Tech Tips

December 2011

4 Things Windows Users Need to Know

by Barbara J. Feldman December 27, 2011

Although Mac promotes itself as easier to use than Windows, the newest versions of Windows have come a long way in usability. To help the computer-illerate with Windows, the MakeTechEasier.com site has published a great article titled 4 Things Computer-illiterate Users Should Know When Running Windows. The first item is not to believe any ads [...]

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Amazon Releases Price Check App

by Barbara J. Feldman December 20, 2011

Amazon.com released their Price Check app for Android and iPhone last week. Using either a scanned bar code, a snapped photo, typed input or voice command, the app will display product prices from Amazon.com (including all its online merchants.) In addition to reading reviews and buying directly from the app, you have the option of [...]

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How to Use iTunes Match

by Barbara J. Feldman December 13, 2011

Last year, Apple announced iCloud for storing all your iTunes music purchases “in the cloud,” making them available to all your devices wherever you have an Internet connection. Now Apple has taken this concept one step further with iTunes Match. iTunes Match is a paid service ($24.99 per year) that will store your entire music [...]

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New Surfnetkids Design

by Staff December 7, 2011

Over the next few weeks, I will be rolling out the new Surfnetkids design that you see on this page. What do you think? This project took me TWO YEARS (this is very embarrassing!!!) The artist who originally created it must have long since thought that I had given up! The paid members of the [...]

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How Much Facebook Sharing is Too Much?

by Barbara J. Feldman December 6, 2011

Have you noticed news headlines showing up on your Facebook wall indicating that your friends are reading specific news articles? When you click on any of these shares, you are prompted to allow a Facebook app (such as the Washington Post’s Social Reader or The Guardian) access to your wall. If you click agree, every [...]

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