Rick's Daily Tips

Your daily dose of practical, easy to follow tech tips!

  • Home
  • Rick’s Bio
  • Advertise
  • Privacy Policy
  • Rick’s Tip Jar
  • Get My Tech Tips Newsletter
  • Contact Me
You are here: Home / Rick’s Picks: Awesome third-party tech tools, resources and information

Rick’s Picks: Awesome third-party tech tools, resources and information

1.5k
SHARES
ShareTweetSubscribe

This page contains links to a virtual library of handy tech resources on other websites.

These are hand-picked tools, charts and other resources that I use myself at times, and I often recommend them to others.

To keep things simple I have organized the links into sections of related links.

If you happen to run across a handy tech-related article, chart or reference tool somewhere on the web, send me the link and I’ll happily check it out.

If it looks like it would make a worthy addition to this page I’ll be sure to add it.

You can trust the information, products and services I linked to below because I won’t link to anything that I don’t trust and/or use myself.

With that in mind, here we go…

 

Blogging tools that I use every day

Note: The links in this section are affiliate links.

InMotion Hosting

LiquidWeb Managed WordPress Hosting

Hostgator Web Hosting

Godaddy (domain registration)

Genesis (the WordPress theme I use on my blogs)

Constant Contact (manages my email newsletter)

MailOptin (creates opt-in forms for newsletter)

Really Simple SSL Pro Plugin

 

Android (Phones and Tablets)

What exactly is Android?

Get technical info about your specific Android device

Android news and informational updates

25 great Android tips

20 advances tips for Android

AVG Antivirus for Android

9 ways to make your Android phone less annoying

Guide for switching from ans Apple device to Android

 

Apple iOS (iPhones, iPads, etc.)

What exactly is iOS?

38 great iPhone tips and tricks

Help a “Good Samaritan” get your lost iOS device back to you

Guide for switching from Android to an Apple device

Get technical info about your specific iPhone

Why you don’t need an antivirus app for you iOS device

Hidden tricks you didn’t know your iPhone could do

 

Blogging tips and info

What is a blog?

Tutorial: How to start a blog

Register a domain name for your blog

Get managed WordPress hosting for your blog (#ad)

Secure your blog from hackers and other threats

15 free ways to drive traffic to your blog

Check your blog’s page load speeds with Google PageSpeed Insights

Check your blog’s page load speeds with WebPageTest

Build an email list with Constant Contact (#ad)

7 tips for growing your email list

Help with getting malware removed from your blog

 

MacOS (Macs, iMacs, MacBooks, etc.)

Info from Apple on the latest version of MacOS

25 must-know tips for using your Mac

50 great Mac tips, tricks and timesavers

5 ways to speed up your Mac

How to tune up your Mac for best performance

 

Networking & Internet

A brief history of the Internet

Check the speed of your Internet connections with Fast.com

Check the speed of your Internet connection with SpeedTest.net

Search for available high-speed Internet providers by zip code

Find out what your options are for Internet service at your address

Eligible households can get super low-cost Internet service

Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA)

See what your favorite website looked like in its early days

 

My favorite places to purchase tech gear

Amazon (#ad)

Walmart.com

BestBuy.com

Frys Electronics

 

Social Media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.)

50+ awesome Facebook tips and tricks

Things you can do to keep your Facebook account secure

Everything you need to know about Facebook Messenger

31 Instagram tips, hacks and features you should know about

23 easy ways to boost Instagram engagement

Tips for protecting your privacy and security on Instagram

6 helpful Twitter tips you might not be aware of

26 Twitter tips for enhancing your tweets

12 tips for staying safe and secure on Twitter

 

Viruses and Malware

10 Tips for preventing malware infections

Protect your computer from malware with Malwarebytes

Protect your computer from viruses with Avast Antivirus

Check any file or web page for viruses with VirusTotal

 

Windows 10 (Laptops & Desktop PCs)

How to download and install Windows 10 onto your PC

How much RAM can Windows 10 support?

14 ways to speed up Windows 10

In-depth tutorial for using Windows 10

Tips for boosting the performance of your Windows 10 PC

14 ways to speed up your Windows 10 machine

10 great Windows 10 tools you might not know about

8 great tools for tweaking and customizing Windows 10

Windows 10 PowerToys Cheat Sheet

10+ useful System Tools that are hidden in Windows

Windows 10 Security and Privacy Guide

Lock down your privacy with the free “Windows Privacy Dashboard”

How to encrypt files, folders and drives in Windows 10

 

Miscellaneous (Things that don’t fit elsewhere)

How many photos will fit on a memory card of a given size?

Everything you need to know about USB ports

10 useful tech tips you’ll use over and over

Technology tips and tricks from Intel

Miscellaneous tech tips from Best Buy’s Geek Squad

15 expert tech tips for remote workers

OlderGeeks.com – My favorite ‘free software’ download site

 

Rick’s Tech Tips Email Newsletter

Never miss one of my tips. Sign up for my daily Tech Tips Newsletter!

1.5k
SHARES
ShareTweetSubscribe




Popular…

How do I ask you a tech question?


Step-by-step guide to completely ridding your PC of viruses and other malware


10 reasons why I recommend buying tech gear from Amazon


Advertise

Guest Post Guidelines

Want to ask me a tech question?

Handy Tech Resources

Privacy Policy

Computer Tips
Smartphone Tips
Blogging Tips

Tech Q & A
Reviews
Tech News

Write for RicksDailyTips.com

Scam alerts
Downloads

Copyright © 2023 RicksDailyTips.com

Affiliate Disclaimer


Rick's Daily Tips is hosted by InMotion Hosting. Click here to find out why.