Phishing emails
Can you spot these 5 tell-tale signs? What to do about phishing or junk emails? Read the following article
Category: Internet
Online forms
Would you like someone to support you with completing online forms for such important tasks as managing your:- 1. Council Tax account 2. Universal Credit – or ESA 3. Phone account for your landline/broadband – and/or your mobile phone 4. HMRC account for tax 5. Home and/or Vehicle insurance The above are just 5 common…
Advice for Parents on Internet Access
The world of online access for children nowadays is a complex topic. I recommend the resources of an external site hosted by Internet Matters. Here is a preview of the site at https://www.internetmatters.org/:- Would you like my assistance to access and navigate the site? Please do get in touch using the green button below.
Buying software or IT services online
Have you made an online purchase that you later realised was a mistake (as happened to me recently)? These actions should be taken: Contact your Bank or Building Society – Request that they halt the payment. Ask them if you can file a dispute against it if not. Inform them that you do not wish…
Users of BBC iPlayer for Windows or Mac
Before Monday 8th April 2024 – You need to watch any programs you have downloaded using this application onto any PC or Mac. The application is being shut down by BBC. Even now, BBC have discontinued this application’s ability to download from their website any new programmes from their site onto your PC or Mac…
Affordable broadband
Looking for a package which fits your budget? Cheaper tariffs for those on a variety of benefits are available with Social Tariffs from some networks. They are often called ‘Essential’ or ‘Basic’ Broadband Tariffs can start as low as £10, setup costs are minimal, you can often switch for free, they usually fix prices for…
Office Online for FREE!
1. Are you a ‘light’ user of Word, Excel or PowerPoint? Yes 2. Are you happy to store your documents in OneDrive? Yes If so, you could spend £0.00 by using Office Online with your Microsoft account, storing the documents you create on the standard OneDrive 5GB cloud storage allowance. After simply logging into www.office.com…
Bookmark your favourite website pages
Did you know you can bookmark the current page by simply pressing Control D – or pressing on the yellow star shown here? The star looks the same in Chrome, another popular browser. In Internet Explorer, it looks a little different like this (but the same shortcut works):- Afterwards, a box like this pops up…
Cloud storage for FREE !
If you have a Gmail account, did you know you automatically have a whopping 15GB of free online cloud storage? To access it from your webmail (ie. gmail.com in a browser), here are the steps:- Click on the set of 9 dots next to your profile icon on the top right hand corner of the…
Networking laptops with a USB-C port
As a followup to this post:- If your device has a USB-C port, you could keep your regular USB port free for other items and use the C one. But is that a good idea? According to an experienced user, USB-C ports don’t hold the cable as tightly which means it can easily slip out…