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Is Facebook a Cult?

There are a number of alternative names for Facebook including but not limited to; "Faceplant...

Telus Switch to Google's Gmail Service Not Working

This month Telus switched their email server over to Gmail (Powered by Google). Thousands of...

Is Trading Crypto Profitable with Coinbase Exchange?

Recently I ran a series of experiments trading digital currencies and investing in crypto...

Google Demonitizes TownPost after 8 Years of Loyal Support

Google has kicked TownPost off the Adsense program after more than 8 years of loyal support...

Is Yellowpages Online Advertising Worth It?

In the last couple of years doing web design, local SEO, and digital marketing several clients...

Best Browser Includes Free VPN and Ad Blocker

I have done a good amount of research on the best browser that's fast, includes ad blockers,...

Telus Email Problem - Outlook Asking for Password

See this recent article if you are having trouble accessing your @telus e-mail since the...

Google and Amazon vs. Local Businesses

If you are starting a business or struggling to get noticed online, floundering around with...

5 Reasons Microsoft Sucks

Most people assume that, since I am not an Apple fan, that I must like Microsoft. Here are 5...

Is Someone Trying to Hack or Negative SEO the Drudge Report?

I am very suspicious of something I noticed about the Drudge Report lately, I think it might...

10 Things That Might Convince Me to Use Facebook

Generally, I hate Facebook for a bunch of different reasons, so I challenged myself to make a...

Good News about a Client + Word of Warning

So recently a client of mine took my recommendations on setting up an incremental backup with external drives they could swap out. Part of the reason I pushed for this setup was that I had another client just over a year ago that encountered an "cryptolocker virus", a type of ransomware. The idea is that if the infected files are encrypted by the malicious software, your backup will simply overwrite the good files with the infected files (thus making your backup useless). Anyways, I had just finished the backup setup about 10 days ago and lo and behold one of their computers was infected by the "Locky or .OSIRIS" malware. Rather than paying the ransom to these dirt bags to maybe unlock the files, we were able to quickly pull 99% of them off a prior backup.
Whoever you are, if you happen to be reading this, I urge you to stop procrastinating and get someone to help you setup a decent backup that will save you from losing all of your photos and documents. Don't know where to start with a backup? I would gladly give you free advice on where to start, just drop me a line and i'll e-mail you back.

Spinning Wheel Problem when Bulk Deleting Published Posts on Facebook

This is a quick 3 minute tutorial for Facebook Page publishers that are having problems bulk...

Why Facebook's Ban on Gun Sales is Awesome

Well, it's awesome for me anyways… I operate a private gun group on TownPost that is for...

Telus to Charge Internet Customers for Exceeding Data Cap

Telus is going to start charging data cap overages on there internet (Source: http://www.telus...

Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL)

Oxford Dictionary Definition of Spam "irrelevant or inappropriate messages sent on the...

Cheap vehicle classifieds scams claiming to use eBay Motors

I run several local classified websites in Alberta, Canada and recently there has been a...

Twitter is useless for Small Businesses

So, I have been using twitter for over a year now and I was getting all stressed out about...

Buyer Beware - VistaPrint Website Review

Thinking about a DIY website? Considering building your own site with VistaPrint? Here are a...

Facebook Ads Review and Coupon Scam

Update: I finally had a response that wasn't canned text, Facebook Payment operations admitted...

Wikipedia double standard and why it will likely fail

If you have ever tried to get involved in Wikipedia you likely know that there are 37 "...