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Have Amazon text you when your order has shipped and again when it’s been delivered

Posted on November 13, 2018

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.

Simply sign up for “Shipment Updates via Text” and Amazon will send you a standard SMS text message when your package has been shipped and you’ll receive another text when it has been delivered.

You will also receive a text message if a problem arises with your shipment (an unexpected delay for example). [Read more…]

Join the Apple ‘iPhone Upgrade Program’ and you’ll receive a brand new iPhone every 12 months

Posted on November 11, 2018

Did you know that Apple has an iPhone Upgrade Program?

Well, they do, and if you’re the type of person who always wants to have the latest model this plan could well be for you.

Once you’re enrolled in the iPhone Upgrade Program you’ll make a monthly installment payment every month for a year and then you’ll receive a brand new iPhone after you’ve made the last payment.

Remain in the program and keep making the payments and you’ll receive a new phone each and every year!

The monthly payments begin at approximately $37 and go up from there depending on how much storage you want your new iPhone to have. That means you’ll never again own a phone that’s more than a year old!

There are a couple of bonuses thrown in with this plan as well: [Read more…]

Q&A: Is there a surcharge for using a phone with Wi-Fi instead of 4G?

Posted on November 10, 2018

Question from Debby G.: A couple of months ago I bought my first smartphone.

I absolutely love it, but I got a huge bill yesterday because they said I went over my monthly data allotment by several gigabytes.

I do watch a lot of videos every day, but I didn’t realize it would cause me to be charged extra.

My daughter said I need to use Wi-Fi instead of 4G but I don’t want to get hit with a big bill for that too.

My daughter said using Wi-Fi is free, but I want to be sure since I can’t afford another huge bill.

So will I be charged extra if I use Wi-Fi to watch my videos?

Rick’s answer: [Read more…]

How to charge your Apple devices with any standard microUSB charger

Posted on November 4, 2018

Have you ever needed to charge your iPhone, iPad or iPod only to discover that you forgot to bring your lightning cable or charger with you?

If so, you’ll be glad to know there’s a simple way to charge all of your lightning compatible Apple devices using a standard wall or car charger. [Read more…]

4 Tips for storing and playing large media files on your smartphone

Posted on November 2, 2018

Smartphones are everywhere these days. In fact, I’m guessing that you don’t personally know all that many people who don’t own one.

Thanks to the massive library of apps that are available, modern smartphones have literally hundreds of uses besides simply placing telephone calls and sending SMS text messages.

One of their most common uses is playing multimedia files such as streaming videos, audio tracks and watching online movies.

But what if you want to save your favorite media files directly onto your smartphone so you can enjoy them while you’re stuck in a traffic jam somewhere out in the boondocks?

As you probably know, many of the most popular videos are professionally recorded and thus consist of huge multi-gigabyte files. That means it can be a serious challenge to save them to your smartphone so you can watch them at a later time.

Luckily, there are several things you can do to facilitate the saving (and playing) of large multimedia files on your mobile phone: [Read more…]