Feb 12, 2013 | Android, Apple, business, iPad, Microsoft, phone, Surface, tablet, Windows Phone 8
The number of smartphones and tablets sold worldwide in 2012 is absolutely staggering. The sense of amazement is the same no matter how you measure it – number of units sold, growth year over year, spending, profits, comparison to declining computer sales. There is...
Feb 1, 2013 | Microsoft, Office, Office 365, OneDrive, OneNote, Outlook, Skype, software, web_services
Microsoft Office 2013 is the new version of Microsoft’s flagship suite, with the core programs that most businesses use every day – Word, Excel, Outlook, and Powerpoint. It is available now for consumers to install. Many of you should start using it. The new...
Jan 30, 2013 | Facebook, Microsoft, Outlook, Skype, software, Surface, web_services, Windows Phone 8, Windows8
Skype is being transformed this year into an integrated platform available on phones, tablets and computers for a variety of communications tasks. There has been a flurry of updates and announcements in the last few months – these are the highlights. Log into Skype...
Jan 24, 2013 | computers, Dell, HP, laptops, Microsoft, shopping, Windows7, Windows8
Windows 8 was introduced at the end of October. Although Microsoft claims to have sold 60 million Windows 8 licenses since then, it’s generally conceded that sales have been slower than anticipated. There are several reasons for the slow start. Computer manufacturers...
Jan 6, 2013 | business, Google, Microsoft, phone, web_services, Windows Phone 8
Previously: Clash Of The Titans: The War Of The Ecosystems Google did something evil. It will get undone shortly, but the fact remains that Google directly attacked a group of consumers for no reason except to gain a competitive advantage by making their life more...
Dec 21, 2012 | Android, Apple, bruceb, Google, iPad, Microsoft, Office, Office 365, OneDrive, phone, Surface, web_services, Windows Phone 8, Windows8
Season’s greetings! I hope you all get lovely new technology for the holidays and have a wonderful time poking and clicking and pinching and zooming! I’ve been looking ahead to 2013, trying to guess what will fill our time in the technology world next year. Here are...
