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Every owner of a personal computer and modern gadgets knows that the Internet is becoming an increasingly dangerous space.
Despite the active work of antivirus software developers, a huge number of people are exposed to cyber attacks every day.
At the same time, there was an opinion that this applies to everyone except owners of devices on the iOS operating system. Let’s see if this is really the case. [Read more…]
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Question from Marcella: I used to watch Netflix on my computer but it got fried by lightning.
I’ve decided that I don’t really need a computer now so I won’t be replacing it.
I now watch Netflix on my iPhone but I’d really like to watch it on my 32 inch Samsung TV.
My boyfriend said I should be able to connect my phone to the TV through its HDMI port somehow, but he isn’t sure how to do it because my phone has a lightning connector instead of HDMI.
My first question is do you think I can connect the phone and TV together?
If I can, what exactly dol I need to buy? And will it be very expensive?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
Rick’s Tech Tips
Do you have an iPhone that supports 5G cellular connectivity?
If so, disabling 5G and forcing the device to use 4G LTE instead (if you don’t really need the extra speed provided by 5G, of course) will do two things for you: [Read more…]
Like other popular web browsers, Safari allows you to choose the default search engine you want to use when you search for something on the web with your Apple device.
Safari comes pre-configured with Google set as its default search engine, but you can easily change that to Bing, DuckDuckGo or one of several other popular search engines if you choose to do so. [Read more…]
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By default, when people call you on your smartphone the ringtone will sound the same regardless of who is calling you.
And that can be a problem if your phone starts ringing while it’s sitting on a table on the other side of the room.
The caller could well be someone you really want to talk to, but it could also be a call you’d rather skip for the time being.
Unfortunately, the only way to find out is to stop what you’re doing and go pick up the phone.
Well, there’s an easy fix or this problem… [Read more…]