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If you're using SendGrid’s Free Email API or Free Marketing Campaigns Plan, you’ve probably seen the notice by now: your free plan will be retired in 60 days.

The email started going out on May 27, which means the cutoff will likely fall around July 26, 2025 — our best estimate based on the 60-day window provided.

After that, email sending will be paused unless you upgrade, and if your account stores more than 100 contacts, any extras will be deleted.

Scammers have refined their tactics, creating fake investment groups on platforms like Telegram to prey on unsuspecting victims. Recently, I was added to a Telegram group promoting Bitcoin trading, and after investigating, I uncovered an elaborate scheme designed to trick people into handing over access to their real cryptocurrency wallets. This article breaks down exactly how the scam works, the red flags to watch for, and how to protect yourself and your loved ones from falling victim.

The Fake Community Illusion

The Telegram group was filled with what seemed to be active traders celebrating their profitable transactions. Fake users posted screenshots of supposed gains, reinforcing the illusion that the group was legitimate. A user named "Bill Davis" regularly posted buy recommendations, urging members to place trades and promising easy profits.

Intuit is phasing out QuickBooks Desktop in favor of QuickBooks Online, pushing users toward a subscription model. But if you have an older version—like QuickBooks Desktop 2020—you might not need to panic just yet.

I recently used TurboTax tax filing service, and while their system doesn’t allow you to upload QuickBooks data files directly, there’s a simple workaround. You can generate your Income & Expense reports within QuickBooks and then upload them to TurboTax as PDFs. This means you can still use your old software for tax prep without needing to switch to QuickBooks Online.  This same process would work with other accounting firms, including H&R Block, etc. 

In today's fast-paced digital world, security threats are ever-present and constantly evolving. At Covington Creations, LLC, we remain vigilant and informed about the latest vulnerabilities and potential threats to ensure our clients' safety and peace of mind.

One of the dangerous aspects of Facebook's "meta" business ad platform is they make it really easy to spend money on boosting posts and other types of ads that keep people confined within Facebook's ecosystem.  The purpose of this post is to demonstrate how to make a Facebook ad that actually promotes one of the pages on your company website, rather than boosting a standard Facebook post, page, etc.

Beware! I received this SPAM solicitation in the mail a few weeks ago, they are trying to charge $288 per year to be listed on a "junk directory" (domainlistings dot directory)

Frequently Asked:
I often send out email that bounces back to me and sometimes it is critical that I get messages delivered as soon as I send it. Can you help with this?

Answer:
For many of my clients, you're seeing delays and issues with sending email because your website is on a "shared" hosting plan, which means that it's cheap, but compare it with renting a single apartment in a giant complex - your neighbors are affecting your email performance. 

The following video discusses several common ways of self hosting apps and websites on your own hardware.  This provides helpful cost saving information for business owners and non profits, which varies based on how much CPU and RAM are required vs. storage space (GB/TB).  For users that require more than roughly 10gb of storage space, moving your VPS out of the cloud and using a reverse proxy to self-host your apps (on premises) is an easy way to save money, while keeping 100% control of your apps and data.

Does your Joomla site show this message in the /administrator dashboard?

Support ends on 17 August 2023 for Joomla 3.10. Migrate to Joomla 4 as soon as possible.

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