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Does your Internet service occasionally go out due to storms or equipment failure?
If so, you know how irritating it can be when you have to wait for a tech to come out and restore your service.
But guess what? In a pinch, you can use your smartphone’s cellular data connection to access the Internet with your computer. [Read more…]
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Do you have an iPhone that supports 5G cellular connectivity?
If so, disabling 5G and forcing the device to use 4G LTE instead (if you don’t really need the extra speed provided by 5G, of course) will do two things for you: [Read more…]
If you’ve been reading my blog for a while you know how often I stress the importance of keeping viruses and other forms of malware off of your computers and mobile devices.
Malware is the number one cause of sluggish system performance. Even worse, it can cause you to suffer monetary loss and identify theft as well.
But as you might imagine, it’s just as important to keep your devices “clean” in the physical sense – and that includes the inside of a desktop computer or laptop.
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If you shop at Amazon you’re probably familiar with the emails they send letting their customers know when an order has shipped.
But did you know you can have them text you as well?
They will, and it’s very easy to set up. [Read more…]
Question from Darla: I hope you can help me, Rick.
I gained some weight over the last few years, and it’s really starting to affect my health.
I recently decided to start working out and eating better to try to get back to my “normal” weight.
One of my friends suggested that I download a QR code scanning app so I can get the nutrition info for the foods on restaurant menus.
Can you recommend a good QR code scanning app for my phone? It’s an Android. [Read more…]