Jul 5, 2018 | Amazon, Echo, Google, Google Home, home assistants, shopping
The definitive answer to which is better, Amazon Echo or Google Home? Yeah, that’s not going to happen. Forget about it. Just a stupid clickbait headline so this article goes viral and I get a gazillion tweets and Facebook likes and LinkedIn bites or whatever they do...
Mar 22, 2018 | Amazon, Facebook, Google, law, news
Previously: Tech Giants And World Domination The repeal of Obama-era net neutrality rules by the Federal Communications Commission will take effect on April 23. This week the Senate approved SESTA – a new law that purports to crack down on sex trafficking –...
Mar 18, 2018 | Amazon, Apple, business, Facebook, Google, Internet, Microsoft, Politics
Five companies – Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, and Microsoft – dominate everything that happens in technology. They arguably wield more power than many governments and they have an outsized influence on the global economy. These dominant platforms have created...
Feb 14, 2018 | Amazon, Android, Apple, Echo, Google, Google Home, home assistants, Microsoft
The battle between Amazon and Google in the market for home assistants will be the source of the most interesting technology advances in 2018. You probably know the basics. Perhaps you have an Amazon Echo or Google Home in your kitchen already. You may not be aware,...
Jan 7, 2018 | Amazon, Android, Apple, Google, HP, Microsoft, security, Surface, updates, Windows10
Nearly every modern processor has security flaws that potentially could allow hackers to steal data from any computer or server. The two related problems, code-named Meltdown and Spectre, have the technology industry in a tizzy and spilled over to the mainsteam press...
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,...