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By now you probably know that adding a solid state drive (SSD) to most any computer will make it run a lot faster.
But did you know SSDs are now available as external USB drives?
An external USB 3.1 SSD basically offers the convenience of a USB flash drive along with the speed and storage capacity of an internal solid state drive!
I recently had the opportunity to check out the Samsung T5 Portable 2TB USB 3.1 SSD, and I immediately fell in love with it! [Read more…]
If you’ve had a Facebook account for more than five minutes you’re probably aware that scams and hoaxes abound on there.
While the scams can be incredibly dangerous, the hoaxes are usually merely irritating instead of being truly harmful.
The thing is, the irritation these hoaxes cause can become quite intense when the same hoaxes keep popping up over and over again.
Luckily, most of the hoaxes that pop up and make the rounds on Facebook include at least one phrase that’s always a dead-giveaway that the post is a hoax. [Read more…]
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If you’re a blogger you probably get frustrated by all the scrolling you have to do while you’re busily writing a post.
Remember how you have to keep scrolling up to access the editor’s menus and then scrolling back down to continue writing your post?
Yeah, I hate it too!
Having a vertically-mounted monitor makes the task of writing blog posts so much easier than using a monitor that’s mounted horizontally.
Have you ever desperately needed to make a voice call with your iPhone, but the cellular signal at your location was so poor that the call wouldn’t go through?
Most of us have at one time or another, and it’s frustrating to say the least.
The next time that happens, check to see if there’s a WiFi network available that you can (safely) access.
If so, you might be able to enable WiFi Calling on your iPhone and place your call over the Internet. [Read more…]
“How YOU can make an extra $1,000 per month in your spare time, at home, using your own computer!”
We see headlines like this all the time, and most of us instantly associate them with scams and fraud. And truth be told, most of them are indeed just that.
But there are some legitimate work at home opportunities out there. The one I’m about to explain to you in detail is no scam, and the above headline describes it quite accurately. [Read more…]