Jun 19, 2015 | Android, Apple, Google, Microsoft, phone, Skype, video, web_services
Microsoft wants Skype to be everywhere. It got a little over-zealous with a poorly-designed version of Skype for Windows 8 that never caught on and is being discontinued, but it rallied this week with a new version of Skype that runs in a web browser. Skype was...
Jun 7, 2015 | Android, Apple, Google, photos, search, video, web_services
Google Photos is the free service introduced last week that gives you unlimited online storage space for your photos and makes them as easy to search as email or files. It has taken the world by storm, and for good reason: the data analysis transforms it into far more...
Feb 5, 2015 | Amazon, Android, audio, phone, video
Previously: Getting Started With Android: Office 365 Mail The OnePlus One phone has given me a chance to explore the world of Android apps. Here are some of the apps that I’ve been using for the last couple of months for reading and listening. Some of them are...
Nov 11, 2014 | software, video, Windows tips, Windows8
Windows 8 does not include built-in support for playing movies from a DVD. If you can’t play a movie, your options are different than you might expect. It was easy with Windows 7. Windows Media Player isn’t a very good program but at least it can play a movie in...
Sep 29, 2014 | Microsoft, phone, Skype, video, web_services
Skype has become a story of duplicates – two programs, two ways to log in. Skype’s core function is video and voice calls over an Internet connection to anyone else using Skype, from a computer or other device running Skype software, signed into a free Skype account....
Aug 25, 2014 | computers, hardware, laptops, tablet, video
There are too many possible connections for monitors. It’s increasingly likely that you won’t be able to set up the monitor configuration you want without frustrating trips to Amazon searching for the right adapter. There are no answers here except to be prepared for...
