Rick's Daily Tips

How to remove available job openings from your LinkedIn feed

Posted on July 19, 2022

If you use LinkedIn you’re probably used to seeing lots of available job notifications showing up in your feed.

While some folks are actively looking for a new job and others are always willing to consider job offers that might align with their career goals, plenty of other LinkedIn users have no interest in seeing job openings in their feed at all.

Personally, I fall into the “I’d rather not see the job openings in my feed” camp. If you feel that way too you can easily block those job opening notifications with a simple settings change. [Read more…]

Q&A: Is there any way to restore deleted browser history?

Posted on July 13, 2022

Question from Carol: Rick, I’m really in a bind and I’m hoping you can help me.

My son was messing around in the settings in Firefox and he deleted my browser history, including the cookies that kept me logged into my most important accounts.

As you can probably guess, now I can’t log in to my bank account or pretty much anything else because I’ve forgotten the passwords.

Do you know if there’s a way to “unclear” the browser history in Firefox?

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Q&A: How do I stop the pictures on my phone from rotating?

Posted on July 12, 2022

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Question from Mariana: I just got my first smartphone and I love how I can use it as a camera!

I love taking pictures with my phone but when I go to look at them I sometimes need to rotate it to see a particular picture right-side up.

The problem is when I rotate my phone the pictures rotate too so I’m always looking at them from the same (wrong) angle. The orientation of the picture doesn’t change and I can never look at it the right way without getting a crick in my neck.

How can I prevent a picture from rotating when I rotate my phone?

Rick’s answer: [Read more…]

Q&A: Why can’t my PC access the files on my Android phone?

Posted on July 11, 2022

Question from Alex: I used to be able to plug my Android phone into my Windows laptop and copy the photos from the phone to the computer.

However, I tried that this morning and when I opened the phone in File Explorer it said “This folder is empty.”

I haven’t changed any settings on either the laptop or the phone so I don’t know why File Explorer can’t see the photos that are on the phone (there are tons of them).

What am I missing here? [Read more…]

Scam alert: Be wary of duplicate friend requests on Facebook

Posted on July 10, 2022

Facebook is a wonderful venue for sharing information, photos and fun with friends, but unfortunately it is also a haven for scammers.

Every post you see and every message you receive must be viewed with a skeptical eye if you want to avoid falling victim to those who are out to cause you grief or separate you from your money.

Now there is a type of scam making the rounds that is even more insidious than most. Scammers are making virtual copies of real Facebook accounts by copying the photos and info from the real account’s “About” page to the fake ones. They then send friend requests to the friends listed on the real account.

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