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Keeping The Windmill Alive - Your Last Trip? – April 2017

In danger of losing your windmill?

Maybe you can share the last place your GPS took you and if you encountered any problems, or if you used it to seek out special places to go (like Thai Food, ice cream shoppes, etc.).

Anything to keep your windmill alive.

This thread will be closed on the last day of the month and a new one will be opened.

~Angela

NAV on my 2016 JEEP Grand Cherokee, WANT TO ADD POIs if possible

Hi, was wondering if anyone here knows if it's possible to add POIs to my JEEP. If so, can you let me know how to do it. Thanks.

How to talk your way out of a speeding ticket

if you believe this....

Chris Voss, former lead kidnapping negotiator for the FBI and author of "Never Split the Difference," knows how to get what he wants. In this episode of "Everyday Hostages," Voss breaks down exactly how to get out of a speeding ticket when an officer pulls you over.

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Never argue with a pig. It makes you look foolish and it anoys the hell out of the pig!

Microsoft Details Windows 10 Creators Update Rollout

The Windows 10 Creators Update is almost here. Microsoft announced earlier this week that the update, which includes a new performance-boosting Game Mode and direct integration with the Beam streaming service, will arrive on April 11.

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Never argue with a pig. It makes you look foolish and it anoys the hell out of the pig!

Consumers sue Microsoft, allege Windows 10 upgrade destroyed data, damaged PCs

'Claims are without merit,' Microsoft counters

Three people from Illinois last week sued Microsoft, claiming that the free Windows 10 upgrade they had installed on their PCs caused "data loss and damage to their computers."

Lawyers for the trio asked a Chicago federal court Thursday to grant the case class-action status, which would allow other Americans to join the litigation.

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Never argue with a pig. It makes you look foolish and it anoys the hell out of the pig!

iOS 10.3: All the new features worth checking out right now

From tracking your AirPods to leaving reviews in-app, here are all the best features now available on the latest version of iOS, 10.3
iOS 10.3 is finally here

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Never argue with a pig. It makes you look foolish and it anoys the hell out of the pig!

Review: Windows 10 Creators Update is worth waiting for

In fact, wait as long as Microsoft will let you, since this is mostly a minor upgrade

But you may have different thoughts.

More here:

http://www.infoworld.com/article/3185403/microsoft-windows/r...?

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Never argue with a pig. It makes you look foolish and it anoys the hell out of the pig!

Contributors Of The Week 2017-03-20

This week we’re recognizing, Alleghany!

A veteran of POI Factory, Alleghany has been with us for ten years and ten weeks now!
He recently updated his Cemeteries, Missouri file adding 69 new locations.

Thanks for your continued time and dedication to our community, Alleghany!

~Angela

Chit Chat Thread For The Week Of March 27, 2017

This is the place to talk about things that are not GPS related.

This thread will be closed on Monday and a new one will be opened.

~Angela

GPS watches

I'm curious in knowing if other POI Factory members own/use a GPS –enabled watch ?

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Nüvi 255WT with nüMaps Lifetime North America born on 602117815 / Nüvi 3597LMTHD born on 805972514 / I love Friday’s except when I’m on holidays ~ canuk

2017-03-23 Senate Votes 50-48 To Allow ISPs To Sell Your Data

Senate Votes 50-48 To Allow ISPs To Sell Your Data

Last fall, the FCC adopted a new privacy framework that would allow broadband consumers to have a much bigger say into what happens to their data as it passes through internet providers’ cables. The Senate has just voted to kill those protections, before they went into effect.

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Never argue with a pig. It makes you look foolish and it anoys the hell out of the pig!

If you have a Verizon.net Email Account.... beware!

For those of you that have "?@verizon.net" email addresses... beware of this!

https://www.verizon.com/Support/Residential/email/migrations...

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Never argue with a pig. It makes you look foolish and it anoys the hell out of the pig!

Microsoft will kill some Windows 7 and 8.1 support in April

Mark your calendar: Microsoft's promise to cut off Win7 and 8.1 support for the latest PCs will cause howls of pain next month

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Never argue with a pig. It makes you look foolish and it anoys the hell out of the pig!

iPhone, Mac owners: How to stymie hackers extorting Apple, threatening to wipe devices

Security expert spells out steps to take, just in case hacker claims are legit.

Hackers claiming to have hundreds of millions of iCloud credentials have threatened to wipe date from iPhones, iPads and Macs if Apple does not fork over $150,000 within two weeks.

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Never argue with a pig. It makes you look foolish and it anoys the hell out of the pig!

March madness: Microsoft's terrible month of Windows and Office patches

Microsoft faces a metric mess of Windows and Office bugs after last month's respite.

On Tuesday, March 14, Microsoft released a big crop of patches for every version of Office since 2007 and every version of Windows since Vista. Many of those patches are broken. We're only beginning to document the fallout.

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Never argue with a pig. It makes you look foolish and it anoys the hell out of the pig!

Danger, danger! 10 alarming examples of AI gone wild

Our dystopian future of machine learning breaking bad is already unfolding before our eyes.

Read on here!

http://www.infoworld.com/article/3184205/technology-business...?

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Never argue with a pig. It makes you look foolish and it anoys the hell out of the pig!

Microsoft, stop sabotaging Windows 10 - one persons writing

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Never argue with a pig. It makes you look foolish and it anoys the hell out of the pig!

7 of The Weirdest Cars in Automotive History

Some of these are too small for a GPS, LOL.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FozXHG1rpqw

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Nuvi 2595 LMT When you come to a fork in the road- take it. (Leo)

Large Retailers Closing Waves of Stores in 2017

https://www.thestreet.com/slideshow/14015070/1/5-other-big-r...

The lists:

J.C. Penny - 138
Macy's - 68
Foot Locker - 100
CVS - 70
Office Depot - 123
Abercrombie & Fitch - 60
BCBG - 118
HH Gregg - 88
Pier 1 Imports - 100
Staples - 70
Tiffany & Co. - 6
Sears - 150

Contributors Of The Week 2017-03-13

This week we’re recognizing, Sussamb!

Sussamb's been a member of various GPS forum communities for years and we’re happy he’s been hanging out with us for some time now. Last week he was at the top of our list, as he often is, for helpful member comments.

Thanks Sussamb, for continuing to share your knowledge and experience with out community!

~Angela