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Question from Yvonne: I’ve started seeing those posts asking people to post their senior year photos again.
I know there’s a lot of scams and hoaxes on Facebook. Is this one of them?
I guess what I’m really asking is if it’s safe to participate in this? I really like the idea but only if it’s safe.
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Apple’s MacBook Pro and MacBook Air lines of laptops are excellent machines, but one of their few major negatives for many users is the lack of I/O ports.
For some people this isn’t really an issue, but for lots of others it’s a huge deal because of all the legacy USB gadgets they’d love to use with their machines.
This has led to a boom in external docking stations that expand the MacBook Pro and Air’s existing ports into several, while also adding extra capabilities.
I’ve had the opportunity to check out several of these devices, and today I’m going to tell you about a fantastic new docking station from the folks at iVANKY.
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Just in case you missed the news, today is Amazon Prime Day.
If you’re unfamiliar with Prime Day, it’s basically just a short two-day period of time when Amazon Prime members can get huge discounts that aren’t available to non-Prime customers on thousands of popular items.
Another way to think of Prime Day is sort of like an early preview of Black Friday.
Anyway, if you’ve been planning to make a major purchase or simply stock up on a few things you use on a regular basis, today is the perfect time to do it if you have a Prime membership.
If you aren’t a Prime member you can sign up right here and take advantage of these special Prime Day savings plus get all the other awesome benefits that Prime members enjoy!
In case you’re wondering, you don’t have to pay for a full year’s Prime membership to take advantage of the awesome Prime Day savings.
You can simply sign up for the monthly plan instead and then cancel your membership at any time.
Bottom line: Millions of Amazon customers stampede to Amazon.com every year on Prime Day to snag some great bargains.
Today is that day so be sure not to miss out!
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I frequently receive frantic messages from Facebook users asking how they can regain access to their accounts when they’re unable to reset their passwords.
Unfortunately, in most of those cases I’m unable to help those folks reset their passwords and get back into their accounts.
That means they have no choice but to abandon their accounts and open new ones.
People find themselves in this situation because Facebook has determined that it’s better to have some people locked out of their accounts forever than to make it easy for hackers to reset the passwords of unsuspecting users.
It always bothers me to have to tell someone I won’t be able to help them get back into their Facebook account, but unfortunately that’s just the reality we are faced with for the time being.
Now all of the above being said, there are steps you can take right now to ensure that you’ll be able to reset your Facebook password if you ever forget it or if a hacker breaks into your account and changes the password.
Question from Carrie: I went to Costco this morning and when I got home my phone wasn’t in my purse.
I checked both my car and my apartment from one end to other and it just isn’t here.
Then I called Costco to see if anyone had found it and turned it in at the Service Desk, but they hadn’t.
I didn’t go anywhere else, just to Costco so that has to be where I lost it.
I’m not too concerned about the phone itself. It’s an older Straight Talk phone that I was planning to replace soon anyway.
The thing that worries me is my Gmail was open (I keep it that way, stupid me). I have a lot of sensitive info and photos in my emails that I really don’t want anyone else to see.
Is there a way to use my computer to remotely sign out of Gmail on the lost phone?