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Apple products have long been considered by many to be the “cream of the crop” in the tech world. In fact, in their eyes the Apple brand is almost synonymous with perfection.
While that opinion is certainly debatable, I would say that it comes pretty close to the mark in the case of Apple’s latest MacBook Pro.
The MacBook Pro MJLQ2LL/A 15.4-Inch Laptop with Retina Display is a perfect combination of style, power and reliability. [Read more…]
With USB Flash Drives getting bigger and faster all the time, USB 3.0 flash drives in the 16GB-64GB range are quite common now, and inexpensive as well.
Although you can purchase flash drives that rival the storage space of a small hard drive these days, the sweet spot in price vs. capacity and performance seems to be with 128GB models.
I recently received a Corsair Flash Voyager Slider X1 128GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive (#ad) for review, and as with most Corsair products I was quite impressed with it overall.
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By default, when you receive a notification on Facebook your speakers will make a beeping sound.
That’s fine if you’re alone and you don’t receive all that many notifications, but if you’re at work or in a public place all those ‘beeps’ can really get annoying to the people around you.
Even worse, all that beeping can get on your own nerves as well, especially if you tend to receive lots of notifications throughout the day.
Luckily, it’s quite easy to disable beeping notifications on Facebook. Just follow the steps below: [Read more…]
Question from Chris J.: The wireless adapter in my Dell laptop has stopped working and I’m planning to replace it with a USB wireless adapter.
I’d really like to upgrade to Wireless AC speed but my laptop has the older USB 2.0 ports instead of USB 3.0, and I’ve noticed that the AC class devices I’ve checked out all brag that they work with USB 3.0.
What I need to know is will a Wireless AC USB adapter work when plugged into a USB 2.0 port? If not, I’ll probably just save some money by choosing a Wireless N adapter.
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
As you probably know our Facebook newsfeeds are constantly being filled with posts of dire warnings to “do this” or “do that” or something bad will happen.
They usually ask you to share the post with your friends as well.
And as you also probably know, the vast majority of those “share this or suffer the consequences” type of posts are hoaxes and scams.
That being said, every now and then one of these posts will actually be based upon actual facts.
One case in point is a post that’s been making the rounds of late. The actual text may vary a bit, but it looks something like this: [Read more…]