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There was a time when I used to keep every email I received that wasn’t SPAM because I mistakenly thought I might need to pull them up again at some point.
But over time my thinking on that evolved – a lot.
If you tend to hold on to all of your old emails thinking you might need them in the future, here are three reasons why you might want to reconsider: [Read more…]
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Question from Amanda: I bought a smart TV for my living room but the WiFi in there is too weak to maintain a solid connection.
There’s enough signal in there for my laptop and tablet to use the Internet with no problem, but it just doesn’t allow the streaming to work as it should.
I’ve been doing some research about ways to boost the signal on that end of the house and I keep seeing the terms “Wi-Fi Extender” and “Mesh WiFi Systems”.
I’m really confused about these devices. What’s the difference between them and which one should I get? [Read more…]
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Do you have a used computer that you’re planning to sell?
If so, you might be wondering about what it’s worth so you can determine how much you should ask for it.
Or perhaps you’re planning to buy a used computer and you want to make sure you don’t over-pay?
Determining the actual value of an item used to be pretty difficult, but the Internet has given us a great tool that can give us that info in a hurry: Ebay. [Read more…]
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I have four different web browsers on my Android phone, and I use all of them at various times for different purposes.
The browser I prefer to use when reading articles and blog posts is Chrome because it has several features that I happen to find extremely useful.
One feature that I absolutely love (and use often) is “Page Preview“, a nifty little tool that allows you to preview the web page a link is pointing to before you actually open the page in a browser tab. [Read more…]
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Question from Markus: Hi, Rick. I recently bought a new laptop that came with a 1 year manufacturer’s warranty, but I paid extra for a 3 year extended warranty.
I’d really like to swap out its 1TB hard drive for an SSD (as you often recommend).
I have not read anything anywhere about potential consequences if one does this. Could this possibly be considered an “unauthorized” activity and therefore void either the laptop manufacturer’s warranty or the extended warranty that I purchased? [Read more…]