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How to schedule a Gmail message to be delivered at a future date and time

Posted on October 28, 2020

Have you ever composed an email message and wished you could have it land in the recipient’s inbox at some specific future date and time?

That’s a feature that sure would come in handy at times, right?

For example, maybe you’d like to write someone a birthday greeting ahead of time to make sure you don’t forget it.

That’s all well and good, but what if you forget to log back into your email account and send the message when that person’s birthday actually arrives?

Well, Gmail now allow you to schedule your emails to be delivered at any specific future date and time of your choosing!

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How to return Kindle ebooks to Amazon for a refund

Posted on October 27, 2020

Millions of customers purchase ebooks for their Kindle readers from Amazon every year, but according to a recent survey a surprising number of them aren’t aware that Amazon has a 7 day return period for ebooks.

I suppose they assume that since it is a digital product similar to a music track or movie, once they buy it, they’re stuck with it. But that isn’t the case at all.

If you happen to purchase the wrong ebook by mistake, you don’t have to “just live with it” (unless you truly find it interesting and decide you’d like to keep it anyway).

Instead, return it and get your money back so you can buy the ebook you really wanted in the first place! Here’s how: [Read more…]

The advantages of Visual Content Marketing and the types of Visual Content

Posted on October 26, 2020

What Should One Know About Visual Content Marketing?

Times change, and now it’s not enough to provide the readers with textual information. Visual content is what’s currently demanding their attention.

Scientists have discovered that we forget 90% of the information we receive in the textual form after just three short days.

But that improves a great deal if the facts are presented with the help of visual content. That way, 65% of data remains in the human memory even after this time passes.

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Review: ‘Windows 10 For Dummies’

Posted on October 25, 2020

Note: The links in this post are affiliate links.

Folks often ask me to recommend a good book for helping them learn some new computer topic, and I almost always steer them towards the “for Dummies” series of books if there is a title available on the topic in question.

Although the titles in this series include the word “Dummies”, these books don’t speak down to readers or assume they are absolutely “clueless”.

Instead, they present the material in a clear, easy-to-understand way so that anyone can learn what they need to learn about the topic as quickly and easily as possible, even if the reader does happen to be “clueless” about the topic.

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5 tips for keeping your web browser running fast (and secure)

Posted on October 25, 2020

These days most home computers are used primarily to visit websites and perform other Internet-related tasks such as checking email and shopping online.

Truth be told, a web browser is the only program that many users ever open in the Internet age.

If you depend on your favorite browser as much as I do, here are a few things you can do to keep it working fast and protect your online accounts from hackers: [Read more…]