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Office Depot Deceiving Customers (via KIRO 7 Seattle)

In an interview with local Seattle TV station KIRO 7, an Office Depot employee has spoken out about unnecessary computer fixes that customers who brought computers into Office Depot were tricked into paying. Office Depot Deceiving Customers Office Depot Deception  According to the employee interviewed

Apple Releases iOS 10.1

After a couple of weeks of being in beta, Apple has now released the latest update for the iPhone, iPad & iPod’s.  Apple lists the following changes in this latest 10.1 update of iOS. Apple Releases iOS 10.1  iOS 10.1 Release Notes Camera and Photos

Apple Releases macOS 10.12.1 for Mac

For those of you that have Mac laptops, Apple has now released the latest update to the OS (now known as macOS).  The latest version, which is 10.12.1, is now available after going through beta testing for the past month or so.  

Updated: Yahoo Breach Announcement Confirmed 

Updated 9/22/16 @ 3:15 pm (EDT). Yahoo has now confirmed that it was breached, by what it calls “a state-sponsored actor” in 2014. The hack according to Yahoo affects at least 500 million accounts (and to that can we all say DAMM!). Per Yahoo, The

Samsung Note 7 Recall (USA)

Seems the Samsung Note 7 is a HOT phone.  No, I mean like really hot, catching on fire hot. It seems of the 2.5 million Note 7 phones that have been sold there have been (something like) 35 reports of phones catching fire or smoking

Samsung Shutting Down Milk Music

If your an owner of a Samsung device you have seen Milk Music app, which when launched in early 2014, was supposed to take on Apple’s iTunes Radio, Pandora, Spotify, and a number of other streaming music services. Well it seems that eventually the Milk had to spoil, and for Samsung the Milk spoils on September 22, 2016.

Update Status For Tech Geek and More

Unfortunately, about a month ago, Tech Geek and More suffered a major hacking attack.  It has taken the past couple of weeks to get things cleaned up. We are now starting to slowly restore the site. We hope to have the site restored over the

College Admissions Officers Check Social Media

If you’re a parent of teenagers and are having discussions with your kids about life after high school, also known as the college talk, you may want to include the warning that what your kids post on social media could possibly affect their ability to

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Celine Dion Has Died – Another Facebook Scam

One of the most common social engineering tricks that the bad guys use to trick people into clicking on scams involves using “sensational headlines”. From car crashes to a famous person naked, to the death of a famous person, there is something about the message