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Have you ever needed to charge your iPhone only to discover that you forgot to bring your lightning cable or charger with you?
If so, you’ll be glad to know there’s a simple way to charge all of your lightning-compatible Apple devices using a standard USB-C wall or car charger. [Read more…]
Like many new bloggers I wanted my first blog to look amazing and have tons of bells and whistles.
For example, I installed a fancy slider that would display an image and snippet from a post, then fade out after a few seconds and “tease” the next post.
That was just the start of my fascination with plugins and other add-ons.
Before long my newly-created blog was as “busy” as a honeybee in a clover field – and I don’t mean “busy” as in having lots of visitors.
After a while I began to notice some things…
Question from Caroline: I have a Facebook page that I set up to promote a Christian-themed novel that I wrote.
A man “Liked” the page a few weeks ago and then he immediately started posting anti-Christian comments on my posts.
He leaves one of those awful comments at least two or three times a week. I keep removing them but he just posts more of them.
How do I go about banning him from the page? [Read more…]
You might not be familiar with the term “Interest Based Advertising”, but you have no doubt seen it in action. It works something like this:
Let’s say you’re in the market for car insurance so you visit a website that lists various insurance companies and compares the plans they offer.
The next thing you know you start seeing ads for auto insurance on Facebook or whatever website you happen visit next. [Read more…]
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It’s no secret that we live in a dangerous world.
Sadly, burglaries and home invasions have become commonplace in recent years, and the problem seems to be getting worse instead of better.
Several major companies have been providing homeowners with home security hardware and monitoring services for decades, but the solutions they offer tend to be on the expensive side.
What’s more, most of them require professional installation.
A while back I started seeing advertisements for SimpliSafe, a “Do-It-Yourself” security system that doesn’t require professional installation. I decided to check them out, and for the most part I was quite impressed. This is what I learned… [Read more…]