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Safe Driving Apps: How Smarter Apps Can Help Keep Your Family Safe on the Road
When we think of smartphones and driving, the first image that unavoidably comes to mind is that of someone texting while driving. We’ve all seen it happen, and even the law agrees that it is a tremendous risk – any cell phone use, even besides texting, is illegal for young drivers. Even with this fact […]
Long Term Support: When Your Mac or PC Might Get the Axe
As many users of older Macs and PCs are probably aware, there is a rather finite amount of time most companies will continue to support their software products and operating systems. Long term support for older versions of software and operating systems can be hard to find. In the case of Microsoft, each version of […]
Avoiding the Pitfalls of Deceptive Search Results
We’ve all been here before: We run into a problem, technical or otherwise, and we’re unsure how to proceed, so what do we do? We search the internet for answers. In our search, we come across a number of results that look promising – some of them may even fit the bill exactly, and we think […]
Revisiting the Fake Blue Screen and Virus Alert Popups
Around this time last year, we addressed a very common trend that we were seeing involving popups and scareware hijacking people’s computers while they were browsing the internet. These popups, such as the ones below, are a facade meant to convince you that your computer is either infected by a virus or at risk of serious […]
Upcycling Your Old Computer: CloudReady
If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably had any number of older computers through the years – from laptops to desktops, they either break down or start to feel too slow to justify keeping. Very often, we end up throwing away computers that are otherwise functional simply because they’re out of date or we don’t […]
Backing Up Your Smartphone: How to Do It and Why You Should
Many people – myself included, often take for granted that their pictures, videos, music, and other information will be there every time they look. We’ve already gone over (rather exhaustively, I might add) how important it can be to back up your computers, and the myriad ways in which you can go about it. However, […]
The State of Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi is something we all use, but don’t really think about; It’s one of those things that, when it’s working well, you don’t notice – but when it isn’t, it can be a complete show-stopper. Wireless networking as a whole has come a long way in the past decade or so, especially as devices have […]
Preparing for a Windows 10 Upgrade
For those considering Windows 10: Take these steps first! It’s been almost a year since the launch of Windows 10, and with it have been many people taking advantage of the free upgrade. However, we still get (even this much time later) many people who willingly take the upgrade, only to find that their computer […]