Sep 29, 2014 | Microsoft, phone, Skype, video, web_services
Skype has become a story of duplicates – two programs, two ways to log in. Skype’s core function is video and voice calls over an Internet connection to anyone else using Skype, from a computer or other device running Skype software, signed into a free Skype account....
Sep 22, 2014 | Apple, Dropbox, file_sharing, Google+, Microsoft, OneDrive, phone, photos, web_services
Free! Additional 15Gb of OneDrive storage! Limited time only! Expires soon! Operators are standing by! Microsoft has been steadily improving OneDrive this year, dropping the price of online file storage and forcing Dropbox and Google to lower prices to match...
Sep 15, 2014 | Microsoft, software, Windows Phone 8, Windows tips, Windows8
Windows 8.1 includes six best-of-class apps designed to show off the Windows 8 full-screen Metro environment. Last week Microsoft announced that they will be rebranded as “MSN apps” and made available on additional platforms. Give them a look – each one is beautiful...
Sep 10, 2014 | Adobe, Microsoft, Surface, updates
It’s Patch Tuesday and your computers are dutifully installing the usual crop of Microsoft updates and restarting overnight, or asking you to restart when you log in Wednesday morning. It’s a modest collection of Patch Tuesday updates this month. Surface Pro 3 owners...
Sep 8, 2014 | Android, Apple, Microsoft, mobile, Office 365, phone, security, Windows Phone 8
One of the advantages of using Office 365 to host company email is its broad support for mobile devices. Office 365 mail can be set up across more platforms than almost any other mail service – iPhones and iPads, Android phones and tablets, and Windows devices have...
Sep 5, 2014 | Android, Apple, computers, Google, hardware, iPad, laptops, Microsoft, netbooks, Office 365, shopping, Surface, tablet, Windows8
Microsoft and Google are stepping up their efforts to gain market share by encouraging manufacturers to sell large quantities of ultra-cheap phones, tablets and computers. And in an interesting new development, some of those cheap devices won’t suck. Let’s talk for a...