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| Having trouble viewing parts or all of the newsletter? View the entire newsletter here! Clair writes: I just read your article on Cloud back-up and you suggested MS OneDrive. I was wondering how do you get your documents on other devices? Also, how secure do you think the cloud is with all the hacking going on? I am just a little leery of the cloud for now. Clair, it's pretty easy to access items from OneDrive. If you have a Windows computer and a OneDive Account set up, it will appear as an option for saving or opening a file just like other drives on your computer. The same is true for tablets and phones. If you want to access your OneDrive from someone else's computer, (say a library or your work computer) you would got to OneDrive.com or to your Outlook.com account and log in. You would be able to open your files to read, edit, download or copy. As for safety, so far OneDrive has proven to be secure. In today's world, much of your information (bank accounts, credit cards, e-mail, SSN) are already in the cloud. But you can certainly choose not to save documents with sensitive information to cloud storage services. ~ Cynthia Click here to rate this tip | Printer friendly version
2GB seem small? Not so much... 2 GBs is enough room to get well upwards of 500 pictures from your average digital camera. And if you use an MP3 player, it should hold well over 750 tunes as well! We're talking about 5 vacation's worth of photos, or going on 48 hours of listening enjoyment off one card! And this card is a MICRO version so it works in all those newer cell phones, digital cameras and laptops! But it also works in all products using the standard size card because this micro SD comes with AN ADAPTER to fit almost any digital camera, MP3 player, digital camcorder, handheld PC, and even some phones and PDAs! One more thing that we almost forgot to mention – it has built-in write protection so you don't have to worry about accidentally deleting any of those cool pics or tunes you love! You could pay a lot more for this card elsewhere; go see for yourself at your local office supply store! Or, you can get the best deal going on this brand name memory card... Only $2.97! At this price you might want to grab a couple! Text your friend, right now, and see if he/she wants you to grab a few for them while you're ordering! http://store.worldstart.com/product/7875 Limit 2 per Customer Please!!
Why Can't You Buy A 30 GB Flash Drive? Have you ever noticed that certain numbers pop up over and over again in computers? Numbers like 32, 256, 512, and 1024 are commonplace, but why not just 30, 250, 500, or 1000? Why is it a 32 GB flash drive instead of a 30? It is because computers calculate and compute using the binary system. We have all learned to count using the decimal system. That means we have 10 numerals (deci meaning ten) to use, 0-9. However, computers use a different system called binary. This uses only two numerals – 0 and 1. Everything that a computer processes: words, letters, colors, pictures, is converted to those two numbers through switches on a computer chip. In actuality, to a computer this means "off" (0) or "on" (1). The computer either recognizes a signal or not. This is the reason computers were designed to work with the binary system. We don't have any way to have a switch "halfway on." Unless you are really deep into programming or computer security, you will likely never need any skill in using binary numbers. Once you get into it, though, binary can be kind of fun. However, it does require a different way of thinking, and some simple math skills. I enjoy it because it is a challenge to my brain to think differently. Here is an example of a binary number: 10011 To figure out the decimal equivalent, let me explain the system a bit. Similar to the decimal system, binary gets larger as you move to the left. But instead of multiplying by tens for each digit, you multiply by twos. Think about how the decimal system is set up. First you have the ones, then 1X10 is the tens, then 10X10 is the hundreds. Binary is the same, except you have ones, then 1X2 is 2, then 2X2 is 4 and so on. Here is a chart for my example.
Remember, if there is a 1, the "switch" is on, and if there is a 0, the "switch" is off. So if there is a one in the box, we add the numbers together. Adding all the ones together you get… (drum roll please) 19! (16+0+0+2+1) You can extend the digits out as far as you need, each time multiplying the previous number by 2. After 16, you'd have the following values: 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024. These values all pop up over and over in computing, especially in the past when we had smaller values of products like memory cards and flash drives. (When I was in grad school in 2005, I got a 256 KB flash drive to save my work, for free! Wow!) You can also take a decimal number and convert it to binary. For example let's start with 55. You would need to look at your binary values (1,2,4,8,16,32,64, etc) and find the largest one that would go into the number. In this case, 32. Place a 1 in that value. Then find the difference between the numbers, which is 23. Then repeat the process, placing a "1″ in the place of each value, until you get to 0. I.E. 23-16=7, (do not need 8, so put a 0 in that value), 7-4=3, 3-2=1 110111 There you have it, an introduction to the binary system. And now maybe you will better understand the geeky saying "There are only 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary and those who don't." - Audra Click here to rate this tip | Printer friendly version Do you have a question for us? Ask it here!
Update iPhone & iPad Automatically Do you get annoyed by the red number on the corner of the App Store reminding you to update your apps? Lots of people do, but it's nothing to worry about because in iOS 7, you can solve that problem with automatic app updates for iPhones and iPads. Once enabled, all your apps will update themselves magically in the background without you needing to take any action at all! Here's how to do it. 1. Launch the Settings app. 2. If you have an iPhone, scroll down your screen until you find the iTunes & App Store menu, and tap on it. If you have an iPad, scroll through the menus on the left-hand side of your screen until you see the iTunes & App Store option, and then tap on it. 3. Make sure you are logged in at the top with your Apple ID and password. If not, be sure to sign in with the username and password you use for downloading apps. Just click WorldStart to learn more!
