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Redundant Backups

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Redundant backups are a critical aspect of protecting your valuable data and ensuring its availability in the event of an unexpected loss. It involves creating multiple copies of your data and storing them in different locations, providing an extra layer of protection against hardware failure, natural disasters, malware attacks, and other data loss...

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Protect Your Computers from Malware

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At MyBizNow, we understand the importance of securing your computer in today's digital age. With sensitive information stored on our devices, it's crucial to have a strong antivirus solution in place. That's why we recommend Malwarebytes Premium.Malwarebytes Premium offers several key benefits for Windows PC users, including real-time protection ag...

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Windows 11 running slow? Try this fix

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Windows 11 is out and while more and more people are upgrading their PCs, many are hesitant because of the upgrade seems to be seriously imacting the speed of some solid state drives (SSD).  Microsoft is reporting that they have been working on the issue and it looks like a patch may be ready.  A recent Windows update appears to...

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1.6 Million WordPress Sites Under Cyberattack (again)

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Wordfence, a WordPress security company, announced on December 9, 2021, "1.6 Million WordPress Sites Hit With 13.7 Million Attacks In 36 Hours From 16,000 IPs".  The plugins in question are:PublishPress Capabilities <= 2.3Kiwi Social Plugin <= 2.0.10Pinterest Automatic <= 4.14.3WordPress Automatic <= 3.53.2The following are the aff...

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If you're a Roku user, read this!

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Whether you scored a great deal on Black Friday, got a Roku for Hanukkah or have been a long time Roku user, we have one suggestion for you.  Open up your Roku app today and download the YouTube app. Yes download it now, before December 9, 2021.  If you wait, you most likely won't be able to.   Don't watch YouTube...

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Got a Google Account? This post is for you!

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You'd be hard pressed to find someone who isn't using a Google account.  Maybe they use gmail or the Google calendar.  Maybe they manage their business listing in a Google Business Profile.  However you use Google today, soon you'll be forced to sign in with 2-Step Verification.  2-Step Verification will be turned on a...

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Windows 11 is breaking

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Microsoft has started warning Windows 11 users that certain features, like the snipping tool, emoji panel, the accounts page and the touch keyboard, are breaking. Apparently the certificate expired October 31st and as a result, the new operating system is failing to load certain features.  While there is a patch that is addressing a ...

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No More Google My Business

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As many have finally gotten used to the Google My Business name, it's time to say goodbye ... again.  But don't fret, it's just the name and not the feature that is going away.  Google has changed the name of this particular product at least five times that I can recall.  Instead of Google My Business, the name is now Google Business...

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Windows 11 Upgrade - Should you do it?

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We've been getting a lot of questions about Windows 11 and whether or not you should upgrade. At this time, we think it's best to wait.   Microsoft is rolling out the opportunity to upgrade very slowly so there is a chance you won't be able to upgrade for some time.Any system that is four years old or older will most likely not be able to...

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It's time to think about Holiday Cards

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In a blink of an eye the holiday season will be upon us.  Whether Halloween, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, or any other special occassion during this time of year, holiday cards and personalized gifts always come up in conversation.  Don't wait until it's too late to send out that special thank you or holiday greeting t...

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Helpful Tips for Understanding Instagram Marketing

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Do you want to put your brand in front of Instagram's engaged user base? With over 1 billion users - about 60% of whom use the app daily - Instagram is the perfect platform to grow your audience and build brand awareness. In fact, 83% of users have said they discovered new products or services via Instagram. While it started as a mobile a...

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Say Goodbye to Computer Vision Syndrome

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Have your eyes been bothering you lately?  Studies show that there is about a 90% chance that you may be experiencing computer vision syndrome (CVS).  With how much time we all spend on our electronic devices, it's no wonder CVS is spreading faster than any virus.  Simply spending an average of 3 or more hours online each d...

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Avoid Overcharging your laptop battery

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We all have wireless devices and we are becoming more and more dependent on them.  This dependence leads us all on a quest to optimizing our battery power. We've all been there.  With hours of work left to do, you look down to see your battery's power draining.  First 90%, then 75% and so on.  Your first instinct is to quic...

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Urgent Chrome Update

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On Friday, Google pushed out an emergency security patch to its Chrome browser to address a security flaw.Tracked as CVE-2021-37973, this vulnerability enables a page to show another page as an inset and "perform a seamless transition to a new state, where the formerly-inset page becomes the top-level document."How do I update C...

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Just Look Away: 20-20-20

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We all spend countless hours every day staring at our computer and smartphone screens.  This prolonged exposure however is causing digital eye strain, headaches, macular degeneration, and even blindness due to the blue light. One of the easiest ways to help prevent this strain is to rest your eyes from time to time.  Unfortunately as we a...

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Computer tricks to save you time

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Most people in today's day and age know the basics when it comes to how to use a computer.  Turning it on, no problem.  Getting online, easy enough.  Checking email or surfing the web, no trouble there.  Typing up a document, you know the basics, but this article has a couple shortcuts, aka tricks that might help you save s...

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Start Thinking About Fall and Winter Selling Now

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Plan ahead and take some of the stress out of the holidays The end of summer is nearly here, and soon it will be fall, then winter. And while you may be wondering how 2021 is already two-thirds over, you'll also likely want to spend some time figuring out your plans for the holiday season. As a business owner, there is one thing you should sta...

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Type with your voice in Windows 10

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More and more people use voice to text to send text messages, but have you ever tried using voice to type on your computer?  If you have Windows 10, you're in luck as the operating system has built-in speech recognition and dictation features.  The voice to type feature is accessible with the keyboard shortcut Windows+h, bu...

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Windows 10 update breaks useful feature

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The Alt+Tab feature in Windows is a pretty useful feature that once users learn about it, they can't function without it.  Unfortunately, as Windows Latest reports, after installing the July 2021 preview (KB5004296) and the August 2021 update (KB5005033) the feature has stopped working for many users. What does the Alt-Tab ...

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Why should I transfer my website, domain or hosting to MyBizNow?

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There are so many reasons to transfer your website, domain or hosting to MyBizNow.  One of the top reasons is for our customer support.  No more automated dialers, AI responses or days of waiting for an email response.  Our customers can call, text, email or message us through social media and we guarantee that you will always receiv...

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Latest News & Tips

Redundant backups are a critical aspect of protecting your valuable data and ensuring its availability in the event of an unexpected loss. It involves...
At MyBizNow, we understand the importance of securing your computer in today's digital age. With sensitive information stored on our devices, it's cru...
Windows 11 is out and while more and more people are upgrading their PCs, many are hesitant because of the upgrade seems to be seriously imacting the ...
Wordfence, a WordPress security company, announced on December 9, 2021, "1.6 Million WordPress Sites Hit With 13.7 Million Attacks In 36 Hours From 16...
Whether you scored a great deal on Black Friday, got a Roku for Hanukkah or have been a long time Roku user, we have one suggestion for you. ...
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