May 5, 2020
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Technology winners and losers in the days of COVID-19
Who knew a few months ago that we’d be working from home? Or, dealing with sluggish unemployment systems written in 60-year old COBOL? Or, spending all day watching streaming TV because you’re literally stuck at home pretty much 24×7? Welcome … Continue reading
May 1, 2020
by sjvn01
Comments Off on How to easily move your photos from Facebook to Google Photos
Sharing isn’t easy. It’s difficult to move photos from one social network to another or storage. Now, Facebook and Google have made it simple to copy your Facebook photos to Google Photos. This is the first fruit of an open-source … Continue reading
April 20, 2020
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Where’s my check? COBOL’s role in delay of stimulus and unemployment payments
The last thing you need when you’ve lost your job is to be unable to file for unemployment. Or, if you’re short on funds, to be stuck waiting for your stimulus check. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what’s happened to many of … Continue reading
April 14, 2020
by sjvn01
Comments Off on The trouble with 2FA
I use a lot of online services on a lot of different PCs and smartphones. Every day, I would get a handful of two-factor authentication (2FA) text messages from Google, Microsoft, WordPress, etc., etc. And, while I know that this … Continue reading
April 8, 2020
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Zoom’s fall: Google bans Zoom from staffers’ gear
A few weeks ago, Zoom was riding high. Zoom had become a verb. You didn’t video-conference, you Zoomed. Then came the constant drumbeat of one Zoom security problem after another, including the infamous Zoombombing. Zoom fought back with security fixes. … Continue reading
April 2, 2020
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Zoom safely: How to password-protect your meetings
No one wants a naked man barging into a virtual classroom video conference, but that’s what happened in Norway-based class using the WhereBy service. Here, in the US, the enormously popular Zoom video-conferencing service meetings are getting attacked so often … Continue reading