Saving Passwords In Google Chrome Is Better Than Nothing (And That’s A Good Thing!)

Oct 7, 2018 | Android, Apple, Chrome, Google, LastPass, security, web_services

Google has improved the password management built into the Chrome browser. It’s . . . okay! Not bad! Better than nothing, absolutely. Saving passwords in Chrome is easy and kind of secure, as long as you take a couple of precautions that we’ll talk about below. First,...

Why You Should Be Using LastPass

Oct 1, 2018 | Android, Apple, Chrome, LastPass, security, web_services

The most important thing you can do to improve your security is to use LastPass. It’s more convenient and more secure than a notebook in the desk drawer or any password system that relies on your memory. Once you have confidence in LastPass (or any password manager),...

The Samsung Ecosystem: When Technology Is Driven By Jealousy

Sep 4, 2018 | Amazon, Android, Apple, Chrome, Chromebook, Cortana, Echo, Google, Google Home, home assistants, Microsoft, phone, Samsung

Samsung is a global electronics company with hundreds of thousands of employees. It is the world’s largest information technology company, consumer electronics maker and chipmaker by revenue. Samsung sells more smartphones than any other manufacturer by a large...

The Google Ecosystem: You Will Be Assimilated

Aug 27, 2018 | Android, Apple, Chrome, Echo, Google, Google Home, home assistants

Google is an advertising company. Its incentives are all tied to maximizing engagement with places where you will see ads served up by Google’s ad network. But that has more depth than you realize, driven by Google’s desire to have those ads be more effective and...

All Your Loyalties Are Belong To Us: How Technology Companies Lure Us Into Walled Gardens

Aug 13, 2018 | Amazon, Android, Apple, Echo, Google, Google Home, home assistants, Microsoft, phone

Five giant technology companies have set up walled gardens full of shiny devices and enticing services. All of us live in their gardens. We’re not completely locked in. We move from one walled garden to another, but each company hopes to keep you within its garden by...

Talk To Your Computer: Speech Recognition In Windows 10 And Office

Jul 15, 2018 | Android, Chrome, Cortana, Google, Microsoft, Office, Office 365, Office tips, OneNote, Outlook, Windows10

Microsoft has quietly improved the speech recognition features in Windows 10 and in the Office programs. They’re still not great but you might want to give them a try if you haven’t talked to your computer in a while. One fundamental truth has not changed: If...