Sep 25, 2019 | Android, Apple, mail, Microsoft, Office, Office 365, Office tips, Outlook
Outlook has an Archive button, right next to the Delete button. You haven’t noticed it because we have trained ourselves for twenty years to let our eyes slide over anything in Outlook that we don’t use. The Archive button appeared a couple of years ago...
Sep 19, 2019 | Android, Apple, backup, LastPass, phone, security, web_services
I want to talk to you about two-factor authentication and why you should use Authy to generate codes on your phone. Oh, come on! Don’t give me that look. I know you don’t want to think about this stuff. It’s roughly like having an insurance...
Sep 8, 2019 | Android, Apple, business, Google, Google Home, home assistants, Microsoft, mobile, search
When you search for the phone number for Bruceb Consulting, Google shows the phone number. Does that seem obvious? It’s a relatively recent change. Google only began serious efforts to provide One True Answer to search queries a few years ago. It completely...
Jun 5, 2019 | Android, Apple, LastPass, security
If you use LastPass, you have to remember your master password. The company does not know the password and cannot help you reset it. It’s part of the reason that LastPass is secure. If bad guys hacked into LastPass and stole all the data, they would get nothing;...
May 12, 2019 | Android, Apple, augmented reality, Chrome, Facebook, Google, Google Home, home assistants, Microsoft, Privacy, security
Google, Microsoft, and Facebook held developer conferences last week to showcase new products and services. Google had some exciting announcements. Microsoft and Facebook, not so much. MICROSOFT Microsoft is an enterprise company. At its Build Conference, it...
Mar 17, 2019 | Amazon, Apple, business, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Politics, Privacy
A series of articles about privacy and trust in the era of tech overlords. • Part 1: Data about you is being gathered by the big tech companies (as well as many other companies) in startling ways. Their ability to analyze that data and predict your behavior is...