Posts by Tony Rushin
Tuesday Tip: Facebook’s Concerning Lack of Privacy
Facebook has made clear it does not care about its end user’s privacy concerns, all while making claims that user privacy is important and respected by the company. Facebook also owns the messaging app WhatsApp. WhatsApp is a free app Facebook purchased in 2014 for 22 billion dollars. Facebook makes money by collecting data from…
Read MoreTuesday Tip: Free Up Space on Your Laptop or PC
There are times when our computers start to run slowly as we run out of storage space. We think the solution is restarting the computer or deleting our files. However, we forget old applications or programs that not only take up space but also run in the “background” and cause the computer to slow. Luckily,…
Read MoreTuesday Tip: Use Wheel of Names to Randomly Pick Names for Activities
In honor of going back to school this week, here is a great Tuesday tip for teachers. Instead of using popsicle sticks for random student selection, use a simple wheel of names from your computer. Many students are now learning from home so having a wheel of names makes it more convenient to pick…
Read MoreTuesday Tip: How to quickly move tabs without using your mouse
Did you know that you can automatically move tabs by simply using your keyboard? To do this you will hold down the windows button and use 1 of the 4 arrows. The left and right arrows make the tab move from left to right Window + ß makes the tab move to the left. Window…
Read MoreTuesday Tip: Keeping Your Printer Safe at Home from Hackers
As the workplace continues to change in these new times, employees are still getting the opportunity to work from home more frequently. Some employees still require a printer to get the job done. As cyber security continues to be a mainstream topic, have you ever thought about keeping your printer safe as well? It is…
Read MoreTuesday Tip: How to Add Chrome Links to Home Screen on Android & iPhone
If you’re like me and have a few websites you visit frequently from your phone, but don’t want to add the app – there’s a different way around adding yet another app. From your Android phone, first launch your Chrome app, then navigate to the website you’d like to add to your home screen.…
Read MoreTuesday Tip: How to Quickly Google the Most Recent Information
If you want to return your google search with the most recent information. Simply type “after:2020” at the end of your search. You can of course replace the year 2020 with whatever date/year you prefer. You can also use a more specific date such as “after:2020-06-15
Read MoreTuesday Tip: 4 Best Practices for Keeping your Information Safe
-Keeping your apps up to date. This is an easy one to miss, and not everyone likes to update when its available for various reasons. Keep in mind the update can be focused on different factors with improving the application. Most importantly, the updates can pertain to security. When a vulnerability or bug is found…
Read MoreTuesday Tip: What Good is a Phone if You Have No Service?
Cell phones have become a standard part of everyday life. We use them for everything from work to gaming. Nothing is more frustrating that having your cell service go out or be too weak or slow to be productive. In this short article I will go over some tips and tricks to increase you cell…
Read MoreTuesday Tip: Do You want to free up space on your laptop or PC? Here is how to uninstall those old unused applications.
There are times when our computers start to run slow as well as run out of space. We then think the solution is either restarting the computer or deleting our files. However, we tend to forget about old applications or programs that not only take up a lot of space but could be running in…
Read MoreTuesday Tip: Use Google to Search Content from a Specific Website
Many people know about the versatility of the search engine Google. But did you know you can search for queries on a specific website directly from google. Next time try out search engine command “Site:”. To do so you’ll type “site:” the name of the website you want to search without any spaces and quotations…
Read MoreTuesday Tip: You No Longer Need to Guess When to Leave
Have you ever had plans that were at least an hour away and wanted to estimate a good time to leave? No need to guess anymore! Did you know that Google Maps allow you to set a departure or arrival time when looking for directions? You can set an arrival time and know when to…
Read MoreTuesday Tip: Convert Photo Slides Into Digital Photos with SlideScan by Photomyne
If you are an old timer like me, you know what a photo slide is. For those of you that don’t know what a photo slide is, there is an image below. I became interested in this app, because my brother had mentioned he was going through boxes and boxes of old slides my parents…
Read MoreTuesday Tip: Google Lens
Google Lens is an app that allows you to interact and learn about the world around you through your phone’s camera. Instead of attempting to describe what you’re seeing to a google search: “tall pointy building, NYC” – you can point your Google Lens at the building, and it will identify the building name for…
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