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How to enable Two Factor Authentication for your Google account

Posted on February 13, 2019

If you use any of Google’s services such as Gmail, YouTube, Adwords, etc., you surely realize how important it is to protect your Google account from hackers.

You also probably know by now that one of the best ways to secure any online account these days is to enable Two Factor Authentication, an extra security measure that requires anyone trying to log into your account to have physical access to your mobile phone in order to do so.

In a nutshell, if they don’t have your mobile phone in their hand, they cannot log in to your account – even if they know your password!

It’s very easy to enable Two-Factor Authentication on your Google account. Just follow the steps below: [Read more…]

Is an outdated cable modem is slowing down your Internet connection?

Posted on February 12, 2019

Comcast, Time Warner and other cable Internet providers periodically raise the guaranteed download and upload speeds for their various Internet service tiers in order to remain competitive in the marketplace.

And when they do, they usually email their customers to let them know they’ve received a bump in their connection speeds.

When necessary, they’ll also let the customers know that they’ll need to order a new updated modem in order to actually take advantage of the faster data transmission speeds provided by their plan.

The problem is, many customers either don’t receive the notification emails about the needed modem upgrades or the emails get lost in their junk folder.

As a result, those customers often continue using their old, outdated modems because they don’t know they’re supposed to request a new one. [Read more…]

How to email multiple files as a single attachment

Posted on February 11, 2019

Have you ever had to email a bunch of photos or other files to someone else?

If so, you probably had to send all of those files as attachments in a series of several different emails.

Luckily, there’s an easy way to email lots of files as one single attachment.

All you have to do is place all of the files you wish to send into a compressed ‘zipped’ folder. Here’s how to create a zipped (compressed) folder: [Read more…]

How to keep from losing lengthy form data if your browser crashes before you can submit the form

Posted on February 10, 2019

Have you ever typed a lengthy email, blog post or other type of form entry, only to lose what you had written because your browser crashed, you clicked the wrong button or the web page timed out?

I sure have, and I can tell you that it’s no fun having to re-type everything!

Luckily, there’s a fast and easy way to prevent this from happening to you:

Simply copy the contents of the text box to your Windows Clipboard before you click “Send”, “Post” or whatever button you need to click to complete the action at hand. Here’s how: [Read more…]