Dear Friend,
My iPad 102 class is really catching on. I think people are understanding they have very powerful technology right in their hands and a little learning will go a long way.

Companies and associations that have purchased tablets for employees are coming to the same conclusion. Technology without training is a waste of money. It can also be very frustrating for users who really do want to do more. Here is an updated class list.

Here's a picture of my iPad screen using Picture in Picture to watch the Super Bowl while reading the news. You can move and resize the picture but it always stays on top - pretty cool!

Enjoy -  Gary

Looking for a good way to beef up your security?
One of the best ways to keep someone from breaking into your important online accounts is Two Step Authentication; it adds a small amount of work for you but a great amount of work for anyone trying to steal your money or your identity. More and more banks allow you to set up this system that sends a One Time Password to your phone whenever you try to log in online. Then you enter that password - often a four digit number - into your computer. This is easy for you to do but impossible for someone who does not have your phone .

And one other thing, It's a bad idea to log into financial accounts and other critical sites in coffee shops and other places with pubic wi-fi. It's way too easy for someone to use their smartphone  as a free "hotspot" - a bogus wi-if connection - and intercept all your transmissions and keystrokes.

Self Driving Cars - the missing stats
Last month I described the results of my December survey on autonomous vehicles and the next day another surprising report came out on this topic. Google - a major promoter of this technology - often mentions that their cars have been involved in a tiny number of accidents and the majority were not serious or the other driver's fault.

It turns out there is a more important metric that was recently reported - how often did the test driver have to take control when the car "requested" or the driver decided on their own to do so. Companies reported many such incidents and there is no way to know how many avoided accidents but it is safe to assume that some of them did. Story continued here..