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My “Pick” for today is this fantastic Bose SoundLink Plus Portable Bluetooth Speaker.
Are you the type of person who takes your music seriously?
Do you always want to hear the clearest sound and the deepest bass possible?
If so, this little gem from Bose is probably the best portable speaker you’ll find for the money.
Click here to check out the Bose SoundLink Plus Portable Bluetooth Speaker at Amazon.
Today’s POTD features an early morning view of Nova Scotia’s historic (and quite picturesque) Peggy’s Cove Lighthouse. I hope you like it.
Have lots of treasured photos of your own that you’d love to display in your home but you have limited wall space? A digital picture frame (#ad) is an excellent solution. Check them out!
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October’s winner will receive a fantastic Lenovo Idea Tab 11″ Tablet with Pen.
This premium Android tablet can do most anything you need a tablet to do (and you’ll love the large 11 inch screen).
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The drawing for this month’s prize will be held on November 30 and the winner will be notified by email. The winner will be selected at random.
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I recently posted this article explaining why you really need to stop using passwords on your accounts and start using passkeys instead.
That post prompted quite a few messages from folks asking variations of the following questions:
1 – What makes passkeys more secure than passwords?
2 – How difficult is it to set up a passkey?
Well, the answer to the first question is simple: [Read more…]
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If you’ve been using the Internet for a while, chances are you’ve had trouble getting your computer or a mobile device to make or keep a working Internet connection at some point in the past.
While they can be quite irritating, many Internet connection problems can be fixed with a simple reboot procedure.
It might take you a few minutes to reboot all of your Internet-related devices, but it’s a simple procedure that will fix most any transient glitch that happens to afflict your local network. Here’s how to do it the right way: [Read more…]
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Question from Brett: I need your help with something if you don’t mind, Rick.
I just started a new job for which I’ll be traveling quite frequently, mostly to western Europe but occasionally to South and Central America as well.
I’m in the UK right now and every time I click on my bookmark to load Google it takes me to the British Google site.
I really need for my browser to load the Google search results for the United States at all times because only those results are relevant to the research I do for my job.
Do you know of a way to force Google to always show the American search results no matter which country I’m in at the time? [Read more…]