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APCUG Advisor Region 5 (AL, FL, GA, SC)
CHROME 91 INTRODUCES NEW PROTEC- Outlook is your preferred email app on iPh-
TIONS AGAINST DOWNLOADING MALI- one, iPad, or Android, you’ll appreciate the
CIOUS EXTENSIONS AND FILES – To continue flexibility and options. Let’s walk through it all
its war on bad extensions, Google is putting a so that you can stop reading your emails after
few new precautions in place as a part of its a long, hectic day and listen to them instead.
Enhanced Safe Browsing initiative to ensure Read more at
that users who visit the Chrome Web Store
are only getting extensions that benefit them How to Have Your Emails Read Aloud in Out-
and respect their privacy. Beginning with
Chrome 91, a new prompt will appear before look on iPhone, iPad, and Android
(howtogeek.com)
installing an item that will alert the user re-
garding permissions and data it seeks to use,
and whether or not it’s considered trustwor- SLOW VPN? HERE’S HOW TO MAKE IT FAST-
thy. Read or listen to this article at ER – Virtual private networks are great tools,
but they all have one problem: They slow
down your connection. If you’re suffering from
Chrome 91 introduces new protections agonizingly slow speeds while connected to
against downloading malicious extensions your VPN, here are a few things you can do to
and files (chromeunboxed.com) fix the problem.
EASY WAY TO DELETE JUNK IN GOOGLE
PHOTOS AS TIME RUNS OUT ON UNLIM- How-to Geek has the info here. https://
bit.ly/3vw4ge2
ITED STORAGE – Google has been gearing up
to implement its strict storage limits on all
photos uploaded to the service. The change HOW TO CHECK THE POLLEN COUNT IN
was first announced about six months ago. YOUR AREA – If you’re one of the millions of
Under the new rules, any photos you upload people who suffer from seasonal allergies,
after May 31, 2021, will count towards your you know the impact high pollen levels can
15GB monthly limit. Once that runs out, you’ll have. Using your smartphone, tablet, or com-
have to pay for extra storage through a puter, you can monitor the pollen count in
Google One subscription. Here are the details your area and be better prepared. There are a
on Google Photos number of ways to monitor pollen levels.
Kim Komando has the information How-to Geek has the info here. https://
here. https://bit.ly/3oY0hod bit.ly/3oY1mfL
HOW TO HAVE YOUR EMAILS READ ALOUD DOWNLOAD PROBLEMS? 9 WAYS TO TROU-
IN OUTLOOK ON iPHONE, iPAD, AND AN- BLESHOOT AND FIX THEM – Most issues that
DROID – Sit back, rest your eyes, and listen to you will encounter while trying to download a
your emails instead of reading them. With file have simple solutions. Whether you’re us-
Play My Emails in Microsoft Outlook on iPh- ing a computer, a smartphone, or a games
one, iPad, and Android, Cortana is happy to console, here are nine things to try the next
read your messages aloud to you. time you have an issue. Performing a full re-
start can often free up some space as the sys-
tem deletes temporary files and performs
You can use the Play My Emails feature for housekeeping in the background. Otherwise,
multiple accounts, customize the emails that learn how to create free space on Windows,
you hear, act on a message, and more. So if (Continued on page 12)
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