Category: Technology

  • Google Chrome Extensions – Do and Don’ts

    Chrome
    Carefully choose your extensions

    Chrome is probably the most popular browser on the market.  As a result, it is also the target of many hackers and those who would like to do malicious harm.

    In a nut shell:

    • Do you homework.  Seek out what others are saying.
    • Only use Chrome extensions that are available on the Chrome Web Store https://chrome.google.com/webstore .  Most are free, some have a cost.
    • Many extensions are old or done by individuals and small companies without proper beta testing.  Although Google scans all extensions for malware and hidden code, you as a consumer still need to be cautious. [1]
    • When in doubt, remove that extensions asap by going to chrome://extensions in your Chrome Browser.

    References

    1. Chromium Blog, October 1, 2018 – Trustworthy Chrome Extensions, by default

  • Outlook 365: Multiple Emails in Search Results

    EmailPossible Solution

    Within Outlook:

    • File -> Account Settings
    • Select tab Account Settings
    • Select tab Data Files

    If you have duplicate paths to the same PST file, this may be your problem.

    Delete the paths NOT marked as current with the Black Check Mark.

    Comment below if this solution has worked for you.




  • Google Beacons

    Lighthouse
    Beacons may help direct customers to your location.

    Gosh, another buzzword from the Internet that I need to know about.

    If you are a business that uses a specific location that you wish your customers knew about, you do indeed need to know about “Beacons“.

    Beacons are the process by which you can share your location to other Internet and cell phone users.  Advertisers may want to display coupons when users are near their restaurant.

    Learn more about Beacons directory from Google.

    References:

    1. Getting started with Beacons

  • Saving Web Pages for Future Reference

    The Interest Archive (aka The Wayback Machine) – Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.

    Archive.Today – A time capsule for web pages!  It takes a ‘snapshot’ of a webpage that will always be online even if the original page disappears.  It saves a text and a graphical copy of the page for better accuracy and provides a short and reliable link to an unalterable record of any web page. This can be useful if you want to take a ‘snapshot’ a page which could change soon: price list, job offer, real estate listing, drunk blog post, etc. Saved pages will have no active elements and no scripts, so they keep you safe as they cannot have any popups or malware!

    SnagIt by TechSmith – Image & Video Capture: Capture anything – a small region of your screen, wide panoramic scrolls, infinitely scrolling webpages, and more.  Saves it locally on your computer as a graphic file.

    Libraries of Historical Web Information

    Archive-It – The leading web archiving service for collecting and accessing cultural heritage on the web

    Search Engine Showdown – Leads for finding other sources of historical web information.




  • Zamzar.com – Free Online File Conversion

    TechnologyA great site for those folks to get frustrated with files they can’t open or need to send to friends in different formats.  Visit Zamzar.com for instructions.  No software to download or install and this can be done anywhere you have an Internet connection.