Jan 18, 2016 | computers, Internet, LastPass, mobile, phone, security, Windows tips, Windows10, Windows7, Windows8
These are the rules for being safe using a Windows computer in 2016. We are required to be paranoid and vigilant. We run our businesses and manage our personal lives online, and the bad guys are endlessly inventive in their effort to find ways through our defenses....
Jan 12, 2016 | Android, Apple, iPad, mail, mobile, Office 365, phone
Chances are that you’re using the email and calendar apps that came with your iPhone or Android phone. They’re fine. No shame there. But you’re missing an app from Microsoft that does a better job. It’s named Outlook, because Microsoft cannot resist using the same...
Oct 5, 2015 | Android, Apple, Chrome, Microsoft, mobile, Outlook, phone, software, tablet, web_services, Windows10
Wunderlist makes it easy to manage to do lists. You can use it on iPhones, Android phones, tablets, Windows and Mac computers, and on the web. Your lists will be kept in sync no matter where you look at them. The design is simple and elegant. Oh, and it’s free. Sounds...
Sep 21, 2015 | Apple, business, Chrome, Google, IE, Internet, mobile, phone
Ads on websites are out of control. An online debate has been raging all week about ad blocking – programs that run on your computer or your phone to remove ads from web pages so they load faster and you have fewer distractions. I’ll try to tell you briefly why it’s...
Jul 19, 2015 | Apple, audio, HoloLens, Microsoft, mobile, phone
Technology news has been a bit negative recently. The death of Windows Phone got the most attention last week but Apple and Samsung have their own problems, and there are many other companies and products that are either failing or not living up to...
Jul 12, 2015 | Android, Apple, business, Microsoft, mobile, phone, Windows Phone 8, Windows10
Windows Phone is dead. Last week Microsoft announced that it will lay off almost all of the remaining employees inherited from its purchase of Nokia, and write off $7.6 billion from the Nokia deal – more than it paid for Nokia last year. Although Microsoft will still...
