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Question from Kevin: I have a laptop that I’d like to hook up to a spare 40 inch flat panel TV that I’m not using so I can watch Netflix on a larger screen.
The problem is the laptop doesn’t have an HDMI port and that’s what the TV uses. It has a DisplayPort connector instead.
Is there any way to add an HDMI port to this laptop so I can connect my TV to it? [Read more…]
If you use Facebook you’ve no doubt seen numerous posts claiming you can type @highlight as a comment on that post in order to see who has been visiting your profile.
While the exact wording can vary just a bit, those posts usually read something like this: [Read more…]
Question from Cathy: My laptop died a few months ago and I decided to give a Chromebook a try. I ended up purchasing an Acer Chromebook and I really like it.
I’m having trouble with one issue however. It didn’t come with an image editor and I have a bunch of family pictures that I need to work on.
Can you recommend a good image editor (hopefully free) that will work with my Chromebook? [Read more…]
If you use Facebook you’ve probably been seeing posts warning you about NameDrop, a new iPhone feature included with iOS 17 that allows two iPhone users to exchange contact information just by bringing their iPhones into very close proximity to one another.
These dire-sounding posts tend to vary a bit, but most of them read something like this: [Read more…]
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Question from Cody: Hi Rick. I won a really nice Bluetooth speaker in a contest (it’s about $130 online). I’d like to use it with my old Dell desktop computer but that machine doesn’t have Bluetooth.
Is there an easy and cheap way to connect a Bluetooth speaker to it? [Read more…]