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If you’re a blogger who participates in the hugely popular Amazon Associates program, you probably log in to your Associates Dashboard every morning to check your stats from the previous day.
If so, I’m sure you’ve noticed that Amazon updates the stats at a different time each morning, making it difficult to know exactly when you can log in and check your stats. [Read more…]
Regular readers of RicksDailyTips know that I’m a huge fan of free software. If I run across a freeware program that looks interesting and useful, I’ll often download and install it, try it out, then tell you readers about it if it appears to be worthwhile.
One thing that I learned early on is to be wary about downloading and installing extra add-ons that are often bundled with free software downloads. Most free download sites earn money by helping distribute third-party programs that most people don’t want or need.
If you aren’t careful you’ll quickly find your web browser and your computer collapsing under the weight of a dozen different add-on programs that you never even realized you had downloaded! And these unwanted programs are responsible for countless trips to the PC repair shop year after year!
There are a couple of things you need to watch out for when downloading and installing free software. First, we’ll cover the download part… [Read more…]
If you’re like me you probably have several old flash memory devices laying around. In fact, I have three USB thumb drives and two SD memory cards sitting on my desk at this very moment.
Do they all work without having any dead memory cells? They sure do, and I know that for a fact because I just tested them with a great free download called Flash Drive/Card Tester.
Flash Drive/Card Tester is extremely easy to download and use. Here’s how: [Read more…]
Did you purchase an Nvidia Shield tablet between July 2014 and July 2015? If so, it might have just been recalled.
The tablets affected by the recall contain defective batteries that can potentially over-heat and cause a fire.
83,000 of the recalled tablets were sold in the United States. The remaining 5,000 were sold in Canada.
Nvidia is asking everyone who owns a Shield tablet that was purchased during the time-frame mentioned above to follow the steps below to determine if your unit is subject to the recall: [Read more…]
The web is filled with all kinds of adware, spyware, and junkware, and unwanted toolbars are among the biggest culprits.
And as any seasoned Windows user knows, removing some unwanted software programs is about as easy as swan-diving through the eye of a needle.
Luckily, an awesome free download called Browser Cleaner makes it easy to remove virtually all common toolbars and junkware from your PC, regardless of how stubborn they might be. Here’s how to use it: [Read more…]