FREE 2018 SPRING VIRTUAL TECHNOLOGY
CONFERENCE (VTC) SATURDAY, MAY 5 1:00 pm –
4:00 pm ET / 12:00 – 3:00 CT 11:00 – 2:00 MT
/ 10:00 – 1:00 PT
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Attend APCUG’s May
5, 2018 Virtual Technology Conference (VTC) from
your own home, invite some of your members to
join you, or have a Technology Tailgate Party
with your club members! You only need to
register once; you do not need an Eventbrite
account to attend the conference. Before the
VTC, you will receive an email with directions
and links for attending both conference tracks.
You can attend using your computer or
tablet with Zoom software. The sessions are 50
minutes in length and offer attendees the
opportunity to ask questions via a chat window.
Make sure you have the latest version of
Zoom for your device. “Zoom Client for Meetings
- The web browser client will download
automatically when you start or join your first
Zoom meeting and is also available for manual
download here.”
When you
attend the conference, please sign in with the
user name and e-mail address you used to
register for the VTC.
For detailed
information about the presentations, including
the presenters' bios click
here. If you would like further
information or have questions, please send an
email to
virtualconferences@apcug.org
TRACK 1
1:00 PM ET
AI Assistants / Smart Homes Joe
Melfi, Mobile Road Warrior and Die-Hard Tech
Enthusiast
Description TBD
2:00 PM ET
What’s new in the Spring Windows 10 update
Jere Minich, Program Chair, Lake-Sumter Computer
Society Microsoft is readying
the release of its semi-annual update to Windows
10. The upcoming update is expected to be called
Spring Creators Update - Windows 10, version
1803. There are several new and useful features
coming your way with Spring Creators Update.
Here are the headlines, they will all be
covered:
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Timeline
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Nearby sharing
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Focus assist
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Password
recovery for local accounts
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Choose your
GPU (graphics processing)
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Windows
Diagnostic Data Viewer
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Mute tabs in
Edge
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Swift Pair
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Better privacy
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A better
Microsoft Store
3:00
PM ET Teaching Computer
Skills to Seniors Ray Baxter, Payson Computer
Meet-Up Club, APCUG Treasurer
As we know, Seniors are special; some are
up-to-date with technology and some are still
learning about it. Ray’s presentation will give
us tips on how to open the world of technology
to seniors as well as enhance the skills of
others. TRACK 2
1:00 PM ET
Synchronizing Your PC,
a Guide to….. Bill James, VP, Computer Club
of Oklahoma City; APCUG Advisor, Region 8
There are numerous ways to sync desktops,
laptops, tablets and phones. >From the
complex to relatively simple solutions, this
presentation will cover sharing over a network,
local file sync programs, LANs, Cloud services
and more. 2:00 PM ET
What’s new with Ubuntu? Orv
Beach, Training Chair, Southern California Linux
expo – SCALE Named “Bionic
Beaver,” it is a Long-Term Support release with
5 years of support for both the desktop and
server version. What’s new?
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Minimal
install option
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Faster boot
speed
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Easier live
patching
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New Linux
Kernel
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GNOME desktop
environment
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New default
apps
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New way to
install apps
3:00
PM ET Write and Publish
Your eBook on Amazon Kindle… for Free Bill
Neves, Member, Silvercom Computer and Technology
Club In this session you’ll
learn how to easily and quickly do the
following:
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Research your
book
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Write your
book
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Name your book
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Format your
book
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Set up your
Amazon Kindle account
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Upload your
book
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Offer your
book for sale, or free
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Rinse and
Repeat
Virtual
Technology Committee Judy Taylour, Chair
Francis Chao John Kennedy Jere Minich
David Williams
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