Jul 14, 2016 | Microsoft, updates, Windows tips, Windows10
Windows 10 updates are driving me crazy. Well, so are lots of things, but the update process has become a persistent annoyance. Let me gripe about my experiences a bit, then I’ll give you a suggestion that might ease the pain. Microsoft changed the update process in...
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...
Jul 4, 2016 | Microsoft, updates, Windows10, Windows7, Windows8
Windows 10 will celebrate its first birthday on July 29. That’s the last day to upgrade a Windows 7 or Windows 8 computer to Windows 10 for free. Here’s the latest Windows 10 news. • Every Windows 8 computer should be upgraded to Windows 10. Windows 8 will quickly...
Jun 26, 2016 | Azure, Box, Cortana, Facebook, LinkedIn, Microsoft, news, Office 365, Server 2012, web_services
(Warning: this article gets pretty geeky by the end. Feel free to look away. I’ll try to make the next article about a Dancing Kitten app or something.) Last week Microsoft agreed to pay $26.2 billion cash to acquire LinkedIn. It’s one of the largest technology...
Jun 19, 2016 | Microsoft, Office 365, OneDrive, web_services, Windows tips, Windows10
(2020/10/12 – click here for an updated, shorter version of this article.) “I read your article about personal Microsoft accounts and business Office 365 accounts,” my wife said last week. “Well, I read parts of it. It was . . . dense.” Dense? My article was a...
Jun 16, 2016 | Azure, domains, mail, Microsoft, Office, Office 365, OneDrive, photos, Skype, web_services, Windows10
(2020/10/08 – click here for an updated, shorter, less snarky version of this article.) Microsoft has two different types of accounts. Many of you have credentials – an email address and password – for both of them. Years of marketing and branding blunders have...
