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Do you currently use third-party ink cartridges in an HP Officejet printer?
If so, your non-HP cartridges might no longer work after you install your printer’s latest firmware update.
A few days ago HP released a new firmware update for several Officejet models that force the printer to display an error message when it detects that you have installed a non-HP ink cartridge. [Read more…]
One of the most frustrating things about using Twitter has always been having to limit the total number of characters in a tweet to 140 or less.
Simply put, it’s often pretty hard to get your message across in just 140 characters!
Even worse, photos and various other “extras” that are often added to a tweet can make that job harder still.
Although users have complained about the 140 character limit for years, Twitter has always resisted making any changes to the iconic, but frustrating limit. [Read more…]
As I mentioned in this post, Samsung issued a world-wide recall a couple of weeks ago for all Galaxy Note 7 smartphones that have been sold to date due to a dangerous battery issue.
Since then they have been able to determine which specific phones have the defective batteries, and they have modified the recall to cover only the affected devices.
If you own a Galaxy Note 7 you can now easily check to see if your phone still falls under the recall notice. You can choose either of two methods for checking your phone’s recall status: [Read more…]
Have you ever wished you could remove one or more of the stock Apple apps that came pre-installed on your iPhone, iPad or other iOS device?
If so, I have great news for you: Once you update your device to iOS 10 you’ll be able to do just that!
Beginning with iOS 10, Apple will finally give you the ability to remove at least some of the pre-installed apps that you never use. [Read more…]
If you’ve been looking for a faster server to host your blog or website but you can only afford a shared hosting plan, I have some news that just might interest you.
Dreamhost, one of the world’s most popular web hosting companies, now has super-fast SSDs on all of their shared servers!
Why is this a huge deal? Because the access speed of the server’s hard drive is a serious bottleneck that limits the speed at which web pages can load and database queries can be completed. In short, the fantastic speed of an SSD ensures that you’ll have a much faster and vastly more responsive website. [Read more…]