BRUCEB NEWS
Should You “Sign In With Facebook”?
It seems like everyone is using the sign-in screen that invites you to “Sign in with Facebook” to a website that is not Facebook. Facebook and Google turn up most often but you might also see the option to sign in with Twitter, Amazon, Microsoft, Instagram, or others....
Roughing It
I will be on vacation and off the grid until July 8. Bruceb News will be on hiatus. For several days of my trip I’ll be completely inaccessible. Other times, I’ll be checking...
Gaming 2019: Virtual Reality
Oculus released two virtual reality headsets a couple of weeks ago. Doesn’t mean anything to you? Trust me – this is the most fun you can have with technology in 2019. I’ll try...
Gaming 2019: Console & PC Gaming
The traditional picture of a “gamer” is someone using a Sony Playstation, Microsoft Xbox, or a powerful PC, playing one of the AAA blockbuster titles that get all the attention...
Everything You Need To Know About Gaming 2019: Casual & Mobile Games
All of the interesting developments in technology in 2019 are happening in the video game industry, a result of new technologies combined with savvy marketing to draw in...
LastPass Mobile Account Recovery And Emergency Access
If you use LastPass, you have to remember your master password. The company does not know the password and cannot help you reset it. It's part of the reason that LastPass is...
LastPass Learns The Wrong Lessons About Price Increases From LogMeIn
LastPass has learned some of the wrong lessons from its corporate parent LogMeIn, with price increases for LastPass Premium that land unexpectedly like tiny bombs on the credit...
Huawei And The Dog That’s Not Barking
“Is there any point to which you would wish to draw my attention?” “To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.” “The dog did nothing in the night-time.” “That was the...
Improve Your Security By Giving Your Phone Number To Google
Security is complicated. It turns out that giving your mobile phone number to Google can block almost all phishing attacks and automated bots attempting to hack into your Google...
You Never Have To Change Your Passwords Again!*
You never have to change your passwords again!* *FOOTNOTE Let’s get right to the fine print. Of course you have to change your password if something happens that makes it...
Breaking News: Special Google Edition, May 13, 2019
Google, Microsoft, and Facebook held developer conferences last week to showcase new products and services. Google had some exciting announcements. Microsoft and Facebook, not so...
OneNote Is Lonely And Confused
Microsoft OneNote isn’t on the Office team these days, at least not like it has been for the last ten years when it was installed alongside Word and Excel as a full-fledged...
Google Docs Adding Support For Microsoft Office File Formats
Google is trying to make the grass look greener in its walled garden, hoping to lure businesses that might otherwise stay loyal to Microsoft. The change it has announced sounds...
How To Live The Simple Life . . . With Microsoft
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...
The Mueller Report, Obsolete Technology, And Inferior PDFs
The Justice Department hand-delivered Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s 448-page report to Congress on Thursday morning – on CD-ROMs. Isn’t that the cutest thing? House Judiciary...
Fond Memories Of Patch Tuesday, And Other Windows Update Laments
Once upon a time, O my children, Microsoft had a predictable date for installing updates to Windows, and lo, we called it “Patch Tuesday.” Once a month (well, sometimes twice),...