Sep 1, 2014 | Amazon, Android, Dropbox, file_sharing, Google Drive, Office 365, OneDrive, web_services
The cost of online storage continues to drop as Microsoft, Google and Amazon race to build out enormous online data storehouses. Last week Dropbox finally dropped its price for 1Tb of online file storage to $9.99/month to match the competition. Google Drive and...
Dec 15, 2013 | Amazon, bruceb, Dell, Lenovo, shopping
At this special time of year, perhaps your thoughts turn – as mine do – to the truly meaningful things in life, like: What can you do to help Bruce have a happy Christmas? There’s one easy thing. If you have any last-minute shopping to do at Amazon between now and...
Nov 22, 2013 | Amazon, hosted desktops, Microsoft, remote, web_services
Previously: Looking Forward: Why You Might Never Buy Another Computer Looking Forward: Computing Without A Computer Amazon and Microsoft are well along in their plans to offer hosted desktops as a cloud service. In 2014 you will have the option to use a virtual...
Oct 24, 2013 | Amazon, Android, Apple, Google, iPad, Microsoft, shopping, tablet
The holiday shopping season is nearly here. You’re faced with quite a selection of tablets and no obvious way to choose one over another. – The level of engineering is so high that almost all of the new tablets are gorgeous and strong and light,...
Oct 8, 2013 | Amazon, Android, Apple, iPad, Microsoft, shopping, Surface
Although specific sales numbers aren’t available, we know that Amazon is selling millions of its Kindle Fire tablets to people who want a tablet for the lowest price and who are happy living in the Amazon ecosystem. Last month Amazon announced the next generation of...
Mar 6, 2013 | Amazon, laptops, Microsoft, shopping, Surface, tablet
Let’s not mince words: very few people have purchased Microsoft’s Surface tablets. It’s still early in the long game that Microsoft is playing but the world is not exactly being changed overnight. Microsoft is trying to position the Surface devices more clearly in the...