Nancy from Weaver, Alabama writes: My security program (AVG)keeps giving me a message that my internet explorer is using too much memory and suggests that I restart the application. But i don't know how to restart the application. Can you tell me how? Restarting is simple. You can click the X in the upper right-hand corner to close the program. Or if the program is unresponsive, you can press Control-Alt-Delete to open the task manager. Select Internet Explorer from the list.
Then choose End Task.
Then you can just open Internet Explorer again. But we may want to address why this keeps happening. Just click WorldStart for the rest of this tip!
Pat from Ohio writes: I believe my Yahoo addy was hacked by Heartbleed because I see mail with my email address in my Spam folder that I never sent. Is there a way to stop this? I'd rather not delete my account (is this even possible?) because it is tied to too many sites. I have blocked the sender's addresses but some still get through and that isn't stopping these from getting sent. It just keeps me from seeing them unless I look in the Spam folder. I changed my password several times but I think I got hacked before I was aware of Heartbleed and changed it. The last time I checked there were 18 different spam sites using my Yahoo addy. Can I report this somewhere and will that help stop it? Pat, just because these Spam sites are using your address, doesn't mean that your e-mail account has been hacked. If the e-mails were sent from your account, they would not be in the Spam folder, but in the Sent Folder. (assuming you have the option to save sent e-mail checked) The Spam folder holds messages that were sent TO your account, but filtered out by Yahoo as junk mail. More likely, you've got friends who aren't too careful about what sites they click on or e-mails they open and spammers have access to their contact lists and have co-opted the addresses for their own use. Say a friend sent out an e-mail to multiple people with your addresses included among the recipients. One of the other people who received the e-mail could have malware on his or her computer that used every address listed in that e-mail as a return address for spam. You could report the messages as spam, but Yahoo already knows that these messages are spam, that's why they are filtering them out and dumping them into your spam folder. Want more? Go to WorldStart! For stories, jokes, quotes and cartoons every day, sign up for our Just for Grins newsletter.
Trello I have a lot of big projects this summer. I have an independent study to plan a syllabus for, I need to research PHD programs, I need to keep track of my knitting designs, I need to plan my thesis, and I need to keep track of our progress with de-cluttering the house. I was looking everywhere for a good system that would allow me to have the flexibilty to organize mulitple projects all in one place. I found Trello! After using it and making progress towards my goals I thought it was a great site to share with all of you. When you arrive at the page you can scroll down to learn more. To actually try it out, you'll need an account. To register click the blue Sign Up – It's Free button in the middle of the page or the green Sign Up button at the top right of the page, both of which will whisk you away to the registration form. There you can select to sign up with your Google Account or fill out the form with your name, e-mail address, and create a password. I chose to log in with my Google account. Once you're logged in, I recommend that you click on the Welcome Board. This functions as the tutorial board. Read the boards from right to left and click on the cards to interact with them. I really like that as you work your way through the cards on the welcome board that you learn how to use them, but also that they provide links to resources and the FAQ. To add a board once you're done click the + button at the top of the page. This will give you the option to choose to create a new board or a new organization. I chose new board and started with one project at a time. Once I added all the necessary boards, I clicked + again and chose new organization. This way I had everything ready to go and could organize it all at once. This site provides a very cool way to keep track of your projects and stay organized at the same time. Check it out today! ~Amanda Click here to rate this tip | Printer friendly version Do you have a cool, non-commercial site that you want to share?Send it to Amanda at amanda@worldstart.com
There are two must-have accessories for almost any computer. One is a USB hub and the other is a memory card reader. Well, I've found an amazing little device that gives you both in one convenient package and a price you won't believe. Everything plugs into a USB port these days. From a wireless mouse and keyboard to This great device turns one port into three INSTANTLY. There's no disc to load, it's all plug and play! Does your computer have your USB ports stuck on the side where you can't see them? Put them in plain view where you can easily plug in a flash drive! Best of all, this is "hot swappable" - that means you don't have to power it down to plug and unplug devices! How much easier does that make your life? I happen to have one of these small tablet Windows 8.1 computers that has only one USB port and not a whole lot in the way of hard drive space. This is going to make my life so much easier! Memory cards are the ultimate in convenience. No digging for cords to plug your camera into your computer. Which cord do you use? Where did you leave it? Is the dog chewing on your cord? Just pop the memory card out of your camera and put it in the card reader and you can drag and drop your photos in a flash! Which memory cards can this read? A better question is what CAN'T it read?
And if you have an adapter:
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WorldStart Tech Tips 2014-07-02
speakers to external drives. It doesn't take long before you start running out of ports. 
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