2025 Meeting Highlights

••• Apple Educational Resource - Dan’s Tutorials

••• Google Discover -  What Is Google Discover, and How Do I View It on My Phone?

••• Google Discover - Customize what you find (Android, iPhone, iPad)

••• Safety - Holiday Safety Tips: A Practical Guide for Families

••• Scams 11-25 - Watch out for these cunning scams

••• USPS Informed Delivery

••• Websites 7-25 - The Top 100 Most Visited Websites in the USA

••• Zoom Audio and Video Basics

••• Amazon 11-25 - Amazon’s ‘Keep It’ returnless refunds are growing

••• Amazon 11-25 - The Amazon Prime perks you either forgot about or never knew existed

••• Subscriptions 11-25 - Stop the sneaky subscriptions: how to actually cancel the stuff you don’t use

••• Trade Ins 11-25 - Where to trade-in old tech for the most money

••• Windows 10 11-25 - Windows 10 Is Officially Dead 

••• OTOW New App to Join

••• Apple Liquid Glass - Disable on iOS 26  - Settings > Accessibility > Display & Text Size > Reduce Transparency On > Increase Contrast On

••• Shopping for Black Friday Deals:

https://blackfriday.com

https://cordcuttersnews.com

https://www.rtings.com

https://slickdeals.net

https://www.tomsguide.com

••• Android - 9-22 - Are Android phones now encrypted by default? - Information Security Stack Exchange

••• Barcodes - Barcode Database for UPC & EAN Lookups with API 

••• Barcodes - Verified by GS1 | Barcode GTIN GLN Company Lookup Verification

••• Barcodes - Global UPC Barcode Search — Look up any UPC, EAN, or ISBN

••• Computer 10-25 - ASUS Vivobook 15.6." Intel® Core i7-1355U - FHD (1920 x 1080) - Touchscreen - 16GB DDR4- 1TB SSD - Live on 11/27 $399

••• Credit Bureau 10-24 - How to Report a Relative's Death to Credit Bureaus

••• Ebooks 10-25 - 12 of the Best Free Ebook Download Libraries

••• Ebooks - Baen Books Science Fiction & Fantasy

••• Purchasing 10-25 - Best Laptop Deals - Make Tech Easier

••• Scams 10-25 - What the F5 Hack Means For You And What to Do Right Away

••• Science 10-25 - Eye prosthesis is the first to restore sight lost to macular degeneration

••• Science 10-25 - Quantum ‘echoes’ reveal the potential of Google’s quantum computer

••• Science 10-25 - Mini 3D printer could enable on-site tissue repair inside human body

••• Security - Authentication Ease of use with Yubikeys | Yubico

••• Space - Comets Visible Tonight and More in the Night Sky

••• Windows 10 10-25 - Microsoft issues urgent Windows 10 warning — and 84% of our readers are impacted

••• Android 9-25 - Android and ChromeOS merger is coming ‘next year’

••• Android 4-22 - How to Mute Calls By Flipping Your Android Phone

••• Auto Blocker 7-24 - Everything You Need to Know About Samsung’s Auto Blocker Feature

••• Call History iOS 26 10-25 - See Your Full Call History With Any iPhone Contact

••• Call History - Manage call history & do a reverse phone number look up

••• Call History 8-25 - How Far Back Can Your Phone Records Go?

••• ChatGPT 10-25 -  Scientists create ChatGPT-like AI model for neuroscience to build detailed mouse brain map

••• iPhone Security Turn On - Settings > Privacy & Security > Wired Accessories > Always Ask

••• Manuals - Search for Manuals Online

••• Shopping - Barcode Lookup

••• Shopping - Amazon Deals Price Tracker with Camel Camel Camel 

••• Shopping - Slick Deals

••• Space 9-25  - 60 years after Gemini, newly processed images reveal incredible details

••• 9-25 AI - Microsoft unveils microfluidics cooling to cut AI data center power use amid AI’s soaring energy demands

••• Phone 8-25 - Need a Second Phone Number? Google Voice Is the Easiest Way to Do it

••• Security Homework - Sign in with backup codes

••• Spam 7-25 - The Easiest Ways to Block Text Messages on iPhone and Android

••• Spam 10-25 - What Actually Happens When You Report A Number As Spam Or Junk On Your Cellphone? 

••• Spam 9-25 - Spam Calls Are Out of Control. Here’s How I Stopped Them

••• Spam - Screen, filter, report, and block text messages on iPhone

••• Spam 7-23 - How to block text messages in Android

••• Text 4-25 - How to Leave a Group Text on Samsung Galaxy

••• Travel 3-24 - How to Safely Use Airport Charging Stations

••• Travel 12-24 - Security expert explains alarming reason why you should never charge your phone at an airport

••• Travel - Amazon search for products: charge only usb cable no data

••• Travel - Anker Nano Charging Station

••• Elder Fraud Resource Guide

••• Elder Affairs Florida Resources

•• Eyes - Screen Reader - Be My Eyes describes everything on a website

••• Phishing 1-25 - Examples of Email Phishing

••• Scam 7-25 - Over 200 million Amazon Prime customers warned about scammers trying to steal their accounts — how to stay safe

••• Scam 6-25 - FLHSMV warns drivers about scam texts about unpaid traffic tickets, threats to suspend license

••• Scam 9-25 - PayPal users targeted in account profile scam

••• Scam 1-25 - Is this an Apple Pay scam?

••• Spam - How to Stop Spam Emails

••• Weather App - Florida Storms • Florida Public Radio Emergency Network FPREN

••• AOL 8-25 - AOL to End Dial-Up Internet Access

••• Cleanup PC - Protection for your computer • Microsoft PC Manager

••• Robotics in Ocala - The Institute for Human & Machine Cognition (IHMC)

••• Screen Protectors 8-25 - The Essential Guide to Mobile Tempered Glass Prices

••• Travel - 3 Stooges Museum Stoogeum in PA

••• Comcast 8-25 - Comcast is Shutting Down Its Email Service & Moving Customer Email Accounts to Yahoo Mail

••• Email - What is email spoofing?

••• Gmail 3-25 - Declutter Your Gmail with the New “Manage Subscriptions” Tool

••• Search - Full List of Google Search Operators with Examples

••• Search - Google Advance Search

••• Search - Google search operators: the complete list

••• AI 7-25 - Google’s Gemini refuses to play Chess against the mighty Atari 2600 after realizing it can't match ancient console

••• Graphics - How to use ImageFX Google's New AI Image Generator

••• Graphics - ImageFX

••• Graphics 7-25 - How to Use Google's Circle to Search on iPhone or Android

••• SSD 11-24 - The Essential Guide to SSD and HDD Maintenance for Optimal Performance

••• Zoom - Placing Photos on Your Zoom Background