Your daily dose of practical, easy to follow tech tips!
Question from Nancy: I have a big problem Rick, and I really need your help.
I tried logging into LastPass this morning and it wouldn’t let me. Every time I try it says my master password is incorrect even though I know it isn’t.
Do you know of any way I can get it to let me log back in? [Read more…]
Question from Debby: A couple of months ago I bought my first smartphone.
I absolutely love it, but I got a huge bill yesterday because they said I went over my monthly data allotment by several gigabytes.
I do watch a lot of videos every day, but I didn’t realize it would cause me to be charged extra.
My daughter said I need to use Wi-Fi instead of cellular data but I don’t want to get hit with a big bill for that too. She said using Wi-Fi is free, but I want to be sure since I can’t afford another huge bill.
So will I be charged extra if I use Wi-Fi to watch my videos? [Read more…]
Question from Gail: I hope you’ll be able to answer a question for me, Rick.
I have a fairly active Twitter account for my business. I’ve had it for 3 years and it has over 11,000 followers and right at 18,600 tweets.
What I need to know is will changing my username cause me to lose my followers and tweets? [Read more…]
Like most households these days, yours probably has one or more old smartphones and/or tablets that were retired to a junk drawer after upgrading to a new device.
Well, here’s a little tip for putting those outdated, but completely functional devices to good use… [Read more…]
As you probably know, Facebook earns the vast majority of their revenue from ads.
And I’m sure you’ve probably noticed that they’re everywhere.
Some scammers are now taking advantage of Facebook’s advertising potential by posting fake ads that are designed to steal your money, your personal information, or both.