We want to wish everyone happy holidays and a wonderful new year! As we reflect on the past year, we are thankful for all of you and hope you have a wonderful holiday season. Wishing you health, happiness, and success in the new year.
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5 Tips for Buying a College Student a Computer
Choosing the right computer for your child heading off to college can feel overwhelming. With countless brands, features, and price points, it’s important to focus on what really matters for academic success, day-to-day use, and longevity. Here are the top five things to keep in mind as you shop: 1. Check the School’s Recommendations First […]
Were You Able to Unplug This Summer?
As summer winds down, let’s take some time to assess the screen time habits that we’ve had for the past 8 months. If you’re anything like us, you’ve been glued to your devices, keeping up with news, streaming TV and movies, watching sports, working, working, working… We thought it would be a good time for […]
It’s Time to Unplug (for the summer)
Now that summer is upon us and things are opening back up, it’s time to reassess the screen time habits that we’ve all had for the past 18 months. If you’re anything like us, you’ve been glued to your devices around the clock, keeping up with news, streaming TV and movies, watching sports as they […]
Insert Excel Data in a Word Document
Sometimes you may want to display an Excel data table in a Word document. Did you know you can create/format the table in Excel and then insert it into Word? Here’s how: On the Insert tab, in the Text group, click Object. In the Object dialog box, on the Create from file tab, choose Browse, […]
CBTech Tip: Password Managers
So many *choose your own explicative* passwords to remember with different requirements!!! Ugh, there must be a way to remember them all without writing them on post-it notes!! Hello Password Manager! What is a password manager and why should I use one? According to Wikipedia, a password manager assists in generating and retrieving complex passwords, […]
How to identify phishing emails
A phishing email is an email scam designed to trick the recipient in to clicking a link, opening an attachment, or giving valuable information to a hacker. Have you ever received invoices claiming money owed, unsolicited UPS or FedEx shipping notifications, or emails claiming your online bank password needs to be reset? These are phishing […]
How to avoid tax-time scams
It’s everyone’s favorite time of year again: Tax Time! And along with all the fun gathering of documents, numbers, and other records, comes the usual spike in malicious email and phone calls. Each year, the IRS keeps a list of the top 12 tax scams that it calls the “Dirty Dozen”. Here is 2019’s list: […]
Happy Holidays and a Wonderful New Year!
We want to wish everyone happy holidays and a wonderful new year! As we reflect on the past year, we are thankful for all of you and hope you have a wonderful close of the year, and a great start to 2020!
Backups – Help, our summer intern just deleted our files!
Marc, our summer intern, just deleted that super important presentation file that he spent a week putting together for the super important person, Dan, for a super important client meeting. What now!? Backups can help mitigate an issue like this. However, just setting up backups without a plan doesn’t necessarily ensure the files will be […]