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I’m not sure how I did it but I accidentally installed an app I didn’t even want on my Facebook account. I clicked like or share or something. I’m pleading temporary insanity. 🙂 Anyway, here’s how to remove unwanted apps. On Facebook, first, go into […]
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I was trying to watch a YouTube video from DavesComputerTips.com named How To Find Coupons On Amazon App when I got an error message: An error occurred. Please try again later. (Playback ID: a1K3kfyNeowOXxGB). The simple fix in my case was to refresh the browser.
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The latest iteration of Microsoft’s Edge browser now includes a sidebar with a number of useful features. The sidebar displays down the right-hand edge of the browser window and is closed by default. Clicking on an item (icon) in the adjacent menu bar (which is
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Most of you would be well aware of the increasing intrusion of online tracking and that selling users’ data has become more and more lucrative. It’s why more and more users are becoming more and more privacy-conscious. But how can we trust that claims of
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If you previously used Mozilla Firefox and enjoyed having the optional question about closing multiple tabs, I have news for you. When I switched from Firefox to Google Chrome, it was that simple capability that I missed the most. Time after time I closed the
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I have an account set up with our local lottery service. I can purchase lottery tickets online. They also have the equivalent of those scratch-off tickets turned into mini-games. The one I like is called Emoticollect Vacation Riches. When I tried to play the game,
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Cybersecurity firm Volexity has discovered relatively new malware that can read and download affected Gmail users’ email. Dubbed “SHARPEXT”, the malware was first discovered 12 months ago but Volexity reports it has since matured into a highly effective and not easily detected spying mechanism. Reportedly
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Parents are naturally proud of their offspring but many do not realize that posting images and videos of their kids on social media can attract the seedier side of the world wide web. I have recently read an interesting article on the Malwarebytes security blog
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After a Firefox update, I noticed a problem with the browser interface being too large for my taste. I had this problem with Opera but the fix I applied with Opera didn’t work for Firefox. Read: Is Your Opera Interface Too Big I found a
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A guy brought me his new laptop to set up for him. Then he came back because when he signed in to his Facebook account, it was behaving like he had just set up a new account even though he’d had one for years. No
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Did you know that you can convert all your browser Bookmarks into one HTML file that contains all your browser links? Then, after putting that HTML file on a flash drive, you can take it with you and access them with any computer that has
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Some people prefer the mouse to navigate and some the keyboard. I’m mostly a mouse person with a dash of keyboard shortcuts thrown in. If you prefer the keyboard here is a tip on using the Tab key to help navigate YouTube. First, go to
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The browser acts as an interface between the device and the world wide web and is one piece of software we simply cannot do without. Yet, in terms of privacy, the browser is also your most vulnerable piece of software. Many of you will have
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When the micro-sd card in my Android phone failed, the phone suddenly no longer recognized that I had an SD card installed. The accumulated images, music, and videos from the past few years were no longer available. For this Google account, I had checked all
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