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This group is the place for you, no matter what operating system your computers, tablets, or phone use or if you are considering getting involved with some new tech or making a change.

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We do not have any prerequisites; just come, ask questions, bring your tech issues, and enjoy.


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Pottstown Library Program Notes

  • Immediately after the 1 and 7 PM meetings each Monday. | One-on-One Help

Dec 4, 2023, 1 and 7 PM | Join Online Meeting > The Gadget Gurus: I will review the current tech news. We will do our best to answer computers, smartphones, apps, cameras, tablets, and internet questions. So bring your tech issues and enjoy the meeting.
3 Reasons to Have a Google Voice Number – By Anna Burgess Yang debugger.medium.com

Dec 11, 2023, 1 and 7 PM | Join Online MeetingA Mesh Home Network?  | Google WiFi Mesh networking is a way for information to pass through several directly connected nodes to one another. For example, a mesh WiFi router and its satellites act to get better WiFi signals encompassing a larger area. With Google WiFi, the satellite mesh units connect wirelessly to the base unit or can be connected using Ethernet cables.

Dec 18, 2023, 1 and 7 PM | Join Online Meeting > The Gadget Gurus: I will review the current tech news. We will do our best to answer computers, smartphones, apps, cameras, tablets, and internet questions. So bring your tech issues and enjoy the meeting.

Dec 25, 2023, 1 and 7 PM |  Merry Christmas

Jan 1, 2024, 1 and 7 PM | Join Online Meeting > The Gadget Gurus: I will review the current tech news. We will do our best to answer computers, smartphones, apps, cameras, tablets, and internet questions. So bring your tech issues and enjoy the meeting.

Jan 8, 2024, 1 and 7 PM | Join Online MeetingLet’s Look At Mobile Apps –  If you have a smartphone or another mobile device, you probably use apps. To play games – Get turn-by-turn directions – Access news, books, weather, and more. Apps are easy to download and often free. Mobile apps can be so convenient that you might download them without considering how they’re paid for or what information they may gather from your device. A mobile app is a software program you can download and access using your phone or tablet. I enjoy services, Shopping, Entertainment, and Apps. – Here are many services I enjoy regularly. You may also find some of them exciting and valuable.

Jan 15, 2024, 1 and 7 PM | Join Online Meeting > The Gadget Gurus: I will review the current tech news. We will do our best to answer computers, smartphones, apps, cameras, tablets, and internet questions. So bring your tech issues and enjoy the meeting.

Jan 22, 2024, 1 and 7 PM | Join Online MeetingWhat is a Chromebook? – A Chromebook is a new computer designed to help you get things done faster and easier and powered by Google’s Chrome OS™ and features built-in, up-to-date virus protection along with Google apps and services like Gmail™, Google Calendar™, Docs, and Google Play™ (plus thousands more in the Chrome Web Store™). In addition, unlike traditional PCs, Chromebooks update themselves automatically for free, so you always have the latest and most excellent version. At the same time, your stuff stays safe with Google Drive™ online file storage that’s automatically backed up. And Chromebooks play nicely with your other devices—your phone, tablet, or another computer—so you can stay in sync with your day. 

Jan 29, 2024, 1 and 7 PM | Join Online Meeting > The Gadget Gurus: I will review the current tech news. We will do our best to answer computers, smartphones, apps, cameras, tablets, and internet questions. So bring your tech issues and enjoy the meeting.

Feb 5, 2024, 1 and 7 PM | Join Online MeetingOnline Shopping – Everyone loves saving money, and online shopping makes it easy. However, in the pre-internet age, if you wanted to save a few bucks, you had to visit several stores to compare prices or spend an entire Sunday afternoon cutting coupons.


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Senior Tech Group Members If you attended at least once, you are a member; please let us know what you would like us to cover in the future.


The Senior Tech Group brings technology users together to share knowledge and experience. Everyone welcome!

We do not have any prerequisites. Just come, ask questions, bring your tech issues, and enjoy.

User groups are founded on the principle of “members helping members.” We are particularly interested in helping those who have limited or no experience with a computer so they may participate in the rapid transition from traditional means of communication and commerce to the Internet. So please invite your “non-connected” neighbors to a meeting or clinic and see how easily we can help them learn what they need to know. And please understand that while a listed presentation topic may not be of particular interest, the discussion often branches into other topics of interest to those attending. There is no meeting where you don’t learn something new.

An Important Note:  Along with much praise for the STG and what we do at our presentations. Some attendees say, “their eyes get glazed over” at how quickly we move through the different screens and options. WE HEAR YOU!   We have kicked this around and are committed to making no demonstration clicks or entries on the computer image on the screen without ensuring everyone knows what we are doing and how/why we are doing it.

We cover the following topics during our group meetings, clinics, and more.

  • Getting started with a computer
    • What computer, printer, or backup drive should you buy
    • Securing your computer
    • Using your computer and its software
    • Help with your email.
    • Speed up a sluggish computer.
  • Using the Internet more effectively.
    • Connecting to the Internet and WiFi arrangements
    • How to search the Internet
    • Backup your photos to the cloud
  • Cell Phones
    • Finding an economic plan
    • Choosing a phone
    • Programming your cell phone
    • Using Apps
    • Backup your photos to the cloud
  • Shopping online
  • Cable TV or Fios issues, cutting the cord (get rid of cable TV)
  • Talking online using video chat, webcam, and Skype
  • Digital camera and photo problems: what camera to buy
    • Sharing photos on the Internet
  • Help setting up your web address and personalized email address.
  • Building web pages

Notice for Visitors to the Website: As you will see, this is an open website with access granted to all Internet users. The Senior Tech Group uses this site as a resource for the three communities we support, i.e., Coldstream Crossing residents and the Phoenixville Library visitors in Pennsylvania and The Groves community in Fort Meyers, Florida. In addition, we provide direct support, including house calls, at appropriate times of the year for the Coldstream Crossing and Groves communities. All of the services we provide are pro bono.

We welcome visitors from outside our supported communities to view the resources on the website. While we attempt to maintain all the information and links the best we can, we disclaim responsibility for any use or misuse of any information or links to other sites or information contained here.


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