Internet Lingo Made Easy For Seniors At www.AnswerGirls.com
"Twitter, Bluetooth & All That Stuff," from AnswerGirls.com explains ten hot internet terms, and includes safety tips for using those new technologies, making the internet safer for seniors and others.
Online, July 20, 2010 (Newswire.com) - The internet changes constantly, and with those changes come new words. Twitter, Bluetooth, phishing, blogging, social networking ... what the heck are they? A new down-loadable booklet, "Twitter, Bluetooth & All That Stuff" (AnswerGirls $1), makes it easy to understand the most confusing new internet terms.
Whether talking to young people, looking for a job, or attending school, everyone needs to know what others are talking about. This is true even if a person doesn't use the internet themselves.
"Twitter, Bluetooth & All That Stuff" makes that possible. Written in easy-to-understand language, this booklet also includes tips for dealing with each technology. Beside twitter and Bluetooth, it explains phishing, blogging, social networking, Googling, cyber crime, Flickr, You Tube and photo hosting site too.
The author shared this definition for Phishing from the booklet:
"Phishing is the term used to describe the criminal activity of stealing personal information over the internet. A phishing attempt generally begins with a piece of unsolicited e-mail.
Masquerading as genuine e-mail from a legitimate source, like the IRS or your bank, this email's sole purpose is to get you to enter private information at a phoney website. When you click on a link in a phishing e-mail you will jump to a look-alike site where they will ask for private information.
Example: You receive an email from the IRS, telling you they have a refund, and directing you to click the link in the email to get that refund. You should immediately forward this email to phishing@irs.gov. The IRS will never offer you a refund via email; you can visit the IRS website direct at www.IRS.gov. Once you have forwarded the email to the IRS you should delete the original email.
Tech Tip: Never enter secure information through a site you have gone to via an unsolicited e-mail. You can avoid phishing attempts by always visiting your bank, the IRS and other financial websites direct, and never providing private information via an email link."
To download the entire booklet go to http://www.answergirls.com/living1.html and click on "Twitter, Bluetooth & All That Stuff".
