Sep 18, 2017 | Android, Apple, Google, phone, shopping
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 them at all times. Phone manufacturers introduce new phones each fall. There are a few...
Sep 4, 2017 | Apple, Microsoft, security
(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 your computer displays a message while you are browsing the Internet claiming that you have...
Aug 28, 2017 | Adobe, Android, Apple, Box, Dropbox, Google, Google Drive, Microsoft, mobile, Office 365, OneDrive, phone, web_services
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 computer; it’s harder to remember them a few weeks later when you have something new to do....
Aug 25, 2017 | Apple, Dropbox, Google, mobile, OneDrive, phone, photos, web_services
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 iPhone, open those apps when you’re connected to Wi-Fi and make sure they have synced your...
Aug 6, 2017 | Android, Apple, Microsoft, Office, Outlook, Windows10
Now that you’re finally getting the “Creators Update” for Windows 10 – you know, the one that was “released” in April – you might have seen the above window appear in the lower right corner. “You need to fix your Microsoft Account for apps on your other devices to be...
Jun 22, 2017 | Android, Apple, Google, photos, web_services
Google Photos is transformational. Some name will emerge to describe the next wave of technology – “post-Internet” or “A.I.-enabled,” maybe. References to “artificial intelligence” and future technology can be vague and scary. Google Photos is here today to show you...
