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If you’re a regular Facebook user, you know their developers love making changes to the way their mobile app works.
Just about the time we get used to something, they go and change it on us.
For me, one of the most irritating changes they’ve ever made is forcing external links to open in the in-app browser instead of my device’s default browser.
Did you know that by default, every photo you take with your smartphone has the location where the photo was taken added to the photo’s metadata?
That means anyone who manages to view one of your photos can easily find out exactly where that photo was taken.
For most people this isn’t a concern because they only share their personal photos with family members and friends. After all, most of those folks will likely know where you live and work anyway, right?
The above being said, here are some things to consider… [Read more…]
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Everyone deserves a nice vacation every now and then, but if you’re like me you’d rather not have to deal with some of the headaches that can arise while you’re enjoying a short break from everyday life.
These days one of the most common vacation headaches is having an expensive smart phone get stolen, lost or damaged while you’re splashing around in the surf or checking out the shops in your favorite resort town.
Replacing a damaged smart phone is a big enough hassle in itself, but even worse is having to deal with the aftermath of losing one altogether or having it get stolen. [Read more…]
Question from Deidra: I have grounded my 13 year old daughter for a month for getting into some pretty serious trouble at school.
Part of her “grounding” is a total ban on cell phone and Internet use of any kind.
To enforce that, I’ve had her iPhone shut off and I’ve also turned off the Wi-Fi on our router.
The problem is she’s still finding a way to get on Facebook and talk to her friends because I can see her “liking” stuff and leaving comments. How is that possible? [Read more…]
I have four different web browsers on my Android phone, and I use all of them at various times for different purposes.
The browser I prefer for reading articles and blog posts is Chrome because it has several useful features that simply aren’t found in other browsers.
One feature that I really love and use often is “Page Preview”, a nifty little tool that allows you to preview the web page a link is pointing to without actually opening the page in a browser tab. [Read more…]