A smart watch is one of the devices that works in conjunction with your smartphone, and there are two very strong contenders you may want to consider: The Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 and the new Google Pixel Watch, available for sale for the first time on October 13, 2022. The Samsung Galaxy 5 Watch ranges […]
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Tired of using an old-fashioned light timer when you go on vacation? 💡 Wish you could lower your window shades automatically each day at a certain time? 🌅 Wonder what it would be like to unlock your front door from your car? 🔑🚗 If so, you may be ready to bring a little Smart Home
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Although we tend to feature Apple products in our tech tips, we do have some clients that are Android phone users. If you are one of them and considering the purchase of a smart watch, this article written is for you! A smart watch is one of the devices that works in conjunction with your
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Apple Devices: There is an easy-to-use feature called Guided Access on your iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. This feature allows you to lock your device to a single app or a single screen and keeps the device from opening any other apps. (Shout out to those lovable kids who can’t get enough YouTube. 😂) It
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It’s actually fairly simple to create a calendar event from a Google email. Select the email that you want to make an event out of by opening the email. Use the… to open a dropdown menu. Click Create event Create your calendar event as you would any other event. (It will open in Google Calendar
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Even if you think you’ve never used a tab, you probably have. Browser tabs were fashioned after tab top manila folders — the same kind you use in a filing cabinet. Just like tabs allow you to quickly see the topic of the folder, they also enable you to quickly grab that folder out
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A cache is the place where your browser stores images, code, and other files to avoid re-downloading them repeatedly. Your browser would run a lot slower without this feature, because every site you opened would require re-downloading tons of files. The cache stores all of these locally, to save bandwidth and speed up your
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When you have a website you return to often, it is a great idea to make it one of your favorites, also known as a bookmark. A bookmark is a saved pointer to go back to that entire website again. The following tips are for using a Chrome browser. There are two main ways
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How to Extend the Life of Your Computer So you have an older computer and still want to use it? Here are three easy ways to speed up your aging computer. 1.Replace the hard drive. Many older computers have “spinning” hard drives which wear out. Adding a Solid-State Drive with no moving parts will help speed
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In her show, “The Road Ahead,” DHM Founder Laura Moynihan quizzes Mary Coupland of Compass & Clock Magazine, asking her: “Are You Scam Proof?” Topics included scams on email, web browsers, social media, direct messaging, phone, and text. This show appeared on BKAT (Bremerton Cable Access channel), “The Road Ahead” in June 2022. Watch a
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