John Summer When you create an account on most social media sites, you set up a profile that shows your chosen display name and some other details about you. Other people may find your profile when they are searching for you online. Can you tell who has been looking you up? This article gives you powerful tips … Read more
PayPal provides many different options for sending or receiving money. If you are using a Personal or Premier account, most of these options will show your name to the person on the other side of the transaction. Business account holders can usually choose a trading name or alias. Read more details in our article on … Read more
It can be difficult to make major changes to your name on a Personal or Premier PayPal account. It may be easier with a PayPal Business account, but this still depends on the type of business account you have. We’ll show you how to change the name on both types of accounts. But we’ll also … Read more
From the early days of cryptography, researchers proposed using it to create anonymous digital currencies. But what was the first cryptocurrency that could be used online? Who created it? And why did it ultimately fail? The story of DigiCash is a fascinating tale of the turbulent and brief life of a truly innovative company. Read … Read more
It should be simple to remove or unlink a bank account or card from PayPal. Unfortunately, customers have experienced issues with the removal process for years. This article gives you step-by-step instructions for removing a bank card or account from PayPal. We’ll describe the problems you may encounter and give you multiple solutions with how … Read more
You can tag or mention a company in a LinkedIn post in a way that adds a hyperlink to their Company page. This article gives you step-by-step instructions on how to do this. Sometimes the tagging feature doesn’t seem to work. We’ll cover common problems you may encounter and how to solve them. Step-By-Step Instructions … Read more
There are several broad categories of digital threats that everyone should know a little about. This will help you understand how to protect yourself in the digital world. Attacks On Our Online Services Did you get alarmed when you couldn’t access Facebook or TikTok in 2021? Nope, me neither. But these services experienced an outage … Read more
One annoying aspect of online purchasing or simply registering for information is that you may be bombarded with emails offering services and products you simply don’t want. Yes, you ticked the box that said you didn’t want any further communication. However, the new emails pile in from other websites and companies. Can you avoid this? … Read more
America’s Social Security Number was not originally meant to be a universal identifier of its citizens. However, it has expanded into federal and commercial use for that purpose. Unfortunately, the SSN system doesn’t meet the requirements of an identification number of a country with a population size of the United States. This article looks into … Read more
It’s easy to think that SSNs have always been with us, but this isn’t true. They have a history that started in the era of the Great Depression. The original goal was not to have a universal identity number for Americans. This article shows you how they started and how they become what we know … Read more
