When it comes to voice-operated, personal assistants, more and more of us are adding them to our homes. There's a number of options to choose from including Amazon's Alexa, Google's Home Nest and Apple's Home Pod. If your home is like ours, you might have more than just one brand. Over a number of posts, …
Month: January 2021
Speed Is A Great Asset…
Whether you use a smartwatch, smart TV, smartphone, tablet or computer, in today's world of intense graphics, speed is of utmost importance. When it comes to any of these computing devices, there are two types of speeds: the speed of the machine itself and the speed of the Internet connection. In this post, we're going …
Delete Now!
In my final Question of the Week email, I addressed the issue of saving passwords in a browser. Is that safe to do? I explained that I used to say "Yes." to that question but that answer is no longer correct. Why have I changed my mind? Because I recently attended several webinars conducted by …
Why You Need More Than One
Granted, you don't need as many browsers as I have but you definitely should have more than one and, in particular, you might make sure you have an extra browser that isn't based on Chromium. Currently, the only popular browser used on a Windows machine that is not based on Chromium is Firefox (FF). (On …
Amazon Pay
As you probably know, for our Online Shop (see the menu at the top or the bottom of this page) and for the purchase of Remote Technical Support, training, service calls and/or new computers, we accept MasterCard, Visa, Discover and American Express. You probably don't know this but we're going to be expanding the products …
Now, It’s Their Turn
I've mentioned our email-handling company and/or their web push feature in the following posts: Get Notified - A New WayA New Page...The Importance of Being JunkOutgoing Email Locked? Now, it's their turn to mention our 4KCC Blog. Have a look at these two posts and see if you can find where we are highlighted: Web …
Outgoing Email Locked?
In my post titled "The Importance of Being Junk," I mentioned that we use the email-handling program called AWeber. I want to tell you about this program and explain why you might want to use it, too. Granted, this won't apply to everyone who reads my blog but if you happen to be in one …
The Importance of Being Junk
Although today's post heading might sound a little like the play title by Oscar Wilde, the resemblance is just a coincidence. Okay, you caught me. It's not by accident that the post's title sounds eerily like Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest. I created it on purpose to get your attention. "What is this post …
Our Most Popular Brochures
Because of the pandemic, we haven't had any in-person seminars. These training sessions are one place where I often hand-out computing-related brochures. I also distribute them when I speak at local organizations but that hasn't been happening either. Of course, not everyone could attend these functions even if we were holding them. With that in …