Tag Archives: tech tips

Managing the Perils of Autocomplete

Have you ever sent a contact to the wrong person because of your email client’s autocomplete function? Do you have an embarrassing web address in your location bar’s autocomplete you wish you could delete? Have you ever sent an accidentally inappropriate text message thanks to autocorrect? These are all outcomes from the dangerous convenience of [...]

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I Don’t Replace It, iFixit

It seems ironic that when sustainability and recycling are such hot topics of conversation that so many of the devices we use on a day-to-day basis are more easily replaced than repaired. How often have you wanted to fix an appliance or smartphone only to hear, “It’s cheaper to replace”? iFixit is a company which disagrees. [...]

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Ditch Email Attachments with WeTransfer

Sometimes you need to send big files to your clients and friends. Unfortunately, videos, high resolution listing photos, even large PDF files can exceed the maximum attachment size for most email programs, even if they’re cloud-based. WeTransfer is a free service which helps you share large files quickly, easily, and privately. Instead of clogging up your [...]

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Resolving Your Privacy Paradox

Here’s the privacy paradox in a nutshell: You know you should take steps to protect your data, but you feel powerless to do anything. You don’t necessarily trust those who you share your data with, but you keep doing it anyway. You’re not alone. The issue is widespread. Fortunately, there are resources out there designed [...]

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Who’s Your Dongle Daddy?

Maybe you’re not the most tech savvy person in the world. Perhaps you’re not clear on how you can connect your iPad to your HDTV. Maybe you have an Uncle Ed who needs your help hooking up his ancient iPod to his brand new MacBook Pro. It can be one of life’s little tech headaches [...]

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Boxcryptor Secures Your Data in Any Cloud

If you use a cloud-based data storage provider to synchronize and back-up your files, you’re well aware of how convenient it is to have your files available on demand. You may have even been saved from a catastrophic hard drive cash by storing crucial files on services such as Dropbox, Google Drive, Box, OneDrive, or [...]

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Tech Habits Putting Your Business at Risk

In case you weren’t able to attend the REALTORS® Conference & Expo in Orlando, FL, you might want to check out this quick article on “4 Tech Habits Putting Your Business at Risk.” As the article points out, you are responsible for the security of your clients’ information, and there are simple ways you can [...]

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Gmail Tip: Only Show Labels with Unread Mail

Tune up and clean up your Gmail interface with this handy label hack!

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How Perform a Mail Merge Using Gmail

Ever wished you could make your mass email send from Gmail more personal?

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