Android Adoptable Storage Needs Fast Write Speed

If you plan to use a micro-SD card as adoptable storage, be prepared to buy a properly rated card that can offer the fastest write speed. Attempting to save money by buying an inexpensive micro-SD card will have an out-sized negative impact to the performance of your phone or tablet. You will find that your apps may begin to stutter and your device will become slower or may seem to freeze as it spends more time waiting to write data to a slow SD card.

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Lazily Secure Your Online Passwords

Are you a person who uses the same password across several websites because it is easier to remember? Welcome to the club. Described here, you will find a password strategy that will let you easily remember your passwords for all websites, but is more secure (but not entirely secure) than re-using the same password everywhere.

If you are a person who practices secure password practices, then this article is not for you. In fact, this post may upset you, so it is best for your health to stop reading here and go watch some cat videos.

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Fight Email Clutter With One More Email Address

One of the tragedies I see when helping family and friends with their computer problems is the abundance of junk in their email inbox. The number of unread emails due to spam, unwanted promotions, and subscriptions would bother anyone with a compulsion to keep their unread email count at zero.

The way I control and combat the onslaught of unwanted emails is to create a dedicated second email account with the purpose to collect this type of email. This frees up my personal email to receive messages only from people with which I care to communicate.

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