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General

• A simple explanation of Bitcoin and Blockchain  ​

Accessories

• Now THIS is a device I think we might ALL need!
• ​Do you keep losing your keys, or that TV remote?  This accessory can help. 
• I have this product and I love it! 
• Are you looking for a printer that works with an iPad/iPhone, and with a laptop/computer?
• Accessories:  Keeping yourself 'charged up' while on the go!                    
• I just bought this great accessory             
• A handy re-charge accessory for your multi-device household       
• A handy new accessory that can expand the storage capacity of your iPad and iPhone    
• A great accessory for travelling with your iPhone and iPad - battery charging, backup and extra storage for your i-Device  
• A couple of accessories for those fit and healthy people out there (or those wanting to be !)   
• A great educational tech-toy for kids for Christmas?
• What printer should I get?   ​

backups

• Making a backup of your Contacts and Calendar - and how to 'restore' if something goes wrong

email

• How I ensure that I am not 'locked out' of my mail account when I travel?
• How do you set an 'out of office' reply for an iCloud mail account?
• Telstra Mail changes and how they affect Bigpond email accounts
• ​Why can't I send my Bigpond email when I am in Hong Kong?  ​
• Securing your Hotmail account (or live.com or outlook.com account)
• How I ensure that I am not 'locked out' of my mail account when I travel?
• Notes from FREE FRIDAY session 11/12/15:  Moving from an old-fashioned POP email account to something better!
• Auto-Forwarding your Bigpond POP emails to your new email account
• How to set up your new Gmail or Outlook email account so that it retrieves your POP email from Bigpond, Optusnet, Primus, iiNet, Netspace, etc
• Hotmail emails are not being received from a particular sender
• Why you should think twice before unsubscribing from Junk emails
• Have you received any of these emails recently?
• Stop Outlook mail going to junk (for outlook.com, hotmail.com and live.com email addresses)
• Are you too getting a heap of Bigpond SPAM lately?
  

entertainment

• Can I download a Netflix TV series to watch when I don't have internet?

Google Drive

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

kids and technology, cyber safety

• The impact of the dangerous online world on the mind of a young child
• ​Are you the 'default parent' when it comes to the worrying about the kids and their online safety?               
• 10 smartphone rules for a 12-year-old - with one key rule missing!                             
• Setting Parental Controls on YouTube - both in the App and in Safari        
• Here's a checklist for setting up your child's school iPad (and their iPhone, iPod Touch)
• Parents - check your kids' devices for these dangerous app     
• Why parental controls did not stop inappropriate content on my child's iPad.  Beware!  
• Worried about your young teen's online safety?  Here's a book they (and you) MUST read.    
• Is your child using this app? Frighteningly, it is a new favourite with tweens                 
• Cybersafety On Social Networks
• Restricting what websites kids can see on i-Devices       
• The 'blacklist' of apps that are dangerous to kids.  Parents, check your children's devices!
• Something to consider if your kids know your iPad or iPhone passcode
• All power to the mother!  How I took control of our internet.  ​​​   
• ​What is it with kids and their resistance to backing up their data?! 
• A timely warning for students (and the rest of us!)​
• Can predators get to your kids through the games on their devices?
• An important warning about a new Snapchat feature that could put your child in danger
• Setting up Parental Controls on an Android device
• Good news for parents whose children use Android devices
  

Security, Privacy, Online Safety, Scamwatch

• Is your home internet safe? How to check if your home's router has been hacked
• ​Another clever scam email - this one from 'Telstra'
• An email scam that has caught out many.  Beware of the fake AGL email!
• ​A great article about online safety - Make Hackers Job Harder
• AMCA warns of text message scam targeting Netflix users - myGC.com.au
• Telstra customer Sue King had her identity stolen with three simple questions
• Is it antivirus software, or snake oil?
• ACCC warns of Christmas parcel pickup ransomware - News - CRN Mobile Edition 
• 'Australia Post' delivery scam holds PCs to ransom     
• Email scam warning from Australia Post  (Jul-Sep 14)
• Virus Alert! Crytpolocker: What You Should Know.
• That scam 'Australia Post' email that could easily have caught me out this week!
• Help! My iPad's Safari has been locked by 'ransomware'.
• A nasty scam email from 'Microsoft'
• That 'Bunnings' gift voucher email again ...
• Another iTandCoffee client caught out by a fake Telstra phone call
• A new scam email to look out for ...
• Please be careful not to fall for the Whatsapp email scam
• Apparently, my iCloud account has been banned!
• A new scam email with a different 'flavour'!
• Yet another scam email that I have received - this time from 'Woolworths'
• Facebook post about ATM PIN reversal is not true!
• This week's Scam Watch: Beware of emails from 'Bunnings' and 'Apple'
• Do you use the same password for everything?
• Beware of emails from your friends - they may be dangerous!
• Is iCloud Safe?
• A scam to be wary of when selling on Gumtree
• Securing your Hotmail account (or live.com or outlook.com account)
• Beware of Telstra scam calls about your internet or phone service​
• What anti-virus software should I use on Windows 10?  Or should I use the built-in protection software?
• If you use public WiFi, you should read this
• Can you spot which of these emails is real, and which is a scam?
• Over 700 million email addresses stolen - and mine is one of them!
• How to make your Evernote account more secure
• What can happen if you use the same password everywhere
• How to check if your email address is on any list from 'hacked' websites​
• What does 'patching' mean (in relation to 'ransomware')?

travel

• Phone and text access while travelling overseas 
• ​Have you discovered this great feature of the TripAdvisor App?
• How I ensure that I am not 'locked out' of my mail account when I travel?
• Exciting news about Google Translate - just in time for school holiday travel to foreign lands!
• Apple SIM provides data for travellers in 90 countries  
• So many ways to keep in touch from the other side of the world using your iPad and iPhone
  
• ​Some warnings about using Wi-Fi when travelling - even Hotel Wi-Fi  
• Checking your voicemail when you don't have access to your regular phone or SIM
•  I turned on my data roaming and used 11MB in a flash
• ​Why can't I send my Bigpond email when I am in Hong Kong?
• How to get access to Australian content when you travel - while keeping your online world secure  ​

social media

• How to stop Facebook videos from playing automatically - especially when you are on mobile data
• How do you stop seeing Facebook posts from someone without 'unfriending' them
  
• Have you checked yet if your Facebook Data was shared with Cambridge Analytica?

windows

• ​Setting up iCloud on a Windows computer
  
• ​My frustrations with Windows 10!      
• How can I speed up the startup of my Windows computer    
• What do you do when your Windows computer's web browser is hijacked by Ads     
• How can I read windows mail files attached to my Mac Mail message?       
• Getting edited iPhone (or iPad) photos across to your computer using iCloud Shared Streams 
• Importing iPad and iPhone photos to a Windows computer     
• Delete Photos from device using Windows  
• Free upgrade to Windows 10 is ending July 30!  Should you upgrade?
• How do I speed up the startup of my Windows 10 computer?   ​
• What anti-virus software should I use on Windows 10?  Or should I use the built-in protection software?
• Windows 10 Automatic Updates and how to stop them             ​
• If you have a product like this on your Windows computer, you should remove it ...
• Is your Windows computer at risk from attacks like last week’s?
• If you use Microsoft Word, you MUST install this update
• Here's one for those more advanced Word users
• Some great tips for any Excel users out there
• What to do when the @ key won’t work on Windows 10