By Joe on September 29, 2008
A cautionary note for anyone who receives an e-mail from Apple informing them they need to update their billing information — it’s a scam. This morning, I almost fell for it because it looked pretty darn good — but there’s always signs underneath the surface of the e-mail that I look for. Continue reading to [...]
Posted in Geeky, Safety, Tips | Tagged apple, E-Mail, Phishing, Safety, Security
By Joe on July 16, 2008
Spamming doesn’t pay — especially if you’re Adam Vitale, 27 from New York, was sentenced after his guilty plea for spamming more than 1.3 million AOL users. His partner in crime, Todd Moeller, assisted him by obfuscating sources of the junk mail, making it nearly untraceable, known as ’spoofing.’
Posted in Blogging, Geeky, Tech News | Tagged aol, E-Mail, spam, Tech News
By Joe on July 8, 2008
After I wrote about six ways to make voicemail better, David Gerzof from PhoneTag reached out to me and offered to let me try their service. All in all, I was impressed with their voicemail service from registration, setup and delivery of their service. I’ll share some bits on what really impressed me.
Posted in Blogging, Funny, Geeky, Tips | Tagged cell phones, E-Mail, people, web 2.0
By Joe on May 5, 2008
EXCLUSIVE — It appears that AOL has plans to allow their users to disable the promotional text at the bottom of their e-mail. At this time, it appears only a select few have been able to successfully disable the company’s ads at the bottom of their e-mail.
Posted in Blogging, Geeky, Tips | Tagged aol, consumer advocacy, E-Mail, Help, online advertising, Tips