Tech

I get upset when I purchase an item and can't read the instructions. Either the print is too small, the directions are vague, or on my last purchase, the directions were in pictures. Often times, there are little if any instructions period. My favorite is Apple. Buy an apple product and you're pretty much on your own, as if part of the fun is learning on your own how to operate it without any  instructions.

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There are hundreds of thousands of uninhabited islands on our planet. The South Pacific island of Sandy isn't one of them...

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Their struggle with a webcam made inadvertent YouTube stars. Last week I published a post on Granny Tech Siri. Now we watch grandparents Bruce and Esther Huffman learn how technology can work for them. Today The Daily shows how they try video chatting with FaceTime.

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Last year, Best Buy made a bunch of their customers angry when they were unable to fill the orders taken on Black Friday and Cyber Monday due to a lack of inventory. The company then failed to make its customers aware of this until just days before Christmas. Needless to say, Best Buy’s customer-service practices have not been held in very high regard ever since.

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The Rolling Stones have released the latest in their Stones Archive series of classic concerts. Last month saw the group put out a 2005 club date from Toronto, and the newest show available for download is their July 25, 1982 performance at Roundhay Park in Leeds.

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As we age, our eyesight often fails us to the point we have great difficultly reading. While glasses and some surgeries will help, often doctors tell patients to use a magnifying glass for reading as a last resort. Now The Daily says help has come by using a iPad.

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People hide passwords in safe places (or so they think.) Passwords to on-line sites, bank cards, bank accounts, and more. People feel their passwords are secure, and the hiding places are known only to them. Their wrong! According to Lifehacker,  these are the top six password hiding places.

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I saw this video this morning before i came to the studio. I thought it was cute as all get out, so I wanted to share it with you. If your having trouble adapting to some of the  new technology, or figure maybe it's passed you by, and it's too late to learn, you'll love this video

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Winters here in the Northland can be brutal. Last year was an exception I'll agree, but with winter fast approaching, I felt the timing was perfect for info on a winter survival kit.

I've done much research and found a person can purchase a ready made kit, or, make one yourself. The latter is preferred because you probably already have most of theses items in your home or garage.

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Vote, Vote often, that's what my friend Scott says. There are a few issues up for a vote and, um, I think President too. Anyway, watch this and see if it doesn't remind you to vote.

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Like most of us, I too am concerned about Hurricane Sandy, and the devastation going on in the Northeast. I always sleep with the radio on, and as I drifted in and out of sleep last night, I marveled at today's technology, for the information I was receiving was up to the second.

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The latest Steve Jobs-designed product is sleek, minimalistic and fast, but it isn’t an iPad or iPhone — it’s the late Apple co-founder’s yacht.

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