February 2014: A checkout counter scam that stole credit card information from 40 million shoppers lifted the curtain on a big, nasty, retailer secret: US credit card technology is old! And vulnerable! Here are five things you need to know about skimming and where to leap from here: 1. What happened at Target, exactly? Malware …
February 2014: Inside your iPhone’s operating system are some of the most useful, time-saving, wish-I-knew-that-before functions that will probably change the way you use your phone. They’re fabulous and they’re free. And they’re waiting to be discovered. Here’s our Top 10 List for Frogs who have iPhones: Top 10 Fast, Fabulous Functions for iPhones 10. …
February 2014: Less typing! Less searching! Less management drudgery! Who doesn’t want that? Part Two of Massively Helpful Tips For Outlook includes drag-and-drop techniques to move through tasks faster. Add side-by-side panes and Outlook becomes a task-management dashboard — schedule, assign and send emails like a maestro frog conducting a symphony. Hop on it!: The …
January 2014: Got a cell phone or an email account? Then it’s easy to make your online accounts hundreds of times safer — just add two-factor authentication (2FA). Online powerhouses like Google, Microsoft, Apple Yahoo! and others let you sign up with just a few clicks. Here are the links you need to hop on …
January 2014: Leap into 2014 with a freshly organized digital life so you can streamline your day, find things at a glance, not forget what you’re supposed to do and have more free time. What a super New Year’s resolution! Part One of our Massively Helpful Tips for Microsoft Outlook series explains how you can …
December 2013: Gone are the days when you had to run all over town to get ready for the holidays. No longer must you find a pen and paper. Or search for coupons. Or buy holiday cards. Or even remember which day of Chanukah it is. Why? Because – there’s an app for that! Here …
December 2013: When hackers broke into Adobe’s network a couple of months ago, they stole millions of account holders’ information — talk about a communal leap backwards! On top of that, it turns out that nearly two million of those account holders were using the exact same password: 123456. And the next most popular was …
November 2013: What are the best (and worst) features? iPad Air Great: Lightweight, A7 processor, faster WiFi, stable ecosystem, sleek design, iPad mini version (late November) Not so great: Price, no keyboard with trackpad option, no gold tone as with new iPhone 5S Reviews: CNET, Heavy.com, AnandTech (video), BGR Surface 2 Great: Tablet-laptop combo, keyboard …
November 2013: Got a smartphone attached to your hand? Then you need anti-malware! That lovely little computer is so handy and helpful that it’s easy to forget it’s also a portal into your most sensitive information. Many cybercrooks spend all their waking hours figuring out how to get at people’s data so you need to …
November 2013: You can find out what your old smartphone is worth in just a few clicks. All you do is enter the model and condition and presto! You see what buyers are willing to pay as fast as a frog can hop to the next lily pad. Some buyers want your phone even if …
