The day the world went wireless

We take our wireless devices for granted today. There are a lot of them after all. It has become a way of life, even a necessity. Do you even have a cable that you could hardwire a computer to your modem at home? There was a time when wireless transmission was thought to be impractical […]

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A plan to replace the Facebook and Twitter platforms

Unless you have chosen the hermit lifestyle and have completely unplugged it is hard to have not noticed the stories that have gone on around social media giants Facebook and Twitter in the past few months. Many users have left those platforms or have decreased their usage, instead seeking different platforms embroiled in none of […]

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GDPR and some new privacy policies

You may have noticed that you received a lot of email notifications that companies were changing their privacy policies or terms of service. If you have paid attention to the tech world you know that this is in response to the GDPR regulations enacted by the EU on May 25. It may have seemed like […]

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Have you met a Nigerian prince?

For anyone over the age of 30 you probably remember getting an email from a supposed Nigerian prince that needed help moving his money out of the country and only you could provide that help. All you had to do was provide your bank account information so that the money could be transferred away from […]

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Ask good support questions to get good support answers

Anyone who has used a computer or any piece of technology has encountered a problem with it. A select few are able to figure out the solution almost like magic and they make it seem easy. For everyone else they have to ask someone and that usually means calling their computer service tech or technical […]

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Papua New Guinea to ban Facebook for a month?

The reaction to the recent data scandals that have embroiled Facebook have varied. Some people have continued on like normal, some have curbed their usage while others have taken more drastic steps like completely stopping using the platform. This has been, for the most part, up to the individual but that may not be an […]

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When Twitter goes horribly wrong

There was a time when to break a news story it required multiple legitimate sources or catching someone in the act. In today’s world, thanks in large part to social media platforms like Twitter, that is not the case (Roseanne Barr, I’m looking at you!). Anyone anywhere can put out a story and potentially ruin […]

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Are you utilizing a Facebook Group?

There is an easy way to get your business in front of the right eyes on social media. Sure having a social media presence can get your message out and people will see it but will they really truly see it? Probably not, so why not create a Facebook group to get your message in […]

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Fallout of the first days of GDPR

With the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) going into effect on May 25 it did not take long for the first complaints to be filed. This should be no surprise, even though Europeans are nowhere near as litigious as us Americans. Among the early targets of these complaints were Facebook, Google, Instagram and WhatsApp (the […]

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