Google Knows So Much About You That It’s Creepy, But It Might Not Be An Invasion Of Privacy

Nov 4, 2018 | Android, Apple, Chrome, Facebook, Google, security, web_services

The term “invasion of privacy” is distracting us from understanding important issues. Invasion of privacy is frequently thrown around as a core issue where consumers need protection against tech companies. Apple has made it the cornerstone of its marketing. The...

The End Of New Product Announcements

Oct 29, 2018 | Amazon, Android, Apple, computers, Echo, Facebook, Google, HP, laptops, Microsoft, phone, shopping, Surface

In the last two months, there have been major announcements of new products by every computer and phone manufacturer on the planet. You don’t know about any of them, do you? On September 12, Apple put on its annual presentation of new iPhones for hundreds of tech...

Saving Passwords In Google Chrome Is Better Than Nothing (And That’s A Good Thing!)

Oct 7, 2018 | Android, Apple, Chrome, Google, LastPass, security, web_services

Google has improved the password management built into the Chrome browser. It’s . . . okay! Not bad! Better than nothing, absolutely. Saving passwords in Chrome is easy and kind of secure, as long as you take a couple of precautions that we’ll talk about below. First,...

Why You Should Be Using LastPass

Oct 1, 2018 | Android, Apple, Chrome, LastPass, security, web_services

The most important thing you can do to improve your security is to use LastPass. It’s more convenient and more secure than a notebook in the desk drawer or any password system that relies on your memory. Once you have confidence in LastPass (or any password manager),...

The Samsung Ecosystem: When Technology Is Driven By Jealousy

Sep 4, 2018 | Amazon, Android, Apple, Chrome, Chromebook, Cortana, Echo, Google, Google Home, home assistants, Microsoft, phone, Samsung

Samsung is a global electronics company with hundreds of thousands of employees. It is the world’s largest information technology company, consumer electronics maker and chipmaker by revenue. Samsung sells more smartphones than any other manufacturer by a large...

The Google Ecosystem: You Will Be Assimilated

Aug 27, 2018 | Android, Apple, Chrome, Echo, Google, Google Home, home assistants

Google is an advertising company. Its incentives are all tied to maximizing engagement with places where you will see ads served up by Google’s ad network. But that has more depth than you realize, driven by Google’s desire to have those ads be more effective and...