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Question from Merrill D.: I’m a member of two different gaming forums that I post on almost every day.
My little brother wants to sign up for them too but when he tries they always tell him his IP address already has an account associated with it (I assume that it’s my account).
Why do those websites think our computers both have the same IP address? We have Charter Internet and a modem/router combo box if that makes a difference.
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Hello everyone! I hope you all had a fantastic week!
I want to thank each and every one of you who responded to my request for feedback in last week’s newsletter. I received a total of 1,152 responses!
I tried my best to reply to each and every respondent, but I apologize if I happened to miss anyone. Again, thank you all so much!
This week I’d like to let you know what I learned from all of that wonderful feedback. I’ll list each question that was asked followed by what turned out to be the “consensus” answer. [Read more…]
Mobile devices have changed the way we use technology more than perhaps any other innovation in history. They have truly been a game changer in my opinion.
There’s a great deal of freedom and empowerment that comes from being able to pull a computer that’s more powerful than a vintage desktop PC literally out of a shirt pocket and use it for virtually any task one can think of.
But as powerful and empowering as they are, mobile devices have always had one serious drawback: the lack of a truly usable mechanical keyboard. And as I’m sure you are aware, there are times when we really need one. [Read more…]
Question from Billie P.: I was included in a group text last night and I spent the next hour and a half listening to my iPhone beep almost constantly as the responses came in.
I wasn’t even interested in the subject they were discussing but the beeps kept coming anyway. It annoyed me so much I ended up turning my phone off.
Is there any way to block everyone’s responses to a group text on an iPhone 6s?
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Western Digital has been making outstanding hard drives for decades, and now they have released their very first line of WD branded solid state drives (SSDs). (#ad)
WD has actually sold SSDs under different brand names for some time now, but I believe the release of these new WD branded SSDs shows how confident they are in their SSD technology. [Read more…]