Sep 11, 2016 | Android, Chrome, Google, IE, Microsoft, WinXP
As we move quickly into a post-Microsoft world, Google Chrome is the program where we spend most of our time on our computers. Last week Chrome was updated in a couple of small but significant ways, with a cleaner look based on Google’s “material design” aesthetic,...
Aug 31, 2016 | Microsoft, updates, Windows10
Our relationship with technology is built on trust. Self-inflicted errors are causing Microsoft to lose our trust. A series of bugs has emerged in updates to Windows 10. Chances are none of them have affected you directly. But the indirect effect is longer lasting and...
Aug 28, 2016 | Microsoft, Office, Office 365, Skype, updates, video, Windows10, Windows7, Windows8
Microsoft has had a bad month. In this article I’ll tell you about some of the problems with recent updates from Microsoft. In the next article, I’ll take a broader look at the long-term corrosive effects of a breakdown in Microsoft’s internal controls for approving...
Aug 21, 2016 | Android, Apple, audio, Facebook, Google, Google+, Microsoft, mobile, phone, Skype, video
Google introduced a new app for video chats last week. Google Duo makes one-on-one video chats as easy as possible, with nothing required except a phone number and someone on the other end who’s running the app or willing to install it. Google Duo doesn’t even require...
Aug 4, 2016 | Chrome, Cortana, LastPass, Microsoft, updates, Windows10
Microsoft released the Anniversary Update for Windows 10 on Tuesday. Your Windows 10 computers will be automatically updated. Eventually. Here’s what you need to know. • What is the Anniversary Update? • When will you get the...
Aug 1, 2016 | Azure, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Office 365, OneDrive, Skype, web_services
In the early 1990s Microsoft was the dominant company in personal computing but its products did not recognize or incorporate the brand new concept of something called the “Internet.” After a famous 1995 memo from CEO Bill Gates, Microsoft embarked on a pivot that led...
