Jul 7, 2016 | Android, Apple, business, Chrome, Chromebook, computers, Google, laptops, Microsoft, Windows10
I’m not good at predictions. Tim Cook, the CEO of the largest company in the world, called me a twit during a global presentation a few years ago because I made a poor prediction. (Seriously. Here are the details.) I made a commitment then to avoid sweeping...
Jun 8, 2016 | Android, Apple, Google, LastPass, Microsoft, security, web_services, Windows10
We’re drowning in passwords. Slowly – slowly! – we are moving out of the Age Of Passwords. Better alternatives exist. Apple has integrated fingerprints deeply into iOS and fingerprint readers are turning up on many Android phones. Microsoft has built Windows Hello...
May 22, 2016 | Android, Apple, business, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, mobile
On a recent earnings call, Mark Zuckerberg said that “people around the world spend on average more than 50 minutes a day using Facebook, Instagram and Messenger.” Facebook has more than 1 billion active users every single day, more than 1.6 billion active users every...
May 1, 2016 | Android, Chrome, Chromebook, Dell, Google, Google Drive, HP, laptops
One is an aberration. Two is a coincidence. Three is a trend. There are three new Chromebooks on the market with some interesting things in common. It’s a trend. It might be an early sign of an important shift in the devices we use. Let’s get some background, then...
Apr 21, 2016 | Chrome, Cortana, Google, IE, Internet, LastPass, Microsoft, software, Windows10
Microsoft Edge is the web browser that Microsoft developed to replace Internet Explorer. When you upgrade to Windows 10, Edge is set as the default browser, regardless of your previous settings. It is also set as the default program to open PDFs, even if you were...
Mar 27, 2016 | Chrome, Google, IE, Windows10, Windows7, Windows8
It’s the guiding principle of technology these days: everything is simple and easy once you know how to do it. I discovered a Google Chrome trick that makes me giggle with happiness. Chrome lets you pin a website to the taskbar. Really, that’s it. Doesn’t sound like...
