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Google announces plan to shut down Google+ by August 2019
Do you use Google+ for at least part of your social media activities?
If so, you won’t be able to use it for much longer.
Google has just announced that the consumer division of Google+ will be slowly phased out over the next 10 months, and fully “retired” by the end of August 2019.
Guess what? It’s NOT illegal to spoof someone else’s phone number (and yes, that includes yours).
Have you been receiving calls and/or voice messages from what appear to be local phone numbers, but you suspect the callers are actually located from outside the local area?
Or perhaps you’ve received calls from the numbers of local businesses or even people you know personally, only to discover that it’s someone else entirely?
Calling (or texting) someone and having another person’s phone number show up in the recipient’s Caller ID display is called spoofing, and it happens all the time. [Read more…]
Warning: Be careful when donating to a cause in honor of a friend’s birthday on Facebook!
Before I begin, let me say that I considered filing this post under “Scam Alerts” but I ultimately decided not to since there’s always a chance that this is happening due to a bug in Facebook’s software.
But bug or not, this is still disturbing…
If you’ve been using Facebook for a while you’ve surely seen the requests for donations some folks post in honor of their birthdays.
Of course there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that. In fact, Facebook offers several excellent organizations to choose from, and this is a great way for people who appreciate the work they do to help them raise a little extra cash.
However, that being said, if you choose to donate to one of these “birthday” causes I recommend that you proceed with extreme caution for the reason stated below.
Save big by switching to rechargeable batteries
If you find yourself having to buy fresh AA and AAA batteries just about every time you go to the store, you’re no doubt spending a fortune keeping your electronic devices powered up and running.
Modern non-rechargeable Alkaline and Lithium batteries are lasting longer than ever these days, but they still lose their charge and have to be replaced eventually.
And these batteries certainly don’t come cheap! In fact, a decent sized pack of quality name-brand batteries can easily cost upwards of $20.
If you and your family buy a lot of batteries every year, you can save a ton of money by using rechargeable Eneloop batteries instead. [Read more…]
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