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Question from Jon W.: I have a Tumbler blog with several hundred posts on it. My old theme had an “Archive” link that I could click to see a list of my posts. I recently switched to a new theme that doesn’t have that link.
My question is can you tell me how to see all of my Tumblr posts without having to give up my awesome new theme? Thanks in advance.
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Question from Dianne J.: Hi Rick. I hope you can help me with a problem I have with my ex-boyfriend. We split up a couple of days ago and he’s still using my Netflix account.
I changed the password, but it appears that he’s still logged in and watching stuff. How can I log him out of my Netflix account for good?
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Accepting credit and debit cards is essential for most small businesses today, but purchasing a card swipe terminal and paying the sky-high processing fees are tough hurdles for many of them to get over.
But now a new service called Amazon Local Register makes it cheap and easy to accept card payments using an iPhone, iPad, Kindle Fire or one of a number of select Android devices!
What’s more, the tiny secure card reader that Amazon will send you costs just $10 and you’ll even get that right back in the form of fee credits! The only other fee you’ll pay is a small “Swipe Fee” every time you swipe a customer’s credit or debit card. [Read more…]
Question from Heather E.: Hi Rick. I hope you can help me out with the answer to a question that’s been bugging me for a while.
The download speed for my Internet connection is supposed to be 30 Mbps. When I check it with Speedtest.net like you suggested in one of your previous posts, it almost always says it’s running around 28 Mbps. I can live with that.
But when my boyfriend is watching a movie on Netflix (he does it every night), Speedtest.net says I’m only getting around 6 Mbps. Is this normal? I know that Netflix uses a lot of bandwidth, but that seems excessive to me.
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There are tons of tablets PCs on the market today, and most of them are running either Android or iOS. But the real computing power lies in Windows-based tablets.
While it’s true that most any tablet will work just fine if all you need to do is visit a website or two, send emails, play a simple game or peruse Facebook, you really need the power and flexibility of a full-blown computer if you plan to do any real work.
If you’re looking for a true workhorse of a tablet at a great price, I believe you’ll find that the Quantum View 10.1″ Tablet and Keyboard with Windows 8.1 & Office 2013 is an outstanding option. This awesome device offers much of the power and functionality of Microsoft’s Surface line of Windows tablets at less than half the cost. [Read more…]