Communication

We teach you how to turn your computer into a powerful communications tool.

 

Using your mobile phone as a wireless broadband modem

If you only travel occasionally, and already have a good (and expensive) broadband connection at home, you may not want to invest in a separate, stand-alone wireless modem for when you hit the road. In this article, we explain how you can use your 3G or HSDPA (which is sometimes known as 3.5G) enabled mobile phone as a modem when you’re on the road.

 

Keep your files in Sync with Dropbox

With so many of us working across multiple computers during the course of our day, it can get difficult to keep track of which file you used last and where the latest version of your important files lives. This article covers how to use an online synchronisation service called Dropbox to keep your files up-to-date and accessible from anywhere.

 

What is Twitter?

Twitter.com is a simple website which allows users to answer one question and one question alone, “What are you doing?” using 140 characters or less.

 

Setting Up Email Signatures

Setting up your email with a signature is a great way to shave a few seconds off sending each email and make sure that you always include the right information. Also, if you run a small business an email signature is a great way of helping to make your business look professional and up-to-date.

 

Staying private on facebook

This article is designed to show you how you can use the excellent privacy features built into facebook to restrict the information your facebook account displays so you are back in control of your online facebook identity.

 

Set Dad up with a wireless network for father’s day

Setting a wireless network at home is a great way of sharing the internet between the different computers in your household.

 

Learn more about subscription and RSS feeds

If there is a single feature that most content web sites (like news sites, blogs etc) on the web have in common, it’s that somewhere they will give you the ability to subscribe to an information feed for their site (or RSS feed as they are known).

 

Exporting email from incredimail
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What is Facebook?
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My kids keep telling me I should get onto Facebook. What is Facebook and why do they spend so long using it? Is it worthwhile getting onboard?

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Upgrading your Hotmail
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With the release of Windows Live Hotmail, Hotmail users are given a major upgrade to their email experience. In this article we discuss the best new features and show you how to upgrade.

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Bluetooth: an explanation
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In this article we answer two questions which will help you get more out of a technology you probably already own. What is Bluetooth and more importantly, what can you use it for?

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Sharing a printer at home
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One of the best things about having a home network is that you can share a single printer between all the computers on your network. We show you how in this article.

Connecting an additional computer to your home wireless network
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This article walks you through adding an additional computer to your home wireless network.

Sharing a folder over your network
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One of the best things about having a wired or wireless network set up by Gizmo is that you can share folders. This makes it really easy to share and transfer files from one computer to another.

Sending Emails from your Mobile Phone
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Most new phones out there can send emails, but why would you bother and how do you get set up to send them? We take you through the steps needed to get your phone ready to send emails.

Keeping in Touch over the Internet
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We’ve put together a brief overview of different Internet technologies which makes getting in contact convenient and affordable. If you have the time, give some of them a go...in most cases you probably already have everything you need.

Wireless networking: Why, how and what are the benefits?

There's a lot of talk about 'wireless' these days. But what does it all mean for you and how can it make your life easier? This article covers the basics of a wireless network.

Stay in touch easily with group emails
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Most people can send an email to one person, but sending messages to multiple friends or colleagues at once is not so well known. This article explains how to do this.

Have more questions or need help? Contact Gizmo on 1300 275 449 or help@gizmo.com.au
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