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Do you suspect that someone might be using your WiFi network without your knowledge and permission?
If they are, you really need to know about it so you can boot them off and lock down your network ASAP!
“Piggy-backers” can slow down your network and make your devices appear sluggish and unstable.
Even worse, they could potentially cause you some pretty serious legal problems if they’re using your network to break the law in some way. [Read more…]
This is now a digital world, and chances are you use multiple devices to communicate with friends and family, watch videos, play games, share photos and any of 100 other digital activities.
Have you ever stopped to think about what would happen if you lost all the precious photos and other files you’ve accumulated on your computer or mobile devices over the years?
Unfortunately, bad things happen, and it pays to be prepared when disaster strikes. After all, hard drives crash and files get accidentally deleted. And yes, it will happen to you if it hasn’t already.
That’s why I’m constantly stressing the need to back up your data on a regular basis.
But the thing is, backups alone aren’t enough. Why? Because backups themselves can get lost or corrupted! What would you do then? [Read more…]
I’ll admit it, I love the Firefox web browser.
I really like the look and feel of Firefox’s browser window, and I LOVE all the great extensions that let me do things with Firefox that I can’t do with any other browser.
But as much as I love Firefox, there’s one thing that has kept me using Google Chrome as my primary web browser instead of Firefox: Firefox can be as slow as cold molasses while viewing some websites. But I have good news… [Read more…]
If you enjoy listening to the radio, chances are you occasionally hear a song and wonder who’s singing it or what its title is.
Well, now you can stop wondering thanks to a nifty free smartphone app called Shazam.
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In this post, SEO enthusiast Aisha Preece explains exactly what SEO is and how you can use it to drive thousands of visitors to your blog. [Read more…]