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We each have an average of 100 online accounts. Here’s how to make sure they aren’t a nightmare for your family
When Rebecca Bistany’s 40-year-old husband Paul died suddenly of a heart attack in November 2022, she didn’t know what kind of assets he...

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Feb 27, 2024


Parental Tech Support: Everything you should fix on a senior’s phone
Clean up and optimize your parent’s smartphone with 20 minutes and this checklist. Adult children who do family tech support know the...

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Oct 12, 2022


HOW TO PASS ON YOUR PASSWORDS WHEN YOU DIE
Just as you set up a living will or a power of attorney, it’s a good idea to set up your online accounts so that someone else can access...

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Jul 1, 2022


5 Ways To Clean Up Your Digital Life for the New Year
It’s a new year, and we’re busy setting goals and making resolutions. One of mine is to spend at least an hour outside every day. Of...

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Jan 13, 2022


What Happens To Your Digital ‘Legacy’ After You Die?
Among family and friends at a Thanksgiving celebration a few weeks ago, I posed the question: do you ever contemplate what critical data...

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Dec 29, 2021


Every tech support task you should do for your family over the holidays
Being with family over the holidays is wonderful for so many reasons, but free tech support is somewhere in the top five. For some...

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Dec 22, 2021


Family Tech Support: Essential tips to assist friends and family during the holidays
It’s Holiday Season in the United States, and many of us are getting ready to spend time with family, watch some American football,...

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Dec 9, 2021


How to Set up a Smartphone for Older Loved Ones
Here's how to make iPhone and Android devices a little easier to use. Some folks just have trouble with smartphones, sometimes due to...

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Oct 5, 2021


A Step-by-Step Guide to a Zoom Meeting
If you haven’t already received an email inviting you to a Zoom meeting, you probably will soon. In this age of social distancing, many...

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Aug 24, 2021


The Importance of Tech Education for Older Adults
Older adults can face barriers to using technology, but the pandemic has pushed many to harness it for their health. The COVID-19...

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Apr 14, 2021


IS YOUR ‘DIGITAL ESTATE’ IN ORDER?
If you spend a lot of time on the internet, you’re not just shopping or being entertained, or following the news or participating in an...

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Jul 21, 2020


How to Sanitize Your Phone, Laptop, and Digital Devices
In recent weeks, you’ve probably become more aware of how easy it is to pick up and spread germs over the course of your daily...

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Jun 3, 2020


How to Avoid the Worst Online Scams
Internet fraud is alive and well, and it’s costing victims thousands of dollars. Anyone can become a victim of online crime, but older...

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May 5, 2020


So You Bought Someone a Gadget. Here’s How Not to Become Their Tech Support.
It feels like the easiest gift until it needs a reboot, restart or anything else. Whether it’s the holidays, an anniversary or a...

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Mar 22, 2020


How to Close All Safari Tabs on iPhone
Having too many windows open can drain your iPhone battery. Here's a neat trick to close them all at once.

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Mar 3, 2020


Great Turn Out for Free Session In Thousand Oaks
We love helping people! More than two dozen people showed up for our free session at The Goebel Adult Community Center in Thousand Oaks...

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Jan 23, 2020


23 best smartphone tips and tricks to impress your friends
Become an instant mobile wizard, whether you've got iOS or Android 1. DIGITISE YOUR DOCUMENTS Thanks to the increasing quality of...

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Jan 17, 2020


10 Essential Tech Tools for Older Adults
From medication monitors to GPS insoles, these devices make life easier and healthier for seniors. Here are 10 tech tools for older...

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Jan 10, 2020


13 Online Safety And Technology Tips For Seniors
The way technology affects the world today is enormously different than it was 25 years ago. Many older Americans were initially slower...

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Jan 7, 2020
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