Friday, October 11, 2019

Tech Tips and News for October 11, 2019

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This week's post contains several tips for iPhone and iPad users due to the recent iOS 13 update. These tips should help those users determine what settings need to be set or unset, and how to use some of the new features. Updates can be so helpful, but only if you know how to use them. This week's safety and security posts include how to check if your device has a virus, and best practices for protecting your identity online. It's so important to be careful online, and ever diligent. It's a shame we need to be so suspicious, but unfortunately, that's the online world we live in.



Does Your Computer Have a Virus? Here's How to Check

Does Your Computer Have a Virus? Here's How to Check, from How-To Geek by Chris Hoffman
It's not always easy to tell these days if your computer is infected. Sometimes it's obvious, and other times a virus may be hiding in the background.

How to Protect Your Identity Online

How to Protect Your Identity Online, from How-To Geek by Dave Johnson
Good advice from common actions to more advanced, depending upon how careful you wish to be.

G Suite Updates

New Look for Docs, Sheets & Slides on Android

Google is in the process of updating everything to their new Material Design. Docs, Sheets and Slides on Android devices are next in line for this update. This process is designed to give all G Suite apps the same look and feel, regardless of which device you are using. They will look the same on a desktop or laptop as they do on a mobile phone. Full details can be found in the G Suite Updates blog post

Just Updated to iOS 13? Change These Eight Settings Now

Learn your way around the new settings. 

How to Customize the Share Sheet on you iPhone or iPad

How to Customize the Share Sheet on you iPhone or iPad, from How-To Geek by Khamosh Pathak
This feature is new with the upgrade to iOS 13 and iPadOS13. The share sheet provides your sharing options when you wish to share something with another user/account/device on your iPhone or iPad.

How to Use Multiple Windows of an App on Your iPad

How to Use Multiple Windows of an App on Your iPad, from How-To Geek by Khamosh Pathak
Sometimes it's very helpful to have two separate windows from the same app open side by side. Here's how. 

5 Handy Google Slides Features You Might Be Overlooking


A Tool to Simulate Text Messages Between Historical Figures

A Tool to Simulate Text Messages Between Historical Figures, from Free Technology for Teachers by Richard Byrne
The best part about this tool is that students don't need to register or create an account to use it. 

Math & Science Halloween Lessons

Math & Science Halloween Lessons, from Free Technology for Teachers, by Richard Byrne
The students will be obsessed with Halloween anyway, so you might as well channel all the energy into learning. 

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