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Question from Jaimey: I opened a LinkedIn account a couple of years ago when I was thinking about switching jobs.
I never really used that account and I haven’t logged into it in forever.
I receive several emails a day from LinkedIn with updates and other stuff and it wastes my time having to delete them.
Since I never use this account I’d like to delete it. Can you tell me how?
As you probably know, scammers love using phishing emails to trick people into handing over their personal information and the login info for their online accounts.
The thing is, scammers are targeting potential victims via their cell phones too.
In fact, there’s a major text message phishing scam going on right now that’s snagging a lot of victims because it’s so easy to fall for. [Read more…]
A friend asked me the other day whether he should connect his computer to his router via WiFi or over a wired Ethernet connection.
My answer was…It depends.
First of all, is the computer in question sitting near the router or is it located in another room in the house?
In today’s tech-driven world, skilled technical writers are in high demand.
Technical writing is a type of writing where authors break down complex information and present it in a way that is easy to follow. The content can be in the form of articles, brochures, instructional manuals, how-to materials, and other documents.
Technical writing might be out of your comfort zone, but you don’t need to be Elon Musk to be an outstanding technical writer. If you enjoy breaking down complex ideas and processing them into digestible content, you might consider being a technical writer. [Read more…]
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One of the most irritating things about computers is how they stutter, freeze up or simply crash altogether, usually at the worst possible time.
That happened to one of my friends this morning, and it really got me thinking…
Why is it that after all these years computers still crash at all? [Read more…]