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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

Feb 27

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...

Parental Tech Support: Everything you should fix on a senior’s phone

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Oct 12, 2022

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...

HOW TO PASS ON YOUR PASSWORDS WHEN YOU DIE

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Jul 1, 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...

5 Ways To Clean Up Your Digital Life for the New Year

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Jan 13, 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...

What Happens To Your Digital ‘Legacy’ After You Die?

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Dec 29, 2021

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...

Every tech support task you should do for your family over the holidays

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Dec 22, 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...

Family Tech Support: Essential tips to assist friends and family during the holidays

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Dec 9, 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,...

How to Set up a Smartphone for Older Loved Ones

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Oct 5, 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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Aug 24, 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...

The Importance of Tech Education for Older Adults

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Apr 14, 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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Jul 21, 2020

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...

How to Sanitize Your Phone, Laptop, and Digital Devices

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Jun 3, 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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May 5, 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...

So You Bought Someone a Gadget. Here’s How Not to Become Their Tech Support.

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Mar 22, 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 16, 2020

Please check out our first commercial. It starts airing locally today!

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Mar 3, 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.

Great Turn Out for Free Session In Thousand Oaks

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Jan 23, 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...

23 best smartphone tips and tricks to impress your friends

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Jan 17, 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...

10 Essential Tech Tools for Older Adults

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Jan 10, 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...

13 Online Safety And Technology Tips For Seniors

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Jan 7, 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...