Direct Message On Web Instagram
For those who like to stay in touch via The Gram, you now have a new tool at your disposal. Instagram has added the ability to direct message users from the website. Today’s post is a quick FYI to being able to DM
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Zoom Changes Due To Zoombombing
With all of that is going on in the world, video conferencing has become the way to keep in touch. Zoom is quickly becoming to de-facto video conference choice. Unfortunately, due to some “bad people”, Zoom is changing some default security settings
Bye Android Dark Sky Weather App
So Android users today said Goodbye to the Dark Sky – Hyperlocal weather app. The Dark Sky app has become very popular with users over the past 8 years, giving users alerts for impending precipitation with an intuitive interface, which is usually eerily accurate.
Alert – Possible Issues w/MS Teams
Good Morning – According to a tweet by Microsoft 365 Status (@MSFT365Status), Microsoft Teams desktop and web client may be having some issues.
Twitter Wont Remove Inactive Accts – For Now
In the past couple of day’s Twitter announced it was considering removing inactive accounts. In Twitters thinking, if you aren’t using the account, someone else should have the opportunity. The original announcement from Twitter, was simply that they were going to enforce the existing policy
Alert: Another Day Another Data Breach
Welcome to 2019, and welcome to another data breach. From researcher Troy Hunt, a large set of files were found on a cloud account. The file set included over 87 GB (that would be gigabyte) of data. In the data there was millions of email
Alert: (Updated) Pandora Site Currently Offline
So as of 6:40p (ET), if you visit the Pandora music site, you are seeing the error that “Something has gone wrong…”. Updated at 7:40p (ET) – Site now appears to be back up.
Passwords – That Thing That Annoys Me
For most people, when you say anything about passwords, you basically get “Oh That Thing That Annoys Me”. Yes it does seem that everything we do these days has a password and there are too many passwords to try to remember.
Alert: Marriott Reporting Breach At Starwoods
Marriott today reported that they have become aware of a breach at their Starwoods brand that goes back to 2014. the Breach could affect up to 500 million customers who used the Starwoods reservations system. Marriott reports that they “recently discovered that an unauthorized party
Alert: Changes Coming To Flickr For Free Users
Do you use the free version of Flicker? If you answered yes, there are Changes Coming To Flickr For Free Users, and they will affect you if you have over 1000 pictures stored. If you use Flickr, you will want to read this, as you
Gaming: Nintendo Switch Online Pre-Sale
Those with an Xbox are very familiar with Xbox Live Gold or for Playstation with the Playstation Network. It’s now time for those with an Nintendo Switch to get familiar with the Nintendo Switch Online. The Nintendo Switch Online Network is slated to launch in
Yahoo Messenger – It’s Over
Couple of day’s ago, Tech Geek and More posted about the Final 48 Hrs for Yahoo Messenger. The post went over parts of the FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) about the pending demise of one of the original instant messenger clients on the web.
Final 48 Hrs For Yahoo Messenger
So we have reached the Final 48 Hrs for Yahoo Messenger. Yahoo Messenger which was one of the first mass accepted instant messenger application has been helping people communicate since it was first released on March 9th, 1998 (Originally released as Yahoo! Pager).
Microsoft 2018 E3 Press Conference
It’s now Microsoft’s turn for a press conference at E3. For those not familiar with E3, it’s the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). The premier trade event for the video game industry, used by many developers, publishers, and hardware and accessory manufacturers to introduce and advertise upcoming games
Yahoo Messenger Shutting Down
So it seems another anchor of the 90’s internet is now going away. According to a message posted today on the Yahoo help page, Messenger will be shutting down in July.