Facebook vs. Google+

For those three of you who haven’t been keeping up with Google’s recent launch, Google+ is the newest in a long line of social networking websites. Like Myspace and Facebook before it, Google+ allows you to add “friends” to your network, share pictures, and meet new people. And while Myspace has fallen into oblivion since 2006, Facebook is, in my opinion, still superior to the newest kid on the social...

More on Fake Security Ads and Scareware

Trying to explain why and how fake security infiltrates my client’s computer is difficult. Instead of trying to explain it each and every time, which can be daunting, I am going to suggest this article as a reading assignment. If you use Microsoft Windows, and you want to minimize the possibility of becoming infected by this almost unstoppable force, you MUST read, digest and then put into practice the information found...

A beginners’ guide to Facebook

Although I am not a fan of Facebook and don’t use it much myself, I realize that many of you either do use it, want to use it, or asked to use it.  There are some great resources that give good step-by-step instructions on how to get started with and use Facebook. Since I am not an expert and didn’t want to create a fictitious account (against the rules, yeah right), I am listing the best resources I could find...

Why are Facebook games easier than general compute...

Twice in the past week I came across clients who consider themselves computer illiterate (I abhor this phrase, but that’s a whole different issue.yet could operate Facebook games like a professional gamer.  The two folks (one woman, one man and both well over 70) have difficulty understanding how email operates in terms of servers, providers, etc, have not learned how to copy and paste, think that Google is THE...

Facebook security tip

One of Beth’s friends alerted us to this: Facebook has agreed to let third party advertisers use your posted pictures by default to your friends in their ads. .To changeNGS up at the top where you see the log out link. Select PRIVACY. Then select NEWS FEEDS AND WALL. Next select the tab that reads FACE BOOK ADS. There is a drop down box, select NO ONE. Then SAVE your changes. (REPOST to let your friends know!) One of...

Social Networking Basics – User Group Presen...

Adam Cochran covered for me today at the GJ Computer Users Group and talked about social networking. Following are the notes for his presentation plus a slide show presentation with additional information about social networking: Social Networks are website that help people with common interests of backgrounds keep in touch. The big 3 social networks are Facebook, MySpace and Twitter. MySpace is designed to help people with...

Social networking and blogs gaining popularity.

This report shows that social network sites, Facebook leading them all, are gaining popularity and quickly becoming more popular than even email! Social networking and blogs now more popular than email, says Nielsen | Technology | guardian.co.uk.

Add photos to Facebook quickly and easily – ...

I helped a retired aged computer user today who was cajoled into using Facebook by his family. His Facebook friends hammered him daily about posting some pictures to his online profile. But like many computer users, he juggled time between three different photo management programs. One of them, luckily, was Google’s Picasa and I configured Picasa to locate all his pictures. A quick web search led me to the Picasa...

Computer Help Show Podcast – 02-18-09

This month’s show centered on social networking. We had a special in-studio guest, Annie Payne (click here to reach her web site). Annie runs an extremely busy blog and writes for our local paper, The Daily Sentinel. Thanks for helping us talk about and answer questions about Facebook, Twitter, and other social networking sites Annie! In addition to the social networking chatter, we also answered a record amount of...