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Failing online protection from a superhero here’s five things you can do to ensure your email address is properly protected. Give your email a disguise Many programs look for traditional emails like [email protected], so to disguise your email, spell it out: imthebatmanATgmailDOTcom or, imthebatman(DELETETHIS)@gmailDOTcom. People are smart enough to figure out that the AT and DOT are actually @, . or to delete (DELETETHIS). You’d be surprised at how much this will cut down on spam. Protect your email’s identity You should also read the Privacy Statements of all websites you have accounts with. Yes, there is lots of legal speak and they are long, but thats to get the user to scroll to the bottom of the document and hit accept. Look for clauses regarding your email, and note any companies that say they reserve the rights to sell your email to advertisers or aren’t held liable for stolen information, as you can ensure that your email will be spammed. Beyond that, many websites allow you to hide your email address from other users. It’s highly recommended that you do this and an option to do so can usually be found in the Account Options or Account Security sections of your user profile on websites. Don’t respond to flashy requests Get your email a side-kick Take a picture of your email The easiest way to do this is open MS Paint, (if you have a windows machine), or an online image creator like pixlr and type your email address into the image, resize so it just fits the font and hit save. The best format to save it as is a .jpeg, as it can be easily read by Internet browsers and email programs. Most email programs will allow you to put an image into your signature, typically done under Settings. You don’t have to be a superhero to protect your email, just take these precautionary steps and your important email addresses will be as safe as any superhero’s true identity. If you’d like to learn more about staying secure while surfing the Internet, please contact us, and we will come to your aid. |
Peter Parker: a smarter than average high school student, often ostracised for being different, and more commonly known as Spider-Man. Spider-Man goes to extremes to protect his identity and if he had an email address in the modern age, he would ensure it wasn’t captured by web criminals. Do you channel Spider-Man and take the necessary steps to protect that which is important to you, namely your email address?| Optimal productivity of remote employees |
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Productivity of your employees can be a hard enough thing to manage and encourage when your employees work in the same office as you, let alone employees who work remotely. While it’s a dream for many to work remotely from home, very few employees find they can pull it off. For those that do, bosses need to ensure that they’re as productive as onsite employees.| Better decisions due to analytics |
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Have you ever sat at a metaphorical crossroads, faced with a decision you have to make, but have no idea which option is best? If so you’re not alone, business owners and managers are faced with decisions on an almost constant basis, many of which can overwhelm the most seasoned entrepreneur. Many successful companies employ business analytics (BA) to help them with their decisions. Does your company use BA?| Worried about desktop virtualization? |
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There are many trends when it comes to technology and one of the most popular is virtualization, taking physical systems and creating virtual copies that can be accessed anywhere. While there are a number of different kinds of virtualization, desktop virtualization, is quickly gaining popularity, however, there are still some users who are apprehensive about security.| Great new Microsoft Office features |
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Few programs are more useful than Microsoft’s Office which can be found in nearly every business and home and has become the go-to program for nearly everything related to information development or gathering. Microsoft has recently introduced a new version of Office, Office 15, more commonly known as Office 2013. This latest development looks to bring drastic changes to Office.
