Program Notes for the 1st Week of the Month
Apr 6, 2026 | Join Online Meeting > The Gadget Gurus: I will review the current tech news. We will do our best to answer questions about computers, smartphones, apps, cameras, tablets, and the internet. Bring your tech issues and enjoy the meeting.
. How to Protect Your Credit Card Information – Ask Leo! – askleo.com
. > How to Protect Your Credit Card Information – youtube.com · Ask Leo!
This Week’s Tip or Trick
- Be sure you are logged into the Google Email account you want to change.
- How to do it: Navigate to your Google Account settings and look for the option to change your Gmail email address.
- Alternatives: If you don’t need a total change, consider updating your display name to maintain a professional appearance.
- Security Tip: While changing, ensure you update your two-factor authentication methods to the new email.
Gmail’s long-awaited email address change has finally arrived – howtogeek.com
If You Use Gmail, You’re Going To Want To Try This 1 New Setting ASAP – The Huffington Post
Help – Change your Google Account email
Your Google Account email is the address you use to sign into Google services and to identify your account to you and others. If you choose, you can change your Google Account email that ends in gmail.com to a new address that ends in gmail.com.
Important: The ability to change your Google Account email is gradually rolling out to all users, and this option may not be available to you yet.
BitWarden Tip & Info
[email protected]) to generate unique, site-specific email addresses, aiding in spam filtering and security. Users can generate these unique usernames, including random strings, directly from Bitwarden’s Generator.- How it Works: By appending a “+” sign and a keyword (e.g.,
[email protected]) to your email, providers like Gmail, ProtonMail, and Fastmail route these to your main inbox. - Generation Methods: Bitwarden’s Username Generator offers:
- Random: Generates
username+<random_string>@email.com.
- Random: Generates
- Benefits:
- Spam Filtering: Instantly identify which site leaked or sold your email address.
- Security Layer: Using unique, complex plus addresses makes it harder for attackers to identify your actual email login.
- Organization: Easily create filters in your email client to manage incoming messages.
- Limitations:
- Some websites do not allow the “+” symbol in their registration forms.
- Plus, spammers can easily remove addresses to reveal your base email.
- If you lose access to the main email account, you lose all linked plus-addressed accounts.
> How to use the Bitwarden username generator – YouTube video
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Tech News & Tips
- 5 things your Android phone’s buttons can secretly control (besides volume and power) – howtogeek.com
- To get immediate emergency help on an iPhone, press and hold the side button and a volume button, then drag the Emergency SOS slider. For rapid access, press the side button 5 times to activate the slider. If you have an iPhone 14 or later, you can use satellite connectivity to text emergency services when cellular service is unavailable.
- I use a laptop as a desktop computer, here’s how – howtogeek.com
- You can turn Chrome’s address bar into a notepad with one line of text – howtogeek.com
- If this hack sounds intriguing, but you find the default version too barebones. Check out this Medium article and paste the code shared there into your browser’s address bar. You’ll get a nicer-looking yet still dead-simple note-taking space you can customize to your liking.
- I’ve used Google Messages for years, and I can’t believe I was ignoring these features – androidpolice.com
- Gmail cleanup: How I went from 2,341 unread emails to Inbox Zero in three steps – AndroidAuthority
- How to manage digital assets of dead family members – punchng.com
- How To Chromecast From Your Chromebook – aboutchromebooks.com
- I started using these Gboard gestures, and typing instantly felt faster – Android Police
- Pixel Watch March/April 2026 update rolling out for LTE models – 9to5google.com
- Google shows how you should use ‘Ask Maps’ as the feature rolls out widely – 9to5google.com
- ChromeOS 146 is rolling out, but Google is clearly eyeing a much bigger prize – chromeunboxed.com ·
- My Android phone vibrates in secret codes so I always know who’s texting me – howtogeek.com
- Android’s most trusted launcher is now harvesting your data -howtogeek.com
Deals, Sales & Reviews
- Take This Editors’ Choice Acer Chromebook Plus for a Spin With a 34% Discount – PCMag
- ChromeOS Flex USB Kit announced as Google partners with Back Market – FoneArena
- I ditched my PC for a high-end Chromebook and was surprised by what happened – pocket- lint.com
Video Tips
- What’s the Difference Between Outlook, Outlook, and Outlook.com? – youtube.com · Ask Leo!