Jan 6, 2019 | Amazon, Apple, Box, bruceb, business, Dropbox, Facebook, Google, Google Home, home assistants, Microsoft, OneDrive, Samsung, security, web_services, Windows10
Remember when I wrote an article a year ago predicting that always-connected computers would be heavily promoted in 2018? Yeah, about that: not even close. Nada. All the buzz died away when the first PCs in that category turned out to be underpowered and, well, pretty...
Dec 5, 2018 | Microsoft, Office 365, OneDrive, Skype, web_services
Microsoft has two giant identity systems set up by different divisions of the company – one system for personal accounts, a different system for “work or school” accounts. It’s confusing. There is a team at Microsoft trying to make it less confusing; they may be doing...
Nov 15, 2018 | LastPass, Microsoft, updates, Windows tips, Windows10
Your Windows 10 computer is going to install a major update soon. Microsoft just began rolling out the “Windows 10 October 2018 Update,” bringing Windows 10 to version 1809. The version number – 1809 – is a code for the year and month of the update. So the version...
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...
Oct 21, 2018 | Apple, Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft, Office, Office 365, OneDrive, web_services, Windows10
It’s time to move your files to the cloud. Box, Dropbox, and OneDrive now all have plans that support an important feature: You can store your files online and access them with Windows File Explorer or Mac Finder, without syncing the files and without using space on...
Sep 23, 2018 | Microsoft, OneDrive, OneNote, Outlook, web_services, Windows10
Microsoft has made it easier to protect your Documents, Pictures and Desktop folders using OneDrive. OneDrive has become more reliable and many of you already have enough storage space to make this protection free. I would encourage everyone to look into this. This...
