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sion of iOS introduced an option that allows an app
to access your location one time during set up and
then ask you for permission every subsequent
time; and iOS 14.5 also unveiled a brand-new fea-
ture that allows you to “Ask App Not to Track.”)

Another option is to go to Settings, then Privacy,
then Location Services. There you will see in one
place a long list of applications, and the location The New SeniorNet. People need to connect with others
permission level you have granted each. and stay engaged to thrive. SeniorNet has a mission to help
Google introduced a feature that automatically de- build connections between people and introduce them to
letes the data that it collects about you after a cer-
tain amount of time. It’s a feature you may want to technologies that can significantly decrease isolation and
enable, even if the company says that cutting the increase the quality of life. You can also find it
amount of data the company has about you may at www.seniornet.org.
affect its ability to serve you relevant ads or show
you suggestions for local businesses when you do
a search. The easiest way to do that is to sign into
your Google account on a desktop, click on your
Google account icon in the upper right corner, then
Manage your Google Account, then look for Activity
controls in the Data & personalization area.

And to manage your apps and location on your An-
droid phone, try going to Settings, then Location,
then “App access to location.”

In short, it’s a great time to prune the applications
on your phone. Your life will go on without the app
that makes your photos look like oil paintings.
Promise.

Chris and Jim Guld from GeeksOnTour.com have
over 100,000 photos and videos and they use Google
Photos to keep them organized. Most of the photos
were taken with their smartphones, but many came
from older digital cameras and also old family albums,
prints and slides. They can show you any photo from
their life in seconds, and they don’t even need their
computer to do this.

Google Photos is making some major changes in
2021. Here’s our take …
Do you have questions about Google Photos? Well,
we have answers! On Monday, May 17 at 3pm East- Google Photos 2021
ern time, we will be live on YouTube and Facebook
Here are all the materials (slide show, articles, and
answering those questions. Chris wrote the book on
videos) that you can read/watch at your leisure.
Google Photos. You can submit questions by replying
Geeks On Tour Classes
to this email, or if you join us live, you can ask ques-
tions in the chat.

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