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iPhone users have been complaining for years that the Facebook app drains their phone’s battery much faster than it should.
Well, after denying it for ages, Facebook has finally acknowledged that there could well be a problem and they have pledged to fix it “soon”.
As you probably know by now, Facebook is a favorite hangout for scammers, tricksters and hoaxers.
And as luck would have it, there’s another very irritating recurring hoax making the rounds yet again.
Question from Fran: Rick, I need your help with a very strange problem.
I turned on my computer this morning and saw that somehow my Facebook had gotten switched to some language that I can’t understand.
I can’t figure out how to change it back to English because I can’t read the menus.
Can you help me get my Facebook account back to where it’s using English? [Read more…]
Are you “following” a friend on Twitter who frequently posts things you have absolutely no interest in?
Well, you could always unfollow that person, but you might be concerned that they will find out about it and get upset with you.
Luckily, there’s an easy way to prevent someone’s tweets from showing up in your Twitter feed without having to actually unfollow them. [Read more…]
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Question from Kristin: A Facebook friend got a fake friend request from me and simply deleted it.
Do these fake requests always involve a duplicate account?
I searched my name and only found my legitimate account. How can I find the fake one? [Read more…]