Posted on April 6th, 2020 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
The world has gone wild for virtual meetings and Zoom video conferencing is gaining competitors fast. The train is leaving the station. A new Zoom competitor, RingCentral, a leading business communications company, is coming out with a new version in April. Recently, we tried another Zoom alternative — the free UberConference.com, which has nothing to do with Uber, the ride-hailing company. Joy’s women’s club recently chose UberConference for their meetings for two reasons. First, participants don’t have to download anything. Second, some people are annoyed by Zoom’s privacy policy. Zoom collects your phone numbers, email addresses, Facebook profiles, info about your use of Zoom and the device and networks you’re using. They also get info from third parties who know […]
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Posted on July 22nd, 2019 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
Here’s the big reason we get so much junk email. Marketers can see which email we open and respond with an avalanche of new solicitations. If we open email on our phone, as 70 percent of us do, we might even trigger a call. In the jargon it’s called a “read receipt.” Without your knowing, marketers use these to tell which email you open. To combat this, we’ve started using “Edison Mail” whenever we’re on our phones. It works with Yahoo, Gmail, Apple Mail or whatever email service you use, by bringing your mail inside its app. Besides blocking marketers, Edison neatly categorizes any info about package arrivals, bills and flight changes, while also letting you unsubscribe from any email […]
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Posted on October 1st, 2018 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
We remember when personal computers first came out. You could build them yourself if you were savvy. That’s what Michael Dell did way back when. He sold them to other college students and the business went on from there. Now there’s a computer that kids can put together. The “Computer Kit Touch” is $280 from Kano.me. Designed for young children, it has a ten-inch screen. Follow a printed storybook to build a portable, touchscreen computer, and attach a keyboard. From there, kids can make apps, art, and games with simple steps. Included apps are Chromium (a web browser similar to Chrome), YouTube, Libre Office (similar to Microsoft Office) and Google Drive; more are available in the app store, such as […]
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Posted on April 16th, 2018 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
As a special treat for our regular readers, we have nothing to say about Facebook. Meanwhile, back at the ranch … Virtual Reality at the Mall “Virtual Reality” has been over-hyped as a way to experience a movie or game. But it may be about to bring you into the mall. At the Westfield Century City mall in Los Angeles last month, six people at a time were allowed into a special room containing a virtual “Alien Zoo.” Those who made the trip viewing other-worldly animals said the 12-minute journey was something like being inside “Jurassic Park.” Participants, wore goggles and backpacks, fended off aliens and in general had a whopping good extra-terrestrial time. The company that set it up […]
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Posted on October 17th, 2016 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
Topics: Finding your car, looking out for bogus email, sharing your opinions, and Google Now.
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Posted on November 26th, 2009 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
You can get free college lectures at guidetoonlineschools.com/online-classes.
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Posted on November 17th, 2009 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
Lexy.com delivers sports highlights, news updates, science headlines, etc. to your phone.
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Posted on August 24th, 2008 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
We wrote about BlogTalkRadio when it started two years ago. Anyone and every one can host their own radio show for free, simply by registering at the web site: BlogTalkRadio.com.
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Posted on March 9th, 2007 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
We’re big fans of “Wait, Wait … Don’t Tell Me,” the radio show from National Public Radio. But we often forget to turn it on. Solution: Record the podcast from the Internet.
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Posted on February 18th, 2007 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
The “Podcasting Bible,” by Steve Mack and Mitsch Ratcliffe (Wiley, $34.99, available at www.wiley.com.
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