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Question from Felicia: I have a question for you Rick, and it’s a serious question so please don’t laugh at me! lol
I do most of my shopping online and I’ve noticed that whenever I log on to Facebook I see ads for the very items I was shopping for earlier. That sort of concerns me.
Is Facebook spying on me when I’m using other websites? If they are I’ll probably close my account.
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Well, the scammers of the world are really working overtime to take advantage of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
It seems that every week or so another scam pops up to try to separate innocent people from whatever little money they have left after being out of work for almost a month.
A very dangerous pandemic-related scam is making the rounds right this very moment and it’s targeting folks who are still expecting an economic stimulus payment to arrive.
As you probably know, the scammers of the world aren’t letting the current Covid pandemic go to waste.
I’ve already written several posts about various Coronavirus related scams that are making the rounds, and now there’s a new threat on the loose…
Malicious apps posing as legitimate pandemic-related apps.
Given how small the iPhone is, its internal components can be particularly vulnerable to damage. In the worst cases, hardware damage on iPhones can cause screen dysfunction, charging problems, unresponsive buttons, and battery failure.
To help you take care of your iPhone, I’ve listed four of the most common causes of hardware damage – and how to prevent them. [Read more…]
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It seems that every week I receive at least a couple of frantic emails asking me if there’s any way to retrieve the files from a computer’s hard drive after the machine has gone belly-up.
Luckily, many times the answer is YES!
I have covered each of the following methods before, but I thought it might be helpful if I simply list them all in a single post. [Read more…]