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How to use ‘Child Accounts’ with Windows to keep your kids safe online

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mother-and-childAs you probably know, the Internet is a massive repository of information, useful tools and services that can help children learn and mature.

But there is also a downside to the web: It also has a wide variety of potentially harmful content and services that are easily accessible by youngsters.

There are a number of good child safety apps that you can install on your family’s computers, but if they are running either Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 you don’t have to install anything extra in order to protect your kids from the darker corners of the web.  [Read more…]

Wikipedia just a got a lot easier to use thanks to ‘Page Previews’

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Wikipedia is the world’s most popular online encyclopedia, and I use it fairly often when I’m looking for a quick overview of some topic.

If you use Wikipedia as well you’ve probably noticed that most of the articles on there contain quite a few links.

In fact, longer articles typically have dozens of them!

One of the most frustrating things about reading a Wikipedia article is having to click on all those links just to learn the context of the linked term.

Reading a Wikipedia article usually goes something like this:  [Read more…]

Q&A: How do I switch from the desktop site to the mobile site on Twitter?

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twitter-logoQuestion from Neilen G.:  I have a fairly small 11.6 inch laptop that I carry with me when I travel (and I travel frequently for work). I’ve found that it’s the perfect size to use when I’m on a plane.

Unfortunately, I also have an issue with my vision. Nothing major, but it’s bad enough to cause problems for me at times.

I usually don’t have a problem reading the screen when I’m using Twitter, but sometimes at night when my eyes are tired I find it hard to make out some of the text.

I tried typing Ctrl+ to make the text bigger but it ended up pushing some of the content off the sides of the screen.

I read somewhere that switching to the mobile Twitter site when my eyes are tired will make the text easier to read, but it didn’t give instructions for making the switch.

I guess my question is can you tell me how to switch to the Twitter mobile site on my laptop (and how to switch back when I need to)?

Rick’s answer:  [Read more…]

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