Rick's Daily Tips

7 great uses for an old unused smartphone

Posted on October 19, 2020

If you’re like most folks these days, you probably buy a new phone at least every other year or so, and more often than not your old phone is still working just fine when you move on to the new one.

You could always sell your old phone or simply place it in a drawer and forget about it, but you also have the option of giving it a second life by installing an app that turns it into something that’s actually quite useful.

Here are seven great uses for your old, but working smartphone (or tablet for that matter): [Read more…]

Q&A: How can I stop your email newsletters from going into my SPAM folder?

Posted on October 13, 2020

Question from Donna: I signed up for your Tech Tips Newsletter a couple of weeks ago.

I love your emails but something happened and I stopped receiving them after a few days.

Last night I checked my SPAM folder (I use Yahoo Mail) and sure enough I found the missing emails in there.

Can you help me fix whatever the problem is so I can start receiving your newsletters in my Inbox again?

Thanks!!

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Q&A: I installed a really old game and it messed up my son’s computer. How can I fix it?

Posted on October 9, 2020

Question from Stuart K.: I was cleaning out my closet yesterday morning and I found an old game disc with “Age Of Empires” on it.

I remember that I loved playing that game when I was a kid so I installed it on my son’s ASUS ROG gaming PC (with Windows 10).

The game played just like I remember and I didn’t notice any problems with anything else. Everything seemed to work fine so I shut the computer down.

My son used the computer for a few minutes and then shut it down when he got ready to leave for school.

This morning when he turned it on he noticed that the screen resolution was wrong and the screen was flickering really bad. He shut it down and restarted it and got the same result.

He asked me to help him get it straightened out, but so far I’m not having any luck.

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Scam alert: Dangerous new Android malware puts your bank account at risk

Posted on October 9, 2020

As you probably know, Android devices have become a huge target for hackers and scammers due to the massive number of Android devices that are begin used today.

Unfortunately, there’s a new form of Android malware that potentially puts the bank accounts of every Android user at risk.

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You won’t believe Apple’s “fix” for iOS 14 update related issues

Posted on October 6, 2020

Did you update your iPhone to iOS 14 and immediately start having issues with the device?

Numerous iPhone users are complaining that the update to iOS 14 has resulted in shorter battery life and some apps failing to work as they should.

Even worse, a few users have reported that their phones are getting hotter than normal while using a wide range of resource-intensive apps.

Well, Apple has released this Support article explaining what you need to do to fix these iOS 14-related issues. And to be sure, you probably won’t like it.

In a nutshell, Apple is advising you to do the following: [Read more…]