I want to share five important videos from our YouTube Channel. I realize this post will sound self-promoting but I promise you, it's based on what we are seeing in Remote and hearing over the phone. Why Do I Have A YouTube Channel? There are a number of reasons I have a YouTube Channel. At …
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Ten Internet Terms You May Or May Not Know
Let's look at ten Internet terms you may or may not know. I mean, it's difficult to naviagate a place when you don't speak the language, right? Let's look at some words first then we'll look at some acronyms. Words Hashtag - A hashtag is any word that has a pound sign (#) in front …
Talk To The Stars
Have you ever wanted to talk to the stars? No, not the ones high up in the sky. I mean those who people consider stars a.k.a. celebrities. Did you know, thanks to the Internet, you can do just that? Cameo If you visit the App Store or the Google Play Store, search for the app …
5 Important Blog Posts
Today, I want to share 5 important blog posts from the 579 I've published thus far. You might wonder why I would do this. Simple. A new reader of my blog asked me, "John, I don't have time to read all the posts I've missed. Which posts would you say are most important?" We have …
Check Your Facebook Security
Whether you're new to Facebook or have been on the platform since the beginning, it's time to check your Facebook security. Because of the large number of users (2.8 billion), Facebook is a hacker's playground. (They love to make fake accounts as we talked about in my post, Fake Facebook Account.) Checking your security will …
Should You Use Venmo To Make Payments?
You Should Know What It Is Before You Decide If You Should Use Venmo To Make Payments Venmo is an app you can use to send and receive money to/from family and friends and even some companies. Venmo is a PayPal product which is extremely easy to use. As you can see in the picture …
What In The World Are YouTube #Shorts ?
During the presidency of Donald Trump, you heard a lot about TikTok - the little app that allows people to create brief (15-second) videos with music, sound and video effects, filters, text and more. "Shorts" is YouTube's response to TikTok. For most, these videos are entertainment - people showing themselves dancing, lip-syncing or just doing …
Do Not Post Your COVID-19 Vaccination Card!
All during the pandemic, I've been posting about COVID-19-related scams. (See HERE.) Now that more and more people are getting vaccinated, another scam pops up. In their excitement to share that they have reached the light at the end of the tunnel, people have been posting pictures of their completed vaccination cards. Of course, scammers …
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6 Social Media Practices That Will Make You Happier
Introduction I want to share 6 Social Media practices that will make you happier. Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, TikTok, Snapchat, KIK...the list of Social Media platforms goes on and on. Like almost everything in life, there's a positive and negative side to being on one of these platforms. Let's look at some of them: Positive …
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Sometimes They Do Get Caught
Do you remember when I posted this picture last July 21st? If you read the post from that day, "What A Motely Crew!", you know that all of these famous people had their Twitter accounts hacked. The person behind the intrusion scammed people around the world out of more than $100,000 in Bitcoin. That was …
A Placeholder Doesn’t Cut It
Seriously, I get it. You don't like to have your picture taken! You don't think you look good in your pictures! You look old! You're over or under weight and you don't want to share that fact with anyone by posting your photo! I really do understand. You have no idea what a mental fight …
Will The Real FBI Email Please Stand Up!
https://youtu.be/B57ZGG9R7KY?t=968 In the video above, Melvin Purvis - the FBI Special Agent in charge of the Chicago bureau when John Dillinger was killed - tried to stump the To Tell The Truth panel. This is pretty interesting and you might want to watch it after you've finished reading this post! But first... Here are two …
Fact-Checking Is Important!
Recently, a Facebook friend of mine posted a message she had copied from someone else. Here is the message: "I understand that some of us differ in our beliefs regarding COVID19. I also understand that many people will be downloading the COVID19 app. However, if I am one of your "contacts" and you intend on …
Deceased Friend Friended Me
You might be familiar with the recently canceled TV show "God Friended Me." If not, it was a show where the leading man (Miles Finer), an atheist podcaster, is friended on Facebook by someone called "God." He would receive other friend suggestions from the account and he and his friends would investigate the suggestions and …
Pinterest Interest
In my July 14, 2020 post, Does Pinterest Interest You?, I asked post readers to answer some survey questions about the Social Media platform. As you can see from the two pie charts above, the majority of our readers are NOT using Pinterest and most people would definitely want to watch a 4KCC video while …
What A Motley Crew!
