Oct 6, 2015 | Android, Apple, computers, Google, hardware, HoloLens, iPad, Microsoft, shopping, Surface, tablet, Windows10
Executives at Dell and HP and Lenovo put their head in their hands and moaned as they watched Microsoft’s presentation of new hardware on Tuesday. It was Microsoft’s best presentation in years, showing off new phones that can turn into computers; a Hololens augmented...
Oct 5, 2015 | Android, Apple, Chrome, Microsoft, mobile, Outlook, phone, software, tablet, web_services, Windows10
Wunderlist makes it easy to manage to do lists. You can use it on iPhones, Android phones, tablets, Windows and Mac computers, and on the web. Your lists will be kept in sync no matter where you look at them. The design is simple and elegant. Oh, and it’s free. Sounds...
Sep 28, 2015 | Android, Apple, Microsoft, Office, Office 365, shopping, software, updates
The new version of Office 2016 for Windows is now generally available. The takeaway: • Most of you will get it automatically. • Most of you won’t care very much. Microsoft has completely lost control of branding and licensing. There is no way to explain any of this...
Sep 21, 2015 | Apple, business, Chrome, Google, IE, Internet, mobile, phone
Ads on websites are out of control. An online debate has been raging all week about ad blocking – programs that run on your computer or your phone to remove ads from web pages so they load faster and you have fewer distractions. I’ll try to tell you briefly why it’s...
Sep 10, 2015 | Apple, iPad, Microsoft, Surface, tablet
On Wednesday Apple displayed the daring originality and innovation that has carried it so far and announced the SurfacePad Pro, a 12.9” tablet with a keyboard that attaches with firm magnets and a stylus for taking notes or drawing. The vision! It just takes the...
Aug 10, 2015 | Android, Apple, Google, Microsoft, security
The security hacks into our computers have turned out to be the tip of the iceberg; a constant stream of new vulnerabilities are teaching us that developers and manufacturers have not given security the attention that it requires, even as technology spreads to our...