High-touch surfaces in these non-health care settings should be identified for priority disinfection such as door and window handles, kitchen and food preparation areas, counter tops, bathroom surfaces, toilets and taps, touchscreen personal devices, personal computer keyboards, and work surfaces.

During this lockdown while you’re madly cleaning and disinfecting your home, give a thought to cleaning that lifeline, the one you check a hundred times a day.

Every time you touch your phone, the phone picks up bacteria from your hands. A 2012 study by the University of Arizona found that cellphones carry 10 times more bacteria than a toilet seat – because people clean toilet seats but they seldom clean their phones. Same goes for their laptops or desktops.

Ponder that one. While you’re pondering, grab a cloth.

Make sure you unplug the phone and turn it off first.

  Never dunk your phone, laptop, trackpad or keyboard in a cleaning agent or spray a cleaner or aerosol spray directly onto the product. That just raises the risk you’ll get moisture in openings like the charging port.  

Use a disinfecting wipe with 70 percent isopropyl alcohol, on the hard, nonporous surfaces like the display, the keyboards and other exterior surfaces as long as you don’t use bleach and avoid getting moisture in an opening.

  You can also use soft, damp, lint-free cloth with 70 percent isopropyl alcohol.

If you want to go full-high-tech, you can try a UV phone sanitizer that uses UV-C light to break down germs. Those can get costly but it is a stronger way to disinfect your phone.

  And don’t forget game consoles, gamepads and remote controls, especially since those may be the items that you’re using the most while staying at home. Give those puppies a once-over with a disinfecting wipe.

Last but not least don't forget to wash your hands for minimum 20 seconds after cleaning your gadgets.

Snoozing an alarm on your mobile is easy. But, did you know that you can snooze an email in Outlook.com and get the same email at a predefined time? This article shows the exact steps to make use of the “Snooze” functionality so that you can reply to an important email at a specific time without forgetting.

Sometimes we need to get back to an email and read it carefully before replying. When you are in a hurry, it cannot be done – no matter how important the email is for you. The problem starts when you forget about that email due to a busy schedule. Therefore, you can use the Snooze option in Outlook for the web so that it can show you the exact email at a particular time.

To snooze an email in Outlook.com, follow these steps-

Step 1: Open Outlook.com in the browser.

Step 2: Select an email that you want to snooze.

Step 3: Click the Snooze button.

Step 4: Select a preset time or set custom date/time.

You can select a time as given in the list. However, if you need to set a custom time, you can select the Choose a date option and select the date and time as per your requirement.

Now, it should be moved from Inbox to another folder that you can find on the left-hand side.

What happens when you snooze an email

When you snooze an email in Outlook.com, it gets moved from the Inbox folder to the Snoozed folder. It helps users check all the snoozed emails whenever possible.

Snooze only works in the Inbox, so if you have an email elsewhere that you want to snooze, either move it to the Inbox in Outlook Online.

If you want to deal with it before then, open the “Snoozed” folder, select the snoozed email, and then click the “Unsnooze” button.

  Way 2: Click in the Cortana search box, which is next to the Windows icon at the far left of the taskbar, then start typing control panel. Click it open.

Way 3: Click on the Windows icon to bring up the Start menu, then find the “Windows System” folder and click to expand it, so that you will see the Control Panel.

  Way 4: Step 1: Open Run dialog using the Win + R keyboard shortcut.

  Step 2: Type in control and click OK.

  Way 5: Launch Command Prompt, then type in control and press Enter key.

  Way 6: Open Windows PowerShell, then type in control and press Enter key.

Way 7: Open the Settings app. Type control panel in the “Find a setting” search box, and then choose Control Panel from the drop-down list.

  Way 8: Type control panel into the Address toolbar on the taskbar, and press Enter key.

  Way 9: Open File Explorer, then type control panel into the address bar and press Enter key.

  Way 10: Go to C:\Windows\System32, then find the control.exe application file, and double click it.

  Way 11: Step1: Open the Task Manager, and click File > Run new task.

  Step 2: Once the “Create new task” dialog opens, type in control and click OK.

 

Way 2: By pressing the Win key on your keyboard or clicking the Win icon on the left-lower corner of the desktop. Then click the Settings app to access it.

Dear Readers,

The coronavirus pandemic has crossed borders and cultures indiscriminately, affecting people’s lives regardless of their race or religion. While the global crisis has caused much anxiety and suffering, it has also inspired moments of unity with human beings, ranging from world leaders to medical workers, connecting across religious divides in a sign of solidarity.

As the world confronts the grim reality of a pandemic that now threatens the lives of untold thousands, it is good to be reminded of the value of unity among humanity. In past times of plague, unity among humanity and cooperation was not only humanity’s last resort but often the only one. Today, fortunately, there is a great deal that we can do to prevent or mitigate the spread of coronavirus. But we are also beginning to realise that in our globally interconnected era, there is a high price to be paid for any interruption in trade or travel. Our best laid plans are of limited effect; and the freedom of movement that we prize is now problematic.

Hence this is a time when the power of humanity and cooperation, faith and unity comes into play. 

It is with that I wish my readers to be safe and be united. Unity with humanity and cooperation with faith sprinkled in between and we are all going to survive this pendamic. I wish each and every reader best of wishes and good vibes. Prayers and well wishes. Please be careful out there and use necessary precautions as per the guidelines provided by major health organizations. Be cautious and limit your travel/exposure until we are out of this pendamic.

With lots of hope and well wishes,

Sohail

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