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THE NUMBERS REPORT
We’ve never started a column with a “Numbers Report” before. This is a frequent subject in our column but always placed well down. But some numbers have become so extraordinary in recent times, that...
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GET UP AND OUT THERE
Xara Web Designer If you want to get a website online fast, there are over a dozen services, that can do that, and many of them are free. We’ve used the free versions of “WordPress” and “Yola” to...
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FINDING GOOD STUFF ON THE WEB
Most people find good websites through social networking sites. The six most popular are Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, Pinterest, Digg and LinkedIn. The seventh, Flipora, is one we’d never heard of...
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THE PROGRAMMERS WAY
CourseReport.com claims that schools and camps teaching programming, often called “coding,” will bring in $60 million in tuition for the year and graduate 5,987 coders, a 175 percent increase over last...
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BUILDING A WEBSITE
HtmlDog.com teaches you how to build a website from scratch, for free.
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BUILD YOUR OWN WEBSITE
You don’t need to learn HTML coding to build a website if you use templates provided by Yola.com, Weebly and others. But to create an original, it helps to be a coder. In the past we’ve praised the...
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Funky Korea is the Best Korea (one of many links from JimmyR.com) JimmyR.com has links to lots of interesting things on the web. It’s all text, but organized in categories like “Science,” and “What’s...
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A BETTER BROWSER
We thought we’d never stop using the Google Chrome web browser after switching to it ten years ago. But recently we switched to Firefox because Chrome was feeling buggy. Then Firefox started feeling...
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AN AD-FREE WEB
Many people pay for ad-free TV, but will they pay for an ad-free web? Google is testing that idea with a service called “Contributor.” Pay $1 to $3 a month and you’ll see the Internet without ads....
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GOING PRIVATE
A reader tells us he always starts his Chrome web browser in “private” browsing. This means there is no trace left on your computer of sites you visit or files you download. It’s particularly helpful...
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THE SHARING ECONOMY
Paris rentals from AirBNB Sharing your car, couch and kitchen are all part of the so-called “sharing economy.” First we tried the Uber limo service — nice but expensive … “Uber X” is the cheaper...
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BUGGY CHROME
We recently switched from Google’s “Chrome” web browser to “Opera” because Chrome started giving us problems. Now there’s a solution from Google called “Software Removal Tool.” Get it at...
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ClaimYour.Space allows you to claim a website that ends in dot space instead of dot com. We noticed that CocaCola.space is taken, as is Nike.space and the usual brands. But you might want one with...
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CHROME KILLS FLASH
“Chrome Kills Flash.” This reads like a headline from a new comic book, but it refers to ads and pictures that use Adobe Flash to make them pop up from the Internet. (The late Steve Jobs often said how...
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WAIT, I DIDN’T PRESS PLAY
Chrome users no longer have to worry about so-called “Flash ads” playing automatically, ever since Chrome killed Flash. But what about other videos that start up out of the blue? It’s annoying when a...
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PRIVATE BROWSING
We always assumed that when you use Firefox’s “Private Browsing” feature, no one could track you. Not so, until now. They’ve added a “Private Browsing with Tracking Protection” feature. Not only will...
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HOMEPAGE NINJA
We bookmark favorite web pages all the time, so our list can get cluttered. Here’s how Joy keeps her favorite sites front and center. It’s a free service called “Homepage Ninja.” Everything you...
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THE DEEP WEB
Most of the web is invisible to Google, according to an article in Popular Science magazine. The so-called “Deep Web” is hidden behind password-protected sites, or sites you have to pay to enter, or...
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TIME TO FIND ALTERNATIVES TO BALKY OS AND BROWSERS
Your Web browser is not your operating system! Nor is it your search engine. There’s a surprising amount of confusion, and it leads to anxiety. In fact, there’s plenty of time to panic. Windows is the...
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SPEEDING UP A COMPUTER – TAKE 5
After we threw Windows out the window and began using a Mac, we felt nostalgic for our test computer, a Windows all-in-one machine with a large screen. It felt real slow now compared to the Mac. Okay,...
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