Moving Company Files To The Cloud: Box.com Rides To The Rescue

Oct 16, 2014 | Android, Apple, Box, file_sharing, iPad, Office, Office 365, OneDrive, Outlook, phone, tablet, web_services

Previously: The Problem With OneDrive For Business Box.com has matured into a service that meets the needs of small businesses and law firms for online file storage of shared company files. Box was founded almost ten years ago. It has grown into a large company with a...

Bluetooth Takes Center Stage

Oct 5, 2014 | Android, Apple, audio, hardware, iPad, phone, shopping, Surface, tablet

Bluetooth has been around for more than ten years powering our phone headsets but not much else. Now that we’re using phones and tablets as our primary technology devices, Bluetooth is turning up everywhere. Bluetooth is a special kind of wireless signal designed to...

Luxury Reading With The Kindle Voyage, And Other Amazon Mistakes

Sep 18, 2014 | Amazon, Android, Apple, hardware, phone, shopping, tablet

Amazon has been making some odd product decisions lately, and the latest was just announced today: the Kindle Voyage, a black & white e-reader with some modest improvements over the current Kindle Paperwhite that sells for a luxury price, starting at $199 and...

Office 365 Tip: How To Set Up And Wipe Mobile Devices

Sep 8, 2014 | Android, Apple, Microsoft, mobile, Office 365, phone, security, Windows Phone 8

One of the advantages of using Office 365 to host company email is its broad support for mobile devices. Office 365 mail can be set up across more platforms than almost any other mail service – iPhones and iPads, Android phones and tablets, and Windows devices have...

Microsoft, Google And The Race To The Bottom

Sep 5, 2014 | Android, Apple, computers, Google, hardware, iPad, laptops, Microsoft, netbooks, Office 365, shopping, Surface, tablet, Windows8

Microsoft and Google are stepping up their efforts to gain market share by encouraging manufacturers to sell large quantities of ultra-cheap phones, tablets and computers. And in an interesting new development, some of those cheap devices won’t suck. Let’s talk for a...

Dropbox Lowers Prices, Still Comes Out Behind OneDrive

Sep 1, 2014 | Amazon, Android, Dropbox, file_sharing, Google Drive, Office 365, OneDrive, web_services

The cost of online storage continues to drop as Microsoft, Google and Amazon race to build out enormous online data storehouses. Last week Dropbox finally dropped its price for 1Tb of online file storage to $9.99/month to match the competition. Google Drive and...