May 25, 2016 | Microsoft, updates, Windows10, Windows7, Windows8
Windows 10 is a nice operating system. Microsoft should be proud. In the next few years, it will become the dominant platform on computers worldwide, with a long lifespan as the natural successor to Windows 7. But somewhere in Microsoft is a group of people making...
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 18, 2016 | Android, Apple, Microsoft, mobile, Office 365, Outlook, phone, web_services
The Exchange mailboxes run by Office 365 are now standard in businesses of all sizes. They are supported on every device imaginable, from Windows and Mac computers to the native mail/contact/calendar apps on iOS and Android. Office 365 is one of the most commonly...
May 15, 2016 | computers, Dell, hardware, HP, iPad, laptops, Lenovo, Microsoft, shopping, Surface, tablet
Lenovo has expanded its X1 line to include a traditional laptop (Thinkpad X1 Carbon); a convertible laptop with a keyboard that flips 180 degrees (Thinkpad X1 Yoga); a Surface-style tablet with detachable keyboard (Thinkpad X1 Tablet); and an ultra-stylish...
May 12, 2016 | Adobe, computers, Microsoft, Office 365, Outlook, software, Surface, updates, Windows10
“Personal computers are just too hard to use, and it isn’t your fault.” That was the first line in the first column that influential tech journalist Walt Mossberg wrote on October 17, 1991 for the Wall Street Journal. It’s still true. It’s twenty-five years later and...
May 8, 2016 | Android, Apple, Microsoft, updates, Windows10, Windows7, Windows8
Microsoft says that the offer to upgrade Windows 7 and 8 computers to Windows 10 for free will end on July 29, one year after the release of Windows 10. The free upgrade was always described as a one-year offer but many people expected Microsoft to extend it...
