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3/2/2019 2 Comments

Why am I getting this message from Google? Is it legitimate?

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I, like many iTandCoffee clients who have contacted me, received an email from Google+ yesterday - as shown in the image above.

The questions I have been asked are "Is it legitimate?", "What is Google+", "Do I have this Google+' and "What should I do?".

​Here are some answers.

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23/1/2018 0 Comments

Who is your doppleganger in the world of art? Here's a fun way to find out ...

Here's a fun little exercise for you.

Google's Arts & Culture app (which can be downloaded to your iPad or iPhone using the link here) lets you take a 'selfie', and will then use this selfie to tell you what portraits in museums offer the closest match to your own features.

Here is an article I found about this:  
  • Australians can now find out if their 'portrait' is in an art museum, thanks to Google

​I downloaded the app and tried it out myself - multiple times, hoping to get a result that was slightly more attractive! It kept coming up with the same portrait.

Apparently, the photo shown here is the painting that shows the closest resemblance to my selfie (but only a 56% match).

Not sure what I think about that!  I'm not going to show you the 'selfie' that I took - it's as bad as most selfies of a 50-something woman!  
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12/11/2017 0 Comments

Google's parental controls now available in Australia

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Several weeks ago, I shared an article about Google's new accounts for under-13's.  These accounts allow parents to monitor and control their child's use of their Android device using something called Family Link.  Unfortunately, at that point, these accounts were not yet available in Australia.

The good news this week is that Family Link is now available in Australia. So, for those of you who are interested in exploring how you can keep an eye on the kids' activity and usage of their mobile devices, here is an article on the topic from the Sydney Morning Herald.
  • Family Link: how Google's new accounts for under-13s work

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  • 10 smartphone rules for a 12-year-old - with one key rule missing!             
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  • Why parental controls did not stop inappropriate content on my child's iPad.  Beware!  
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  • Read this article - then make sure you block adult content on your child's (and your own) iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch and computer    
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  • Some answers to questions from parents about Clash of Clans, Minecraft, Youtube, Netflix and other apps that kids use
  • Parents, please check if your child is using this app!
  • A checklist for setting up your child's iPad for school​
  • Answering a parent question: Is there a way kids can 'hide' apps on their iPad, iPhone or iPod touch?
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21/7/2017 0 Comments

Google introduces a new tool for protecting your precious files and photos

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Just this week, iTandCoffee presented at a Tourism conference in the Yarra Valley, Victoria.  During the presentation, we raised the question with delegates "How safe are your files and photos".  

Are you backing up your precious files, especially those photos?  

Please don't wait until a major disaster to think about protecting your 'digital life'!  Make sure you are backing up to somewhere - and do it now!

In the past week, Google has released an exciting new tool that is worthy of consideration when looking at whether to backup to a physical device, or to a 'cloud' service (or both).  

This new product allows you to choose to back up some or all of your computer's files and folders to your Google 'cloud'.

The great thing about this new service is that you don't need to choose to put your folders and files in a particular area on your computer for the backup to work.  

You can leave them exactly where the are, and just 'tell' the Backup and Sync Tool which folders should be backed up.

Here is an article that describes this new tool.  
  • How to use Google Drive's new Backup and Sync tool  

​I'll be looking into this one further over the next few weeks, to see if I add another layer of 'protection' for parts of our business and personal digital life.

Related Handy Hints and Articles

Handy Hints (for iTandCoffee Club members)
  • Is iCloud Safe?
  • Managing the storage on your iPad and iPhone
  • Managing and monitoring your mobile data usage
  • What to do when your iCloud is full - Managing and upgrading your iCloud storage
  • Removing unwanted backups from your iCloud​
​Blog Articles
  • A huge loss this week for an iTandCoffee client - don't get caught out by this!
  • Is there a way to access two Dropbox accounts at once?
  • How do I get Dropbox on my computer?
  • Can you be selective about what Dropbox folders sync to your computer?
  • Are you a bit (or a lot) bamboozled by iCloud? 
  • Have you got problems with iCloud - 'storage full' message, mis-directed messages, muddled Contacts and Calendar, and more?
  • Will my iCloud Backup blow my data limit?
  • When your iCloud gets crowded! The problem with sharing your iCloud ...​
  • How to find out if you have an iCloud backup - especially if your device has 'died'!
  • iCloud now allows you to recover lost data and documents
  • A very scary incident - is all your data backed up?
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23/4/2017 0 Comments

How to tell Google to only search for 'recent' content, or only Australian content

How to limit the search results returned by Google
I was talking with a client this week who had been researching Dropbox, and how to handle the situation where you have a both a private AND work dropbox account.  In her case she needed to be able to see folders from both of these Dropbox accounts in her Windows File manager.

(The answer to this question is covered in a Handy Hint in our iTandCoffee Club library: Is there a way to access two Dropbox accounts at once?.)

Dropbox has been making changes to its product offering recently.  In her Googling, she found that she got a lot of out-of-date information, content that was from several years ago.

I showed her a tip that I use EVERY day, one that allows you to easily filter the search results so that you only see results from last week, last month, last year, or even a custom-defined date range.

This same feature allows for you to limit the search results in other ways - for example, to only include Australian content.

Find out how to use this really handy feature in this 'oldie but goodie' handy hint from our iTandCoffee Club library, published a couple of years ago.  It has stood the test of time!
  • How do I limit the web pages returned in Safari to recent Australian pages                     
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