Facebook Allows Strangers to Find You with Phone Number You Provided for 2-Factor Authorization

We’ve been told for years that two-factor authorization is a way to help keep us safe, as it makes it harder for hackers to get their hands on our information. But Facebook doesn’t seem to notice the technical oxymoron of allowing others to find you with the phone number you provided them to set up two-factor authorization. Worse yet, they won’t even let you opt out of it. Facebook Allows Phone Number to Be Used If you’re feeling extra-safe on Facebook after you secured your account with two-factor authorization with the use of your phone number, you may want to read this. Perhaps, however, you… Read more

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Can’t Upload Files to Google Drive? Here are a Few Fixes

Google Drive is up there with the most influential pieces of software in the last decade, single-handedly transferring the workspace for the average user from the hard drive up into the cloud. But it does have its problems, one of the most notable being upload issues, and not being able to transfer the files you want to the cloud. Thankfully, we’re here with some fixes for when Google Drive uploads start letting you down. Note: The below instructions are for the web version of Google Drive, as it’s prone to upload issues. Although unlikely, if you are facing upload issues with the desktop or mobile… Read more

4 Tweaks to Speed Up Any Web Browser in Windows 10

Internet speed is one of the most important traits of a computer – so important, that certain operating systems like Chrome OS are now almost completely dependent on it. Windows 10 isn’t quite at that point yet, but you can still do things within it to make your Web experience that much speedier and smoother. Here we’ll take a look at how you can use Windows to improve the speed of your web browsing. 1. Turn off P2P Delivery Optimization in Windows 10 So here’s one of those things that you probably didn’t know about Windows 10, and it sounds kind of scary. There is an… Read more

8 of the Best Teleprompter Apps for Android

A teleprompter makes it easy to read the script while recording videos or giving speeches and presentations. However, a professional teleprompter costs you an arm and a leg. Thankfully, you can use your Android smartphone as a teleprompter. Just install any one of the following teleprompter apps, and you’ll have a near professional-grade teleprompter in your hands with little to no cost. 1. Simple Teleprompter Simple Teleprompter is an aptly-named free app that is simple, minimal and straightforward, with all the basic features you’ll ever need. On the main screen you type in or import the text, and tap on the start button to… Read more

Don’t get tied up in knots over organizing your cables, use Untie Cord Organizer!

NEWS – I can’t stand a tangled cable mess, so I generally use hook-and-loop ties to organize my cables. But then I saw the Untie Cord Organizer and thought that that would be a clever and really quick way to neatly store my earbuds. The Untie organizer is a bendable stainless steel tie coated in silicone, thus, you no longer have to worry about snagging the hook-and-loop ties on your clothes or other things – just wrap the Untie organizer around your cables and you’re ready to go (or leave them behind your desk or entertainment center)! These ties are a little on the expensive side, so you may only want to use them on your most frequently used cables.

The Untie Cord Organizer (shown in the left photo above) and its sister product, Unlace Silicone Lace (shown in the right photo above) come in a package containing four ties and are available from Amazon. There are two lengths (ten-inch length for $10.95 and five-inch length for $8.95) and multiple colors to choose from. I might be giving these a try in the near future!

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Don’t get tied up in knots over organizing your cables, use Untie Cord Organizer! originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on March 3, 2019 at 11:00 am.

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