What were you doing 15 years ago? Did you have email? Was that email a Hotmail account? Believe it or not, Hotmail is celebrating its 15th birthday this month! Besides making me feel very old (!), Hotmail’s birthday brings about some new changes based on user feedback including the ability to create aliases with the…
Tech Savvy Kids Communicate Via Email to Hone Writing Skills
Thank you to Yahoo! Mail for sponsoring this post about staying connected. I was selected for this sponsorship by the Clever Girls Collective, which endorses Blog With Integrity, as I do. It probably isn’t surprising that Little Miss Techie has her own email account since she was born. When she sits down at the computer…
A Look Back at E-Mail During My College Days
Thank you to Yahoo! Mail for sponsoring this post about staying connected. I was selected for this sponsorship by the Clever Girls Collective, which endorses Blog With Integrity, as I do. I should have known that the man I would marry was the junior who helped me access my email account from the computer in…
E-mail & Blogging as Way For Young Writers to Hone Skills
Sammy is 6 years old and has a weekly column on Mama C and the Boys, his mom’s blog, where he writes Sammy Saturday. Inspired by this Sammy’s LeapFrog Explorer camera review that was this week’s post I’ve shared ways you can use the computer to practice different parts of the writing process through this week’s LeapFrog Community column….
Kapersky Lab Provides Tips on Combatting Spam
Have you ever wondered why you’re getting emails about Viagra or from an online pharmacy offering you the latest drugs? It’s spam! And I’m not talking about the mystery canned meat! We’ve all heard the word and most likely understand that its unsolicited email, but what does spam do and how can you tackle it?…
Overheard in Our Home…
Just like a true digital native, Little Miss Techie has had her own e-mail account since she was born. Her e-mail has always been filtered through my account until a few days ago when Tech Savvy Daddy decided that composing e-mail would be a great way to encourage her developing writing skills. He set up…
Tech Savvy Tip from A Parent in Silver Spring: Clearing your Gmail
Sometimes my e-mail box is completely overwhelming. I’ve thought about creating folders by month to sort my mail into regardless if it is read or not but sometimes it is just better to purge. My good friend, Jessica over at A Parent in Silver Spring has a great how-to guide that walks you through deleting…
I Hate Spam! (a.k.a Do You Think I’m Stupid)
The e-mail I received today: From: Eva John Garang <evagarangx30@msn.com> Subject: Hello Dear Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 00:13:15 +0000 Hello Dear, Kindly accept my apology for sending mail to you.I believe you are a highly respected personality, I am writing this mail with tears, sadness and pains. I know it will come to you…
Tech Savvy Guest: Andromeda Edison Discusses Unwanted Email
Today’s post is by guest contributor Andromeda Edison who shares how we can protect ourselves against e-mail spam and get rid of unwanted e-mails. Andromeda is the Chief Marketing Officer for Internet Defense Technologies, an email spam filtering and website hosting company. She has been working in the Internet Marketing arena since 1996 and watched…
