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Today’s Daily Deal: NETGEAR Orbi Whole Home Mesh WiFi System

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Today’s Daily Deal features the absolutely awesome Netgear Orbi Whole Home Mesh Wi-Fi system.

If you have a large home and/or an older, less capable router it might be time for an upgrade.

This Netgear Orbi kit will blanket your entire home with a strong and super-fast Wi-Fi signal.

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How to remotely log out any device that’s currently logged into your Facebook account

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It’s easy to forget to sign out of Facebook every time you move on to doing something else.

For example, perhaps you’re driving home after using a friend’s PC and you suddenly realize that you forgot to log out of your Facebook account before leaving.

Or maybe you used one of the machines in your school’s computer lab and forgot to log out of Facebook at the end of your session.

Whatever the circumstance, it’s extremely important that you always log out of your Facebook account if there’s a possibility that someone else could end up using that same computer or mobile device after you’re finished with it.

There’s also a chance that hackers have broken into your account as well. If so, you can log them out of the account remotely using your own device.

As luck would have it, it’s very easy to log out of any or all active Facebook sessions from whatever device you happen to have at your disposal by following the instructions below….  [Read more…]

Q&A: Is there an app that will override the data cap on my Straight Talk phone?

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Question from Erin J.:  I have a Straight Talk smart phone and I have a question about the amount of data it’s using.

I always buy the $45 card and I still often use up my 25GB of data several days before the month is over. I absolutely hate it when they switch my phone to slower speed.

Is there really an app that will let me avoid the data cap on my Straight Talk plan?

My friend told me there is one but he says he can’t remember the name of it. I searched the Google Play Store high and low but couldn’t find it in Google Play.

I think he might be just trying to pull one over on me. Am I right or is there really an app that will do this?

Rick’s answer:   [Read more…]

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