Do you recognize the five people in the photo above? Besides being in the public eye on a consistent basis (celebrities?), do you know what else they have in common? All five of them (Elon Musk, Kim Kardashian West, Jeff Bezos, Joe Biden and Bill Gates) had their Twitter accounts hacked last week. They were …
Does Pinterest Interest You?
A few people have asked me about Pinterest. (The picture above was taken from one of my boards in Pinterest.) This post is to find out if there's any interest by my readers for me to create a video or hold an online webinar. Would you be kind enough to take 3 minutes and answer …
#Hashtag
In my post entitled "Safer Internet," I used what we refer to as a "hashtag." In the days before personal computers, this symbol was usually called the "pound sign." In this day of Social Media, the hashtag is an important search tool. Often, on Social Media sites, we search for people. However, many times we'd …
Safer Internet
Today (Tuesday, February 11, 2020) is #SaferInternetDay! This is a world-wide effort to keep kids safe online while they take advantage of all the Internet has to offer. The umbrella platform for this can be found at https://www.saferinternetday.org/. Once you arrive at this page, if you want to see what an individual country is doing …
InstaFun!
When it comes to Social Media, Instagram has become my #1 go-to app. Do you have it yet? While you can use Instagram on a computer, it really works best as an app on your smartphone and/or tablet. Why should you be using Instagram? You can see beautiful pictures from all over the world: You …
If you've ever gotten a direct email from my business account, you've seen what's pictured above as part of my signature. While everyone pretty much knows about Facebook, a number of people have asked me about LinkedIn. They want to know what it is and should they be on it? Like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc., …
Bahamian Alert
An attempt to appeal to your willingness to help others. Warning! It occurs after every natural disaster. Whether it's a hurricane, earthquake, tornado, volcano eruption, mud slide or major flood, you can count on it happening. There will be crooks who will attempt to use Social Engineering and appeal to your willingness to help others. …
Crisis Response
Although Social Media can sometimes take on a very negative, if not nasty, role in our lives, the various platforms often offer assistance during a tragedy or natural disaster. Many times, we can get messages through on Social Media when there is no other form of communication available. As an example, those of us in …
FB – BD
I recently celebrated a birthday and I received a ton of birthday wishes on Facebook. It's fun having these greetings and I like to do the same for others. Unfortunately, I'm not always in Facebook and I sometimes miss birthdays which I'd really like to acknowledge. Does this happen to you, too? Here's the good …
Game Over – Instagram
Back on November 18, 2018, I wrote the post "R.I.P. Facebook." I explained how I got birthday notices from Facebook for five people that day but two of them were deceased. I shared a Facebook link which explains how to use the settings to allow someone to take care of your Facebook account after you …
Don’t Use My Photos!
Here is something that people are seeing posted in Facebook and Instagram. (In Instagram, the word "Facebook" is replaced by "Instagram." Don’t forget tomorrow starts the new Facebook rule where they can use your photos. Don’t forget Deadline today!!! It can be used in court cases in litigation against you. Everything you’ve ever posted becomes …
Feature/Favor
Today, we're introducing another new feature on our blog. In the right-hand column, where you see things like "Recent Posts," "Recent Comments," and "Subscribe To Blog Via Email," we now have "Upcoming Events." Here you'll see a list of seminars and webinars and other events when we schedule them. We're adding this feature because people …
I Got The T-Shirt!
Yesterday, the world came crashing down for those addicted to Facebook and/or Instagram. The apps, both part of the Facebook Social Media family, stopped working correctly. The outage affected people differently. For instance, I didn't have any problems logging into either platform but I couldn't "Like" any posts and I couldn't comment. As soon as …
A Social Media Pitfall
Social Media - it has its positive impact on people's lives everyday. There's an opportunity to interact with people from all corners of the globe without leaving your home or office. You can see sights you might never see in person, you can learn of other cultures and you can form friendships with people you …
Caveat emptor
You didn't have to take four years of Latin like I did to know that "Caveat emptor" means, in English, "Let the buyer beware." It's a phrase we've heard for years and years and it's always been an important precept for making purchases. One of the many advantages of the Internet is that people are …