Rick's Daily Tips

Rick’s Daily Pick: Auto-Vox Solar Wireless Backup Camera with 5″ 1080P Monitor

Posted on February 1, 2025

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My “Pick” for today is this highly-rated Auto-Vox Solar Wireless Backup Camera with 5″ 1080P Monitor.

Do you have a vehicle that didn’t come equipped with a handy backup camera? If not, I strongly recommend that you get one to protect yourself should you ever be falsely blamed for causing an accident.

These days you can quickly and easily add a backup camera to virtually any vehicle without running any wires or drilling any holes. In fact, you can install this little gem in about two minutes!

Click here to check out the Auto-Vox Solar Wireless Backup Camera with 5″ 1080P Monitor at Amazon.

Picture of the Day: “Sunset over Lake Balaton”

Posted on February 1, 2025

Today’s POTD features a very colorful sunset over the calm waters of Hungary’s Lake Balaton. I hope you like it.

Enjoy these “Pictures of the Day”?

Monthly Tech Giveaway – February 2025

Posted on January 31, 2024

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February’s winner will receive this fantastic CyberPower CP1500PFCLCD PFC 1500VA/1000W Sinewave UPS System.

This is one of my favorite UPS systems. It provides a clean sinewave output and it’ll keep your computer gear up and running long enough for you to save all of your open files and perform a normal shutdown when your power goes out.

All subscribers to the Standard edition of my Rick’s Tech Tips Newsletter have an equal chance to win.

Premium subscribers have two chances to win (their email addresses are added to the “pot” twice).

Not a subscriber? Just enter your email address in the form on this page. Once subscribed you’ll be eligible to win each month’s drawing – starting with this month. Better yet, opt for a Premium subscription for double the chance to win!

The drawing for this month’s prize will be held on February 28 and the winner will be notified by email. The winner will be selected at random.

Good luck!

Q&A: Can you limit someone to using just one specific app on an iPhone?

Posted on January 31, 2025

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Question from Gwen: I installed a kid’s game on my iPhone that teaches the child how to do basic math in order to solve a series of mysteries.

The recommended age range for the game is 4 to 6.

My daughter turned 4 a couple of months ago so I believe she should be able to successfully play the game.

The thing is I don’t want her to be able to do anything with the phone except use this one app. Is it possible to set it up this way?

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Q&A: How can I make Google always show search results in English?

Posted on January 30, 2025

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Question from Emily: I just accepted a new job within my company that will require me to travel to various countries in South and Central America.

A couple of years ago I had a temporary (two week) assignment in Ecuador and Google insisted on displaying the search results in Spanish even when I typed my search query in English.

I read Spanish moderately well but it would benefit me greatly if I could always have Google display the results from my searches in English.

Is there any way to make that happen? [Read more…]