Tech Tip: If You Installed It, You Must Update It — Right Away!
• December 21, 2020

As soon as a known vulnerability is announced, hackers get to work to figure out how to use the vulnerability to access those users who are lazy about installing updates.

Meetings on BID Proposal to Extend Use of Streateries, Dec. 21
• December 17, 2020

The Georgetown Business Improvement District has designed two sidewalk extension platform prototypes on M Street — at Bodega in the 3000 block and at Clyde’s in the 3200 block.

Plans Progress for Open-Air Market at Georgetown Gateway
• December 14, 2020

The triangle where M Street and Pennsylvania Avenue converge was the longtime site of a gas station, demolished in 2018 when developer Anthony Lanier bought the property.

Tech Tip: Bookmark the Legitimate Websites You Frequently Visit
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All you have to do is accidentally fat-finger one letter in a website’s URL and up pops a very legitimate-looking fake copy of the site you were trying to get to.

State of Retail — Open: 252 Georgetown Stores, Restaurants. Shop Local for the Holidays
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Now is the time for us to shop local and support our retail businesses and restaurants — especially during the holidays. Here’s an interactive map to tell you what’s open.

On Its Way to D.C., Foxtrot Market Launches Awards Program
• December 10, 2020

Small businesses in the D.C. area can now submit their products to the Up and Comers program for a chance to be carried in Foxtrot’s brick-and-mortar and online stores.

Bowser Announces One-Time Stimulus Payment
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The $1,200 payment will be sent to around 20,000 individuals who were eligible for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance and filed on or before Nov. 30.

Tech Tip: Never Use Personal Devices to Connect to Company Data
• December 7, 2020

If you and your kids are using a home PC to play games, access Facebook and surf the web, there’s a high probability you’re infected with spyware or malware.

Tech Tip: How to Spot a Phishing Email
• November 30, 2020

Often these emails look 100-percent legitimate and show up in the form of a PDF (scanned document), a UPS or FedEx tracking number, a bank letter, a Facebook alert or a bank notification.

Tech Tip: How to Foil Ransomware
• November 23, 2020

The last CryptoLocker virus forced many business owners to lose data or pay up, since there was no other way to decrypt the files.