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That Software Activation Code May Save You Money

You Need To Save That Activation Code For Your Software When you purchase a software program (AKA app) whether it be downloading it online or purchasing a disk containing the software program, many times it will come with an activation code. This may also be called a serial number or product key but in essence it is the same thing. It is a code that will allow you to complete the installation of…

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How To Lower the Cost Of Wi-Fi When You Fly?

With The right Strategy You Can Lower Your Wi-Fi Costs When You Fly When you fly whether for that vacation trip you have long awaited for or a trip to take care of business do you find that you need to use the internet? If you purchase the in-flight internet service of the airline it is likely to work at a snail’s pace but you likely will have to shell out a few bucks to access the internet while…

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Rikki You Need To Absolutely Lose And Avoid That Number

Be Careful About Those Incoming Phone Calls About 40 years ago Steely Dan released a song “Rikki Don’t Lose That Number” Within the past 3 weeks I have gotten calls from clients saying they received a message on their computer along the lines of, “Your computer may be infected” and to call the number given. This is a number Rikki and anyone else must not call and just simply lose that number.…

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Google Unsend – When You Absolutely Don’t Want It To Get There

You Didn’t Mean To Send That Message And You May Have A Second Chance Not To Ever send an email that you wish you didn’t? After six years being in Google Labs, Google has graduated their unsend feature from Google Labs to an official setting in Gmail. If you believe in second chances this is a feature Gmail users want to enable. This is a very easy feature to set up if you have not already. Go…

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This Is An Awesome and Great Gadget To Have With You

If your phone battery is low, this could be a lifesaver. Ever find that you are either not near a place to charge your mobile phone; without either a car charger or plug to charge your mobile phone; or both? Well a few months ago my son got me a portable charger that plugs into my phone and charges the battery phone when it is low. Now before I go any further let me add that I have not received…

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How LinkedIn Can Improve

LinkedIn is the world’s number one social networking site for business and understandably so. Personally I have used it to make connections that have resulted in meaningful work. That said, it is not perfect. Recently Mashable ran an article about 7 things they would change on LinkedIn. I leave it to you to decide for which are valid. There are a few ones that LinkedIn should look into. Here are…

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The Security Question

Be Careful How You Answer “The Security Question” The recent iCloud security breach where nude pictures of Jennifer Lawrence, Kim Kardashian, Kate Upton and others have been posted online remind us that we all need to be conscious of security when online. We don’t know for sure yet what caused the breach but obtaining answers to “The Security Question” is a possibility. Not long ago I recently…

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Use A Flash Drive(s) To Back Up Your Data If your backups are on a DVD and you get a new computer without a CD/DVD drive how will you get your data onto your new computer?

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Keeping In Touch With Your Child Away At College

You can lower the costs of keeping in touch with your child while they are away at college.

Back in the day when I attended college, keeping in touch with my parents was simple. I had a phone in my dorm room that I called them on or they called me on. We tried not to stay on the phone all that long since we were charged by message units which was related to both distance and time on the phone.…

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His LinkedIn Profile Put Him At Risk. Be Careful Of What YOU Put On It

Take A Safe Approach To What You Post on the Internet.

The other day I was looking at a LinkedIn profile of a client of mine in the 11375 area of Forest HillsNY. What I saw had me concerned. He attached his resume to his LinkedIn profile in the summary section. I won’t discuss whether or not you should put a resume in your LinkedIn profile. What I will mention is that included in the resume…

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The Heartbleed Bug – What You Need to Know

The Heartbleed Bug Should Not Be Taken Lightly

The Heartbleed Bugis a serious issue which puts your personal data and passwords at risk of being exposed. It has been on the morning news as well as on the internet. Hackers can obtain user names, credit card information, passwords and other sensitive information. Click on the link in the 1st sentence to learn whether or not your passwords need…

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Switching Banks

By taking a few precautions, switching your bank need not be hassle.

Among the many benefits of online banking to the banks is that less people are switching their bank accounts to another bank.

Recently a client of mine that I have been training who lives in Baysidetold me that he wanted to switch banks but wondered how he could do it and not worry about payments being made from his online…

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My Email Account Got Hacked

Following a Few Steps Makes It That Much Harder to Hack Your Accounts

Last week I found out that my old Yahoo account that has been inactive for about 4 years got hacked. People in my contact list that was still there received an email message and I found out.

The first thing I did was to see if I could log into this account. I still remembered the password. I logged in and Yahoo had already…

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Why I Prefer My Android Phone Over An iPhone

There are those who will disagree but I prefer an Android to an iPhone

Before I start this I want…

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Can It Be the Connection?

One of my clients recently made an appointment for training with me. When I got to her apartment in Forest Hills, she told me that he had not had internetservice and her landline phone was not working since the day before and was hoping I could fix it.…

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Where Do You Keep Your List of Passwords?

Hopefully Your Passwords Are Not Where Everyone Can See Them

If you are one of those who store your

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