Microsoft Phone Link

Microsoft Phone Link

You know what? About five years ago, I wrote an article on an application named “MightyText.com.” Almost three years later, I wrote about a better application that did pretty much the same thing. It was a bit more dependable and free. It was made by Microsoft, and named, “Your Phone.” This one you had to…

Gmail Extras, Part 9, Filters

Gmail Extras, Part 9, Filters

What if you want something “special” to happen to an email from “RD Bagpipes,” (rdbagpipes.com)? They will not leave you alone because you signed into that site one time. You have unsubscribed from their emails, but you still get them! You already get what feels like 25 million worthless emails daily and this is just…

Traveling Minstrel

The Changing Face of Entertainment

You know the history of entertainment has changed tremendously throughout the years. I guess we first started with someone gathering around the fire ring to tell stories. They would enthrall the listeners with daring-do and excitement to escape the mundane of everyday life. In time things changed and we had bards going from town-to-town singing…

Google Account Page

Google is Watching & Recording You

Google is Watching You know by reading my steady supply of tech articles, podcasts, and other writing that I am a Google fan. I like and use most everything by Google from the search engine, email, photos, document creation, and storage to everything else they provide to us…for free. Check out the podcasts at ghtech.site/ght-yt…

2019 Sites in Review, Part 2

OK, for all of you hardcore fans…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 "dblclx.com" predecessor.  They will be continuous characters without spaces and capitalization counts. Copy them in their entirety and then…

Setup a Gmail Account

OK, I have been reprimanded by Samantha, one of my enthusiastic readers.  She says that I have written about Gmail many times. This includes last week as well as over the years. She is correct. But she went on to explain I have never written about how a person goes about setting up a new…

Google Photos for Christmas

OK, Christmas time is coming followed up by New Year do you think you will be taking a few pictures?  You betcha! So, a couple of weeks ago I wrote several articles about some of the advantages of Google Photos. Go back and read that if you missed it. There are several good tips there….

Ron’s Favorite Add-on Apps, Part 2

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…