Aug 19, 2018 | Amazon, Apple, business, Echo, Google, Google Home, home assistants, web_services
Amazon seeks to be the middleman in every financial transaction on the planet. Its incentives are all tied to making customers happy in every context where Amazon can take a small fee as money moves from one place to another. Since the beginning, Amazon’s mission...
Apr 1, 2018 | Box, Dropbox, file_sharing, Google Drive, OneDrive, web_services
Box Drive has been declared to be generally available, instead of being labeled a “beta.” Box Drive users will be prompted to install an update – more about that below. Need a refresher? Box is a service for businesses to store files online. Box was built from the...
Feb 8, 2018 | Box, Dropbox, file_sharing, OneDrive, web_services
Dropbox Smart Sync is a new feature that allows you to store files online and browse through them with Windows File Explorer or Mac Finder. The files are not synced. They are only online, not on your local hard drive. This is an important change in technology for...
Jan 30, 2018 | Android, Apple, backup, computers, Google, Internet, iPad, laptops, LastPass, Microsoft, mobile, phone, security, web_services, Windows10, Windows7
These are the rules for computer and online safety in 2018. You can download a copy here. You will be safe if you are cautious. Stop and think before you click on links, before you call unfamiliar phone numbers, before you install programs, and before you fill in...
Jan 21, 2018 | remote, web_services
In 2013 LogMeIn was free for individuals. In 2018 the exact same service from LogMeIn costs $349.99/year. That is so outlandish, so absurd, that it seems like it must be a joke. No joke. LogMeIn is a publicly traded company that offers a number of services for...
Dec 21, 2017 | Amazon, Android, Apple, Box, bruceb, Chrome, Chromebook, Google, laptops, Microsoft, news, Office, Office 365, Outlook, phone, security, shopping, Surface, web_services, Windows 10 S, Windows10
A year ago I wrote this prediction: “The word of the year for 2017 is “chaos.” Write it down, seal it in an envelope, open it up a year from now and see if I got it right.” I think I get full marks. (Although Dictionary.com chose “complicit” as the word of the year,...
