Most people assume turning off a mobile phone’s GPS/Location Services will prevent others from being able to track their location via their phone.
Well here’s a little tidbit of info for you: It really doesn’t.
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Most people assume turning off a mobile phone’s GPS/Location Services will prevent others from being able to track their location via their phone.
Well here’s a little tidbit of info for you: It really doesn’t.
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Regular readers of this blog know that I love recommending free software that’s truly useful every chance I get.
These days some of the best software around can be downloaded at no cost whatsoever.
That being said, a disturbing new type of “ad” has started popping up while using some free programs and apps. I call these annoying ads “offers that you literally can’t refuse”, and they work something like this: [Read more…]
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Question from Brenda: Hi, Rick. I’ve been reading your blog for a over a year now, and I love it. Great stuff for us tech-challenged folks!
Now that I’ve buttered you up (I hope!) I have a question for you.
I have a Windows computer and the notification messages that pop up in the lower right corner of the screen disappear before I notice them and have time to read them.
Is there any way to make those notifications stay on the screen longer? [Read more…]
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Do you ever see posts on Facebook that you’d rather not comment on but you’d still like to read the comments that others leave on it?
Well, as luck would have it, there’s an easy way to turn on notifications for a post so you can “follow” it and keep up with the comments folks leave on it without having to leave a comment of your own. [Read more…]