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...
Mar 14, 2018 | Android, Apple, business, Google, security
I never used a credit card in Australia. I bought coffee and sandwiches and souvenirs and dinners and clothing, but I never pulled out my wallet. I never used cash, either. I tapped. You should tap. Australian merchants accept mobile payments with Google Pay or Apple...
Nov 19, 2017 | business, news
Ever since Richard Nixon, American presidential candidates have railed against China, promising to crack down on human rights abuses or trade policy or some other hot button issue. I’ve always assumed that very serious advisers sit down with each newly elected...
Nov 13, 2017 | Amazon, Apple, Azure, Box, business, Chromebook, Cortana, Dropbox, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Office, Office 365, Surface, web_services, Windows10
If you’re an individual or small business Windows user, you might have the wrong idea about how Microsoft is doing. We all tend to generalize from our own experiences. You can be forgiven for thinking that Microsoft’s future is dim when Outlook has just crashed or...
Nov 9, 2017 | business, software
Quicken 2018 is now available for Windows and Mac computers. The most notable new feature is the price: Quicken has become a subscription product with an annual fee. You might want to buy it but you should know what you’re getting into (and you should wait a few...
Aug 13, 2017 | Azure, business, Microsoft, Office 365, Skype, Windows 10 S, Windows10
Every month at Microsoft, a team of highly paid professionals writes words on slips of paper. They always include “Microsoft,” “Windows,” “Office,” “365,” “Pro,” “Home,” “Business,” “Enterprise,” “Azure,” “Surface,” and “Online.” They put the slips of paper into a hat...
