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Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Sunday, March 13, 2022
• How to enable Battery Saver mode on your Windows 11 laptop
• Q&A: How do I remove those annoying check boxes from File Explorer?
• Q&A: Is the ’10 Day Grandma Celebration’ on Facebook a scam?
• How ‘Shrinkflation’ is sneakily inflating your everyday expenses
• Info about my photo / file recovery service
Question from Darlene: I keep seeing this being posted by a lot of my friends on Facebook:
“Day 1 of 10 Day Grandma Celebration. Post a pic everyday for 10 days that celebrates being a grandma. No words. Today I challenge – …“
I’ve seen slightly different versions of this message too.
I know a lot of things like this are scams. Is this one safe to participate in, or should I skip it? [Read more…]
As you probably know, lots of celebrities use Facebook to keep in touch with their fans and share news of upcoming events with them.
Unfortunately, lots of scammers are busy piggy-backing off the success of those celebrities by cloning their accounts and using those fake accounts to scam the celebrities’ fans.
One of the scammers’ favorite targets is Ellen DeGeneres because of her well-known penchant for giving things away, both on her show and via her social media accounts. [Read more…]
Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Sunday, February 13, 2022.
• Here’s a great tool for brushing up on your typing
• Scam alert: Be wary of duplicate friend requests on Facebook
• Q&A: How do I remove my credit card from Google Play?
• 6 tips for shopping for ‘healthy’ food items
• Info about my photo / file recovery service
Rick’s Daily Tips Tech Update for Saturday, November 13, 2021.
• How to view more than 10 Google search results per page
• Scam alert: Beware this dangerous ‘Facebook Membership Verification’ scam
• Q&A: Are computers running Windows 11 SE available to the general public?
• Life tip: Being early is almost always better than being late.
• Info about my photo / file recovery service