Can you build a WiFi iPhone?

May 8, 2015

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Yes.  What services did I want? Instant messaging (Didn’t work.) Email Search Monitor stocks Get and make Skype calls Google Now (Yes, on my iPhone. SIRI didn’t work.) Word processing Watch movies and TV shows What services did I get? Everything on  these 2  iPhone 4 screens, so far. This gives new life to your or […]

Low cost Phones and tablets

April 16, 2015

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Ever since KitKat, or to the rest of us, android 4.4, lower cost android phones and tablets are on the market. 4.4 works with devices with as little as 512MB of RAM. This opened the market for budget devices without sacrificing performance. For instance, there is little difference to the user between a $100 LG […]

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Android security apps

March 23, 2014

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Do you need these apps, not according to Google. But, if you want to have a more secure phone here are some suggestions.  The following scored highly in a recent head to head comparison by AV-Test. Avira\’s Free Android Security 3.0; Bitdefender\’s Mobile Security 2.6; G Data\’s Internet Security 25.0; Kingsoft\’s Mobile Security 3.3; The […]

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Smartphone privacy

February 14, 2014

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You probably won’t need to protect yourself from the police, but you don’t want to loose your phone and all the information in it. Learn how your system backs-up everything.  It could give information to the wrong people. Check out this article on privacy.  Keep your business and personal communication separate. Smartphones track wherever we go, what we […]

Love their cellphones. Why?

February 13, 2014

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Why are so many of my friends satisfied with their cellphones? They leave the cellphone at home. Or, forget to charge it. Still use a paper copy of essential phone numbers and are constantly asking me to find the last call they received. They watch at dinner while I ask Google the definition of a word […]

Seniors and mobile

February 8, 2014

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It’s no surprise that with such a concentration in cellphone ownership (61%), seniors don’t ordinarily use the internet.  Seniors haven’t been able, or maybe aren’t interested, in the internet and its many advantages for information savvy people. Cellphones present an almost insurmountable  set of problems for seniors wanting to watch a video, shop, access medical information, contact […]

iPad Tip ~ How to Manage App Privacies

November 29, 2013

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Originally posted on Cperky's Blog:
Anytime an app requests data not included in the app (i.e., a photo-editing app that requests your photo data so it can edit the photo), a toggle is created in the new Privacy section of Settings. If for any reason you want to continue using the app, but you…

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Low-cost android phones

November 18, 2013

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Ever since KiKat , or to the rest of us, android 4.4, lower cost android priced phones are on the market. 4.4 works with devices with as little as 512MB of RAM. This opened the market for budget devices without sacrificing performance. For instance, there is little difference between a $100 LG phone (4.4) and […]

Today’s workplace, now

November 14, 2013

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Originally posted on MyPersonalTablet:
English: Industrial programmer’s workplace (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The workplace you know won’t pay the bills over the next decade. Ali Velshi, Daniel Debow and Ben Garlinghouse talk about changes that happened while you worked. Why listen to them? They work in successful new era workplaces. They describe what we need to know. What…

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Gifts for seniors

November 2, 2013

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Last year this time I was asked to make a presentation for senors at a community center about electronic gift suggestions for seniors.  So this year I thought I’d put something on my blog along those lines.   Surely someone organize gifts to give to seniors. I’ll check with them.  In the Twin Cities (Minnesota) […]