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Question from Dennis J.: Hi Rick. I have a quick question about Facebook and I’m hoping you can answer it for me.
Is there any way to keep my Facebook friends from being notified when I add a new friend? Some of them get jealous when I add certain people.
If you can tell me how to prevent the new friend notifications from being sent out I’ll appreciate it more than you know.
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Like it or not, the future of Windows computers lies in Windows 10.
After all, Windows 7 is scheduled to officially be abandoned by Microsoft in January 2020.
Windows 8.1 will be around for a couple years longer but it’s scheduled to be abandoned as well in January 2023.
Windows 10 has been slowly increasing its foothold in the marketplace for a while now, and according to the latest stats from NetMarketShare it’s now running on over half (50.99%) of all the world’s personal computers.
Question from Elaine: Hi Rick. I’m hoping you can help me.
I joined your Rick’s Tech Tips group on Facebook a couple of months ago to make sure I didn’t miss any of your posts.
I just found out however that I’m not being notified every time you publish a new post (and I want to be!).
How can I fix this so I can see all of your posts?
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Question from Angie L.: I’m trying to find a specific photo of a family member that I liked on Facebook a couple of years back.
The problem is I can’t remember who posted the photo so I don’t know whose photos to look through.
I have lots of family members on Facebook so it would probably take forever to find it.
Do you know of a way to list all the pictures I’ve ever liked in one group so I can look through them and find that one photo that I’m looking for?
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Every year millions of old cell phones and tablets are either recycled, sold for scrap or simply thrown in the trash.
While recycling is certainly a lot better than clogging up our landfills with toxic materials, I have an even better option to tell you about.