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Learn IT Support: Online Google Course
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Using the Netgear Arlo Pro Security Camera
UPDATE 1/3/2023: Just got notice from Arlo that they are ending the life of our cameras on April 1, 2023. Time to look for another security camera….stay tuned! Due to an overwhelming negative response….Arlo now knows they fucked up and extended the end of life for awhile. Hey, Arlo: I still have a rotary phone…
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Google Pixel Augmented Reality: An Experiment with Blaze
‘Twas the week before Christmas…….and I was working with Blaze on his down-stays while also GEEK-ing out with the newly released Google Augmented Reality (see below the video for a definition) Stickers for my Pixel XL. As Blaze and I were training, I decided I needed help from the “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” crew,…
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Using Android Pay on My Pixel XL
The never ending battle for truth justice and the…….. Oh well, you know the rest, and now that I have officially used Android Pay for the first time…..I will soon be able to save the world with my Justice League friends, starting with Wonder Woman! Makes me feel 10 again! Love it…..:-) Paying by phone…
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Cutting the Cord: YouTube TV
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Cutting the Cord
Introducing a NEW series on TechyMike.com: “Cutting the Cord”. I have talked about some of the shifts in technology (Videoconferencing, HDTV, Wireless Networking, Digital TV, Blu-Ray, etc) in this blog, and guess what? The technology world is once again on the verge of a major shift: This time in the area of visual content viewing.…
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Google Releases the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL
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Using Adobe Photoshop Elements 15
Our nonprofit (ForCarol.com), my book review blog, TracyReaderDad.com, and this blog need the assistance of Photoshop, almost on a daily basis. BUT…..since I am now fully “retired”, we have to conserve as much as possible, and being on a fixed income (the blogs only cost me money), the $9.99 a month is not something I can…
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Online Security: Easy, Common Sense, Precautions
Updated 9/10/2018, 10/10/2018, 1/23/2020 I read a headline today stating that Podesta’s password was “password”. How STUPID! In 2016, when his email was hacked, this was UNFORGIVABLY STUPID. And look what happened. I have given some tips in the past in this blog, and today, I will re-iterate a few simple steps you can take to…
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Pixel XL vs Samsung Galaxy Note 4: Camera Comparision
Those of you follow this blog know that I love(d) my Samsung Galaxy Note 4. In addition to the Note 4 being reliable, fast, and rugged, I was especially impressed with the Note 4’s camera, which handled everything from low light concerts to bright light landscapes with equal aplumb. Alas, time passes and my…
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