Tuesday, January 4, 2011

10 Ways to Get the Most Out of Technology

Your gadgets and computers, your software and sites — they are not working as well as they should. You need to make some tweaks.
But the tech industry has given you the impression that making adjustments is difficult and time-consuming. It is not.
And so below are 10 things to do to improve your technological life. They are easy and (mostly) free. Altogether, they should take about two hours; one involves calling your cable or phone company, so that figure is elastic. If you do them, those two hours will pay off handsomely in both increased free time and diminished anxiety and frustration. You can do it.
  • GET A SMARTPHONE
  • STOP USING INTERNET EXPLORER
  • UPLOAD YOUR PHOTOS TO THE CLOUD
  • GET MUSIC OFF YOUR COMPUTER
  • BACK UP YOUR DATA
  • SET UP A FREE FILE-SHARING SERVICE
  • GET FREE ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE
  • GET A BETTER DEAL FROM YOUR CABLE, PHONE AND INTERNET PROVIDER
  • BUY A LOT OF CHARGING CABLES
  • CALIBRATE YOUR HDTV
read more at nytimes

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