Aug 19, 2014 | Android, Apple, hardware, Microsoft, mobile, phone, Windows Phone 8
When you go into a Verizon or AT&T store, you aren’t buying a smartphone. You’re buying an entry ticket into a beautiful garden, an ecosystem full of wondrous delights. Apple and Google are working nonstop to make their gardens into bigger and better places, with...
Jul 6, 2014 | computers, hardware, laptops, Microsoft, Surface, tablet, Windows8
InstantGo is new laptop technology that is making its first conspicuous appearance in the new Microsoft Surface Pro 3 laptop/tablet. Expect to see it mentioned in marketing materials for more new laptops in the next year. It’s a subtle but wonderful feature that new...
Jun 29, 2014 | Adobe, hardware, OneDrive, shopping, software
Offices are stepping up their efforts to go paperless by scanning and recycling paper files and incoming documents. For years I have told clients that the Fujitsu ScanSnap iX500 (previously the ScanSnap S1500) is the best tool for desktop scanning. I knew that from...
Jun 1, 2014 | backup, downtime, hardware, network, SBS, Server 2012
The challenge is clear: how can small and medium businesses maximize continuity and minimize disruption when a server fails? Business continuity encompasses planning and implementing a process to ensure that your business will be able to recover within a reasonably...
May 26, 2014 | Apple, computers, hardware, iPad, laptops, Microsoft, shopping, Surface, tablet, Windows8
Microsoft’s new Surface Pro 3 is the first device that can replace both a laptop and a tablet with a single hybrid that fits in both categories. It has a 12” screen and full-powered internals worthy of a powerful laptop, combined with a detachable keyboard and the...
