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You might not be aware of this, but Facebook’s search feature is quite powerful and extremely thorough in the way it conducts its searches.
As a matter of fact, virtually every public post, comment and photo you have ever placed on Facebook will come up in another user’s search results unless you have your privacy settings configured to prevent it. [Read more…]
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Question from Ana: I bought a new iMac from Best Buy a couple of years ago.
I also bought a surge suppressor to go with it because the salesman said it would prevent the computer from being damaged by lightning.
We had a thunderstorm last night and our power went off. It came back on a couple of hours later but now my TV, dishwasher and iMac are all dead. None of them will do anything when I turn them on.
My question is, do surge suppressors really work?
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Question from Gabe: I recently retired after a long career in public service and I’m planning to start a second career as a professional photographer.
I’ve already lined up a few shoots through word-of-mouth but I’m planning to put up a business page on Facebook and have some business cards printed to promote my photography services.
The question I have is do I need a private email address (something like [email protected] where example.com is my own domain name) or will a Gmail address suffice?
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Question from Kara: I have an Android phone that loves to auto-update my apps over my cellular data connection without any warning.
The problem is I sometimes use up my data allotment before the month runs out.
I realize that downloading app updates doesn’t use up a lot of data, but they do use some, right?
How can I set my phone to only auto-update my apps when I’m connected to Wi-Fi? [Read more…]
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Have you tried buying an external hard drive, a wireless mouse or most anything smaller than a TV from your local Walmart’s Electronics department lately?
If so, you probably had to track down an employee and ask them to open a locked case and hand the item to you.
Like some other major chain retailers, Walmart has made the decision to place virtually everything worth buying inside a locked cabinet, practically eliminating any opportunity to comparison shop. [Read more…]