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How to use the handy ‘Sticky Notes’ feature in Windows 10

Posted on November 12, 2020

‘Sticky Notes’ have been a feature of every Windows version since Windows Vista, and they’re indeed still present in Windows 10.

If you’ve never used them, you might be wondering what in the world I’m talking about!

Well, you’re no doubt familiar with the ubiquitous 3M brand ‘Post-It Notes’ that you can use to leave yourself or others a reminder about something important.

You can think of ‘Sticky Notes’ as a digital version of ‘Post-It Notes” that you can “stick” onto your Windows Desktop. [Read more…]

How to return Kindle ebooks to Amazon for a refund

Posted on October 27, 2020

Millions of customers purchase ebooks for their Kindle readers from Amazon every year, but according to a recent survey a surprising number of them aren’t aware that Amazon has a 7 day return period for ebooks.

I suppose they assume that since it is a digital product similar to a music track or movie, once they buy it, they’re stuck with it. But that isn’t the case at all.

If you happen to purchase the wrong ebook by mistake, you don’t have to “just live with it” (unless you truly find it interesting and decide you’d like to keep it anyway).

Instead, return it and get your money back so you can buy the ebook you really wanted in the first place! Here’s how: [Read more…]

The advantages of Visual Content Marketing and the types of Visual Content

Posted on October 26, 2020

What Should One Know About Visual Content Marketing?

Times change, and now it’s not enough to provide the readers with textual information. Visual content is what’s currently demanding their attention.

Scientists have discovered that we forget 90% of the information we receive in the textual form after just three short days.

But that improves a great deal if the facts are presented with the help of visual content. That way, 65% of data remains in the human memory even after this time passes.

[Read more…]

How to access your PC’s UEFI Firmware settings in Windows 10

Posted on October 5, 2020

In Windows 7 and earlier versions of Windows it was easy to access a PC’s BIOS settings.

All you had to do was press a special key right after you pressed the power button and you’d be taken directly to the “BIOS Settings” screen.

Once on that screen you could make several changes to system behavior (choosing which drive to boot from, for example).

Likewise, you could display the “Boot Options” menu simply by pressing the F8 key immediately after pressing the power button.

But things are different with newer machines that were designed to run Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. [Read more…]