5 Handy Apps To Help You Manage The Holidays

DECEMBER 2012: Apps make almost everything easier and more convenient….so why not your holiday tasks, too? Here are five of our favorite apps to help you leap over the chaos and into the really fun part of the holidays:   1) Find the cheapest price: ShopSavvy 6 (Free. Android, iPhone/iPad, Windows.) You found it! The …

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3 In-Person Data Theft Scams Some Frogs Fall For — Would You?

DECEMBER 2012: We hear about online and email scams all the time, but what about scams that involve a living, breathing person trying to get your information? Can you spot a scammer when you see one? Even tech-savvy frogs like you can fall victim to clever “social engineering” schemes that seem innocent. Here are three …

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Share Files and Edit In Real-Time: Microsoft SkyDrive, Google Drive and Zoho

DECEMBER 2012: If you’re still emailing updated files between frogs working on the same project, you’re missing out on one of the most time-saving advancements of cloud computing. Online editors allow you to easily create, share and store your word processing documents, spreadsheets, presentations and other file types using cloud-based software. As soon as you …

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Holiday sHOPping? Here Are 8 Awesome & Affordable Tech Gifts

NOVEMBER 2012:  Nothing says Happy Holidays like tech gifts that help people you love become more productive! The faster they (or you) can get “it” done, the more time everyone has for fun! So we hopped around to find some of the most useful, unusual, affordable and smile-producing tech-related gifts in the entire pond. Check …

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Cloud Backup For Your Home Computer: 7 Safe and Convenient Options

NOVEMBER 2012:  If you don’t have a great backup plan for the data on your home computer, we’ve got you covered! Here are seven top-rated cloud providers with security features that make us frogs jump with joy. All are also reasonably priced (or free), work automatically behind the scenes and backup both PCs and Macs. …

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Ever Seen A Flashmob of Giving? How Tech Is Powering A One-Day Blitz

NOVEMBER 2012:  Say good-bye to telethons and hello to a tech-driven, streamlined, easy-to-use, momentous day of generosity. It’s called Georgia Gives Day and it’s the first time that nonprofits across the state have attempted such a mammoth one-day effort. The goal? Raise as much money as possible for Georgia nonprofits in a 24-hour period. The …

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Ready for a New Computer? How To Wipe Your Old Hard Drive

OCTOBER 2012:  Hooray, you have a new computer! But now comes the flip side: getting your information off the old one. Just deleting the files won’t work because when you delete a file, the information is really still there, just waiting to be overwritten by other files. So regardless of whether you’ll sell your old …

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Anatomy Of A Hack: How A Simple Trick Destroyed A Digital Life (And How You Can Stay Clear)

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 …

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