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Are you a Straight Talk cellular customer who uses their $35 monthly service plan?
If so, I have some great news for you…
Straight Talk has just increased your monthly allotment of high-speed (4G) data from 2GB per month to 3GB.
That’s a whopping 50% increase at no extra charge.
What’s more, the new 3GB threshold also applies to any service plans that your account already has on reserve!
These days you can buy entry-level Windows laptops for as little as $200, and those machines are actually pretty good for general Internet use.
But if you need to do more than just check out your favorite websites and catch up on Facebook you really need something a bit more powerful.
The latest Dell Inspiron 15.6″ FHD Touchscreen Signature Laptop (#ad) has everything you’ll need in a general-purpose machine, with the added bonus of a powerful Intel Core i5-6200U CPU. Best of all, it’s affordable.
This laptop comes with all the following:
Have you seen those commercials for DNA testing companies like 23andMe and AncestryDNA?
Their pitches are so compelling that people are signing up in droves and happily shipping off their saliva in order to find out their exact genetic makeup.
And you might even be thinking about taking the plunge yourself. Well, there’s something you need to consider before you make that decision… [Read more…]
Update: There seems to be a lot of confusion surrounding Google’s decision kill off their Google+ social media service.
If you have never used Google+ this change won’t affect you in any way. And if you don’t know exactly what Google+ is you have almost certainly never used it.
And this change won’t affect Gmail, YouTube, Google Search, Google Drive or any other Google service.
I will ONLY affect Google+ and nothing else.
Note: The original post continues below…
Question from Cade L.: My dad bought a 500GB SSD to go in his PC but he ended up deciding to install a 1GB SSD instead.
He gave me the 500GB SSD and I’d like to use it to replace the 750GB hard drive in my laptop.
The hardware swap will be easy so I’m not really worried about that. But how do I clone the hard drive to the smaller SSD? Any suggestions?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]