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Apple admits some iPhone 5 batteries are defective. If yours is one of them, they’ll replace it for free.

Posted on August 23, 2014

iphone-5Apple has just announced that some iPhone 5 smart phones were shipped with defective batteries that won’t charge up correctly and lose their charge too quickly.

The defective batteries were only shipped in a relatively small number of phones, but if yours is one them, Apple will replace the battery for you at no charge.

The first thing you need to do is determine if your iPhone 5 is on Apple’s list of phone’s that shipped with the bad battery. If it is, I recommend that you take advantage of Apple’s free battery replacement program right away.  [Read more…]

Beware the insidious fake text message scam

Posted on August 16, 2014

scamThere’s an insidious scam making the rounds that could possibly target you or someone you know. Here’s the scenario:

You’re having a conversation with a friend when he tells you that a mutual friend has been talking trash about you. You tell your friend that you know that person well, and you don’t believe he would ever say anything like that about you.

“Hold on”, he says, “I have proof!”   [Read more…]

Amazon Local Register – Accept credit card payments on your mobile device for just 1.75% per swipe!

Posted on August 14, 2014

amazon-local-registerAccepting credit and debit cards is essential for most small businesses today, but purchasing a card swipe terminal and paying the sky-high processing fees are tough hurdles for many of them to get over.

But now a new service called Amazon Local Register makes it cheap and easy to accept card payments using an iPhone, iPad, Kindle Fire or one of a number of select Android devices!

What’s more, the tiny secure card reader that Amazon will send you costs just $10 and you’ll even get that right back in the form of fee credits! The only other fee you’ll pay is a small “Swipe Fee” every time you swipe a customer’s credit or debit card.  [Read more…]

Do you own a Vizio TV? If so, it might have just been recalled.

Posted on August 12, 2014

vizio-tvTV maker Vizio has just announced a massive recall of almost a quarter of a million of their TV sets. The reason? They have a tendency to fall over, potentially crushing whatever they happen to fall on.

If you own a Vizio TV, take heed (especially if you happen to have small children or pets).

If your TV is an E390-B0, E390i-B0, or E420i-B0, you might have one of the recalled models. If so, I strongly recommend that you contact Vizio and arrange to have your TV repaired at no cost to you.  [Read more…]

Microsoft to stop supporting older versions of Internet Explorer

Posted on August 8, 2014

ieMicrosoft has announced that beginning in January 2016 they will stop supporting all but the latest version of Internet Explorer – which as of today is IE 11. Of course there could be an even newer version by the time 2016 rolls around.

This policy change means if you’re running an older version of IE you won’t receive security updates for your browser after that date. And as well all know, using an unsupported web browser is just asking for trouble.

Microsoft has two goals in mind with this new policy:  [Read more…]

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