Judy Novotny – Daves Computer Tips https://davescomputertips.com Computer Help, Tips, How-to's, and News Sun, 12 Feb 2017 15:37:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 How to Set Up Acquaintances in Facebook https://davescomputertips.com/how-to-set-up-acquaintances-in-facebook/ https://davescomputertips.com/how-to-set-up-acquaintances-in-facebook/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2017 22:01:27 +0000 https://davescomputertips.com/?p=68515 With the Presidential election finally over, I had hoped that my Facebook News Feed would become a kinder, gentler News Feed again but that was apparently a pipe dream. The election is over people. For those of you who voted for President Trump, good for you. You can stop being sarcastic and high and mighty now. For those of you whose candidate didn’t win, what’s done is done. Just move on.

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]]> https://davescomputertips.com/how-to-set-up-acquaintances-in-facebook/feed/ 1 DDoS Attack: How To Identify Vulnerable Devices https://davescomputertips.com/ddos-attack-how-to-identify-vulnerable-devices/ https://davescomputertips.com/ddos-attack-how-to-identify-vulnerable-devices/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2016 01:41:24 +0000 https://davescomputertips.com/?p=65808 On October 21st, a massive Cyber-Attack impacted major websites such as Airbnb, Etsy, Netflix, Reddit, Spotify and Twitter. The nature of the attack is part of a growing trend of Dedicated Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks that utilize infected Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Examples of IoT devices are security cameras and DVRs. For more information on DDoS attacks and IoT, see two recent DCT…

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]]> https://davescomputertips.com/ddos-attack-how-to-identify-vulnerable-devices/feed/ 2 How To Block Political Posts In Facebook https://davescomputertips.com/how-to-block-political-posts-in-facebook/ https://davescomputertips.com/how-to-block-political-posts-in-facebook/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2016 05:07:23 +0000 https://davescomputertips.com/?p=65360 Donald Trump. Hillary Clinton. At this point, I just want the election to be over. The campaigning is so negative. My Facebook Timeline has become littered with anti-Trump and anti-Clinton rhetoric, some of it not close to reality. The posts don’t tell why I should vote for their candidate but instead, why I shouldn’t vote for their opponent. I find it all so tiresome. I was actually to the point…

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]]> https://davescomputertips.com/how-to-block-political-posts-in-facebook/feed/ 2 iOS 10 – How to Get Rid of ‘Press home to unlock’ https://davescomputertips.com/ios-10-how-to-get-rid-of-press-home-to-unlock/ Thu, 22 Sep 2016 10:50:36 +0000 https://davescomputertips.com/?p=64871 While there is much to like about iOS 10, the most annoying feature for me has been the ‘Press home to unlock’ feature. Back in the good old days (iOS 9), you just rested your finger over the Home button. This would unlock your device and seamlessly take you past the Passcode screen if you had Touch ID enabled. With iOS 10, you have to press the Home button and then use Touch ID or use your…

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]]> How to Tell Alexa Where Home Is https://davescomputertips.com/how-to-tell-alexa-where-home-is/ Tue, 13 Sep 2016 08:19:31 +0000 https://davescomputertips.com/?p=64670 I recently wrote about having to change my home address on my iPhone. Yesterday, I asked my Amazon Echo, whose voice control system is named Alexa, for the weather forecast. Lo and behold, Alexa gave me the weather for our prior home. I had to let Alexa know that we moved. Like changing my home address on my iPhone, this was pretty easy. STEP 1: Open the Alexa app on your mobile device STEP…

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]]> How to Tell Your iPhone Where Home Is https://davescomputertips.com/how-to-tell-your-iphone-where-home-is/ Thu, 01 Sep 2016 05:05:52 +0000 https://davescomputertips.com/?p=64404 One of the features that I like about my iPhone’s Notification Center (found by swiping down on the iPhone screen) is the Today view. We recently moved about 15 miles to our new home. One afternoon, I was looking at the Today view. I was surprised when I read that it would take me about 25 minutes to drive home since I was already home. I never told my iPhone that I moved so it kept thinking I was…

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]]> 10 New Features Coming in iOS 10 https://davescomputertips.com/10-new-features-coming-in-ios-10/ https://davescomputertips.com/10-new-features-coming-in-ios-10/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2016 05:05:07 +0000 https://davescomputertips.com/?p=62556 At this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), Apple revealed ten new or improved features that are coming to iOS 10. The lock screen in iOS 10 has been redesigned to allow for rich notifications and the ability to quickly interact with apps. You can take action from the notification that will take you into the app while still staying on the lock screen. The best iOS 10 feature…

