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 Back when Microsoft released the near universally detested Windows 8 one of the driving philosophies was put everything at the users fingertips all the time. No more hunting through menus for that app you think you installed months ago, scrolling through three different folders filled with dozens of documents each to find your grandmothers apple pie recipe or looking for that specific setting you want to change. This concept became a part of Windows and is still with us today. All the user would need to do is press the all-powerful Windows Key on the lower left side of your keyboard to bring up the Start Menu and start typing whatever it is you're looking for. Grandmas apple pie recipe? Press the Windows Key and immediately start typing: appl and right about now you should be seeing results appear on your screen. Apps or programs containing the letters appl, internet search results containing appl and local documents containing the letters appl. What does this mean? It means I don...

 Something that always drops my jaw when talking with patrons is how much they spend each month on their cable television. Some spend as much as a car payment on TV. You need to have an honest discussion with your budget about the cost of television. Is it worth paying $100 each month for those images on the screen? $200? $300? The highest I think I've heard somebody paying is over $300 all-in with their Internet, phone and television. Absolutely crazy to throw away that much money every month on what amounts to nothing at all. Especially for seniors on tight, fixed incomes. Getting an antenna and trying to pick up a local signal is an option for some but not for anyone around where I live. There are no broadcasts within range. Before going any further understand that how you access TV and what is available to you will be drastically different from how it all works when you're paying $100 or more a month for cable. What's more important to you, saving hundreds of dollars a...