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How to Replace a MacBook Pro Hard Drive
In this guide we review how to replace a MacBook Pro Hard Drive. Let’s start off with a few questions. Have you noticed your MacBook Pro is running slower than it used to? Is it freezing frequently? Are you hearing strange, eerie noises and noticing that files are not opening as they should be? Guess…
Apple Acknowledges Their Macbook Keyboard Flaws
Apple is a very, very powerful brand. People who like Macs often don’t like PCs, and people who use PCs often don’t like Macs – it’s a divide. But it’s definitely getting blurred, and people seem to see the strengths of both major computer-types. However, even Apple is admitting that their keyboards over the last…
What To Do When You Get Your Phone Wet
Uh-oh. It happened. Whether you dropped your phone into a puddle, sink, your glass OR you just spilled something on it, your phone is now wet and you’re worried about what to do. We see liquid damaged phones all the time, so here’s a list of what you should do to AVOID needing to see…
Be Wary of Fake iPhones
Nowadays, it’s easier than ever to buy a used phone off of somebody. It’s really simple for someone to have a phone for a year or two, decide to get an upgrade or switch carriers and get a good deal on a new phone, but their old phone is still worth a few hundred bucks.…
Smartphone Market in Decline for First Time Ever
In 2007 the cell phone game was reimagined, when Apple came out with the iPhone. Smartphones became a thing, and now they’re so commonplace I don’t think of them as smartphones, they’re just phones. The cell phone industry at the time was shaken up, and within a few years RAZRs and Sidekicks were tossed aside…
Liquid Glass Screen Protection
As phones and tablets start taking up more and more of our “screen-time” away from traditional desktops, the likelihood of you dropping your baby – I mean phone – increases. And that leads to screens breaking at a pretty high rate. For your phone or tablet you can use a case, but it just makes…
Cheap Macbooks Are Coming
If you know anything about Apple, you know that they are not a cheap brand. Their iPhone X is the most expensive phone out there (at least among the mass consumed phones – luxury phones don’t count) and their Macbook and iMac computers have always been among the higher-priced items, when compared to their PC…
Samsung’s Galaxy S9 Drops Soon, How Does It Compare to the iPhone X?
The iPhone’s biggest rival is the Samsung Galaxy, and with Apple’s latest flagship phone reportedly set to cut production amid falling sales, there is an opportunity for Samsung to step into a bigger portion of the market. The Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus are releasing in mid-March, and pre-orders are available now. The Appearance …
Windows 10 Update Issues
Several of our stores have had customers call in with a recurring problem – their mouse and/or keyboard have stopped working. It’s usually right after a Windows 10 update, indicating that something might be going wrong with it, and sure enough, after a little bit of research I found that Microsoft has already acknowledged the…
Google Can Predict Heart Disease by Looking at Your Eyes
The eyes are the window to the soul, at least that’s the saying. But apparently, it’s also the window to see your cardiovascular health. Somehow that just doesn’t roll off the tongue as well. Google, everyone’s favorite tech giant, has been using artificial intelligence to view images of people’s retinas, and teaching the AI to…
Snapchat Under Fire
Snapchat – one of the most popular forms of social media nowadays (especially with millennial users) – has come under a lot of criticism recently over their redesign. According to PC Mag, over 30 different Change.org petitions began right after the update dropped in the US. The Update Personally, I use Snapchat regularly and…
Everyone Hates Ads: Is Mining Cryptocurrency Better?
Newspapers, then magazines, websites, and now apps like Snapchat all use ads to monetize their content! It’s a simple idea – people like free content, so people produce free content through a medium like a website, and then monetize that traffic by selling space to advertisers. On websites this was pretty straightforward for a while,…
