Sep 4, 2019 | Microsoft, photos, Windows 10 S, Windows tips, Windows10
Microsoft has gorgeous collections of photos that you can use for free as your Windows wallpaper. A typical theme rotates through ten or fifteen photos; when you get bored, it’s easy to switch to another theme with new pictures. I’ll tell you where...
Apr 16, 2018 | Android, Apple, audio, augmented reality, Cortana, Dropbox, Google, IE, Microsoft, Office 365, OneDrive, Surface, video, Vista, Windows 10 S, Windows10, Windows7, Windows8
There was a time when Windows was cool. A long time ago, people lined up to get new versions of Windows when they went on sale. Maybe not quite the numbers of people outside of Apple stores at the height of iPhone madness, but still – Microsoft was pretty cool....
Apr 11, 2018 | Android, Apple, business, Chromebook, Google, IE, Internet, Microsoft, mobile, Office, Office 365, OneDrive, phone, Windows 10 S, Windows10
We have arrived at a point where Microsoft no longer has a Windows division. To a generation of computer users, Windows was the product that defined Microsoft and defined our own relationship to technology. Now that defining product is a legacy, used by many but...
Jan 17, 2018 | Chrome, Chromebook, hardware, HP, laptops, Lenovo, Microsoft, mobile, Surface, Windows 10 S, Windows10, wireless
Previously: Looking Forward: Always Connected Computers If you were paying attention during the previous lecture, you know that Microsoft is working with Qualcomm on “Always Connected PCs.” HP, Lenovo, Asus and other manufacturers will soon be selling laptops that are...
Jan 15, 2018 | Android, Apple, Chrome, Chromebook, computers, Dell, Google, hardware, HP, laptops, Lenovo, Microsoft, Windows 10 S, Windows10
Stretch your imagination. Imagine that you pull your laptop out and pop the lid open and start using it right away. There’s no delay, no swirling circle – it’s just on, bang, every time. You put your finger on the fingerprint reader and you’re logged in immediately....
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,...
