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Q&A: How do I disable the Promotions tab in Gmail?

Posted on October 23, 2023

Rick’s Tech Tips Newsletter

Question from Kevin: I hope you can help me with a Gmail problem, Rick.

I subscribe to several email newsletters (including yours), and almost all of them always end up in the “Promotions” tab instead of the Inbox.

That includes the newsletters I pay for, and I’m really tired of it.

I’ve selected “Not Promotions” so many times but Gmail ignores my choice and keeps on putting them in Promotions anyway.

I heard that I can disable the Promotions tab altogether so the newsletters will always go into my Inbox, but I can’t find that setting. Can you help me? [Read more…]

How to easily back up the photos on your smartphone

Posted on October 20, 2023

Do you have a large collection of irreplaceable photos stored on your phone?

Photos that you’d hate to lose if your phone should ever go belly-up, or get lost or stolen?

If so, there’s a very easy way to prevent losing your photos if something ever happens to your phone: Keep them backed up to the cloud!

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How to use an unused Android tablet as a digital picture frame

Posted on October 20, 2023

Rick’s Tech Tips Newsletter

These days most everyone has an old unused Android tablet sitting on a shelf somewhere. And chances are a good number of them still work just fine.

If you happen to be one of those folks that have an old, but working tablet sitting around, why not do something productive with it instead of letting it gather dust? [Read more…]

How to play games on your phone without the annoying ads

Posted on October 19, 2023

Do you find the ads that are displayed while you’re playing free games on your smart phone to be distracting? Most people do, so you’re certainly not alone if you do as well.

There’s a simple way to block the ads on most free games.

Simply put your phone into Airplane Mode to temporarily turn off the phone’s radios and you’ll be able to play many games without getting distracted by the flashing ads.

Why does this work? It’s pretty simple, really… [Read more…]

Q&A: How do you restart a frozen iPhone?

Posted on October 19, 2023

Rick’s Tech Tips Newsletter

Question from Joan: I got my first iPhone a few weeks ago. It’s a used one that my sister gave me after she bought a new one.

It seems to be ok but last night it froze up on me. I couldn’t figure out how to restart it like I could with my previous Android phones.

The battery was pretty low so I ended up just letting the battery die on it.

I turned it on after the battery finished charging and it seems to be working ok now.

My question is, how can I make it restart if this ever happens again? [Read more…]