SouthEast Valley Friends in Tech
Typing in your Wi-Fi details on new smartphones and tablets (and on your guests’ phones) can be a total hassle, especially if you have a long complex password. Make life a little simpler for yourself by turning your Wi-Fi password into a handy Wi-Fi QR code, so that anyone can log into your wireless network without bugging you. Views: 1 […]
Read moreFacebook has a data addiction—it can’t help itself. The social media giant’s entire business model is built around collecting, processing, and then monetizing our personal information. Facebook seemingly can’t contemplate user information that crosses its path which it doesn’t harvest and add to its data vault. And while its privacy settings are materially better than they were, there remain frightening gaps. […]
Read moreWindows 10 includes a nice selection of default wallpapers, but it’s easy to lose track of them if you decide to use custom wallpaper. If you’d like to use the default images again, here’s how to find and use them. Views: 0 (more…)
Read moreThirty years ago this month, Microsoft released Windows 3.0, a graphical environment that represented a dramatic leap over its predecessors in terms of capability and popularity. Here’s what made Windows 3.0 special. Views: 0 (more…)
Read moreTrying to unlock your iPhone using Face ID while wearing a face mask is an exercise in frustration. Face ID requires your eyes, nose, and mouth to be visible in order for it to work. Meaning, it won’t work with any type of facial covering. Currently, you either have to let Face ID fail a couple of times before being […]
Read moreUsing DNS over HTTPS (DoH) can make your web browsing more secure by hiding the websites your computer is accessing from outsiders. We’ve covered turning on DoH in your browser, but the newest Windows Insider update adds a system-level DoH setting to Windows 10. It’s incredibly handy. Turning on Windows 10’s system-level DoH will enable DNS over HTTPS for all browsers […]
Read moreDon’t want to stick with Mac, Windows or other paid operating systems and want to try something new? You may be a person who likes to try out different operating systems or you just want to try out an operating system because your friends are using it. Well you can find many operating systems online that are fast and feature […]
Read moreCHANCES ARE YOU’RE one of the 1.5 billion or so people using Gmail, but many of us just dive in and out of our inboxes without taking time to explore some of its extra features and functions—some of which are designed to make us safer and protect our privacy. Under the hood, Gmail has a number of options and features to make us […]
Read moreCopy, cut, and paste are three basic operations that every Windows user should know by heart. The concepts behind them apply to nearly every application you’ll ever use. Here’s how they work. Views: 1 (more…)
Read moreYou look at your iPhone and wait for Face ID to recognize you and unlock the phone. Instead, you get a digital head shake. It’s your own fault, but it’s easy forget you’re wearing a face mask to protect yourself and others from the spread of COVID-19. Now, Apple’s promised mini fix is live with iOS 13.5. Not a fix: Apple did not […]
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