Apr 28, 2019 | Azure, backup, domains, Dropbox, Microsoft, Office, Office 365, OneDrive, Outlook, Windows10
My new computer is simple and has relatively few confusing bits. My new computer runs Windows and primarily relies on Microsoft services. Those two sentences are not normally uttered together! Microsoft’s mish-mash of dueling and overlapping personal and business...
Apr 7, 2019 | Dropbox, Microsoft, Office, Office 365, Office tips, OneDrive, web_services
Have you ever lost hours of work in a Word document because you closed it without saving? Of course you have. It’s happened to everyone. That has never happened to you if you use Google Docs. In fact, you’ve forgotten about that problem because Google Docs...
Jan 16, 2019 | Amazon, Android, Apple, backup, Chrome, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, mobile, Office, Office 365, OneDrive, phone, Samsung, Skype, web_services, Windows10, wireless
I wrote an article a few years ago about how difficult it is for non-tech people to manage the fiddly bits required to run a Windows computer. It’s one of the things that drove the transition from computers to phone and tablets. An interesting thing is happening...
Jan 6, 2019 | Amazon, Apple, Box, bruceb, business, Dropbox, Facebook, Google, Google Home, home assistants, Microsoft, OneDrive, Samsung, security, web_services, Windows10
Remember when I wrote an article a year ago predicting that always-connected computers would be heavily promoted in 2018? Yeah, about that: not even close. Nada. All the buzz died away when the first PCs in that category turned out to be underpowered and, well, pretty...
Dec 5, 2018 | Microsoft, Office 365, OneDrive, Skype, web_services
Microsoft has two giant identity systems set up by different divisions of the company – one system for personal accounts, a different system for “work or school” accounts. It’s confusing. There is a team at Microsoft trying to make it less confusing; they may be doing...
Oct 21, 2018 | Apple, Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft, Office, Office 365, OneDrive, web_services, Windows10
It’s time to move your files to the cloud. Box, Dropbox, and OneDrive now all have plans that support an important feature: You can store your files online and access them with Windows File Explorer or Mac Finder, without syncing the files and without using space on...
