Some iOS 7 users are having problems sending text messages. Apple is working on a fix but until it is available, you may want to try this: Step 1: Turn off iMessage (Settings > Messages). Step 2: Reset networking settings (Settings > General > Reset). […]
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If you are looking for a full blown desktop calendar which includes to-do lists, reminders, and all manner of extraneous features, this will not be of much interest to you. On the other hand, if you are looking for a light, simple, unobtrusive desktop calendar
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How many countries in the world do not use the metric system? What are the most common surnames in Europe – by country? Which country’s population consumes the most alcohol? Or the most coffee? What are the highest paid public sector professions in the US?
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We should all know about AutoText entries by now right? Ever want to have a shortcut key to enter a sentence or phrase in your document? Well AutoText sort of has a built in shortcut key. Once you have created your entry, you can key
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Shortly after updated my iPhone 5 to iOS 7, I noticed bars at the top and bottom of my screen when it was locked. I was wondering what they were for. It turns out that they are there if you have enabled Notification
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Well respected security company ESET has recently released a a new security tool for OS X specifically designed to help with the detection and removal of rootkits. According to Pierre-Marc Bureau, Security Intelligence Program Manager at ESET: ESET Rootkit Detector is a simple and effective
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If you’ve been following the news since Edward Snowden broke the news about governments spying on their citizens you’ve heard names such as Prism and XKeyscore for several of the programs the NSA has initiated. Well, it turns out the FBI isn’t entirely innocent in
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BlackBerry Delays BBM for iOS and Android BlackBerry did not release its BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) for iOS and Android as expected on September 21st. An unreleased version of BBM for Android was leaked on several file-sharing sites. This was an older version of
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First off I want to make it clear that I am not much into social media and sharing, I’m far too old and cranky for all that malarkey. Consequently, most of the technology/requirements involved with that part of the internet world are quite foreign to
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ALT-Codes, what are they? Did you ever wonder how to add accents (é), umlauts (ö), circumflexes (ô), and cedillas (ç) in your text? Or how about those Trademark (®) and Copyright (©) symbols? There’s a very simple way to get that job done and the answer is ALT-Codes.
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Glass half empty or glass half full… it’s all a matter of attitude. While purveyors of doom continue to predict the impending demise of the desktop PC, I prefer to believe there will always be a healthy demand for the full-blown capabilities of desktop PCs.
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Microsoft unveiled their new tablet offerings earlier this month. The new tables are the Surface 2 and the Surface Pro 2. Gone is the ‘RT’ designation from the Surface 2 model but not from its operating system, Windows RT 8.1. Surface 2 &
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Who would have predicted, even a decade ago, that the internet and associated technology would advance to what we know today. There is no doubt that the internet has become a massive source for gleaning useful information pertaining to just about every facet of life
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