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5 tech essentials to take along for a great summer vacation

Posted on April 18, 2019

Well, it’s that time of year again. School will soon be out for summer vacation in most places, and if you’re like most folks you’re probably busy planning your summer vacation.

The available choices of places to go and things to do are seemingly endless, but whatever you and your family end up doing this summer, your gadgets will probably accompany you during your travels.

With that in mind, here are a few vacation “tech tips” to help ensure that you enjoy the best vacation possible: [Read more…]

Forget your phone charger? Ask your hotel’s front desk for a ‘loaner’.

Posted on April 17, 2019

Have you ever checked into a hotel and made your way to your room, only to discover that you forgot to pack your phone charger along with the rest of your travel gear?

Most of us have done that at one time or another, and the natural instinct is to head to the nearest store and buy a replacement charger.

Well, there’s a simple way to avoid having to buy a charger the next time you accidentally leave yours at home… [Read more…]

6 awesome tech-related websites that I visit (almost) every day

Posted on April 11, 2019

I’m often asked which websites I use the most often throughout my workday.

Well, there are a bunch of great sites that find myself visiting over and over again, and I thought I’d take this opportunity to tell you about a few of them.

Here’s a short list of the six websites I visit most often while researching and writing posts for my Rick’s Daily Tips Tech Blog: [Read more…]

Windows 10 users no longer have to ‘Eject’ removable drives before disconnecting them

Posted on April 8, 2019

If you’re a Windows user you’re probably very familiar with the need to “Eject” your removable drives before disconnecting them from your PC.

In the past Microsoft has always cached the data written to removable media to make the system run a little faster.

That meant we had to “Eject” a removable drive before disconnecting it from the PC to prevent losing any cached, but unwritten data and possibly corrupting the drive’s file system.

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Check your actual Internet download and upload speeds with this awesome free tool from Netflix

Posted on April 6, 2019

For a while now I’ve been recommending a fantastic free service called Speedtest.net for checking the actual download speeds on your Internet connection.

After all, some ISPs are notorious for not delivering the speeds their customers are paying for.

I have always found Speedtest.net to be quite accurate with their test results, and I still recommend them highly. But there’s an easy way to get a “second opinion” thanks to our friends over at Netflix. [Read more…]