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Question from Connie L.: Hi Rick. I used to get all of your Tech Tips in my Newsfeed, but a few days ago they stopped showing up. Now to see them I have to go to your Timeline page.
Do you know why this has happened? I really like your tips and I don’t want to take a chance on missing any of them.
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On Sunday, March 15, a large number of text messages were apparently sent out from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announcing a nationwide quarantine due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic.
The National Security Council (NSC) quickly posted a tweet (embedded below) explaining that all those text messages were fake. [Read more…]
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These days laptops and mobile devices are outselling desktop computers by a wide margin, but there are still plenty of folks who prefer using a desktop machine for various reasons (myself included).
That’s why I still choose to check out and review desktops in addition to those more portable devices.
I recently had the opportunity to check out the new Dell Inspiron 3470 Desktop PC and I came away quite impressed.
Question from Anika G.: Hello Rick. I want to thank you for sharing all of these wonderful tips with us. You have helped so many people by answering their questions, and now I have a question of my own.
A few weeks ago I followed the steps listed in your post explaining how to build a WordPress blog and built one to showcase my photos.
I’m already hooked on WordPress and I’ve been reading everything I can find about it. But there’s something I’d like for you to clear up for me if you don’t mind.
I’ve been reading a couple of WordPress forums and I’ve read several posts where people talked about using “child themes”. I can’t figure out what they’re talking about and I was hoping you could tell me what child themes are? And do you think I need one for my photography blog?
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Question from Roberta L.: I closed my T-Mobile account yesterday and bought a Straight Talk phone because I wasn’t happy with the service I was getting from T-Mobile.
So far the Straight Talk service seems to be a lot better in my neck of the woods.
When I bought the new phone I also bought one of the cards for Straight Talk’s $35 plan.
Now I’m thinking that might have been a mistake because when I put the Straight Talk app on my new phone it said the first 3GB of data I use will be “high speed” 4G LTE but after that it’ll switch to 2G speed.
What exactly does that mean? Is there a huge difference in the speeds of 4G LTE and 2G? I do a lot of video streaming and I’m pretty sure I’ll use more than 3GB every month.
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