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As you probably know, Facebook is a favorite playground for scammers and hoaxsters.
It seems like a new scam or hoax pops up on a daily basis while others seem to come and go like the tides.
Right now a very dangerous recurring scam is once again targeting Facebook Messenger users.
The actual scams being perpetrated vary quite a bit but most of them typically work something like this: [Read more…]
Question from Deneen L.: My husband and I recently moved into a new home that’s located in a very hilly area.
We both have iPhones but the Sprint/TMobile signal inside the house is very weak.
We sprung for Xfinity Internet when we moved in, but we’d rather not have to install a landline phone if we can help it.
Is there any way we can boost the weak cellular signal to a usable level?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
Have you ever visited a blog and noticed that every post has the same block of text before and/or after the post content?
For example, some bloggers include a message asking the reader to subscribe to an email newsletter or share the post they are reading on social media sites.
If you have a block of text that you’d like to display before and/or after the content of each blog post, all you have to do is edit your WordPress theme’s functions.php file and add one or both of the following code snippets at the bottom. This post will tell you how to do that. [Read more…]
Question from Ervin S.: Last night my son was using my computer (Acer All-in-One Desktop with Windows 10) to play a game on his school’s website.
At some point something must have went wrong because when I turned the computer on this morning I noticed that the taskbar had somehow been moved to the left side of the screen.
I tried to move the task bar back to the bottom of the screen but it won’t move. It’s like it’s stuck on the left-hand side. Can you tell me how to get it back on the bottom where it belongs?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
Question from Damon G: My old MacBook Pro has been in dire need of being replaced for some time now so I’ve really been looking forward to the release of the newest model.
The thing is I’ve heard that the new MacBook Pro won’t be upgradeable. Is that really the case?
I love my Apple devices but I’m not too keen on laying out buku dollars for a machine that can never be upgraded when the times comes that it needs it (and it always does).
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]