Technology
Top Ways To Protect Yourself From Online And Phone Scams
If you believe you are too astute or clever to fall for online or phone scams, think again. There are too many sophisticated and well-crafted ways to target you without your knowledge or understanding until after it happens. How do online and phone scams work? In a nutshell, all scams are con games to steal
The Awesome Power of YouTube
For people of any age, YouTube offers an astonishing collection of video clips to watch online for free – no subscription necessary. With billions of viewers in over 60 languages, it is one of the most popular sites on the web. Founded in 2005 and owned by Google, YouTube provides a forum for people throughout
How to Stop Spam Calls
Unwanted phone calls and text messages continue to surge, no matter what efforts lawmakers and regulators take to curb them. In the first four months of this year, call-blocking service YouMail reports, more than 12 billion robocalls were made to American homes. That’s about 4 million every hour, and a steady increase from last year.
Smartphone Apps: Privacy vs. Data Sharing
Many smartphone apps are designed to streamline our lives and track data for us. But what else is happening with that data? It can be great to have apps that track out workouts, shopping lists, weight loss progress, and more—but what does that mean for our privacy? Before you download any app—and especially one that
All About Pinterest
Pinterest (https://www.pinterest.com) is a highly popular social media site that is all about images. It consists of a collection of “pinboards or Pins” that individuals and businesss alike use to share their interests, including self-help tips, inspirational quotes, ideas about clothing, furniture, recipes, how to do projects, ads on what and where to buy, and
Social Media: Like or Dislike
As humans, we are innately hardwired to connect with other people. For hundreds of thousands of years, our method of human contact was primarily face-to-face interaction. With the advent of smartphones, computers, laptops, iPads, and other technologies, we have exponentially moved away from in-person communication into the digital world of social media. What is social
How to Protect Against Being Hacked
People, not computers, create computer threats. Computer predators victimize others for their own gain. Give a predator access to the Internet — and to your PC — and the threat they pose to your security increases exponentially. Computer hackers are unauthorized users who break into computer systems in order to steal, change or destroy information,
Today’s World of Text Messaging
For long distance communication with family and friends, many older adults still prefer the good old fashion phone and email to text messaging. However, this is not the case for the younger generations. Studies show that most millennials (individuals born after 1980) prefer text messaging over emailing or speaking on the phone. In addition, more
The Importance of Email Etiquette
Over the years, the use of emails for either business or personal communication has become a common practice. Nowadays, emails are used more than any other mode of communication in business. Whether a formal communication or simple chat, be careful when you write an email. Without the nonverbal cues, it is easy for people to
What Is The Dark Web?
The dark web is a part of the internet that isn’t indexed by search engines. You’ve no doubt heard talk of the “dark web” as a hotbed of criminal activity — and it is. Researchers Daniel Moore and Thomas Rid of King’s College in London classified the contents of 2,723 live dark web sites over a five-week period