Toward the end of last month my wife was on Facebook. For those of you who know her that is not much of a stretch since she regularly enjoys it. She was reading things from her friends, looking at pictures from across the world, looking into unfolding world events, catching up on politics (not), seeing…
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…
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…
Over the years I have put age appropriate apps on my Android tablet for my grandkids to play. Now, while I am a pretty good grandpa, I do not like letting a small child run around the house swinging the devices around their heads and throwing them to each other. So at a young age…
I have a couple of scams to inform you of today that could cost you time, effort and lots of money. One is computer related, the other financial. Many people have reported getting calls from someone saying something similar to, "Hello this is Ron (fill in any name) from Windows, we see that your computer…
Over the past several months I noticed a lot of readers logging onto the DoubleClicks.info website. Folks were not only logging in but you guys were setting up accounts on the site. This of course filled the cockles of my heart knowing that many readers were logging into the site to read the columns,…
For the last couple of weeks I have told you about some interesting Google tricks you can do, some helpful, others fun. Your interest in emails has shown me that you would like a couple more of their tricks, so here we go. Remember always start on the main Google.com page for these to work. …
Last week we looked at several of Google’s "tricks." Harold, from Broadway, VA was the first to ask about more Google tricks from the many emails I received. So today we will look at a few more useful Google features of which you may be aware. If you are like me you never truly understood…
Looking over my articles, I realized I’ve never written about a few fun — but widely unnecessary — tricks available through Google. Keep in mind, to use each of these tricks, you must start with a fresh Google.com page, not one from a previous search. You can also use the, “I’m Feeling Lucky” search button,…
Bookmarks are a great way to keep track of sites you wish to go back to on occasion while online. If you have not ever used them you should. Bookmarks have been around since the Mosaic browser started them in 1993. Do not worry if you have not heard of Mosaic. It has been gone…
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