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My “Pick” for today is this incredibly handy (and generally awesome) EnergyQC Fast Charging 20,000mAh Portable Charger / Power Bank.
This little gem is one of the highest-rated portable chargers/power banks on Amazon. It’s also my new personal favorite due to its compact size and integrated cables.
Click here to check out the EnergyQC Fast Charging 20,000mAh Portable Charger / Power Bank at Amazon.
Today’s POTD features a beautiful pair of purple clematis blossoms. I hope you like it.
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June’s winner will receive this fantastic Lenovo IdeaPad 1 15IAU7 15.6″ Laptop.
This machine is quite inexpensive, but it’s perfect for anyone who needs a dependable laptop for Internet use.
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Premium subscribers have two chances to win (their email addresses are added to the “pot” twice).
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The drawing for this month’s prize will be held on June 30 and the winner will be notified by email. The winner will be selected at random.
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Have you ever clicked the “Send” button after composing an email and immediately realized that you had sent the message to the wrong person?
Or perhaps you have sent an angry response to an email, only to regret it just as soon as you clicked “Send”?
Things like this happen to most of us at times, and it’s never a good feeling when they do.
Luckily, Gmail has a nifty feature called “Undo Send” that gives you up to 30 seconds to change your mind after clicking the “Send” button. [Read more…]
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Question from Samuel: Hi, Rick. I bought a 1TB solid state drive (SSD) to replace the aging 1GB drive in my laptop.
I read your post about using Clonezilla to clone the contents of the old drive onto the new one, but I know from one of your other posts that I’ll need to buy a SATA to USB adapter too. [Read more…]
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If you have a smartphone or tablet, you’re probably aware that the apps on your device have permission to access certain features and caches of info that are present on the device.
While it’s true that you have the option to revoke most any permission that an app might claim for itself, do you actually take the time to review your apps’ permissions and revoke the ones the apps really don’t need in order to perform their stated functions?
If you’re like most folks, the answer is probably no. [Read more…]