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Hacking Your WordPress Website Do you have a WordPress website? I’ve recently noticed an uptick in the number of attempts to access our website from random IP addresses from around the globe. I’m pretty confident that our site is secure, but I’ve been wondering how secure YOUR website is. Many times when we set up … Continue reading Keeping your WordPress website safe
Internet Searching Tips: More than once I have been extremely frustrated trying to find something on the internet. Internet searching either gives WAY too much information or info that isn’t relevant. Most of the tips I will share with you I’ve picked up bit by bit. I’m hoping they will help you. Exact Match: When … Continue reading How To: Internet Searching Tips
It’s the end of the year. Here are some Technology Tips of things that you should be doing! Check Your WiFi Speed Are you getting what you’re paying for? First, using your smartphone or on your computer, head over to SpeedTest. Then click on “Begin Test”. Have you signed up for the 10 Mbps plan … Continue reading Year End Technology Tips
Movie Review Sites It’s the holiday season and, in our family, we tend to head to the movies more than any other time of year. Usually it’s the Geek blockbusters that we want to see – the newest Star Wars or Harry Potter or Star Trek. If none of those appeal to us, we head … Continue reading Movie Reviews From Computer Geeks
I got our first GPS way back in 2005. (Way before smartphones and Navigation Apps!) It was the perfect gift for Chris so that he could easily find his way to our customers homes and businesses. In the past ten years, GPS and mobile navigation in general has changed tremendously. Now, Smartphone apps include traffic … Continue reading 5 Navigation Apps To Get You Where You’re Going
Over the last week or so, I’ve been hearing more about “Fake News” websites. I’ve been aware, for a while, of websites that seem more biased, but I hadn’t been aware of websites with actual fake news. An off-shoot of this issue is that these websites sometimes include malware. Several of our customers got a … Continue reading 8 Tips For Determining Fake News Sites
More people will be shopping in the next few weeks with the holiday season coming up. While I always recommend shopping at your local small businesses, not everything is always available there. There are certain ways to shop online which help save your wallet. One thing I’ve recently become aware of is selecting some things … Continue reading 5 Tips for Smart Shopping
Does anyone else wonder if they spend too much time on their phone? Too much time using Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and other social media sites? I know for me there have been times when I have picked up my phone to (gasp!) make a phone call. After I enter my passcode, it opens to the … Continue reading I’m Addicted To My Phone!
Last week, I wrote about the DDoS attack which occurred on October 21st. That attack shut down many websites and apps, especially for users on the East Coast. I recommended that you use a very secure and strong password. Please don’t use one of these most common passwords! How to create a Strong Password: It … Continue reading 3 Tips to Creating a Secure & Strong Password
Last week, many websites and apps were severely compromised, especially on the East Coast. Apps like Twitter, Reddit, Spotify, AirBnB, and Netflix slowed to a crawl or were shut down altogether. A DDoS attack was launched against Dyn, a New Hampshire company that provides DNS routing. What did you just say? DDoS = A “Distributed … Continue reading DDoS? And Why YOU May be to Blame