The 4 Best Facebook Messenger Alternatives

The 4 Best Facebook Messenger Alternatives

There are a lot of folks out there searching for alternatives to Facebook Messenger.  There’s value in having all of your messages in one place.  Here are some top apps for chatting with your facebook friends without Messenger. Skype Skype has had facebook integration for several years, the interface has been refined several times, get it here.   Adium Adium is a Mac OS X Read the article >>

How to free up space on a Mac Hard Drive

How to free up space on a Mac Hard Drive

A mac’s performance can slow a whole lot when there is too much on it’s hard drives.  There is an app called DaisyDisk that I like to use when I am out of disk space — It makes the practice of cleaning up your hard drive a whole lot easier.  You can get it here. 1. Run a scan on the primary disk 2. Drill down on largest items   You can drill down on the largest items by clicking Read the article…

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Why is facebook running so slow? – FIXED

Why is facebook running so slow? – FIXED

Is facebook running slow for you? YOU ARE NOT ALONE.  facebook running slow remains a top search term on trends analytics tools like google trends: The good news is — You are not alone and there are plenty of fixes available for you. The issue could be Slow computer (try your facebook account from another computer) Malware on your computer (run a malware scanner on your computer) Slow Read the article >>

Netflix slow? Tips to fix slow Netflix Video Load Times

Netflix slow? Tips to fix slow Netflix Video Load Times

Online video accounts for over 80% of the traffic on the internet. Even so, the largest streaming website of the internet, Netflix, can be slow for several users.  It stinks when you’re trying to enjoy a piece of video content and a Netflix stream takes forever to load. The problem might be that your internet is slow …. Your internet connection could be the problem.   Try: Switching Read the article >>

Firefox is slow? Try these 3 fixes

Firefox is slow? Try these 3 fixes

Is Firefox slow?  Try these fixes: Disable Plugins By default,Firefox comes with unnecessary plugins.  To disable plugins go to the preferences menu, and select ‘disable plugins’ Disable Extensions Firefox may have unnecessary extensions installed, depending upon how heavy of an extensions user you are..  Extensions can be useful, but they can negatively influence performance of the browser. Read the article >>

iPhone & iPad tip: Free up space

iPhone & iPad tip: Free up space

The first step in clearing up space on your iPhone is to figure out how much space is being used by each app on your iOS device.  To find a list of apps that are using the most storage, Open the Settings app. Navigate to General > Usage. Navigate to the ‘Storage’ section. Find an app that is using up much space than it’s *worth*. Close the settings app. Delete the app from your iPhone. Read the article >>

iPhone and iPad: How to reset your device

iPhone and iPad: How to reset your device

To soft reset (turn off, but dont delete data stored on the phone) your iPhone or iPad, Press and hold the Sleep button. Press and hold the Home button. Hold both buttons until the screen turns off, and then turns back on. This is a common practice used as a first step in many troubleshooting tutorials Another thing you can try is to reset your settings.  To   do that, go to Settings Tap Read the article >>

iOS iPhone and iPad: Turn off Repeat Text Alerts in iOS9

iOS iPhone and iPad: Turn off Repeat Text Alerts in iOS9

If you are sent a text or iMessage, your iPhone will by default alert you of the message *twice*.  This is often unnecessary, and many users find it annoying.  To turn off repeat text alerts< Open the Settings app. Go to ‘Notifications’ Go to ‘Messages’. Tap ‘Repeat Alert’.  Set them to ‘Never’.

iOS iPhone and iPad Tuning: Turn off Notifications in iOS9

iOS iPhone and iPad Tuning: Turn off Notifications in iOS9

A lot of new iPhone users will indiscriminately tap allow every single app that requests notifications to send them.   Soon, they are deluged with too many notifications to keep up with.  Stop your apps from notifying you from constant alerts with useless information with them.  Turn off Notifications by: Opening the Settings app. Tap ‘Notification’ Choose an app  that sends too many notifications. Read the article >>

iOS iPhone and iPad Tuning: How to turn off Read Notifications

iOS iPhone and iPad Tuning: How to turn off Read Notifications

Read Receipts are the notifications you receive when someone sends you an iMessage.  They allow the sender to know that you’ve read the message.     To turn them off, Open Settings Navigate to ‘Messages’ Tap ‘Send Read Receipts’ so that the button is set to off.   Read the article >>