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Question from Twyla : If I mute someone on Twitter will they be told that I have muted them?
The reason I’m asking is my brother-in-law is always posting obnoxious and disgusting tweets that I’d rather not see.
I certainly don’t want any of my friends to see them either, but I don’t want to upset my sister. [Read more…]
Question from Danielle: Hello, Rick. I’ve been reading your blog for a long time now and it seems that I remember reading a post where you explained how to reopen a browser tab that was closed by accident. Am I right?
I close the wrong tab ALL THE TIME, and I’d really like to know how to open it back up!
I mostly use Chrome if that makes a difference. Thanks!!!!
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
Question from Michelle: I sometimes hand my phone to my 9 year old son so he can play a game.
Well, I recently found out that he sneaked into the Google Play store and bought several games without my permission.
We had a long mother-son talk and he assured me that he won’t do it again, but I’d really like to make sure he (nor anyone else) can ever do that again. Is there something I can do? [Read more…]
Question from Rita: My laptop has Windows 11 on it and when I turned it on yesterday morning I noticed that it had installed an update.
Ever since the update there’s been a little Weather icon on the Taskbar right beside the Start button.
Every time I move my mouse towards either the Start button or the icon just to the right of the Weather icon a screen pops up showing the weather along with what appears to be about a thousand news reports.
This is irritating me to no end. Is there any way to remove that Weather icon from the Taskbar? [Read more…]
Question from Phillip: This question might seem a little off the wall Rick, but I have a reason for asking it.
I view dozens of LinkedIn profiles every day as part of my job. Is there any way to prevent those people from knowing that I viewed their profiles? [Read more…]