Crazy Eddie Sale On Microsoft Office–They’re Giving It Away!

Nov 7, 2014 | Android, Apple, Microsoft, Office, Office 365, OneDrive, phone, software, tablet

Microsoft unexpectedly announced that the Office apps on iPad, iPhone and Android devices can now be used for free without an Office 365 subscription. There are new versions of the core Office programs – Word, Excel and Powerpoint – for iPhones, updates for the...

What The Deal Between Dropbox And Microsoft Really Means

Nov 6, 2014 | Android, Apple, Box, Dropbox, Google, Google Drive, iPad, Microsoft, Office, Office 365, OneDrive, Outlook, software, tablet, web_services

Dropbox and Microsoft unexpectedly announced a partnership to allow Office users to access and edit files stored in Dropbox directly from Office apps on phones, tablets and the web. The announcement comes just a week after Microsoft eviscerated Dropbox’s business...

Moving Company Files To The Cloud: Box.com Rides To The Rescue

Oct 16, 2014 | Android, Apple, Box, file_sharing, iPad, Office, Office 365, OneDrive, Outlook, phone, tablet, web_services

Previously: The Problem With OneDrive For Business Box.com has matured into a service that meets the needs of small businesses and law firms for online file storage of shared company files. Box was founded almost ten years ago. It has grown into a large company with a...

Bluetooth Takes Center Stage

Oct 5, 2014 | Android, Apple, audio, hardware, iPad, phone, shopping, Surface, tablet

Bluetooth has been around for more than ten years powering our phone headsets but not much else. Now that we’re using phones and tablets as our primary technology devices, Bluetooth is turning up everywhere. Bluetooth is a special kind of wireless signal designed to...

Luxury Reading With The Kindle Voyage, And Other Amazon Mistakes

Sep 18, 2014 | Amazon, Android, Apple, hardware, phone, shopping, tablet

Amazon has been making some odd product decisions lately, and the latest was just announced today: the Kindle Voyage, a black & white e-reader with some modest improvements over the current Kindle Paperwhite that sells for a luxury price, starting at $199 and...

Microsoft, Google And The Race To The Bottom

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...