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Add to the Utility of Your Browser Bookmarks

Add to the Utility of Your Browser Bookmarks

  • By Rafiq Masri
  • June 18, 2025
  • How To

Do you find yourself visiting the same websites day after day for your work? This is essentially what it looks like for everyone, whether we’re working with calendars, applications, portals, or other systems. Bookmarks make this repeated navigation significantly easier, so today, we want to go over some best practices to help you get the most out of your bookmarks....

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How to Connect Google Search to Gemini (and Why You May Not Want To)

How to Connect Google Search to Gemini (and Why You May Not Want To)

  • By Rafiq Masri
  • March 26, 2025
  • How To

In keeping with the modern trend of incorporating artificial intelligence into everything we do, Google has been moving full steam ahead with Gemini, the company’s latest AI model. While once available only to those willing to pay the “Advanced” plan’s $20-per-month fee, Google recently announced that many new features would be available for free… including the capability to reference a...

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Tip of the Week: Best Practices for Sharing Your Screen

Tip of the Week: Best Practices for Sharing Your Screen

  • By Rafiq Masri
  • March 21, 2025
  • How To

Just about any collaboration platform these days will allow you to share your screen. The functionality works largely the same, regardless of whether you’re using Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, or something else, but we want to cover how to use it on these popular platforms. We’ll assume you’ve already joined a meeting for this article, so let’s get started...

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Moving? Here’s How to Prepare for Relocating Your Infrastructure

Moving? Here’s How to Prepare for Relocating Your Infrastructure

  • By Rafiq Masri
  • September 18, 2024
  • How To

Moving your business’ IT infrastructure is quite an endeavor, but a few preparatory steps can make it easier. Let’s review them and see if there are any opportunities hiding in this task. (more…)

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Is Your Phone Feeling Slow? Try Clearing the Cache

Is Your Phone Feeling Slow? Try Clearing the Cache

  • By Rafiq Masri
  • September 9, 2024
  • How To

Whether you have an older iPhone or last year’s iPhone 15 Pro Max, your device is likely to slow down a little as you use it, especially when using the web browser. This doesn’t just apply to iPhones; virtually any device with a web browser, including desktops, laptops, and tablets, can suffer from this. Let’s discuss the why and how...

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3 Simple Ways to Improve Your Business’ Risk Prevention Strategies

3 Simple Ways to Improve Your Business’ Risk Prevention Strategies

  • By Rafiq Masri
  • August 14, 2024
  • How To

Today’s businesses have to deal with many risk factors, especially cybersecurity and its many related concerns. At this year’s Cybsafe Impact 2024 USA conference, intended to share human risk management insights, a very accomplished panel of experts shared various thoughts. Let’s explore some of the topics this panel spoke on. (more…)

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How to Quickly Take a Screenshot in Windows 11

How to Quickly Take a Screenshot in Windows 11

  • By Rafiq Masri
  • December 22, 2023
  • How To

Sometimes it can be really handy to take a screenshot of something on your computer screen. Sure, there are tons of applications you can download and install that let you do this, but with the modern version of Windows 11, you don’t need any of that if you just need to take a quick screenshot and share it with someone...

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Need to Get Things Done? Try Taking a Power Hour

Need to Get Things Done? Try Taking a Power Hour

  • By Rafiq Masri
  • March 20, 2023
  • How To

If we asked you to identify the one hour of your day when you get the most done, would you be able to tell us? Even more interestingly, do you know how to get the most out of your so-called “power hour?” Let’s take a look at some of the theories about how you can make the most out of...

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How to Improve Your Android’s Autocorrect

How to Improve Your Android’s Autocorrect

  • By Rafiq Masri
  • December 16, 2022
  • How To

Look, no one has perfect spelling or grammar, which is why autocorrect as a feature exists in text-based applications. That said, it can often provide you with inaccurate or context-clueless suggestions, leading to much confusion and frustration. Let’s take a look at how you can make autocorrect work better for you, or if you are just sick of it altogether,...

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Tip of the Week: Add Dropdown Menus to Your Excel Spreadsheets

Tip of the Week: Add Dropdown Menus to Your Excel Spreadsheets

  • By Rafiq Masri
  • December 12, 2022
  • How To

If you know how to use functions and various other features that Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets have to offer, then you can take your skills one step further than most. One such feature is the use of dropdown menus within cells. Let’s discuss how you can use them to your benefit in both Excel and Sheets. (more…)

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