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Most folks know that Amazon Prime members get free 2-day shipping on thousands of products as well as a number of other valuable freebies. And of course they also know that a Prime membership costs $119 per year.
But guess what? If you’re a college student you can sign up for a 6 month subscription to Amazon Prime for free! [Read more…]
If you love to read, you’re probably a huge fan of ebooks. I sure am because they’re so convenient!
Ebooks are usually priced much lower than their printed counterparts (many of them are actually free), and you can download them at any time and be reading them within minutes.
Regular readers of this blog know that Amazon has a massive selection of ebooks and that you can read Kindle ebooks without owning a Kindle device, but many of you might not be aware that there are actually other great sources of ebooks besides just Amazon. [Read more…]
Sometimes corporations make decisions that are so bone-headed you just have to wonder what they were thinking. The most recent example comes to us courtesy of Verizon.
As you probably know, first responders in California are currently fighting dozens of major wildfires across the state.
And as you can imagine, fire-fighters and other emergency personnel rely heavily on their smartphones for critical communications between themselves and the folks who are directing the campaign to put out the fires and save the lives and property of thousands of California citizens.
One large fire department that’s been hard at work fighting the blazes had their devices’ Internet data speeds severely throttled by Verizon because every device they were using had exceeded the data limit allowed under their “Unlimited Data” contract. [Read more…]
Do you use Instagram? If so, there’s a very good chance that your account will get hacked very soon.
Right now hackers (who appear to be from Russia) are hacking into and taking control of Instagram accounts by the thousands.
In a nutshell, the hackers are somehow breaking into the accounts and changing both the username and password, making it impossible for the rightful account owners to log back in (or in many cases even locate the account). [Read more…]
If your web browser has an ad blocker enabled you’ve probably noticed that many websites you want to visit now won’t let you view their content unless you disable the ad blocker.
The reason they’ve adopted this policy? Because they depend on advertising revenue to fund their operations and earn a profit on their investments.
Ad blockers prevent advertisements from showing up in your web browser, and that results in zero ad revenue being earned from the page view.
Therefore, it seems like blocking visitors who use ad blockers would be a wise move, right?
Well, it really isn’t. Read on and I’ll explain why. [Read more…]