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My “Pick” for today is the fantastic book “Smart Phone Smart Photography”.
Do you really enjoy taking lots of photos with your phone? This can help you take great ones.
Click here to check out “Smart Phone Smart Photography” at Amazon.
Today’s POTD features a stop-action photo of a wet tennis ball immediately after it was struck using a lot of topspin. 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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January’s winner will receive a fantastic Ecoflow DELTA 2 Portable 1024Wh Power Station.
This will keep your computer or CPAP machine plus a few other small essential devices powered up for hours during extended power outages.
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 January 31 and the winner will be notified by email. The winner will be selected at random.
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Note: Are you ready for an awesome upgrade? The new MacBooks with Apple’s powerful M5 chips are finally here. Click here to check them out. (#ad)
If you have an iPhone, iPad or Mac you probably have tons of irreplaceable photos and other things stored on your device(s).
Have you ever thought about what might happen to your precious photos and important files after you pass on?
Wouldn’t it be nice if someone you trust would be able to properly (and completely) dispose of your Apple account and save any photos and files that you want to pass on to your family after you’re gone?
If so, I have good news for you… [Read more…]
Question from Alan: I know there are several ways to put a Windows PC to sleep but what I’d really like to have is a desktop icon I can click on to put it to sleep with just a double-click. Is there any way to created one?
Rick’s answer: The answer to your question is yes, Alan. And it’s very easy to do. [Read more…]
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Question from Mike: I have cable Internet through Xfinity and I pay $14 a month to rent a cable modem from them.
While shopping for a router on Amazon I noticed that they also sell cable modems.
Would you recommend buying my own cable modem since the $168 I pay Xfinity every year for a rental would actually buy one outright? [Read more…]