Nov 2, 2017 | Box, Dropbox, Microsoft, OneDrive, updates, web_services, Windows10
OneDrive Files On-Demand is a new feature being rolled out now to Windows 10 computers worldwide. It’s a valuable and welcome new feature that you should know about and that you might use. But this is from Microsoft, so you will not be surprised to find out that (1)...
Oct 9, 2017 | Android, Apple, Microsoft, Office, Windows 10 S, Windows10
Microsoft has a modern platform for apps that would make your computer safer, more reliable, and perform better. All that’s needed is for you to give up everything that you do on your Windows computer today and start over again with new programs from the Windows Store...
Oct 2, 2017 | Microsoft, photos, Windows 10 S, Windows10
Microsoft believes that Windows can return to its position at the center of our technology world if all of us begin to use the Windows Store to install programs. It is a flawed, desperate vision. Windows is going through a slow, long-term decline. The Windows Store...
Sep 13, 2017 | Microsoft, network, Office 365, Office tips, Outlook, web_services, Windows10, Windows7
(This tip is for IT pros. Non-technical readers should still read this article because it involves a thrilling mystery, it teaches important lessons for healthy living, and it has a fresh minty aftertaste. But if you’re not sure, don’t do anything to your computer...
Sep 10, 2017 | backup, Box, Dropbox, file_sharing, Google, Google Drive, Microsoft, OneDrive, photos, web_services, Windows10
Google is changing the programs that Windows and Mac computers use to store photos and files online. You’re not required to do anything right away but some of you will be prompted to update to a new program in the next few months. Let’s see if we can unravel some of...
Sep 4, 2017 | Apple, Microsoft, security
(This is a slightly modified version of an article originally published on March 2, 2016. Phony warnings about viruses continue to be the most common online scam in 2017.) If your computer displays a message while you are browsing the Internet claiming that you have...