Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, June 11, 2020 - Volume 759

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Greetings,

1) How to View Your Daily Events in the Calendar App - Month View

2) Windows 10 Gets Text Cursor, Magnifier, and Screen Reader Improvements

3) Assistive Technology Spotlight - Windows 10 May 2020 Accessibility Update

4) Improving WiFi Network Performance

5) Adobe's Andrew Kirkpatrick And Matt May Talk Building An Inclusive Culture And Recent Accessibility-Focused Announcements

6) MacCessibility Podcast #196

7) How to Use JAWS Scripting to Accommodate Accessibility Barriers in School and the Workplace

8) TekTalk: What should we consider when buying a computer?

9) Blind Bargains Qast #210

10) BookShare Collection on Antiracism

11) 10 Things I Learned by Switching From the $1,400 Galaxy S20 Ultra to the $399 iPhone SE

12) There's a New Way to Use Siri with Be My Eyes

13) Intro to NFB Newsline Courtesy of Indiana

14) Tidbits Poll: What does the acronym " AT " mean to you?

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