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For a while now I’ve been recommending a fantastic free service called Speedtest.net for checking the actual download speeds on your Internet connection.
After all, some ISPs are notorious for not delivering the speeds their customers are paying for.
I have always found Speedtest.net to be quite accurate with their test results, and I still recommend them highly. But there’s an easy way to get a “second opinion” thanks to our friends over at Netflix. [Read more…]
The use of PDF is as ubiquitous as that of Android or Google Chrome nowadays.
As one of the most widely used file formats, every company needs a robust PDF editor to handle their document workflows.
However, if your office runs in a Mac environment, the number of tools available to manage PDFs is limited.
That’s why it’s important to fully know the capabilities of any potential document you plan to deploy across your organization, no matter how large or small.
To that end, I’ve reviewed one of the fastest-growing PDF editors on the market today: PDFelement Pro 7 for Mac. [Read more…]
Microsoft added a number of handy new features to Windows 10 since it was first released, and one of my favorites Quick Assist.
In a nutshell, Quick Assist is a remote assistance utility that lets one Windows 10 user help any other Windows 10 user resolve a computer problem over the Internet.
This is how it works… [Read more…]
As you probably know, there are almost as many scams and hoaxes on Facebook as there are grains of sand on a beach.
Old scams and hoaxes never really go away, and new ones keep popping up all the time.
There’s an old and very irritating hoax that’s making the rounds again right now, and it’s causing quite a stir among my Facebook friends and blog readers. It works something like this… [Read more…]
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It seems that nowadays everything is charged via USB.
And it also seems like there are never enough USB charging ports available to keep all of our devices charged up and ready for use.
The mass proliferation of USB powered devices has created a huge market for USB-style wall chargers.
I’ve reviewed several of them in the past, and today I’ll be telling you about one of my favorites.
It’s the Inateck 5-Port 111W High Power USB Charger, and it’s a very capable charger. It’s one of the best I have ever used in fact. [Read more…]