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Question from Helen: Several times a day my web browser will pop up a little box telling me the website I’m visiting wants to show notifications.
I always answer no because I don’t want to receive notifications from ANY website.
It makes no difference whether I’m using Chrome of Firefox. It happens with both of them.
Is there a way to prevent those browsers from asking me if I want to receive notifications from ANY site?
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Question from Beverly: A man I work with but barely know sent me a nasty picture and a really disturbing comment in an instant message via Facebook Messenger and it really upset me.
I’d like to report him to HR but I’m afraid he’ll delete the picture and message before they have a chance to investigate.
I’d like to take a screenshot of the photo and message but I’m afraid if I do Facebook will notify him that I did it. Will they?
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Question from Kelly: I recently sent a friend request to a friend of mine after I found out she’s on Facebook. It’s been over a week and it still says “Friend Request Sent”.
I used your site’s search box and found this post where you answered a similar question for a woman named Delores, but my situation is a little different from hers.
Apparently Delores’ friend was receiving her friend requests and declining them because she was able to send multiple requests. But my friend hasn’t responded at all because the button still says “Friend Request Sent”.
I know this person has been on Facebook every day since the friend request was sent because she’s been posting like crazy. That’s why I’m thinking it was never received. Is there any way to know for sure that she has received it? [Read more…]
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Question from Yvette S.: Hi, Rick. I have a question about my three year old MacBook Pro.
My son usually helps me but he’s out of town at the moment.
It needs a new battery, but I can’t find the model number so I don’t know which battery I need to buy.
Can you tell me where to look for the model number? [Read more…]
Question from Judy: Hi, Rick. I have a tech question for you.
There are so many USB transmitters now that it’s easy to lose track of which transmitter goes to which device.
I can make out the Model and Serial numbers on the transmitters, but they never match the device model/SNs.
Is there any way to determine which transmitter goes to which device other than a hit-or miss series of tests?
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