This guide walks you through five beginner-friendly, real-world tech upgrades that give you the most bang for your buck. We’re not talking about learning to code or building robots here. These are everyday wins
5 Skills to Level Up Your Tech Life
This guide walks you through five beginner-friendly, real-world tech upgrades that give you the most bang for your buck. We’re not talking about learning to code or building robots here. These are everyday wins
"One key item for me is your offer to help us find/locate where to control many of the AI and tracking apps we encounter. For example, I have a weather app that won’t display the weather for my area unless I give them round-the-clock access to my location. Yet, the weather info for my area is available if I search for my location. Typically, I don’t want to let any app access my phone or PC; however, I don’t know if I am educated on all the trackers following me. (I hope that makes sense) Call me naive, though I don’t intend to be. I have considered numerous times to close my FB account. However, it’s my only access to 3 key activity clubs and many relatives. What to do. And as soon as I figure out a tiny thing on FB, they change it. Ex: I have to search for activities I’m interested in and I don’t know how to make them top of my feed. Instead, I get garbage shoved at me like ‘you might like to be friends with . . . ” No! I don’t. And even though I have followed their directions on how to turn off certain people who jam FB with their notifications, I can’t stop receiving up to 20 per day. I long ago ‘unfollowed’ them. People and groups I want to hear from I have to search for. My fault because I use FB infrequently. I like the email notifications. However, I can’t figure out how to control whose FB email notifications I receive.
Every week, I come across something I think is a basic tech term and learn that there are a lot of people who don't know what it means. Tech talk can sometimes sound like a foreign language, but don’t worry! You know Cyn's Tech Tips has got you covered. Here’s a friendly, easy-to-understand guide to 25 basic tech terms that will help you navigate the digital world with confidence.
Eleanor from Lakeland, FL writes:Try as I may, I can not really understand "by default" To me 'fault' has a negative indication. So much is done by default and I am lost to meaning. I'd appreciate your directions. Thanks for helping a learner!!! Eleanor, glad to help out. While "fault" may have a negative connotation in some situations. When it comes to tech, it's a completely neutral word.
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