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Apple admits they intentionally force older iPhones to run slower

Posted on December 21, 2017

Have you noticed that your iPhone seems to run slower than it used to? Well, chances are it really is.

What’s more, Apple is probably causing it to run slower on purpose.

Numerous iPhone users have been complaining about sluggish performance in online forums for a while now, prompting several in-depth studies on the topic. The conclusion: The slowdown is real.

After being confronted with the results of those studies, Apple has finally decided to come clean and admit that they’re intentionally slowing down certain older iPhones via software updates.

However, they claim they’re slowing your phone down for your own good (to prevent phones with older batteries from shutting down prematurely).

Here is the statement Apple released on the subject: [Read more…]

ATTN Bloggers: Your blog’s traffic will plummet in 2018 unless you install SSL encryption

Posted on December 18, 2017

I’ve been sounding the warning about the impending doom of unencrypted blogs for months, and now it’s crunch time.

Word to the wise: You need to install SSL encryption on your blog right now if you don’t want to endure a drastic reduction in traffic in early 2018.

Why do I say that, you wonder?

Well, the following things will soon begin to happen if your blog doesn’t have a valid SSL certificate installed and properly configured: [Read more…]

Heads-up: Today is this year’s ‘Free Shipping Day’ for hundreds of online retailers!

Posted on December 15, 2017

Just a reminder: Today (Friday, December 15) is this year’s annual Free Shipping Day, the one day of the year when hundreds of online retailers will be waiving the shipping fees for every item purchased from their sites within the 24 hour period beginning at 12:01 am.

This truly is a great deal since you won’t have to pay the shipping fees on anything you buy from a participating merchant, regardless of the item’s size or weight.

It’s a great deal for last minute shoppers too since all the participating retailers promise to deliver your purchases to you by Christmas Eve!

Hundreds of the world’s largest online retailers are participating, but you have to order by midnight tonight to take advantage of this awesome deal! [Read more…]

Heads up: Facebook could soon be asking you to upload a “Selfie” to prove your identity

Posted on December 6, 2017

As you probably know by now, Facebook is a virtual playground for scammers, hackers and thieves from every spot on the globe.

The miscreants seem to be everywhere these days, hacking and cloning accounts right and left.

And as we all found out during the last presidential election, they’re even using Facebook to spread fake news.

Truth be told, rarely a day goes by when I fail to receive at least a couple of desperate messages from folks asking for help in cleaning up a compromised or cloned account.

Well, Facebook has recently devised a plan that should (hopefully) stop scammers and hackers in their tracks and prevent them from generally using their platform for mischief. This is how it works: [Read more…]

You’ll no longer be able to log in to Skype with your Facebook credentials come January

Posted on November 29, 2017

Many web services allow their users to log in to their accounts by using their Facebook credentials, making it easy to log in to multiple services with a single login.

I don’t really recommend taking advantage of that capability, for several reasons, but lots of folks do it nonetheless.

The popular Skype Internet communications service has allowed users to log in via Facebook for several years, but come January 2018 that’ll no longer be the case. [Read more…]