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My “Pick” for the day is this handy Showpin 122-in-1 Precision Tech Screwdriver Kit.
Looking for a good, but inexpensive toolkit for doing DIY upgrades and repairs on your tech gadgets? This is an excellent option for the money.
Click here to read more about the Showpin 122-in-1 Precision Tech Screwdriver Kit at Amazon.
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Question from Marcella: I used to watch Netflix on my computer but it got fried by lightning.
I’ve decided that I don’t really need a computer now so I won’t be replacing it.
I now watch Netflix on my iPhone but I’d really like to watch it on my 32 inch Samsung TV.
My boyfriend said I should be able to connect my phone to the TV through its HDMI port somehow, but he isn’t sure how to do it because my phone has a lightning connector instead of HDMI.
My first question is do you think I can connect the phone and TV together?
If I can, what exactly dol I need to buy? And will it be very expensive?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
Adware, viruses, trojans, spyware, ransomware and rootkits are everywhere these days, and keeping our PCs free of malware is a constant struggle.
Regardless of how diligent we are at preventing malware infections they can still manage to make their way onto our hard drives and into our computers’ memory banks.
Once a PC is infected, ridding it of every scrap of malware can be extremely difficult.
But it can be done! This post explains how, step-by-step. [Read more…]
Today’s “Picture of the Day” features a beautiful early-evening scene from Gothenburg, Sweden. I hope you like it.
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Do you do a lot of typing on your smartphone’s virtual keyboard?
If so, you surely know how difficult it can be trying to tap the correct letters and select the proper punctuation marks.
One tip that can really save you a lot of time when typing on your phone is skipping the period at the end of a sentence and pressing the space bar twice instead.
Pressing the space bar twice saves time in the following ways: [Read more…]