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For much of the past twenty years, homeowners throughout the Greater Toronto Area followed a fairly predictable pattern. A young family would purchase a starter home, build equity for several years and eventually move into something larger as their needs changed.
Whether it was an extra bedroom, a finished basement or a larger backyard, upgrading usually felt like the natural next step.
Today’s housing market has rewritten that playbook. [Read more…]
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I receive dozens of tech questions every week, and as you might expect some questions get asked over and over.
One of the questions that gets asked most often is some variation of “How do I remove [McAfee, Norton or whatever] from my computer?”
For various reasons, antivirus apps can sometimes be difficult to remove with Windows’ native uninstaller, and I’ve had my own issues with many of them in the past.
Luckily, there’s a simple way to remove most any antivirus program from your computer: Just download and run that company’s automated removal tool! [Read more…]
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Question from Darla: I went online to search for a new wall charger for my phone and iPad and I noticed that some of them were labeled as GaN chargers.
I had never seen that before (but it’s been years since I bought a new charger).
What does the GaN mean? [Read more…]
When people talk about winning in business, they usually focus on growth charts, customer counts, and market share. Bigger is supposed to mean safer. More customers are supposed to mean more power. A larger slice of the market is often treated like proof that a company is on the right track.
But that story leaves out the question that matters most on a random Tuesday afternoon when payroll is due, a supplier invoice lands, or sales slow down for two months: can the business actually pay its bills? [Read more…]
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Question from Lona: Hi, Rick. I have a really short question that I’d like to ask if you don’t mind.
What does the term “Social Engineering” mean? I keep hearing it but I don’t have a clue what it is. [Read more…]