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My “Pick” for today is fantastic Dell Inspiron 15 3530 Laptop.
If you’re looking for a really good laptop but don’t want to spend a fortune, this one comes well equipped and easily performs most any everyday computing task.
Click here to check out the Lenovo Laptop for Business, Home and Student at Amazon.
Today’s POTD features a pair of cute little lambs, one solid black and the other (almost) solid white. I hope you like it.
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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October’s winner will receive a fantastic Lenovo Idea Tab 11″ Tablet with Pen.
This premium Android tablet can do most anything you need a tablet to do (and you’ll love the large 11 inch screen).
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 November 30 and the winner will be notified by email. The winner will be selected at random.
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Question from Kristen: The hard drive in my laptop has stopped working and I need to take it somewhere to have it fixed.
I’ve been taking your advice about creating regular System Image backups and I have a fairly recent backup they can use to restore everything once the bad hard drive is replaced.
What worries me is I have a lot of really personal photos that were backed up along with everything else. Will a tech be able to see them? [Read more…]
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If you shop at Amazon you’re probably familiar with the emails they send letting their customers know when an order has shipped.
But did you know you can have them text you as well?
They will, and it’s very easy to set up. [Read more…]
Every story leaves a trail, even online. For journalists, researchers, and private investigators, Instagram has become one of the most revealing platforms to study human behavior. Follows, unfollows, likes, and story views form a living map of connections. But interpreting that map requires care.
Public data can expose patterns of interest or contact, yet it cannot prove motive or meaning. A sudden follow might show curiosity, not conspiracy. A quiet unfollow could mean nothing more than fatigue. Professionals who handle sensitive stories have to read these signals with discipline, separating evidence from noise. [Read more…]