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]]> https://davescomputertips.com/10-new-features-coming-in-ios-10/feed/ 2 Apple Goes Smaller with iPhone SE, New iPad Pro https://davescomputertips.com/apple-goes-smaller-with-iphone-se-new-ipad-pro/ Fri, 25 Mar 2016 05:20:25 +0000 https://davescomputertips.com/?p=59156 At the Apple event on March 21st, Apple announced a smaller iPhone as well as a smaller iPad Pro. Nothing too shocking since these were the widespread rumors prior to the event. After seeming somewhat reluctant to release a bigger iPhone, Apple finally did so in 2014 when it released the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. Gone was the 4″ display of the iPhone 5 in favor of a 4.7″

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]]> Macs Infected with Ransomware https://davescomputertips.com/macs-infected-with-ransomware/ Tue, 08 Mar 2016 05:09:22 +0000 Ransomware has come to the OS X world. Typically focused in the PC world, Palo Alto recently discovered that the Transmission BitTorrent installer for OS X was infected with ransomware they have named “KeRanger”. The only other previously identified ransomware for OS X was FileCoder. It was discovered by Kaspersky Lab in 2014 but was incomplete at its time of discovery. This makes KeRanger the…

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]]> See Your Important Tweets First with Twitter’s New Feature https://davescomputertips.com/see-your-important-tweets-first-with-twitters-new-feature/ Fri, 12 Feb 2016 22:43:37 +0000 On Twitter’s blog, Senior Engineering Manager Mike Jahr announced a new Twitter feature. It is billed as a feature that “helps you catch up on the best Tweets from people you follow.” Using an algorithm, Twitter will determine which tweets it thinks you will find most interesting since your last visit or ‘while you were away.’ Those tweets will appear first in your timeline, under a ‘While You…

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]]> Amazon Prime Video Subscriptions Explained https://davescomputertips.com/amazon-prime-video-subscriptions-another-way-to-cut-the-cord/ https://davescomputertips.com/amazon-prime-video-subscriptions-another-way-to-cut-the-cord/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2016 07:38:08 +0000 It seems like Amazon frequently tweaks its Amazon Prime benefits. What started off as a way to get free 2-day shipping has evolved into a wide range of benefits, including: Amazon Prime now offers a wide variety of subscription-based streaming options through its new “Streaming Partners Program”. The program includes add-on subscriptions to Showtime and Starz, as well as other offerings…

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]]> https://davescomputertips.com/amazon-prime-video-subscriptions-another-way-to-cut-the-cord/feed/ 1 Get Amazon Prime’s Discount Rate https://davescomputertips.com/get-amazon-primes-discount-rate/ https://davescomputertips.com/get-amazon-primes-discount-rate/#comments Sat, 16 Jan 2016 00:13:48 +0000 To celebrate their Golden Globe award for Best TV Series, Musical or Comedy for Mozart in the Jungle, Amazon is offering its Amazon Prime membership for $73 for new members only. The $26 savings is valid through 11:59pm PT on Sunday, January 17th. In addition to free 2-day shipping on a wide variety of items, members also enjoy free photo storage with Prime Photos, access to Prime Music and the…

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]]> https://davescomputertips.com/get-amazon-primes-discount-rate/feed/ 5 Amazon Echo Getting A Smaller, Portable Version https://davescomputertips.com/amazon-echo-getting-a-smaller-portable-version/ Wed, 13 Jan 2016 00:03:49 +0000 For those of you who missed the opportunity to get the Amazon Echo for its launch price of $99, you may be able to get one in the coming weeks for less than the current $180 price tag. That is, as long as you don’t mind (or maybe even prefer) a smaller, portable version. According to The Wall Street Journal, Amazon is expected to release a portable version of its Amazon Echo, code name “Fox”…

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]]> How to Turn Off Video Autoplay in Twitter https://davescomputertips.com/how-to-turn-off-video-autoplay-in-twitter/ https://davescomputertips.com/how-to-turn-off-video-autoplay-in-twitter/#comments Thu, 07 Jan 2016 07:51:54 +0000 http://Whenever%20I%20am%20on%20my%20MacBook%20Pro,%20I%20use%20the%20Twitter%20website%20to%20look%20at%20my%20Twitter%20feed%20(as%20opposed%20to%20using%20Tweetbot%20on%20my%20mobile%20devices).%20I%20found%20it%20to%20be%20pretty%20annoying%20that videos%20automatically%20started%20to%20play.%20So%20I%20turned%20off%20this%20feature.%20It's%20very%20 Whenever I am on my MacBook Pro, I use the Twitter website to look at my Twitter feed (as opposed to using Tweetbot on my mobile devices). I found it to be pretty annoying that videos automatically started to play. So I turned off this feature. It’s very easy to do. STEP 1: Click on your profile picture next to the search box. STEP 2: Scroll down to Video Tweets in the “Content” section.

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