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How to Invite People from Outside Your Country to Clubhouse App

“I can’t invite my friend to Clubhouse” lamented someone trying to figure out how to send a Clubhouse invite to another country. If your Clubhouse invite is not working for someone outside of your home country, read on.

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Here Are the Benefits of eBay’s Concierge Service, including Live Chat with Customer Service!

eBay is slowly rolling out its premium eBay Concierge Service to both buyers and sellers. Launched just about exactly one year ago, in October 2016, eBay’s Concierge services have only been available to a select few, are by invite only, and among other things allow Concierge members to chat in real-time with a customer service agent! Here’s what you need to know if you get one of these invitations.

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Getting Calendar Invitation Spam on Your Apple Device? Here’s How to Stop It

If you have started receiving spam iCal calendar invitations on your iPad or iPhone or Mac, you’re not alone. This is because of some change that Apple has made allowing spammers to send you ‘in-app’ iCal invitations for calendar events. Here’s how to turn that off.

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Kelly Blazek’s Stinging Rejection to LinkedIn Request Shared Across Internet

An innocent LinkedIn invitation request to connect from Diana Mekota got her far more than she bargained for from Kelly Blazek. “We have never met. We have never worked together….your invite to connect is inappropriate..and tacky,” responded Blazek, head of the Cleveland Job Bank, and the IABC Communicator of the Year(!)

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New Easier Way to Block Requests and Invitations from Facebook Apps

Facebook has quietly enabled a new, easier way to block Facebook apps from spamming you with invitations, requests, and other annoying intrusions, and here’s how to block Facebook apps using this new convenient method. This is a welcome change, as previously you had to go to a completely different page in order to block an app (although if you want to instead block all invitations from a particular user, you still need to go to that “manage apps” page).