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Now, you need to keep track of tens, hundreds, or even thousands of passwords! You can reuse the same password, but what if you want to have an even bigger password or be more secure? While, you can use a password manager! But, isn't that more insecure? You just have a big program/extension that you can open up, and it can be opened by anyone? While, if you don't have a computer password, set it now. But then, you can set up a password for your password manager! When you open it, it asks for a password. Once you type it in, your passwords are there! There are 2 ways that password managers can work. First, a password manager can type in passwords for you. The second way is filling them in. And a password manager can generate THIS good of a password! 7Au2bi7enA@'32=DHOv2em~Jp:#<AlhsMtcoc<,b//(C/6EhHtMYj~^:]0_cYL3+~6_B`GUL9G;]>JYGW86_Or1paU+HBvOr!Fdy So, should you use a password manager? While, how easy is it for you to track passwords? While, you can choose that. Bu...

Now, I usually don't talk about meeting programs here. But, I was able to try out Google Meet and Zoom! Remember about NetMeeting from my virtual learning blog post? While, I was able to run the Windows XP version in a Windows XP virtual machine (not my real computer), but I could not test it. And here is a Google Meet picture! So, to the comparison. Now,  the interface of Google Meet looks a lot better! But, the virtual background is not very good. It cuts my hair off! But, when it comes to integration with the operating system, Zoom is better. And the closed captions feature is not the most accurate.  What I said: This is a test of the Google Meet closed captions. What it think I said: This isn't Just the Girl Meet closed captions. But a couple hours after I wrote this, I learned about a new meeting program. Google Duo! Now, Google Duo is more like a phone call except for video than a meeting program. But weirdly, Google Duo is more like Microsoft NetMeeting. In NetMeeting, ...

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So for my birthday, I got a new tablet. That tablet is the Fire Tablet! Specifically, the Fire Tablet 10 (2019). So, the Fire Tablet is an Android tablet with a custom version of Android installed called Fire OS. Fire OS is basically Android with a custom launcher and the Amazon App Store! So, because of that, you can install Google Play onto it! And I use it almost everyday to read. The Fire Tablet comes with the Kindle app built in, so all your Kindle books can be delivered over as soon as you are done setting it up. Plus, you can even install Epic onto your Fire Tablet! And you can get Kindle books from the library! Just install the Libby app and choose that you read books through Kindle, and then you can deliver library books from your Fire Tablet to your Fire Tablet! This also works on all Kindle devices (Kindle, Kindle Paperwhite, iPad, your Windows laptop, MacBooks, and more). Now, I don't know how expensive the Fire Tablet is right now. But as a Fire Tablet and Androi...

Now, if you have read lots of blogs, you probably saw this icon at least once. And if you click that icon, you might have seen a website that starts with feedburner.com. First, that icon is for RSS. RSS is a format that contains all the posts from that blog. This is a snippet what my blog in RSS looks like.  ef =" http://feeds.feedburner.com/techytommy " /> <feedburner:info uri =" techytommy " /> <atom10:link xmlns:atom10 =" http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom " rel =" hub " href =" http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/ " /> <entry> <id> tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878542713109000453.post-7479948654457705158 </id> <published> 2021-07-06T06:59:00.002-05:00 </published> <updated> 2021-07-06T07:11:56.342-05:00 </updated> <category scheme =" http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns# " term =" Coding " /> <category scheme =" http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns# " term ="...

  Now, you may want to connect your devices to each other. Like your smart home to your email to get an email when it is turned on and off! So, before you build a new app, there is already an app for what you want to do. That app is called IFTTT! So, to get started, go to IFTTT and create an account. And then, create a new applet! Now, select what you want to trigger your applet. You could use an Alexa command, sending an email, or even creating a new Google Contact! Now, you need to choose what happens. You could send a notification to your iPad or Fire Tablet, create a new Google Contact, or even create a Google Calendar event! This is the example I will do. Now, before you can use some services (like Alexa and Contacts), you need to link your account. Just log in and allow IFTTT to access your account! After you are done choosing your options, click on Continue. You can receive notifications when it runs. After that, click on Finish. Your applet is now ready! Now, ther...

  I recently got an alert saying that FeedBurner Email is discontinued because TechyTommy uses the Follow by Email widget. You may not get email notifications for new blog posts while I transfer everybody to an IFTTT solution.