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8 essential Twitter privacy tweaks that you should make right now

Posted on May 18, 2017

As you probably know, it’s getting harder with each passing day to protect your privacy on most major social media websites.

Some venues are worse than others, but they all seem to be getting more invasive with the passage of time.

While Facebook’s privacy issues are well-known, many Twitter users are unaware that they need to lock down their privacy settings as well.

The purpose of this post is to highlight several essential privacy tweaks that can make your interactions with Twitter safer and a bit less invasive of your personal and professional privacy.  [Read more…]

Scam alert: The popular ‘Unseen’ browser extension has started spawning SPAM popups to ‘go.mobifoth.com’

Posted on May 15, 2017

Has your web browser started spawning popup windows that display a web page with the SPAM URL go.mobifoth.com?

If so, the culprit is likely the popular browser extension “Unseen”.

If you’re unfamiliar with this extension, you can read more about it in this post that I wrote a while back.  [Read more…]

How to get $20,000 worth of Android apps & games for free

Posted on May 11, 2017

amazon-logoIf you have an Android device you probably already know about the countless apps and games that you can download for free from the Google Play Store.

The thing is, many of those “free” apps and games aren’t really free at all since they come with ads and/or require in-app purchases to unlock some of the best features.  [Read more…]

Why you should never blow dust out of your PC with an air compressor

Posted on May 10, 2017

air-compressorOver time your computer’s fans will almost certainly draw enough dust inside the case to partially or completely cover the components and block air from flowing around the various parts.

This is not good as it allows heat to build up inside the components, and heat leads to both intermittent program errors and eventual hardware failure.

It’s important to remove any built-up dust from the inside of your computer on a regular basis, and the best way to do it is to blow it out with forced air.

Simply remove the side panel, carry the PC outdoors and have at it. Some folks use an air compressor to blow out the dust, but I think that is very bad idea for two very important reasons:  [Read more…]

Always use an ‘ad blocker’ browser extension when downloading free software

Posted on April 6, 2017

adblock-logoI use lots of awesome free programs and apps, and whenever I recommend them on my blog I try my best to warn you when the download page has deceptive ads on it.

If you’ve ever visited one of the major free download sites, you surely know the type of ads I’m taking about. They usually include a big honking “DOWNLOAD”  button that tricks folks into downloading an entirely different program than the one they came looking for.

Unfortunately, those fake download buttons are both annoying and dangerous because some of the programs they link to are actually malware!  [Read more…]

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