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Phone Innovations

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Who’s missing???

First phone to play MP3’s: Samsung SPH-M100 in 1999
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_media_player#Mobile_phones

First phone with internet access: Nokia 9000 Communicator in 1996
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_Web

First phone with camera: Sharp J-SH04 J-Phone in 2000
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camera_phone

First phone with front facing camera (selfie):
Several mobile phones released in late 2003 introduced front-facing cameras, including the Sony Ericsson Z1010 and Motorola A835.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front-facing_camera

First phone with fingerprint recognition: Toshiba G500 and G900 in 2007
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touch_ID

First phone with face recognition: Samsung Galaxy Nexus in 2011
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/425805/new-google-smart-phone-recognizes-your-face/

First phone with iris recognition: Fujitsu ARROWS NX F-04G in 2015
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_recognition

Texas Disaster Donations, Part 2

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Yesterday when I posted a link to JJ Watt’s Houston Flood Relief Fund I believe to donations total was under 1 million dollars. His donation page has been see on every major media outlet. As of this writing total donations are at 3.2 million and rising with 27,000 plus donors!
Keep it up everyone! Many have lost much. Many have lost everything.
Texans. My pride in the country I love has waned over the last several years. The news spends so much time showing us at each others throats. Your courage, goodness, and self-sacrifice has been on display to the world. Thank you for restoring some of my faith in this country and the human race too.
Some great links:
UPDATED: Photos of the flooding and aftermath of Hurricane Harvey
Flood Of ‘Texas Navy’ Private Citizens Help In Houston Rescue Efforts
Flood rescuer: I’m no hero, it’s what we do
Where Harvey is hitting hardest, 80 percent lack flood insurance
Hurricane Harvey: What Happened and What’s Next
Louisiana begins evacuations for Harvey on 12th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina (Thinking of you too Louisiana.)

Texas Disaster Donations

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Warren Illsley pointed me to JJ Watt’s Houston Flood Relief Fund.
Along with being the best Defensive End I have ever seen, he seems to be a decent human being. He is local to the disaster and I will count on him to get the money where it is needed.
I have already donated.
Please donate if you can: https://www.youcaring.com/victimsofhurricaneharvey-915053
If you donate $25 or more and I will send you any or all the TweakGuides you desire for free. Just forward your donation receipt with which guide(s) you want.
Thanks,
Eric

Non-USA Readers

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My security program (firewall) for this site is able to filter access to this site or parts of it by country. I want to be sure folks that do not live in the USA are not getting blocked.
If you are not from the USA please leave a comment to let me know you are seeing this site.

Wow! That was fast. Obviously not having issues.

THANK YOU!

Patch Tuesday

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Time To Run Windows Update
Among the updates are several critical updates for all Windows versions. Full breakdown of patches at the end of this post.
See also:
Windows 10 July 11, 2017—KB4025342 (OS Build 15063.483)

Flash Updated
Version 26.0.0.13 is out.
APSB17-21 Security updates available for Adobe Flash Player
Download for IE
Download for Firefox

CCleaner
Monthly update is out. Get 5.32 version here.

After less than a handful of days off over a 6 week period I took a few off and headed to WVA:

Click the read more link below to see the Microsoft Security Update Summary for July 2017
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