Rick's Daily Tips

Scam alert: Don’t fall for this fake Microsoft ‘Tech Support’ scam

Posted on June 25, 2024

There’s an old scam that keeps popping up from time to time, and I’m hearing lots of reports that it’s spreading like wildfire at the moment.

A while back I wrote a post explaining that neither Microsoft nor Apple will call you to let you know that your machine has a virus.

And they won’t, so if you get a call like that from out of the blue you should know right off the bat that the call is a scam. Just hang up on them.

But now there’s a quickly spreading variation of that scam that’s costing a lot of folks a lot of money and causing tons of grief to boot.

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8 tips for taking better photos with your smartphone

Posted on June 21, 2024

The cameras in smartphones just keep getting better and better, and some of the photos that come out of them are simply outstanding.

But as good as they are these days, phone cameras are far from perfect.

With that in mind, here are a few tips for taking better photos with your smartphone: [Read more…]

Want to be a successful blogger? Diversify these three things.

Posted on June 20, 2024

Note: The links in this post are affiliate links.

There are certain things every blogger must be able to do in order to succeed at blogging.

Of course knowing how to write well and get your points across to the reader is at the top of the list.

However, there are other things that are just as important that don’t really have anything to do with the “blogging” process itself.

Today I’m going to concentrate on one of the most important things bloggers can do to ensure their long-term success: Diversify!

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Q&A: Is there an app to override Straight Talk’s monthly data cap?

Posted on June 20, 2024

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

I always buy the $35 card and I often use up my 10GB of data several days before the month is over. I absolutely hate it when they switch my phone to slower speed.

My friend told me there’s an app that will let me bypass the data cap on my Straight Talk plan but he can’t remember the name of it. I searched the Google Play store high and low but couldn’t find it.

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? [Read more…]