows you to “sync” your files without you doing anything to your free 2 GB container of online storage. If you…
I hear complaints from people all the time about how their phones’ battery life is poor. Some say they won’t last an entire day. Sometimes this is very true especially with older Android devices; however, the newer ones have pretty good strength between charges. Of course, this depends on how you use your phone. If…
Jamie wrote to me and was horribly upset that Google has been tracking her online activities. She wanted to know first, if that is true and next, if so how to stop it. Well, yes it is true under certain circumstances. First, you must be logged into your Google/Gmail account when you are searching. Then…
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…
Several weeks ago after a column about Google Chromebooks, I received a great question from a reader and friend of mine, Joe. Joe asked about how he could set up Google Cloud Printer on his Chromebook. After I researched and set it up I started receiving many other emails concerning the same question, so here…
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