Competition between cellular companies and their marketing strategies can actually let you profit by upgrading to a new phone. Meanwhile because carrier commitments are a thing of the past you can then move fairly quickly to a discounted carrier. That …
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Updating Obsolete Keyboard Actuators!
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Dear Rotarians: As an IT guy who also volunteers to help average people interface with Technology I have learned that it is easy for people to miss some fundamentals of thriving in a world where Technology was supposed to help …
File Management is worth knowing
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Why Basic File management is worth learning Do you create or store important files? Do you sometimes struggle finding the right file or the right version of your files or photos? If you have over 1000 computer files then you will …
VOIP phone service & stopping those Robo calls
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You can eliminate all unwanted calls with call blockers like NoMoRobo and you will save money and improve service options with the right VoIP phone service like PhonePower. What is VoIP: VoIP stands for Voice over Internet Protocol and is the modern way to get …
Hardware Values & gift ideas we have vetted
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People constantly ask me for product recommendations. These are often centering around technology or business products but the topics vary widely. People are frustrated by the complexity of technical shopping which often leads to wasting time and money. It seams that …
GoDaddy Workspace Email (android)
ANDROID: TROUBLESHOOTING EMAIL Use the following information to troubleshoot common issues when setting up Go Daddy Workspace email on an Android device. In the meantime, you can always use our MobileMail (http://mobilemail.secureserver.net) to keep in contact with customers, friends, and …
Collaborate or sync files with a free personal Dropbox account
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If you work with other people or on multiple devices you should have a common space to share files that syncs to multiple device. This way you always have the current way copy of the files. Dropbox is also popular because …
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How do I control my home stereo volume from my Smartphone?
Trusted CTO: How do I control my home stereo volume from my iPhone? Tom Tom: In addition to several Bluetooth enabled stereos there are several wifi controls for home media devices. Her are some examples; iOS and Android Home Theater Remote Control Apps …
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Shared Google Calendars
Why share calendars? The biggest question for shared calendars is: Why share a calendar electronically? Isn’t that just a pain? Maybe you are used to “keeping it simple” and just send out some emails or a paper calendar. Flawless approach right? Actually in …
Sync Outlook or Apple Calendars and Contacts
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Many of us access our email contacts and calendar from multiple devices and want to keep all that data in sync so that we are not having to duplicate all our time and efforts maintaining email on every device. For …
Passwords and personal technology records
Tech Support is often unproductive until you find necessary personal technology records. Meanwhile, most of us have too many accounts and passwords to remember. Lost or missing credentials causes frustration, wasted time, and wasted money. Yesing the list below you can …
Simplify with a phablet
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Question: Jim: My XP laptop is failing and my cell phone is old. I do not have text yet and use very few minutes. I liked the size of the 7″ Samsung tablet you showed me. My son says I …
iTunes errors after update 11.1.4
Updates of iTunes to version 11.1.4 on windows computers has not gone smoothly and results in several errors. This issue has shown up on windows XP-Windows 8 computers both 32 bit and 64-bit. It is my guess that updating to this …
Technology for your Presentation
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Presentation Technology Gone Wild! If I mess up the tech for this presentation we will all learn the most valuable lesson possible: That is to avoid the temptation to use unnecessary technology in a presentation. Technology helps if it …
Make your Verizon iPhone a hot spot
Here is how to make an iPhone 5 on Verizon a hotspot for your other devices like your laptop or tablet.
Your Office Suite for 2014
Word processing and similar productivity software has been a staple on computers since the 1980’s. The core file types created in in Office productivity include Word processing, spreadsheats, databases, presentation,and email software. Over the years the popular suite has …
Email client configuration Links
Setup GoDaddy Email – YouTube Using Apple Mail with Your Email | Go Daddy Help Android Setting up Email | Go Daddy Help Outlook 2010: Setting up Email | Go Daddy Help manual settings imap.secureserver.net smtpout.secureserver.net Imap port 993 SSL SMTP port 465 SSL for XP exit Outlook (dbl check task manager). Open …
Productivity vs the App
On April 30th 2013 economists announced that they have not been able to relate growth in smartphone phone market share to a growth in worker productivity. It would be even more ironic if the economist had calculated that on their smartphone. To me this was never …