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Changes to TDS email: more details

If you have an email account with TDS, you’ve already heard the news—the Google email platform we’ve been using is being discontinued (we weren’t happy about it either). Even though the move to a new platform should be fairly painless process, you still may have some questions. There are four new things about the email switch you might be interested to know.
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We can solve two of your biggest fears

A recent story in USA Today caught our eyes—they reported on a Chapman University survey exploring what people feared the most. Of the top five fears people revealed, two are completely solvable (right now!) by using tools TDS has available. Find out what the top fears are and how we've got you covered.
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Community Connections: Ice Bucket Challenge, Partying for a Purpose

Time for another Community Connections where we share some of the good works and community giving our employees have been up to.
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TDS haunted hot spots

It's Halloween! To help you get in the spirit, we thought we'd spotlight some good old-fashioned ghost stories. If you're brave enough, read about four haunted places in TDS communities...
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In the spotlight: Rhonda Hilmershausen, Smart Komen Champion

Rhonda Hilmershausen, a TDS veteran of fifteen years, has a magnetic personality, and inspiring story perfect to share during National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
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TDS goes to Washington

We may be your local phone and Internet company, but we’re also your advocate in Washington. There are lots of big issues in the telecommunications world that could affect you (and your bill) including rural call completion, retransmission consent, and changes to the universal service fund. Find out about our meetings with almost 20 members of congress and how TDS is working on your behalf.
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The Dropbox password leak–6 lessons we learned

Yet another massive user ID and password leak. This time it affects about 7 million DropBox users, even if DropBox denies they were hacked. As usual, such a hack means that the data these users have stored in DropBox is in jeopardy. It also means that those who use the same ID and password on many services have much bigger troubles. We have six things we can learn from this most recent alleged hacking incident.
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Falling back into your school routine?

The days of pens and crayons have been replaced by laptops, tablets, and smart phones. But what happens when they stop working correctly? It’s easy to be shaken when your devices suddenly start misbehaving—especially if you’re scared about losing important files. There are three things you can do to help keep your electronics running smoothly…and avoid that sinking feeling you’ve lost hours of work.
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Consumer Alert: new phishing scam uses fake virus warnings

Our Remote PC Support team is getting reports of a new kind of malware making the rounds on the Internet you need to know about. Find out what the scam looks like, what victims are being told, and how to fix it.
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Community Connections—September

Employees from TDS Telecom, Baja Broadband, and OneNeck (BendBroadband employees we’re sure you’re busy too and we’ll tell you how you can be featured in this segment at the end of this story)continue to make strong community connections through their good works! From helping out local food pantries to getting soaked for a good cause, employees across the enterprise are doing what they can to help others. Find out some of the great things being done...
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