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The 2020 holiday season is coinciding with a major spike in COVID-19 cases and fatalities and many families are opting to avoid travel and potentially exposing elderly and/or vulnerable relatives. Hosting gatherings on video conferencing platforms such as Zoom or Google Meet…
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Category: Cyber, Personal, Prevention, Social Media
Tags: cyber security, CyberScout, cybersecurity, encryption, fraud emails, Google, hacking, phishing scams, social media, typosquatting, Zoom
“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” Those words were spoken by Mark Twain. “Schooling” and “education” have never been synonymous, but sometimes people find it hard to distinguish the two, particularly when it comes to higher…
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Category: Central, Education, Personal, Saving Money, Technology
Tags: AT&T, college degree, college education, education, Facebook, four-year degree, Google, higher education, information technology, job market, Millennials, Nanodegrees, schooling, student loan debt, Udacity
If you’re anything like me, you’ve pretty much grown up using the Microsoft Office tools in both your work and personal life. Have you ever really considered anything else? The most common of the Office tools seem to be Word, Excel,…
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Category: Business, Central, Communication, Personal, Technology
Tags: Android, Excel, Google, Google Docs, Google Drive, Microsoft Office, PowerPoint, presentation, Spreadsheet, windows, Word
My wife is working on the laptop, my kids want to watch a video on our tablet, and I need to work on one of these devices as well. Now what? I could buy a second laptop or tablet, but…
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Ok, I’m not writing about an opera…I’m writing about web browsers. Take yourself back to 1990 (if you can). Michael Jordan hadn’t won his first NBA Championship yet. (Go Pistons!) The Cincinnati Reds won the World Series! A gallon of…
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Category: Central, Technology
Tags: Apple, Chrome, Google, Internet Explorer, Microsoft, Netscape, Opera, Safari, tim berners lee, web browser
When I applied for my position here at Central, I interviewed with our President, Bill Purmort. When I entered his office, one of the first things he said to me was: “I Googled you.” I don’t care who you are,…
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