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Texting from Your Computer

For a couple of years, I have been using a good Chrome Browser Add-on called Mighty Text, found at mightytext.net which allows texting from your computer. The big basic is that it allows you to hook it up to your phone and send text messages from your computer. This works on your Android device and…

2018-02-19 WSVA Show Notes & Podcast

  Welcome back to this month and thanks to the listeners/readers that caught my “2017” date error from last time… oops. Here is today’s podcast so if you could not listen this morning, enjoy!   The following are a few of the items we mentioned. Tech NewsFebruary 19, 2018 Report: Average business user must keep track of…

2017-07-17 Show Notes @ WSVA

Tech News  BIG news (April 3, 2017) as Android is NOW the world’s most popular operating system as it overtakes Windows Android has now overtaken Windows to become the world’s most popular operating system, according to data from Statcounter. Looking at combined usage across desktop, laptop, tablet and smartphone, Android usage hit 37.93%, narrowly edging…

Secret Surfing, Part 2

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…

Secret Surfing, Part 1

What is “Private Browsing?” is a question I receive from time-to-time.  People write that they were looking around in their browser and saw it.  In Google Chrome the same thing is named “Incognito Mode.”  In Internet Explorer, it is “InPrivate Browsing” and others have slightly different names. The Private browser settings are sometimes referred to…

Facebook Safety, Part 2

A long time ago (on the “feels like index”) last year we looked at some Facebook security settings you should check on your account.  If you need a refresher on what I said go here, rd.dblclx.com/2hVbumC, to take a look again. Today we will take a look at some of the personal things you need…

Several Words of Warning

I have noticed a lot of scam emails coming to my inbox lately and thought I should mention a few to you.  Since they could very easily hurt your credit, finances, reputation, etc. you should be aware and very careful. I have received many that were easy to spot.  They were text only, looked very…