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If you own an Apple mobile device, there’s a good chance that you can now update it to iOS 7.1. And even though the version number of the operating system only went from 7 to 7.1, this is no minor upgrade!
In addition to squashing a host of irritating and dangerous bugs, iOS 7.1 also enhanced several existing features while adding one big new one that’s sure to draw a lot of attention: native support for CarPlay. [Read more…]
If you’re a Facebook user you’re probably aware that scams hit your newsfeed literally on a daily basis. There really is a new one just about every day, and they seem to get more insidious all the time.
The latest scam to hit the Facebook world is the “Naked Friend” scam, and it works something like this: [Read more…]
Ever since I was a teenager I have loved shopping at Radio Shack. Yes, I’ll gladly admit it – I was a “geek” even back then.
They were indeed a little pricey, but if I needed a resistor, capacitor, potentiometer, vauum tube or some other electronic component, chances are the local “Shack” would have it.
But not anymore. The shelves and wall racks containing “parts” used to take up half the store, but now their stock of those items barely fills a small corner of the room. I do realize that times have changed. Nowadays all of those items can easily be purchased online for less money. But as is usually the case in situations like this, there’s more to the story than just that. [Read more…]
It seems that the scammers of the world are working overtime these days in an effort to separate you from your money and steal your identity.
The latest scam making the rounds is targeted at users of the popular Netflix streaming video service. This ploy is apparently a part of a concerted effort among fraudsters to expand their pool of potential victims to users of mainstream online services.
The Netflix scam works something like this: [Read more…]
Could Microsoft be working on plans to give away their cash-cow Windows operating system for free? According to several reliable sources, the answer could be yes.
It’s no secret that Microsoft’s share of the operating system market is dwindling by the day, and it all started way back with the release of Apple’s first iPad. The guys and gals in Redmond apparently thought users would consider tablet PCs to be toys, not suitable replacements for desktop and laptop computers.
Well, they were wrong, and by the time they realized it the genie was already out of the bottle. [Read more…]