Aug 21, 2016 | Android, Apple, audio, Facebook, Google, Google+, Microsoft, mobile, phone, Skype, video
Google introduced a new app for video chats last week. Google Duo makes one-on-one video chats as easy as possible, with nothing required except a phone number and someone on the other end who’s running the app or willing to install it. Google Duo doesn’t even require...
Sep 22, 2014 | Apple, Dropbox, file_sharing, Google+, Microsoft, OneDrive, phone, photos, web_services
Free! Additional 15Gb of OneDrive storage! Limited time only! Expires soon! Operators are standing by! Microsoft has been steadily improving OneDrive this year, dropping the price of online file storage and forcing Dropbox and Google to lower prices to match...
Oct 27, 2013 | Android, Apple, Dell, Google, Google+, hardware, iPad, laptops, Lenovo, Microsoft, OneDrive, shopping, Surface, tablet, Windows Phone 8, Windows8
Previously: It’s Not The Device, It’s The Ecosystem Let’s break down the new tablets by ecosystem. I’ll give you some shopping tips along the way. APPLE Everyone can find something to like in an iPad. The iPad Air (9.7” screen) brings the weight of the full-size iPad...
Jul 14, 2013 | Android, Google, Google+, laptops, phone, web_services
Let’s peer over the wall into the Google garden. The changes in one ecosystem are more or less irrelevant if you’re committed to one of the others. Pieces of the Google, Apple, and Microsoft ecosystems can be used across platforms, but you’ll get the biggest rewards...
Mar 15, 2012 | Android, Apple, Google, Google+, iPad, mobile, photos, tablet, web_services
Previously: Walled Gardens, Part 1: Apple Next: Walled Gardens, Part 3: Microsoft GOOGLE Far more Android phones have been sold than iPhones. In fact, in the fourth quarter of 2011, while Apple was riding that tidal wave of iPhone 4S sales (with all the attendant...
Jan 29, 2012 | Android, Apple, Google, Google+, mobile, phone, photos, web_services
Most casual photos are taken with a smartphone now. There is something to be learned from a quick comparison of the process of getting photos from a phone to a computer on an iPhone and an Android phone. It’s a good way to understand why Apple is the most valuable...
