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Email

What is the difference between Outlook and Outlook Express?

March 9, 2010 Read the full article →

Question
I’m currently using Outlook and not Outlook express.  What are the differences between the two and do you think I should switch to Outlook Express?
Answer
Outlook Express is the free version of Outlook. Outlook Express probably came on your computer. Outlook comes with Microsoft Office.
Outlook Express supports SMTP, POP3, and IMAP and allows you to get [...]

Software Review

Loupe: A Color Picker for Your iPhone

February 22, 2010 Read the full article →

Have you ever been out and about and seen a color or color combination you really loved? Did you think it would be great for your bedroom or design project? You can easily capture colors with this neat little program I happened upon today called “Loupe”.
You can find it at http://loupeapp.com. And, bonus, it’s on [...]

Tutorials

Wordpress: Basic Styling and Formatting Tutorial

February 18, 2010 Read the full article →

This is a tutorial that will explain how to do some basic styling and formatting with Wordpress.

Tutorials

Facebook Notification on your iPhone

January 19, 2010 Read the full article →

Question
How do I get Facebook to notify me on my iPhone when I get a message?
Answer

First, you’ll need to download and install the Facebook 3.1 application from the App Store if you don’t already have it. It’s free and does a really great job encompassing all the major features of the website.
The first time you [...]

Wordpress

Fix: Wordpress Error Using Twitme or WP to Twitter

January 13, 2010 Read the full article →

I was getting an error in a Wordpress blog when I posted a new post. Like many people, I enjoy a little plugin (Twitme) that will send a message to Twitter whenever a new post goes up. It’s quite a timesaver. It took me a while to figure out the problem so I thought I’d [...]

Beginner Basics

Parental Controls on iPhone or iPod Touch?

December 9, 2009 Read the full article →

Question:
My son’s top Christmas request is an iPod Touch. Am I able to put parental controls on Internet content if I get him one of those?
Answer:
Yes! Here is how:

With your iPod Touch (or iPhone) on, go to “Settings”.
Scroll down to “General”
Select “Restrictions”
Select “Enable Restrictions”. You will be prompted to choose and confirm a pass code. [...]

Email

Keeping Your Friend’s Emails Hidden When Sending to Groups

December 7, 2009 Read the full article →

Question
Recently a friend of mine had her email address book used without her permission by a spammer. Probably when she sent a multi-addressee email.  How may we send email messages to multiple recipients and keep the actual addresses hidden from everyone else receiving the message?
Answer
This is a good question as it often comes up for more than one reason. As [...]

iPhone

Help! Duplicate Entries on My iPhone.

November 23, 2009 Read the full article →

I recently had this problem and thought I’d share the solution. I have a .me account for my Macintosh that syncs with my iphone. My iPhone had duplicate iCal and Address Book entries even though my computer did not. The trick is to completely replace everything on the cloud (.me) and your iPhone and replace [...]

Email

Where is my BCC?

October 9, 2009 Read the full article →

Question
I’m in the Macintosh Mail application. How can I find out who I blind cc’d (bcc) my email to. When I review the sent mail, I can’t see who got blind carbon copied. Is there some incredibly obvious way I can see the bcc addresses in the “sent” email?
Answer
It should be obvious, I agree. But, [...]

Wordpress

Wordpress: Adding sponsor (or website) links

September 21, 2009 Read the full article →

You may have a wordpress site that you would like to add “Links” to. This may be a list of sponsors or your favorite websites.
One of the easier ways to accomplish this is through the “Links” panel.
Add a new link

After you have logged into your administrative area, go to the “Links” menu on the left [...]

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