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Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Monday, January 10, 2022.
Topics covered in this issue…
• How to pin an SMS text conversation to the top of the list
• How to change the default search engine in Microsoft Edge
• Q&A: Can someone still access my laptop when it’s in Airplane Mode?
• Why the ability to feel pain is a good thing
• Info about my photo / file recovery service
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Today’s Quick Tip….
How to pin an SMS text conversation to the top of the list
Have you ever had to scroll through the list of SMS text conversations on your phone in order to find an important conversation that you needed to review again?
If so, it probably took a while to find the conversation you were looking for, especially if it had been a few days, weeks or months since you received it.
Well, there’s a very simple way to make sure you’ll be able to quickly find an important conversation at a later time, regardless of how long it’s been since you received it.
The next time you receive a message that you know you’ll need to return to later, simply return to the conversation list, then tap and hold your finger on the conversation containing the important message.
After the menu pops up just tap on the Pin icon (it looks like a PushPin) and that conversation will immediately jump back up to the top of the list. And it’ll stay there indefinitely as long as you keep it pinned.
By the way, you can pin multiple conversations to the top of the list. You’re not limited to just one.
To unpin a pinned conversation simply tap and hold the conversation again and then tap the Unpin icon.
The latest from Rick’s Daily Tips…
• How to change the default search engine in Microsoft Edge
This post explains how to change the default search engine in your Edge browser from Bing to Google, DuckDuckGo or another search engine of your choice.
• Q&A: Can someone still access my laptop when it’s in Airplane Mode?
A reader asks if there is any way a hacker can break into his laptop while it’s in Airplane Mode. This post has the answer.
• Click here to see today’s ‘Picture of the Day’.
Every morning I post a new photo that I find inspiring, intriguing, or just plain beautiful to look at. Jumpstart your day by checking it out.
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Today’s post from ‘My Daily Smile’…
Why the ability to feel pain is a good thing
Did you know there are people that are completely incapable of feeling pain? Well, it’s true, but it isn’t the blessing you probably think it is.
Tech news that caught my eye…
• InWith promises world’s first soft smart contact lens
• Open source developer corrupts widely-used libraries, affecting tons of projects
• Heads Up: Protecting your mobile privacy is even harder than you think
• How ‘feature bloat’ is driving the chip shortage
• Google launches Ripple, an open standard that could bring tiny radars to cars
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