Category: PresentationPost
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Picasa is Dead – Long Live Picasa!
Google abandoned this popular desktop image management app in 2016 to concentrate on developing Google Photos. However Picasa still works (to a degree) and is available for Windows and iMac PCs. Many JCC members store photos on their PCs, and … Read more
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What will happen to all my on-line “stuff” when I drop off the perch?
Nobody likes to think too much about their eventual demise. But it’s a fact of life, and in this complex, modern world we have to think about all the digital stuff we will have left behind, particularly the on-line stuff: … Read more
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Confusing and confused Internet accounts
Is my Gmail account the same as my Google account? Is my Microsoft account the same as my Gmail account ?… it asked for my e-mail address when I set it up after all… must I use the same password? … Read more
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Bad Apps and Powerful Launchers
This Thursday April 28th is the last Thursday of the month and it’s Drinks and Nibbles day! In addition, to entertain and inform us, Scotty will tell us how to steer clear of bad Android apps. He’ll also explain what … Read more
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What’s a VPN ? Do I need one? Will a free one do? What about a DDNS ?- whatever that is…
This Thursday, 21st April, we discuss VPNs: “Virtual Private Network”s. Some club members are always going on about using a VPN when doing stuff over the Internet. What are they? Why might I want to use one? (hint: perhaps it’s … Read more
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Printing tricky things
This Thursday April 14th, we’ll take a look at printing headaches. Sometimes it’s pretty tricky to get the printer to print just what you want. For example an email, from which you just want the text. A web page: you … Read more
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The secrets of Googling successfully
This is our presentation topic for Thursday April 7th. Do you have difficulty finding what you’re looking for on the Internet? For example, information about a book, a car, a herb, a country? What about trying to identify a flower, … Read more
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Drink and Nibbles – and a demo of Windows bloatware removal!
Since Thursday 31st March is the last Thursday of the month, we’ll be having complementary drinks and nibbles. Plus, for some entertainment, Chris B-J will attempt to remove bloatware from one of the Club’s laptops. But which removal tool to … Read more
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Everything you wanted to know about Facebook, but were too afraid to ask.
This Thursday, March 24th, Margaret (yes, our very own Margaret March!) will lead a Facebook Q&A session and, with members’ help attempt to clarify some of those niggling questions you thought were too stupid to ask. If you’re confused by … Read more
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What is Torrenting? How does it work? Is it Safe? Is it illegal?
People tend to talk in hushed voices when discussing Torrenting or BitTorrent technology. Why? Is it illegal or something? How do you do it? I know it’s something to do with downloading big files, but is it safe? This Thursday, … Read more
