BRUCEB NEWS
Zero Click Searches & Google AI Mode
AI is taking over online searches. At the moment, that’s good news - the AI summaries are increasingly reliable and helpful. In the long term, they might be so good that paradoxically, they contribute to the enshittification of the internet. It’s a big, complicated,...
Why Is Microsoft Obsessed With Windows Store?
Microsoft has a modern platform for apps that would make your computer safer, more reliable, and perform better. All that’s needed is for you to give up everything that you do on...
Google Bets That Artificial Intelligence Will Make You Buy Its New Devices
Today Google introduced eight new devices that will be released this fall – phones, home assistants, a laptop, a virtual reality headset, and more. It’s the most diverse new...
Windows Themes And The Failure Of The Windows Store
Microsoft believes that Windows can return to its position at the center of our technology world if all of us begin to use the Windows Store to install programs. It is a flawed,...
Be Still, Your Beating Heart! Bruceb News Turns Twenty
I registered the domain name bruceb.com on September 11, 1997, exactly four days before the name google.com was registered. Some people believe Google has done more with its...
New Premium Phones: Samsung Galaxy S8, Google Pixel 2
Previously: The Latest Smartphone Trends New Premium Phones: Apple iPhone X, iPhone 8 & 8 Plus With the announcement of the upcoming iPhone X, Apple opened the door to phones...
New Premium Phones: Apple iPhone X, iPhone 8 & 8 Plus
It’s new phone season! Here’s the view from 10,000 feet of the premium phones from Apple, Samsung, and Google. The manufacturers spent the last few years making our phones bigger...
FIXED: iPhone/iPad Bug With Office 365 And Outlook.com
Update 09/26/2017: Apple has released iOS 11.0.1, which fixes the problem. Update 09/25/2017: I've seen reports that Microsoft was able to take steps internally to resolve this...
The Latest Smartphone Trends
Ten years ago Apple introduced the iPhone and changed our world. Today more than three-quarters of all adults in the US carry a powerful computer – a smartphone - around with...
Outlook Disconnected From Office 365? Try Disabling IPv6
(This tip is for IT pros. Non-technical readers should still read this article because it involves a thrilling mystery, it teaches important lessons for healthy living, and it...
Google Changes Its Programs For Storing Photos And Files Online
Google is changing the programs that Windows and Mac computers use to store photos and files online. You’re not required to do anything right away but some of you will be...
Do Not Call The 800 Number!
(This is a slightly modified version of an article originally published on March 2, 2016. Phony warnings about viruses continue to be the most common online scam in 2017.) If...
Improved Calendar Sharing For Office 365 Users
Here’s a tip for business Office 365 users that I wish I’d known about sooner. Early this year, Microsoft significantly improved the experience of sharing Outlook calendars. The...
Create PDFs With Your Phone
One of the technology challenges in 2017 is simply remembering what can be done with your phone or computer. It’s easy to add apps to your phone or install programs on your...
iPhone Tip: How To Make Sure Your Photos Are Backed Up
Here’s a tip for iPhone users that might make you sleep more soundly. If you rely on Google Photos, OneDrive, Dropbox or other online services to back up your photos from an...
Bruceb Goes Off The Grid 08/14-08/20
I will be on vacation and off the grid during the week of August 14th. I will not have cell phone service and at best might occasionally have an erratic and unreliable Internet...