Topic: Smart Phones and Tablets:  We’ll introduce you to the basics of smart phones and tablet computers. You’ll learn how mobile wireless devices work, how to use the home screen and the User Interface (UI) to configure your device, manage and operate its apps (application software programs) and download additional apps. Our focus will be on Android devices but we’ll also discuss Apple iPhones and iPads which are preferred by many to Android devices but are actually quite similar. Come to this meeting and find out why these ubiquitous gizmos are so captivating and useful.

How to Attend: Due to the library shutdowns we have been meeting virtually via Zoom for the last several months. We still meet monthly at the regular time, 2nd Saturday mornings from 10a-12p. If you would like to join the Beginners SIG Zoom meeting please phone Kelly (the SIG leader) at 512-452-2811 to have your email placed on the BSIG mailing list. A day or two before the meeting you will receive an email with a link to join the meeting. Your email address will remain confidential and not be released to others.

See the Beginners SIG page for location, contacts, etc.

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See the Office SIG page for location, contacts, etc.

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See the Mobile Wireless SIG page for location, contacts, etc.

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See the Mobile Wireless SIG page for location, contacts, etc.

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Click here for the Internet SIG page. It includes information on the location, contacts, etc, for the meeting and the breakfast pre-meeting.

Meeting Topic: Printers & Scanners:  Learn the pros and cons of ink jet and laser printers and how to install and use them to print great looking documents. We’ll also demonstrate the use of a scanner and how to scan printed pictures and documents from paper into your computer. We’ll explain the mysteries and utility of Optical Character Recognition, (OCR), discuss the various file formats used by printers and scanners and cover PDF files, the free Adobe PDF reader plus some alternatives.

Meeting Time & Location: We meet on the 2nd Saturday of the month from 10am to 12pm. The meeting location is your place, i.e., while the libraries are shut down, we are meeting virtually via Zoom. Call Kelly Butler at 512-452-2811 to put your email on the meeting reminder list. The people on this list will receive the log in credentials to join the Zoom meeting a day or two beforehand.Your email address will be kept confidential and not shared with anyone else.

See the Beginners SIG page for location, contacts, etc.

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See the CCA Genealogy SIG page for location, contacts, etc

See the AustinGenSIG site for expanded coverage directly from the Website

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See the Mobile Wireless SIG page for location, contacts, etc.

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See the Office SIG page for location, contacts, etc.

VPNs offer protection and we’ll see if we can at least scratch the surface…. of the subject!

There is also a new tool from the big G

… and there is some cool news from… wait for it…. MS!

And all the usual news, Q&A, and funnies

See post in the MeWe group for Zoom meeting details: https://mewe.com/group/5bd4c3d0a5f4e52c7cb7e6eb

Click here for the Internet SIG page. It includes information on the location, contacts, etc, for the meeting and the breakfast pre-meeting.