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Last week I wrote about the incredible Lenovo Superfish fiasco, and it appears that the company just might have learned a valuable lesson from the incredible backlash they received from it.
The folks at Lenovo have released a statement explaining how customer security and privacy are among the company’s top priorities (Really? Could have fooled me!) [Read more…]
Question from Ella: I’m a member of over a dozen Facebook groups that I joined using my personal Facebook account. I also have a business page that I use to promote my poetry blog.
I’d like to join those groups using my business page and close my personal account, but I can’t find a way to join the groups while I’m signed into my page.
Simple question: How do I re-join my groups using my Facebook page instead of my personal account?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
Mozilla has just released a major update to the popular Firefox browser that patches 16 security flaws, three of them rated critical.
This latest version is 36.0, and if you have Firefox set to update automatically you don’t have anything to worry about as it will all be taken care of for you.
But if you have it set to allow you to install updates manually, I recommend that you update to version 36.0 immediately. And by the way, if you have Firefox set to never check for updates…well, it would probably be a good idea to change that.
Follow these steps to check if you’re running the latest version of Firefox: [Read more…]
Google has just announced that they will soon start giving priority to websites that are mobile-friendly in their Mobile Search Results.
This means sites that typically receive lots of traffic from Google’s Mobile Search will probably see a drastic decrease in that traffic once the change takes effect on April 21, 2015. If you have a website or blog that isn’t mobile friendly, you’ll basically have until that date to get that taken care of. [Read more…]
In Windows 7 (and earlier versions of Windows) it was easy to see which programs were running and access all the active notification icons. All you had to do was glance at the Task Bar.
But while the Task Bar is still alive and well in Windows 8 and Windows 8.1, it is usually hidden when viewing the Start Screen or while running a modern app. And it also tends to stay hidden when you move the mouse pointer to the bottom of the screen. [Read more…]