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Social media has proven itself useful in aiding students’ learning and development. Even so, not many schools and other educational institutions use platforms like Facebook for education.
The numbers are growing as the educational system is grasping technology, but we are still a long way from a study environment where social media is used as a learning tool. [Read more…]
I recently received a heads-up from a friend that Xfinity was now offering 1.2Gbps Internet service in my neck of the woods.
I did a little checking around and discovered they are now offering Gigabit+ download speeds in most of the areas they currently service.
As you probably know, interest rates are extremely low due right now due to the Fed’s actions in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
And that of course has drastically lowered the amount of interest that most retirees are drawing on their interest-bearing retirement accounts.
Millions of retirees live at least partially off the interest earned from those types of accounts, and a great percentage of them depend on earned interest for the bulk of their retirement income.
To be sure, many retirees are hurting hurting financially right now.
Unfortunately, the desperation shared by many of our retirees has made them a prime target for scammers.
Question from Mira: Hi Rick. You might think I’m not very bright after you hear my question, but I hope not lol.
Anyway, I recently sent Facebook friend requests to several people who are on our old high school reunion list.
One of the guys on that list accepted my friend request last night, but now I can’t find the notification where he accepted it and I can’t remember his name.
And before you ask, I’ve lost the list I got the names from in the first place!
Is there any way to see a list of my most recently added friends? [Read more…]
Question from Camilla: I’ve always owned Windows computers but my daughter talked me into trying a MacBook after my years-old Toshiba laptop died a few weeks ago.
I tried using Safari for several days but I just can’t get used it it.
I finally broke down and installed Firefox because I’ve used it for years and I’m just more comfortable with it.
Anyway, the links I click always open in Safari but I want them to open in Firefox instead.
How do I make Firefox the default web browser on my new MacBook?