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My “Pick” for today is this highly-rated Nimo 15.6″ FHD-IPS-Business-Laptop.
Simply put, this laptop is a really good value for the money.
Click here to check out the15.6″ FHD-IPS-Business-Laptop at Amazon.
Today’s POTD features Michigan’s Point Betsie Lighthouse. Although the Lighthouse itself is still in active use by the US Coast Guard, you can actually vacation in the adjacent Lighthouse Keeper’s Quarters (for a week at a time) at certain times of the year. What a great way to enjoy Lake Michigan! I hope you like the photo.
Have lots of treasured photos of your own that you’d love to display in your home but you have limited wall space? A digital picture frame (#ad) is an excellent solution. Check them out!
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December’s winner will receive a fantastic GMKtec Mini Desktop Computer.
It’s amazing how much computing power they’re packing into such tiny packages these days. True tower desktop power in a small case that’s about the size of a brick.
All subscribers to the Standard edition of my Rick’s Tech Tips Newsletter have an equal chance to win.
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 December 31 and the winner will be notified by email. The winner will be selected at random.
Good luck!
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I have written several posts that explain how to clone a hard drive or SSD, and every time I think I’ve found the simplest method possible I eventually discover an even easier way to do it.
Well, I’ve found yet another way, and I honestly don’t think cloning a drive could be any simpler than this.
The Sabrent USB 3.0 to SATA Dual Bay External Hard Drive Docking Station literally makes the process of cloning a hard drive or SSD onto a target drive as simple as pushing a button!
This is all you have to do to clone a standard SATA hard drive or 2.5″ SATA SSD using the Sabrent docking station: [Read more…]
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Do you often find that your phone’s battery is running low but you don’t have much time to charge it up?
If so, there’s an easy way to ensure that you’ll get as much charge in the short time available as possible. All you have to do is put your phone in airplane mode.
You probably know that putting any device into airplane prevents it from ringing or making other sounds, but this handy setting actually goes much further than that… [Read more…]
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By now you probably know that Amazon Prime members get fast and free shipping on Prime-eligible products plus a bunch of other awesome perks.
It truly is one of the best deals around if you enjoying shopping at Amazon and want to take advantage of all the awesome Prime perks.
That being said, you might be reluctant to sign up for a Prime membership due to the $139 annual fee, especially if you tend to cluster your Amazon shopping at various times of the year.
Well guess what? You can sign up for Amazon Prime one month at a time if you only need it for a short time (such as shopping for Christmas gifts). [Read more…]