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October 26, 2016 by Mike Ellis Leave a Comment

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In the world of computer support, the more information you have, the better your chances of being able to put your computing device to the best possible use.  As a result, at Tech Solutions NC, we make sure that we do as much as we can to teach you about your computers.  For us, training our clients on how to get the most out of their systems is as much of a priority as making sure that their systems work the way they should.

To that end, today we are pleased to announce that you can sign up for notifications from us using the Remind app.  For parents of school-aged children, you’ll know Remind as one of the tools that your child’s teacher uses to help you stay informed on things that are going on in the classroom that everyone needs to know about.  Remind is uniquely positioned as a great way for people to receive little tidbits of information quickly, easily, and in such a fashion that they can act on that immediately or hold off on it for a little while.

If you are interested in signing up to receive Remind notifications from Tech Solutions NC, here are the steps to follow.

Sign up via Text Message

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Sign up for email messages

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In addition to those means of signing up for Remind messages, you can also sign up using the link below:

https://www.remind.com/join/techsolu

This is a new communications mechanism for us, so we haven’t sent many messages yet.  A sample of one we did send is this:

There was a huge data breach of Yahoo! accounts affecting 500 million users. Click to read this post about it: https://techsolutionsnc.com/breaking-news-yahoo-data-breach/

Give it a try — you may find that this becomes a great source of information to you!

Thanks for stopping by, let us know how we can best serve you in the comments below.

Filed Under: Featured, Tech Solutions Tagged With: Areal density (computer storage), Austin, Booting, Business model, Business operations, Business travel, Code division multiple access, Computer, Consumer, Data breach, Facebook, Internet, IPhone, Texas, Text messaging, User (computing), Yahoo!

Breaking News: Yahoo! Data Breach

September 22, 2016 by Mike Ellis 3 Comments

Data Breach

Breaking News out of Yahoo! The company confirms that as many as 500 million data accounts were breached by a hacker in a huge data breach.  Information obtained through the data breach may have included names, email addresses, dates of birth, telephone numbers, and possibly even encrypted or unencrypted security questions and answers.  Yahoo! believes that the hack is the result of a state sponsored attack, but at this point information is scarce on all of that.  However, regardless of the source, the data breach occurred, and here’s what you should attempt to do if you rely on Yahoo! for your email:

  1. In your browser, go to login.yahoo.com to access the login screen.
  2. Enter your login username, then click Next.
  3. Enter your existing password, then click Sign In.
  4. After you login, look near the top right of your browser for your name, hover over your name, then click on “Account Info“.  I’ve linked that page in case you have any issues.
  5. On the left side of your screen, click on Account Security, then in the middle click on “Change password”.
  6. Enter your new password, type it again to verify it, then click “Continue”.
  7. After you change your password, you will receive an indication that it has been updated.  Click “Continue” to proceed.

Keep in mind, if you access your Yahoo! account from any other devices, such as automatically on your phone, you need to update the password on those devices or you will lock yourself out.

Any questions? Reach out to us and we’ll be happy to help! Just contact us via email, or you can give us a call at 919-606-6725, leave us a comment below, or even send us a Facebook message or a Tweet!

Account security is a big priority for all of us, so it’s important that we all do our part to keep our online presence safe and secure!

Filed Under: Security, Tech Solutions Tagged With: Bank account, Data breach, Email address, Hacker (computer security), Login, Mailbox provider, Password, Payment card, Rambler, Rambler (portal), Russian language, Security question, Telephone number, User (computing), Verizon Communications, Yahoo!, Yahoo! Mail

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