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Update: I originally wrote this review back in February of 2021, but I recently received a request to check this service out again to see if anything has changed.
I’m always happy to accommodate requests like this so I decided to give it another try.
Well, I discovered that there are indeed a couple of things that have changed: [Read more…]
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You’ve probably seen Amazon gift cards
Chances are you have actually bought one of them to give away as a gift. Gift cards really do make great gifts, especially at this time of year.
It’s easy just hand the recipient to someone in person, but what if you want to give one to someone that lives somewhere far away? [Read more…]
Do the videos on your X Timeline start playing automatically just as soon as they scroll into view?
If so, that’s due to a Video Autoplay feature that causes videos to begin playing on their own without any prompting from the user.
Personally, I don’t really like autoplaying videos in general. I prefer to choose for myself whether to play a video or not.
If you don’t care for X’s Video Autoplay feature you can easily turn it Off. [Read more…]
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Buying a new computer
And if you don’t set it up correctly, you can open yourself up to having some real problems down the road.
I’ve been setting up new PCs for close to three decades, and during that time I’ve developed a simple step-by-step procedure that’ll have you up and running with your new computer as quickly a possible while avoiding the mistakes that come back to haunt so many others. [Read more…]
If you’re one of the millions of Americans who subscribe to broadband Internet service through Xfinity, Charter or another Internet Service Provider (ISP), you most likely rent your modem (or Internet gateway) from them.
And there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that, even though you can opt to purchase your own modem if you want to.
When a modem needs to be replaced, most customers who rent their modems simply accept whatever device the technician pulls out of the truck and installs for them without even giving it a second thought.
Well, that can be a very big mistake. Why? Read on and I’ll explain… [Read more…]