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How to quickly check the balance on most any gift card

Posted on June 21, 2023

Have you ever found a gift card that you had forgotten about lying around the house and wondered if it had a spendable balance on it?

If so, you probably stuck it in your wallet or purse and asked the cashier to check the balance on it the next time you visited that store.

But there’s an easier way to check the balance on gift cards from hundreds of retailers, restaurants, gas stations and more.

In fact, you can quickly check the balance on most any gift card using your own computer or smart phone. Here’s how: [Read more…]

This is the fastest and easiest way to track a package

Posted on June 16, 2023

Do you receive a lot of packages via UPS, FedEx or the U.S. Postal Service?

If so you’re no doubt familiar with the process of tracking your packages via the handy tools on those carriers’ respective websites.

It’s actually pretty easy to track a package: Simply visit the shipping company’s website and type (or copy and paste) the tracking number into the form on the tracking page.

But what if the person shipping the item to you didn’t mention how it was shipped?

[Read more…]

How to disable auto-playing videos on Facebook

Posted on June 16, 2023

Have you noticed that the videos in your news feed start playing automatically as soon as they scroll into view?

Personally, I’m not all that fond of auto-playing videos. I’d much rather click the little arrow to manually play the videos I want to watch.

Truth be told, I don’t watch many of them because they are often malicious and dangerous. [Read more…]

How Progressive Web Apps cut the Development budget

Posted on June 13, 2023

PWAs are the evolution of web technologies and allow you to create applications that can run on any device and platform, be it computers, smartphones, or tablets.

PWAs offer a convenient and flexible way to use apps, providing broad accessibility, reliability, and a great user experience across devices. If you want to learn about the difference between a progressive web app and a responsive web app, as well as how PWAs can reduce the development budget, then this article is for you. [Read more…]

Here’s the best way to open a link in a new browser tab

Posted on June 12, 2023

If you’re like me you probably want many of the links you click to open in a new browser tab.

Most people do this in one of two ways:

1 – Hold down the Ctrl key while clicking the link.

or…

2 – Right-click on the link, then click on Open link in new tab.

Both of those methods work great in the browsers that support them, but there’s an even better way to get a link to open in a new tab… [Read more…]