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OCTOBER 2012: Unless you’ve been hiding under a lily pad lately, you probably know that Apple’s new Maps app has been sending people to very wrong places. Maps is a key feature of Apple’s new mobile operating system, iOS6, which comes on the new iPhone 5 and is available now for most Apple mobile devices. …
SEPTEMBER 2012: There’s a very human aspect to cyber crime. It’s not just automated phishing scams and malware. Check out how some old-school con artistry, aka social engineering, wiped out a savvy tech’s digital life by using some of the world’s most popular online entities: Apple, Amazon.com, Google and Twitter. Then hop on our five …
SEPTEMBER 2012: While you might get more done if you couldn’t hop on your favorite social network, chances are you want to stay connected to your fellow frogs, on your favorite social networks, so be aware of the rules! Simply by using Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and other platforms, you have agreed to their terms. Which …
SEPTEMBER 2012: How cool is it to be doing something on your tablet, realize you need to make a call, and then make that call without pulling out your phone? If you’re not using your iPad or Android tablet to make phone calls, you’re missing out! Here’s how to lighten up on gadgets and save …
AUGUST 2012: No business wants anything to go wrong with its IT system — hopping along at a continuous, productive and profitable pace is definitely the way to go! But our world is imperfect. The power goes out. The Internet goes down. Things break. Storms roll in. Not to mention it’s a frog-eat-frog world out …
AUGUST 2012: Do you want quicker resolutions to your computer problems? Start paying attention now! Whenever anything weird happens with your computer, jot it down in a quick note. Keep all these notes in one place and, voila!, you’ve created a computer problem log. Keeping a problem log is an incredibly useful way to figure …
AUGUST 2012: Are you thinking of giving up your landline but like your comfy handset? Do you walk around the house with a Bluetooth device sticking out of your ear? Would you like to answer your cell phone without having to carry it around in your pocket? Then leap on this convenient technology whose time …
AUGUST 2012: USB flash drives (or thumb drives) have never been the pinnacle of security but the problem is getting worse for tech-loving frogs worldwide. New and clever malware code is circumventing the usual routes to get at your data. This means each time you pop a drive into your USB port, you could be …
JULY 2012: Just when you thought Apple’s iPad might be the biggest frog in the full-featured tablet pond, in hops Microsoft with its very own tablet called Surface. Rather than working with PC manufacturing partners like it usually does, the software giant is leaping into the hardware business and introducing two versions of its new Surface tablet. …
JULY 2012: There’s a growing trend called Shadow IT — it sounds ominous, and it can be for some companies. Gartner, the top IT research and advisory firm, warns about companies neglecting to change with the times, and some IT security experts are deeply concerned about slippery slopes and points of no return. Should your …
