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Amazon Prime members in 27 metro areas now get free same-day shipping!

Posted on April 10, 2016

About a year ago Amazon began offering free same-day shipping on eligible items to Amazon Prime (#ad) members who lived in one of fourteen selected U.S. metropolitan areas.

For the lucky folks living in or near those cities, their already awesome Amazon Prime memberships became even more awesome virtually overnight.

Well, Amazon has just announced that they have extended the free same-day shipping perk to Prime members living in twelve additional metro areas.

That brings the total number of U.S. cities covered by the free same-day shipping policy to 27. Here is a list of the lucky locales: [Read more…]

Why Apple lost the war with the FBI over the terrorist’s iPhone (and yes, they did lose)

Posted on March 29, 2016

As you probably know, the FBI asked Apple to help them recover the data from the iPhone that belonged to one of the San Bernardino attackers, but they refused to help.

Ultimately, it appeared that Apple would end up winning that battle in court, and I believe they would have had the legal battle been allowed to run its course. But now that won’t be necessary.

The FBI announced yesterday that they were able to break into the phone anyway with the help of a third party. [Read more…]

Great deal: Save big on Microsoft Office 365

Posted on March 27, 2016

Would you like to purchase Microsoft Office 365?

Well, now you can purchase a full year’s subscription to MS Office 365 Premium from third-party sellers!

This offer allows you install the software on up to 5 different devices (PCs, Macs and selected mobile devices) and use it for a full year.

Note: If you plan to install Office 365 on Windows machines, they must be running Windows 7 or higher (currently Windows 7, 8.1 or 10).

You will receive all of the following when you take advantage of this offer: [Read more…]

Panasonic Toughbook CF-S 10 laptop battery recall

Posted on March 24, 2016

panasonic-toughbookcf-s-10-battery If you or someone you know owns a Panasonic Toughbook CF-S 10 laptop, the company might have just recalled its battery pack.

Apparently the defective batteries were contaminated with flammable materials during the manufacturing process, resulting in a potential fire hazard. [Read more…]

Thousands of PCs have already been automatically updated to Windows 10. Is yours next?

Posted on March 15, 2016

Livid users are hitting social media in droves to complain after finding that their PCs have been automatically updated to Windows 10 without their knowledge or permission.

Until recently a user would have to intentionally click their approval before the Windows 10 update would be installed on his/her system, but that’s no longer the case for users who have Windows set to install updates automatically. [Read more…]