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Arlington Meetings in Person! Fairfax In-Person Requirements All Sessions Available via Zoom Meeting Access Will Be Sent via Email |
Arlington Email: arlmtgs(at)patacs.org Fairfax Email: ffxmtg(at)patacs.org |
- See Above Banner OPCUG Members Welcome! Wednesday, September 4th, 2024 7 PM Please Come Early & Help with Meeting Setup!5711 S. 4th Street, Arlington, VA 22204 Zoom Session: Details Sent via Email Using Zoom |
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| HAVE YOUR COMPUTER QUESTIONS ANSWERED! The program planners for our First Wednesday PATACS meetings in Arlington are looking for topics that members would like to have explored or questions answered - this is your opportunity to have a say in topics addressed at this meeting. This is a smaller meeting than the Fairfax meeting, and it allows for much more interaction between members than is possible in Fairfax. And there's the post-meeting Pizza and Salad SIG, the post-meeting social at a nearby restaurant - another value-added feature of your membership! Please send your suggestions to our meeting program planners at arlmtgpgm@patacs.org. |
Arlington Email: arlmtgs(at)patacs.org Fairfax Email: ffxmtg(at)patacs.org |
  
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Experts Panel Frank Fota, Tom Gutnick, Gabe Goldberg |
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Apple and Samsung smart watches include a safety feature called Hard Fall Detection. After my Samsung watch falsely reported that I had fallen to both 911 and my daughter the registered nurse, I found out by research that both brands of watches offer this feature and the feature has bugs on both brands. This presentation will explain how I experienced a false fall detection and report of my "fall". It was doubly surprising because, at that time, I did not know hard fall detection was enabled. Later I learned that, for my Samsung brand watch, it is indeed disabled by default, but I bought a refurbished watch. That may be why it was enabled for me. The presentation also shows the audience various ways I considered for minimizing the chance of a false hard fall detection, and the two ways I chose to use. The methods I use have prevented a false report for many weeks. John Krout is a frequent presenter at our meetings on a wide range of computer, technology and photography topics, and author of many articles for the PATACS Posts newsletter. He also presents for national APCUGWednesday Workshops and Saturday Safaris, and contributes articles to APCUG's library of shared newsletter content. |
This Is Your Chance! 10 - 15 Minute Talks Welcome Presented by YOU !! |
Arlington Email: arlmtgs(at)patacs.org Fairfax Email: ffxmtg(at)patacs.org |
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OPCUG Members Welcome! 4th Wednesday, September 25th, 7 PM Zoom Details Will be Sent by Email 5711 S. 4th Street, Arlington, VA 22204 Extended Q&A Troubleshooting Do all your electronics, gadgets, computers, phones, tablets, TV sets, networks, earbuds, and software apps/applications work perfectly? Do you never encounter glitches, freezes, failures? Are you always certain what brand and model product to buy? If so, we'd like to hear about your magic touch. But if you're like the rest of us, none of that is true for you. And so PATACS' first Wednesday meetings may be just the resource you need for a happier technology life. Just as most PATACS meetings begin with a Q&A session, so does this meeting. But then the meeting continues for nothing but Q&A -- meaning that it's possible to have detailed and in-depth discussions, including real-time research and demonstrations. Same as all PATACS meetings, these sessions are free and open to the public. So join in, share your questions, problems, and pain -- and perhaps receive answers, solutions, and relief. |
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