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How to Hide Facebook Relationship Status Updates

by on February 21, 2012


Now that Valentine’s Day has passed, perhaps you realize it is time to change your relationship status on Facebook. But is there a stealth way to do this, without the news of your breakup showing up on in the news feed of all 862 of your closest friends? Amy-Mae Elliot, of Mashable.com, says yes, and explains how in this video.

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How to Slow IE9 Add-on Pop Ups

by on February 14, 2012


If you’ve been annoyed by Internet Explorer 9′s pop-up message about the speed of your add-ons, you are not alone! Leo Notenboom of Ask Leo! explains that although there is no way to turn the message off, you can control when it appears. The message is a warning that IE9 thinks your browser add-ons are taking too long to load. The good news is that you have control over the definition of “too long.” To learn more, read: How do I get rid of IE9′s “Speed up browsing by disabling add-ons” notification?.

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How to Share Grocery Lists

February 7, 2012

One’s grocery list can easily be kept on a piece of paper, but when your roommate or spouse is the one doing the shopping, how do you share a single piece of paper? Say hello to collaborative shopping apps for your smart phone! Three such apps are Grocery IQ, Our Groceries and GrocerySmart, and they [...]

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How to Integrate Pinterest With Facebook

January 31, 2012

Pinterest is a fast-growing social network described as a “virtual pinboard” enabling users to “organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web.” Pinterest recently increased their Facebook integration, but as Dave Taylor explains it is not straight foward to simply get a “pin” to display on your wall. Read Dave’s article [...]

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How to Manage Permissions Settings

January 24, 2012

It’s 2012, do you know who has access to your online accounts? Throughout the year we click on pretty, sparkling new-fangled apps, and in the process give third-party software providers access to various parts of our online identities. Ready to reign in control? My Permissions provides easy access to the URLs that control the permissions [...]

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How to Tame Your Inbox

January 17, 2012

Is your inbox cluttered with meaningless notification emails from sites such as Twitter, Facebook or Pinterest? Todays tip is a nudge to spend five minutes now, and save yourself time everyday by having fewer incoming emails to delete. Notification Control doesnt actually do anything except point you to the exact URL for notification settings for [...]

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How to Protect Your Email Account After Compromise

January 3, 2012

According to tech guru Leo Notenboom, the number one problem reported in 2011 by the millions of visitors that seek help from his Ask Leo website was email account theft. If you believe your email account has been comprised, immediately login in and change both your password and all your security questions. To learn more [...]

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4 Things Windows Users Need to Know

December 27, 2011

Although Mac promotes itself as easier to use than Windows, the newest versions of Windows have come a long way in usability. To help the computer-illerate with Windows, the MakeTechEasier.com site has published a great article titled 4 Things Computer-illiterate Users Should Know When Running Windows. The first item is not to believe any ads [...]

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Amazon Releases Price Check App

December 20, 2011

Amazon.com released their Price Check app for Android and iPhone last week. Using either a scanned bar code, a snapped photo, typed input or voice command, the app will display product prices from Amazon.com (including all its online merchants.) In addition to reading reviews and buying directly from the app, you have the option of [...]

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How to Use iTunes Match

December 13, 2011

Last year, Apple announced iCloud for storing all your iTunes music purchases “in the cloud,” making them available to all your devices wherever you have an Internet connection. Now Apple has taken this concept one step further with iTunes Match. iTunes Match is a paid service ($24.99 per year) that will store your entire music [...]

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